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Author Topic: Fronius IG 30 - need software to display data  (Read 1850 times)
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« on: June 01, 2009, 07:15:01 PM »

Ok, Have the above with an array on the roof....


What sort of data logging software  / web interface is there apart from the Fronius own brand? ie Fronius Solar.access

have com port and datalogger, need something to translate data to something pretty etc to display on a website.....

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« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2009, 09:59:19 PM »

It's an RS485 serial output according to this doc: http://www.oynot.com/files/fronius_ig_system-install.pdf which also includes the wiring pinout. You need the RS485 'datcom' converter card in the IG30 for isolation (It may be possible to make it work without this but that's probably a lot harder). Each device has an ID you set with a switch.

What is not described is the protocol details of the messages it outputs, and indeed whether it does anything at all without being interrogated by the datalogger you are supposed to use. The protocol can probably be worked out but if you need to send interrogatory commands then finding out what they are without a working system to analyse is going to be very hard. The serial data is in fronius' proprietary 'localnet' format. Five mins on the net didn't find any info on that. Clearly an opportunity there...

Aha! looks like there is a simpler version, the 'Interface card easy': http://www.fronius.com/cps/rde/xchg/SID-8738AFE6-0DEB949F/fronius_usa/hs.xsl/2714_1456.htm which outputs RS232 serial data in an open protocol, and this is the recommended kit for a simple one-inverter system.  The protocol is documented in here: http://www.fronius.com/cps/rde/xbcr/SID-0A5B333B-9C311726/fronius_usa/4204101343_BA_0108_fronius_ig_interface_card_easy_de_en_fr_it.pdf

It looks nice and simple and several people here could knock up some software to talk to it if some doesn't already exist. There should be a place for this sort of info (how to talk to a TDC3, how to talk to an IG30, etc). But I'm not quite sure where that place is. Perhaps home-automation codebases...
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« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2009, 10:18:54 PM »

Yup, thanks for that, did not see the protocol doc before......

They have free propriety software, though it is rather underwealming in in look and feel to try and make it look good......

Will be an interesting project.....was generating 1800w today in the sunnnier moments.....and it would be good to haave a realtime graph for it....
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« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2009, 10:35:28 PM »

http://en.solare-datensysteme.eu/rs485-800e0.html
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