PV Communication Boxes & PV Weather Boxes

Increase your energy output - Reliable PV Boxes for data collection & transmission

Network infrastructures of PV systems are very heterogeneous. PV Communication Boxes are the link between the various network components. They ensure that data is reliably bundled, converted, and forwarded.

Our PV Weather Boxes are the interface between weather sensors and the plant monitoring and deliver data to maximize the energy output.

The portfolio offers certified and ready-to-use cabinets for PV power plants that meet the specific environmental, electrical and data transmission requirements according to customer specifications. Weidmuller can customize the communication infrastructure requirements of the PV power plant, enabling perfect data collection for the plant owner, ultimately improving the long-term investment.

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Tried and tested PV boxes

Our laboratory ensures the highest product quality

Our laboratory is accredited according to international standards. It operates independently and is recognized by institutions, registration services, and other agencies and authorities. As a member of the CTDP program, Weidmuller is regularly audited by UL, especially about test methods, quality management and documentation.

PV DC combiner boxes are tested according to IEC-61439-2 and are constructed on the basis of the test results as well as assembled for the specific application. This ensures that each of the requirements of the target application is met in full.

Benefits for PV power plant applications

Cabinet certification

Product and production quality certifications enable strict control of the goods delivered to the construction site. In addition, a fully certified solution guarantees the approval of technical advisors.

Flexible design for specific needs

Cabinets designed to operate in harsh environments and a wide range of power and signal connections perfectly matched to project specifications.

All-round care

Data acquisition and backup to prevent data loss in the event of a communication or power failure, as well as thermal analysis for each project to find the best solution for the client.

PV Communication Boxes

Bundle fieldbus data and transmit to SCADA control systems

Network infrastructures of PV systems are very heterogeneous. PV Communication Boxes are the link between the various network components. They ensure that data is reliably bundled, converted, and forwarded.

Our PV Communication Boxes for ground-mounted PV systems are delivered ready for use and can be individually adapted to the communication infrastructure of the respective PV system. This guarantees optimal data acquisition, which has a positive effect on the function and economic efficiency of the plant. The certified enclosures are equipped with regard to customer-specific requirements such as environmental conditions, electrics, and data transmission.

Bundle fieldbus data and transmit to SCADA control systems

Safe function due to optimal protection
Maximum availability due to integrated energy backup
Highly reliable industry standard with built-in communication protocols
High cost-effectiveness through modular designs based on standard references
TCP/RS cards for RS485 field buses
IP certification for outdoor or indoor use

Multifunctional

Control units with additional features embedded which allow to use less components and therefore have less space requirements
Data-logger and control as well as power and data connection and signaling

Ensured availability

Integrated energy backup

Individual design

Managed/unmanaged switches according to project needs
High-end industrial devices to guarantee the highest performance ratios and avoid loss of data communication

Secure connection

Thermal analysis for each cabinet and fiber optic connections for easy field works

Modular control

Modular I/O cards for connecting sensors to manage analog or digital signals

All-in-one solution

IP degree certified for outdoor or indoor solutions
All-in-one supplier for a simpler coordination of the PV plant

PV Weather Boxes

Increase your energy production, monitor your system output

PV systems should deliver optimum performance. In order to use as many plant resources as possible for energy generation, regular monitoring of weather parameters is crucial.

Our PV Weather Boxes provide reliable information on all important weather parameters. Values such as temperature, irradiance, wind speed and direction, precipitation, relative humidity, and much more can be permanently recorded. The certified housings are equipped with regard to customer-specific requirements such as environmental conditions, electrics, and data transmission. They are ready for immediate use, extremely robust, and protected against all weather influences.

Increase your energy production, monitor your system output

Reliable function due to optimal protection
Maximum availability due to integrated power backup
High cost-effectiveness through modular designs based on standard references
IP certification for outdoor or indoor use
Connection of the required weather sensors (not included in the scope of delivery) via modular I/O cards

Full connectivity

Reliable information on weather parameters such as temperature, irradiance, wind speed, or humidity at any time
Bundled from the various sensors and forwarded to the PV plant's SCADA system.

Modular designs

Can be adapted to the customer's specific requirements
Durable, insensitive to weather conditions, and reliably deliver all desired weather data.
Ensures that the investment is permanently economical

Best price/performance ratio

Cost-effectively manufacturing on the basis of common standard references
Factory certified and meeting all important standards and requirements

Suitable for all common sensors

The Weidmuller PV Weather Boxes are suitable for all well known weather sensors on the market e.g.

Hukseflux Thermal Sensors
Kipp & Zonen
Rika Sensors
SEVEN Sensor Solutions
Ingenieurbüro Mencke & Tegtmeyer GmbH

Perfect complementation

The perfect complements to our PV Communication Boxes and PV Weather Boxes make your utility scale PV installations even more efficient. For example, our PV string monitoring systems can be used to collect and analyze data in order to allow you to precisely monitor your PV plants. The PV SMS can be perfectly implemented into our proven PV DC combiner boxes. Our PV AC combiner boxes are primarily designed for the requirements of large plants. They can be used to combine PV string inverters reliably and cost-effectively. More efficiency and productively thanks to perfect complements for your PV plant.