I recently commissioned a second, 12 kW grid-tied system which has 2 SMA 5.0 inverters. I want to connect them via ethernet to the internet for monitoring on Sunny Portal.
My question is how best to connect these 2 inverters? Each inverter has 2 ethernet network ports, A and B. Can I daisy-chain a cable from inverter #1, port B to inverter #2 port A and then from Inverter #2 port B to my router (or in this case a Ubiquity Litebeam ethernet bridge)? Or should I run a line from each inverter to a "Y", or switch, which connects to the router?
My installer in not too strong on the web connect side but suggested the daisy-chain method. The SMA manual doesn't address this.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance
My question is how best to connect these 2 inverters? Each inverter has 2 ethernet network ports, A and B. Can I daisy-chain a cable from inverter #1, port B to inverter #2 port A and then from Inverter #2 port B to my router (or in this case a Ubiquity Litebeam ethernet bridge)? Or should I run a line from each inverter to a "Y", or switch, which connects to the router?
My installer in not too strong on the web connect side but suggested the daisy-chain method. The SMA manual doesn't address this.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance
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