SMA SC 500HE-20 Installation - Manual (Page 56)

11 Connection of the Communication Devices SMA Solar Technology AG
56 SCxxxHE-20-IA-IEN111210 Installation Manual
11.3 Building a Plant Network with Copper Cables
You can integrate the SC-COM into the plant network using a copper cable. If you integrate the
SC-COM permanently into a network with Internet access, it will be able to transmit plant data to
Sunny Portal automatically.
Requirement for the communication cable:
☐ Stripped, shielded twisted pair cable of category 5 (CAT 5) or higher.
• Plug the communication cable into the RJ45 socket in the connection cabinet.
11.4 Building a Plant network with Optical Fibers
Depending on the order option, you can integrate the SC-COM into the plant network using optical
fibers. If you integrate the SC-COM permanently into a network with Internet access, it will be able to
transmit the plant data to Sunny Portal automatically.
The optical fiber is connected in the splice box. The splice box is equipped with an SC-P plug.
You can connect the optical fiber to the SC-P plug in two ways:
• Connection of optical fiber using SC connector
• Connection of optical fiber via pigtail
Connection of optical fiber using SC connector
1. Mount SC connector on optical fiber.
2. Plug the SC connector into the SC-P plug in the splice box.
Connection of optical fiber via pigtail
Requirement for the pigtail:
☐ The cable is equipped with a 50 μm multi-mode fiber.
☐ The cable has an SC connector.
1. Splice the optical fiber with the pigtail in the splice box.
2. Plug SC connector into the SC-P plug in the splice box.