SolarCheck Strings

Purpose

The purpose of this project is to collect data from Phoenix Contact SOLARCHECK string monitors.

Usage

The purpose of this project is to collect data from Phoenix Contact SOLARCHECK string monitors via Modbus. The plugin uses the Modbus TCP Specification. Data will be collected to the strings table, and will be run every 5 minutes, by default. This plugin relies on the Modbus Ardexa plugin. There are 2 configurations; 1 for collecting data from 3 channels, and the other from 4 channels. The following data will be collected for each channel:

Variable                Units
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Status
AC Current 1            A
AC Current 2            A
AC Current 3            A
AC Current 4            A
AC Current 5            A
AC Current 6            A
AC Current 7            A
AC Current 8            A
DC Voltage              V   
Temperature            °C  

Arguments

Arguments are as follows:

• endpoint. This is either an IP address like 192.168.1.15

• bus_addresses. The bus address of the string(s)

• --port. This is an optional parameter used in an Ethernet gateway, and is the TCP port used for the gateway. Default is 502

• --attempts. This is an optional parameter, and determines how many times to times to attempt to read an inverter value. Default is 1

• --delay. This is the delay in seconds between inverter send and receive commands, AND if attempts > 1. Fractions like 0.3 can be used. Default is 0.05