{"id":116526,"date":"2014-04-04T08:05:02","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T06:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sma-sunny.com\/?p=116526"},"modified":"2020-10-27T11:36:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T10:36:00","slug":"tech-tip-installing-the-webconnect-or-rs485-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sma-sunny.com\/us\/tech-tip-installing-the-webconnect-or-rs485-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Tip: Installing the Webconnect or RS485 Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Tech Tip: Installing a Webconnect or RS485 Card\" style=\"width:1280px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_82OPRMElJIg\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/82OPRMElJIg\/maxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/82OPRMElJIg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT5M55S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2014-03-28T23:50:04Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_82OPRMElJIg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/82OPRMElJIg\/maxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Tech Tip: Installing a Webconnect or RS485 Card<\/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\/82OPRMElJIg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/82OPRMElJIg\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Tech Tip: Installing a Webconnect or RS485 Card\" width=\"1280\" height=\"700\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"SMA&#039;s Webconnect Card and RS485 Card provide real-time communication and monitoring for PV systems with up to four TL-US series inverters through Sunny Portal. The installation process for both communication cards, covered here by Senior Technical Trainer Greg Smith, is straight-forward and takes only a few minutes. Where to buy: http:\/\/goo.gl\/e8oM4 ------------ SMA America - https:\/\/www.SMA-America.com SMA Inverted Blog - https:\/\/www.SMAInverted.com SMA America on Facebook - https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SMAAmerica SMA America on Twitter - https:\/\/twitter.com\/SMA_America Contact - SocialMedia@SMA-America.com 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><\/div>\n<p>SMA\u2019s Webconnect Card and RS485 Card provide real-time communication and monitoring for PV systems with up to four TL-US series inverters with Secure Power Supply through Sunny Portal. 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