Xantrex Technology Inverter Communications Adapter manual Introduction, Features/Components

Installation

Introduction

The Inverter Communications Adapter (ICA) allows any Sine Wave Plus Inverter/Charger to be connected to a computer serial port or directly to a modem to be controlled and monitored over long distances. It uses the Inverter Communications Adapter Program (ICAP) to communicate with the inverters and emulates the inverter control module on the inverter. Virtually everything that can be done with the inverter’s control module can be emulated by ICAP. The ICAP can also be used to monitor up to eight inverters within the same system.

Features/Components

The ICA package includes the following items. See Figure 1- 1 on page 3.

•ICA adapter: gray plastic housing with green LED, phone (RJ11) jack and a 25-pin RS232 connector

•Serial Port Adapter: black plastic housing with RJ11 jack and 9-pin connector. This part is custom-made. It is not intended for use as a standard RJ11 to DB-9 adapter.

•25-foot, 4-conductor phone cable, with RJ11 jacks on each end (Telephone Standard)

•CD with the Windows™ based software program, ICAP.exe, creating a simulation of the Sine Wave Plus Inverter/Charger control panel

•This Inverter Communications Adapter (ICA) Owner’s Manual

Please be sure all of these parts are included before trying to use the ICA.

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