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Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of SMASunnyBoyInteracing

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2	2	* Directly through RS-485
3	3	* Using SMA's SunnyData program
4		* Note that SMA is moving away from this option and toward the SunnyBox
5		* Using SMA's SunnyBox RS-485-to-Eithernet web server
	4	* Note that SMA is moving away from this option and toward the SunnyWebBox
	5	* Using SMA's SunnyWebBox RS-485-to-Eithernet web server
	6	* The SunnyWebBox web server has it's own set of screens that show the inverter telemetry
	7	* Alternatively SMA has a web portal that will gather data from the SunnyWebBox for your company's use: the SunnyPortal,
	8	http://www.sunnyportal.com/
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7	10	The latter two speak directly to the inverters via RS-485. SunnyData runs on a Window computer an one probably would use a RS-232 to RS-485 converter.
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9		SMA uses their own protocol to communicate across the RS-485 wire, but one they are open about.
	12	SMA uses their own protocol to communicate across the RS-485 wire, but one they are open about. They have shown the C code in their SunnyData program that does the interfacing, and this has been converted to Perl scripts by a fellow named Gray Watson.
	13	* http://256.com/solar/scripts/ Gray Watson
	14	The attached file is the body of his work.
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	16	I gathered this info from Bill Reaugh, "Communications Engineer, Webmaster," at SMA