{"id":12796,"date":"2014-05-28T14:44:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T12:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.sma-sunny.com\/?p=12796"},"modified":"2017-12-13T16:04:02","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T15:04:02","slug":"tech-tip-an-overview-of-the-sma-cluster-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sma-sunny.com\/en\/tech-tip-an-overview-of-the-sma-cluster-controller\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Tip: An Overview of the SMA Cluster Controller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/2KSBqKix0eA\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Tech Tip: An Overview of the SMA Cluster Controller\" style=\"width:1280px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_2KSBqKix0eA\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/2KSBqKix0eA\/maxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2KSBqKix0eA\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT5M9S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2014-05-19T05:14:38Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_2KSBqKix0eA\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/2KSBqKix0eA\/maxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Tech Tip: An Overview of the SMA Cluster Controller<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2KSBqKix0eA\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/2KSBqKix0eA\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Tech Tip: An Overview of the SMA Cluster Controller\" width=\"1280\" height=\"700\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"SMA&#039;s Technical Service Engineer Gilbert Jin takes you through a quick overview of the Cluster Controller. He explains which ports are responsible for which sensors and grid management specifications, runs through the interface of the device, and then looks at the web interface of the Cluster Controller. SMA Australia - https:\/\/www.SMA-Australia.com.au SMA Corporate Blog - https:\/\/www.en.SMA-Sunny.com SMA Australia on Facebook - https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SMA.Aus SMA Australia on Twitter - https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/SMA_Australia Contact - SocialMedia@SMA-Australia.com.au SMA Solar Technology AG is a global leader in the development, production and sales of PV inverters and, as an energy management group, offers innovative key technologies for future power supply structures.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:1280px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SMA&#8217;s Technical Service Engineer Gilbert Jin takes you through a quick overview of the Cluster Controller. 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