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Aurora Inverter Series

- Communication Protocol -

Aurora PV Inverter Series
Communication Protocol rel.4.7
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Modifications

Rel 4.7:
- Document clean-up

Rel 4.6:
- Document clean-up
- New parameters (Power-Off limits) added for String-Comb

Rel 4.5:
- State-bit Power-Off added for StringComb global-state
- Command Digital-inputs state request added for StringComb
- New parameters (analog/digital inputs function flags) added for StringComb

Rel 4.4:
- Modified the Boot mode protocol.

Rel 4.3:
- New grid-standard (France) added to command Version reading

Rel 4.2:
- New parameters (M/Q factors for calibration) added for String-Comb

Rel 4.1:
- New product types added to command Version reading

Rel 4.0:
- New product types added to command Version reading

Rel 3.9:
- Command Read parameters for String-Comb inserted
- Broadcast command Read field-number for String-Comb inserted
- New setting parameters (tolerances and enabling flags for string currents
comparison) added for String-Comb

Rel 3.8:
- Command Statistics variable read/write for50 Kw Module inserted
- New measure values added for String-Comb
- New setting parameters (weights for string current comparison) added for String-
Comb

Rel 3.7:
- 50 Kw Module Protocol modified
- Command Last four alarms implemented also on 50 Kw Module

Rel 3.6:
- String-Comb change RS485 baud-rate command inserted
- String-Comb setting parameter command updated

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Rel 3.5:
- String-Comb monitor command inserted
- 50Kw Module Protocol Inserted

Rel 3.4:
- 3G74 state codes modified

Rel 3.3:
- 3G74 (Communication Interface for three-phase systems) Commands inserted.
- Command 58 modified

Rel 3.2:
- Var. 125 corrected

Rel 3.1:
- Command 58 coding completed.
- Command 202: read result inseterted

Rel. 3.0: Junction Box Commands inserted

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Communication Protocol between
Host and Supervisor Microprocessor

The communication between Host and processor works via a Serial Interface RS485 or RS232 (see
User Manuals for details).

Configuration parameters in both cases are:
- 19200 baud (default value)
- 1 stop bit
- no parity

The communication protocol uses fixed length transmission messages (8Bytes + 2Bytes for
Checksum) structured as follows:

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Address Command B
2
B
3
B
4
B
5
B
6
B
7
CRC_L CRC_H

The structure of the answer has also fixed length (6 Bytes + 2 Bytes for Checksum) :

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Transmission State Global State B
2
B
3
B
4
B
5
CRC_L CRC_H

Transmission State:
Coded as follows:
0 = Everything is OK.
51 = Command is not implemented
52 = Variable does not exist
53 = Variable value is out of range
54 = EEprom not accessible
55 = Not Toggled Service Mode
56 = Can not send the command to internal micro
57 = Command not Executed
58 = The variable is not available, retry

Global State:

It shows the state of the addressed device, the details are specified in the
description of the commands.

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Description of commands:

50) State request: Ask the state of the system modules:

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Address 50 - - - - - - CRC_L CRC_H
Answer:
Tr. State Global State Inverter State
DC/DC
Channel 1
State
DC/DC
Channel 2
State
Alarm State CRC_L CRC_H
State Codes:

Global State DcDc State Inverter State
0 Sending Parameters 0 DcDc OFF 0 Stand By
1 Wait Sun/Grid 1 Ramp Start 1 Checking Grid
2 Checking Grid 2 MPPT 2 Run
3 Measuring Riso 3 Not Used 3 Bulk OV
4 DcDc Start 4 Input OC 4 Out OC
5 Inverter Start 5 Input UV 5 IGBT Sat
6 Run 6 Input OV 6 Bulk UV
7 Recovery 7 Input Low 7 Degauss Error
8 Pause 8 No Parameters 8 No Parameters
9 Ground Fault 9 Bulk OV 9 Bulk Low
10 OTH Fault 10 Communication Error 10 Grid OV
11 Address Setting 11 Ramp Fail 11 Communication Error
12 Self Test 12 Internal Error 12 Degaussing
13 Self Test Fail 13 Input mode Error 13 Starting
14 Sensor Test + Meas.Riso 14 Ground Fault 14 Bulk Cap Fail
15 Leak Fault 15 Inverter Fail 15 Leak Fail
16 Waiting for manual reset 16 DcDc IGBT Sat 16 DcDc Fail
17 Internal Error E026 17 DcDc ILEAK Fail 17 Ileak Sensor Fail
18 Internal Error E027 18 DcDc Grid Fail 18 SelfTest: relay inverter
19 Internal Error E028 19 DcDc Comm. Error 19 SelfTest: wait for sensor test
20 Internal Error E029 20
SelfTest: test relay DcDc +
sensor
21 Internal Error E030 21 SelfTest: relay inverter fail
22 Sending Wind Table 22 SelfTest timeout fail
23 Failed Sending table 23 SelfTest: relay DcDc fail
24 UTH Fault 24 Self Test 1
25 Remote OFF 25 Waiting self test start
26 Interlock Fail 26 Dc Injection
27 Executing Autotest 27 Self Test 2
30 Waiting Sun 28 Self Test 3
31 Temperature Fault 29 Self Test 4
32 Fan Staucked 30 Internal Error
33 Int. Com. Fault 31 Internal Error
34 Slave Insertion 40 Forbidden State
35 DC Switch Open 41 Input UC
36 TRAS Switch Open 42 Zero Power

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37 MASTER Exclusion 43 Grid Not Present
38 Auto Exclusion 44 Waiting Start
98 Erasing Internal EEprom 45 MPPT
99 Erasing External EEprom 46 Grid Fail
100 Counting EEprom 47 Input OC
101 Freeze

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Alarm State
Value Description Code Value Description Code
0 No Alarm 32 Grid OV W004
1 Sun Low W001 33 Grid UV W005
2 Input OC E001 34 Grid OF W006
3 Input UV W002 35 Grid UF W007
4 Input OV E002 36 Z grid Hi W008
5 Sun Low W001 37 Internal error E024
6 No Parameters E003 38 Riso Low E025
7 Bulk OV E004 39 Vref Error E026
8 Comm.Error E005 40 Error Meas V E027
9 Output OC E006 41 Error Meas F E028
10 IGBT Sat E007 42 Error Meas Z E029
11 Bulk UV W011 43 Error Meas Ileak E030
12 Internal error E009 44 Error Read V E031
13 Grid Fail W003 45 Error Read I E032
14 Bulk Low E010 46 Table fail W009
15 Ramp Fail E011 47 Fan Fail W010
16 Dc/Dc Fail E012 48 UTH E033
17 Wrong Mode E013 49 Interlock fail E034
18 Ground Fault --- 50 Remote Off E035
19 Over Temp. E014 51 Vout Avg errror E036
20 Bulk Cap Fail E015 52 Battery low W012
21 Inverter Fail E016 53 Clk fail W013
22 Start Timeout E017 54 Input UC E037
23 Ground Fault E018 55 Zero Power W014
24 Degauss error --- 56 Fan Stucked E038
25 Ileak sens.fail E019 57 DC Switch Open E039
26 DcDc Fail E012 58 Tras Switch Open E040
27 Self Test Error 1 E020 59 AC Switch Open E041
28 Self Test Error 2 E021 60 Bulk UV E042
29 Self Test Error 3 E019 61 Autoexclusion E043
30 Self Test Error 4 E022 62 Grid df/dt W015
31 DC inj error E023 63 Den switch Open W016
64 Jbox fail W017

Remark: Alarm Codes (e.g. E001..) are shown only on Aurora Display. The Alarm State values are
returned by serial communication

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52) P/N Reading (Aurora inverters)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Answer:

Char.6 Char.5 Char.4 Char.3 Char.2 Char.1 CRC_L CRC_H

Characters to be interpreted as ASCII code.
Char. 6 = Most significant P/N digit
Char. 1 = Least significant P/N digit

Remark: in this case no information transmission and global state is returned.

58) Version Reading (Indoor/Outdoor, Europe/America, available only for FW version
1.0.9 and following)

Answer:

Trans. State Global State Par1 Par2 Par3 Par4 CRC_L CRC_H

Par 1 Indoor/Outdoor and type
i Aurora 2 kW indoor
o Aurora 2 kW outdoor
I Aurora 3.6 kW indoor
O Aurora 3.0-3.6 kW outdoor
5 Aurora 5.0 kW outdoor
6 Aurora 6 kW outdoor
P 3-phase interface (3G74)
C Aurora 50kW module
4 Aurora 4.2kW new
3 Aurora 3.6kW new
2 Aurora 3.3kW new
1 Aurora 3.0kW new
D Aurora 12.0kW
X Aurora 10.0kW

Par 2 Grid Standard
A UL1741
E VDE0126
S DR 1663/2000
I ENEL DK 5950
U UK G83
K
F
AS 4777
VDE French Model
Par 3 Trafo/Non Trafo
N Transformerless Version
T Transformer Version
Par 4 Wind/PV
W Wind version
N PV version

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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59) Measure request to the DSP ( Voltage,Current etc.. etc.. )

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Address 59 Type Global - - - - CRC_L CRC_H

Global: if 1 requires the Global Measurements (Only For a Master)
if 0 requires the Module Measurements (Master and Slave)
The * in the table below list the variable to which apply the global requirement

1 Grid Voltage* For three-phases systems is the mean
2 Grid Current* For three-phases systems is the mean
3 Grid Power* For three-phases systems is the mean
4 Frequency For three-phases systems is the mean
5 Vbulk For Inverter with more Bulk is the sum
6 Ileak (Dc/Dc)
7 Ileak (Inverter)
8 Pin1* Pin for single channel module
9 Pin2
21 Inverter Temperature
22 Booster Temperature
23 Input 1 Voltage Input Voltage for single channel module
24 - - -
25 Input 1 Current* Input Current for single channel module
26 Input 2 Voltage
27 Input 2 Current
28 Grid Voltage (Dc/Dc)
29 Grid Frequency (Dc/Dc)
30 Isolation Resistance (Riso)
31 Vbulk (Dc/Dc)
32 Average Grid Voltage (VgridAvg)
33 VbulkMid
34 Power Peak
35 Power Peak Today
36 Grid Voltage neutral
37 Wind Generator Frequency
38 Grid Voltage neutral-phase
39 Grid Current phase r
40 Grid Current phase s
41 Grid Current phase t
42 Frequency phase r
43 Frequency phase s
44 Frequency phase t
45 Vbulk +
46 Vbulk -
47 Supervisor Temperature
48 Alim. Temperature
49 Heat Sink Temperature
50 Temperature 1
51 Temperature 2
52 Temperature 3
53 Fan 1 Speed
54 Fan 2 Speed
55 Fan 3 Speed
56 Fan 4 Speed
57 Fan 5 Speed
58 Power Saturation limit (Der.)
59 Riferimento Anello Bulk
60 Vpanel micro
61 Grid Voltage phase r
62 Grid Voltage phase s
63 Grid Voltage phase t

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Answer:

Trans. State Global State Val3 Val2 Val1 Val0 CRC_L CRC_H

The 4 bytes Val
3
... Val
0
compose a float value. In order to rebuild the original float value it is
necessary to put in sequence the 4 bytes and to read it according to the ANSI standard:

31 30 23 22 0
S Exponent Mantissa

The value is:
(-1)
s
* 2
(Exponent-127)
* 1.Mantissa.

The value is expressed in the following measurement units:

Voltages V
Currents A
Powers W
Temperatures C

63) Serial Number reading (Aurora inverters)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Answer:


Char. 6 = Most significant S/N digit
Char. 1 = Least significant S/N digit


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65) Manufacturing Week and Year reading (Aurora inverters)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Answer:

Tr. State Global State Week2 Week1 Year2 Year1 CRC_L CRC_H

Bytes to be interpreted as ASCII code.
Wk2 = Most significant week digit
Wk1 = Least significant week digit
Yr2 = Most significant year digit
Yr1 = Least significant year digit

67) Flags or switch reading (Aurora Central only)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Answer:

Tr. State Global State Flag 1 Flag 2 Switch1 Switch2 CRC_L CRC_H

Flag1,Flag2 are two bytes which codify the flag status in each bits as the table below

bit 0

Master/Slave

0 = Slave
1 = Master

bit 1

Parameter EE status

0 = Not OK
1 = OK

bit 2

Statistics EE status

0 = Not OK
1 = OK

bit 3

Clock Problem flag

0 = No Problem
1 = Problem

bit 4

Reserved

bit 5

Reserved

bit 6

Reserved

Flag 1

bit 4

Reserved

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bit 0

Reserved

bit 1

Reserved

bit 2

Reserved

bit 3

Reserved

bit 4

Reserved

bit 5

Reserved

bit 6

Reserved

Flag 2

bit 7

Reserved

Switch1,Switch2 are two bytes which codes the switches status in each bits as the table below

bit 0

Remote ON/OFF

0 = Open
1 = Closed

bit 1

DC switch

0 = Open
1 = Closed

bit 2

TRAS switch

0 = Open
1 = Closed

bit 3

DEN switch

0 = Closed
1 = Open

bit 4

Reserved

bit 5

Reserved

bit 6

Reserved

Switch 1

bit 4

Reserved

bit 0

Reserved

bit 1

Reserved

bit 2

Reserved

bit 3

Reserved

Switch 2

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bit 4

Reserved

bit 5

Reserved

bit 6

Reserved

bit 7

Reserved

68) Cumulated Float Energy Readings (Aurora Central only)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Address 68 Var Ndays_h Ndays_l Global - - CRC_L CRC_H

Var.: Variable to read
Ndays_h and Ndays_l are, respectively the high and low part of the number of Days we want to
show the cumulated energy (maximum 366).
Global: 0 module energy (Master or Slave)
1 global energy (Master)

1

Current day Energy

2

Current week Energy

3

Current Month Energy

4

Current Year Energy

5

Last Ndays day Energy

6

Total Energy

7

Partial Energy

Answer:

Trans. State Global State Val3 Val2 Val1 Val0 CRC_L CRC_H

The 4 bytes Val
3
... Val
0
compose a float value. In order to rebuild the original float value it is
necessary to put in sequence the 4 bytes and to read it according to the ANSI standard:

31 30 23 22 0
S Exponent Mantissa

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The value is:
(-1)
s
* 2
(Exponent-127)
* 1.Mantissa.

The value is expressed in the measurement units specified in the table of command 60

70) Time/Date reading

The time and the date are stored in a 4-byte variable which provides the number of past second
since midnight of January 1, 2000. From this variable it is possible to rebuild the time and date
(with the accuracy of 1 second).

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Answer:

Tr. State Global State Time3 Time2 Time1 Time0 CRC_L CRC_H

This value is coded as follows:

NumSeconds = Time3 * 2
24
+ Time2 * 2
16
+ Time1 * 2
8
+ Time0

72) Firmware release reading

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Address 72 Var - - - - - CRC_L CRC_H

Var Meaning
1 Micro A release
2 Micro B release
... Micro ... release
N Micro Z release

Note: For Aurora grid-tied inverters you will read always the MCU firmware version (field var is
not interpreted)

Answer:

Tr. State GlobalState Rel3 Rel2 Rel1 Rel0 CRC_L CRC_H

The four bytes are ASCII-coded, and must be read as follows:
Release = Rel3.Rel2.Rel1.Rel0

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78) Cumulated energy readings (Aurora grid-tied inverters only)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Address 78 Par - - - - - CRC_L CRC_H

If Par =
0) Daily Energy
1) Weekly Energy
2) Not used
3) Month Energy (Energy from the first day of current calendar month)
4) Year Energy (Energy from the first day of current calendar year)
5) Total Energy (total lifetime)
6) Partial Energy (cumulated since reset)
Answer:

Tr. State Global State En3 En2 En1 En0 CRC_L CRC_H

En3..En0: energy value according with selected period, expressed in Wh.

Energy values are coded as follows:

En(Par) = En3 * 2
24
+ En2 * 2
16
+ En1 * 2
8
+ En0

85) Baud rate setting on serial lines

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Address 85 BaudCode Serial-line - - - - CRC_L CRC_H

Serial-line: 1 (external line), 2, ......, 255

The serial-line field is reserved to Aurora Central modules.
Remember that the code 1 refers always to the external communication line (ex.
for monitoring system connection)

Baud code: 0 19200 bps
1 9600 bps
2 4800 bps
3 2400 bps

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86) Last four alarms

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Answer:

Tr.State Global State AL1 AL2 AL3 AL4 CRC_L CRC_H

This command returns the codes of the last four alarms, in form of a FIFO queue from the first
(AL1) to the last one (AL4).
When this command is used the queue is emptied (the four values are set to zero).
Alarm code are described in command 50.

101) System info reading (Aurora Central only)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Address 101 var - - - - - CRC_L CRC_H

var meaning val meaning
0 no transformer
1 50 Kw Transformer
2 100 Kw Transformer
1 Transformer type
2 50Kw Modules Number 1:6 Number of 50Kw modules
in the system that have the
same transformer

Answer:

Tr.State Global State val - - - CRC_L CRC_H

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103) Junction Box Monitoring status (Aurora Central only)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Address 103 CF RN NJT JAL JAH CRC_L CRC_H

Answer:

Trasm. State CF RN NJT JAL JAH CRC_L CRC_H

CF = Control Flag = 1 The Module is managing the Junction boxes
= 0 The Module is not managing the Junction boxes

RN = Rack Number

NJT = Total number of Junction boxes the Module must manage. (The maximum is 12).

Bit7 Bit6 Bit5 Bit4 Bit3 Bit2 Bit1 Bit0 Bit7 Bit6 Bit5 Bit4 Bit3 Bit2 Bit1 Bit0
JAL JAH

JA = JAH * 2
8
+ JAL = Active junction boxes coded bit x bit as follow:

JAL - bit0 = 0 Junction number 1 (Inner Rs-485 address 2) is not active
1 Junction number 1 (Inner Rs-485 address 2) is active

JAL bit1 = 0 Junction number 2 (Inner Rs-485 address 3) is not active







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JAH bit0 = 0 Junction number 9 (Inner Rs-485 address 10) is not active




105) System P/N Reading (Aurora Central only)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Answer:


Char. 6 = Most significant P/N digit
Char. 1 = Least significant P/N digit


107) System Serial Number reading (Aurora Central only)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Answer:


Char. 6 = Most significant S/N digit
Char. 1 = Least significant S/N digit


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200) Junction Box State Request

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Address 200 NJ CRC_L CRC_H

Answer:

Trasm. state

Jbox State

Fuses State
2

Fuses State
1

Fuses State 0 /
String-Currents State 1

String-
Currents
State 0

CRC_L

CRC_H

NJ: Junction Box Number

JBox State: coded as follows:

Fuses State / String-Currents State:

F10 F20 F9 F19 F8 F18 F7 F17 F6 F16 F5 F15 F4 F14 F3 F13
FS2 FS1

F2 F12 F1 F11 - - C9 C8 C7 C6 C5 C4 C3 C2 C1 C0
FS0 / CS1 CS0

Fx = 1 Fuse OK
=- 0 Fuse Burnt

Cx = 0 String Current OK
=- 1 String Current Unbalanced

Jbox State
Bit (0-7)

Meaning

0

(0: All fuses OK 1: Burnt fuse on Jbox)

1

(0: OK 1: Jbox Overtemperature)

2

(0: OK 1: Jbox Overvoltage)

3

(0: OK 1: Unbalanced string current)

4

(0: OK 1: Jbox Overcurrent)

5

(0: OK -1:Power Off)

6

(0: OK-1 No communication)

7

(0: OK 1: Jbox not calibrated)

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201) Junction Box Val Request

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Address 201 NJ Par CRC_L CRC_H

Answer:

Trasm. state

Par

FVal3

FVal2

FVal1

FVal0

CRC_L

CRC_H


FVal3FVal0 Float Value

Par coded as follows:

Par Meaning Measure Unit
0 Current I0 A
1 Current I1 A
2 Current I2 A
3 Current I3 A
4 Current I4 A
5 Current I5 A
6 Current I6 A
7 Current I7 A
8 Current I8 A
9 Current I9 A
10 Tint C
11 Global Parallel Voltage V
12 Analog In. 1 -
13 Analog In. 2 -
14 Analog In. 3 -
15 Analog In. 4 -
16 Global String Current A

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212) Junction Box S/N-P/N Reading

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Address 212 NJ Par. CRC_L CRC_H

Answer:

Ch 6

Ch 5

Ch 4

Ch 3

Ch 2

Ch 1

CRC_L

CRC_H


Par. = 0 S/N Reading
1 P/N Reading

Ch 6 = Most significant S/N-P/N digit
Ch 1 = Least significant S/N-P/N digit

215) Junction Box Manufacturing week/year reading

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Answer:

Trasm. state

Jbox State

W2

W1

Y2

Y1

CRC_L

CRC_H


W 1-2 = Manufacturing week (2 most significant digit 1 least significant digit)
Y 1-2 = Manufacturing year (2 most significant digit 1 least significant digit)

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217) Junction Box Firmware release reading

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Answer:

Trasm. state

Jbox State

Rel3

Rel2

Rel1

Rel0

CRC_L

CRC_H


Characters to be interpreted as ASCII string: Rel3 . Rel2 . Rel1 . Rel0

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221) Junction Box Digital-inputs State Request

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Answer:

Trasm. state

Digital-Inputs State

-

-

-

-

CRC_L

CRC_H


Digital-Inpus State: coded as follows:

Digital-Inputs State Bit
(0-7)

Meaning

0

ID0 ( anti-theft alarm ):

- 0: No alarm
- 1: Alarm pending

1

ID1 the input can be configured to work as generic alarm or to monitor DC
isolation-switch state.

ID1 ( generic alarm ):

- 0: Contact open
- 1: Contact closed

ID1 ( DC isolation-switch state ):

- 0: Switch open
- 1: Switch closed

2

ID2 ( generic alarm ):

- 0: Contact open
- 1: Contact closed

3-7

no meaning

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Aurora PV Inverter

- Self Addressing -

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Introduction

In this section we are going to describe how a collection of Aurora can be addressed automatically
using a set of broadcast commands. This feature is available only for RS485 line and not for the
PLM, due to the different communication protocol and hardware implementation.

In the following picture it has been represented a typical Aurora Rs-485 line

At first power-up, all the units have the same default address, so they are unable to communicate
with the host until a unique address is given to each one of them. Thus, we need to perform a simple
addressing procedure before the ordinary communication tasks are started.
The only thing that differentiates the units, by the software point of view, is the serial number; so
this is the feature to be used to address every single unit.
A set of broadcast commands was implemented, in order to recognize the unaddressed units and to
assign (or delete) the unique address on the line, and they are based on the serial number.

With broadcast command, we mean a command that is a directed to every unit that is physically
connected to the line; potentially, every inverter should answer to a broadcast command. If more
than one inverter answer at the same time to a broadcast command, the host may receive a message
with a wrong checksum. We can still take advantage of this, because we can restrict the broadcast
message depending from the unitsserial number. In other words, we can think of a command
directed not to every inverter, but just to a subset of them. If the host transmits a command of that
kind and it does not obtain any answer, it means that the subset is empty; otherwise, if an answer is
obtained, it means that the subset is populated. With some iterative restrictions of the subset we will
be able to identify a single inverter, and then we can assign an address to be used during ordinary
communication. Such commands were implemented on Aurora communication protocol, and they
are described in the following pages.

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Command 254 Check subset

Check if any Aurora inverter connected to the line has its serial number is included in the
specified interval.

Where SN_U = Upper interval limit (3-byte)
SN_D = Lower interval limit (3-byte)

If a units serial number is included in the interval, the unit answers as follows:

Command 253 Assign address

Given a unit with a known serial number SN, it is possible to assign an address to it as
follows:

Answer:

If Res = 0 Assignment OK
Res = 0 Assignment Fail

NOTE: When a unit is addressed, it does not answer neither to command 254 nor command
253.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
254 SN_U_2 SN_U_1 SN_U_0 SN_D_2 SN_D_1 SN_D_0 - CRCH CRCL
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
0 SN_2 SN_1 SN_0 - - CRCH CRCL
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
254 SN_U_2 SN_U_1 SN_U_0 SN_D_2 SN_D_1 SN_D_0 - CRCH CRCL
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
253 SN_2 SN_1 SN_0 NewAddr - - - CRCH CRCL
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
0 SN_2 SN_1 SN_0 - - CRCH CRCL
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
0 Res - - - - CRCH CRCL

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Date: 19/05/09

Command 252 Delete Address

Using this command it is possible to delete previously assigned address

If Par = 1 Delete Address

Answer:

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
252 Par - - - - - - CRCH CRCL
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
0 - - - - - CRCH CRCL

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Date: 19/05/09

Checksum calculation

The algorithm to compute the checksum to validate the RS485 transmission is the CRC polynomial
standardized by CCITT:

Bn=N^16+N^12+N^5+Bn-1

Where N^16 means that N is elevated to the sixteenth power of 2 (i.e. it is shifted left of 16 bit)
and where the symbol + represents the XOR bit by bit.

Practically, if New is the byte to process , Tmp is a swap byte and BccLo and BccHi are the low
and high parts of the validation word, the following algorithm must be followed:

A. Initialize BccLo=0xFF, BccHi=0xFF

B. For each byte to transmit or receive repeat the following steps:
1. New = New XOR BccLo
2. Tmp=New << 4
3. New=Tmp XOR New
4. Tmp=New >> 5
5. BccLo=BccHi
6. BccHi= New XOR Tmp
7. Tmp= New << 3
8. BccLo= BccLo XOR Tmp
9. Tmp= New >> 4
10. BccLo= BccLo Xor Tmp

C. Negate bit by bit BccLo e BccHi : CRC_L=~BccLo CRC_H=~BccHi

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