Innovative Protocols

Protocols for Remote Monitoring (L, I and V series) and Control (I & V Series only) include:

Below table provides protocol description and availability using Serial or Ethernet

connections directly from the Innovative Energies battery charger or power supply :

 

Protocol	Description	Ethernet	Serial
IEASCII	Innovative Energies ASCII	Yes	Yes
MODBUS	MODBUS RTU / TCP/IP	Yes*	Yes*
SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol	Yes	No

* Available via protocol converter

 

Protocols available from Innovative Energies hardware interfaces:

RS232	RS485	LAN	LAN+
IEASCII	IEASCII	IEASCII (via virtual port)	SNMP
	MODBUS via Converter SNMP via Converter

 

Innovative Energies pride ourselves on being able to provide top service to all of our customers, whatever this may look like. Our highly technical employees are always prepared to work with you, to design or repair any software related issues that may arise.

 

Both Modbus and DNP3 have been developed by the industrial community to be used in factories, SCADA systems etc. Serial was very popular in the past in these sectors and although it is still used by a lot of companies, it is slowly being phased out. By saying that, we do not believe it will disappear in the next 20 years as it is much cheaper to implement, to understand and to use.

 

Modbus RTU (serial) is very popular. Serial DNP3 although used, is not as popular as the Ethernet version.

SNMP has been developed specifically for use in computer networks, and has slowly found its way into the industrial world as industry and IT are slowly merging into each other.

 

As far we know serial SNMP does not exist. Unlike Modbus and DNP3, SNMP is not an industrial protocol, but has been developed by the  internet community which is Ethernet based.

 

Please contact us for any software related enquiries.