# 16.7 POWERONE ### Overview PowerOne protocol is used to communicate with Aurora inverters over serial communication. Serial communication parameters (baudrate, parity, etc.) are handled automatically by the protocol. ### Configuration ##### PowerOne parameters for the *Device* tab
**Parameter** | **Type** | **Description** | **Required | **Default value** (when not specified) | **Range** | |
Min | Max | |||||
Min | Max | |||||
name | string | User-friendly device name | Yes | |||
description | string | Description of a device | No | |||
device\_alias | string | Alphanumeric string to identify a device | Yes | |||
enable | boolean | Enabling/disabling of a device | No | 1 | 0 | 1 |
protocol | string | Protocol to be used. | Yes | powerone | ||
serial\_number | integer | Inverter serial number | Yes | |||
type | string | Inverter type : - CU Collecting unit - CB Normal CB - HID HID with integrated CB | No | CU | CU, CB, HID | |
device | Communication port | Yes | PORT1 | PORT2 | ||
baudrate | integer | Communication speed (bauds/s) | No | 9600 | 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600,115200 | |
scan\_rate\_ms | integer | Delay before closing serial port in milliseconds | No | 10000 | ||
poll\_delay\_ms | integer | Minimum time delay in milliseconds to wait before sending any data on port. | No | 200 | ||
timeout\_ms | integer | Timeout of waiting for incoming requests in milliseconds | No | 2500 | 0 | 60000 |
**Parameter** | **Type** | **Description** | **Required | **Default value** (when not specified) | **Range** | |
Min | Max | |||||
signal\_name | string | User-friendly signal name | Yes | |||
device\_alias | string | Device alias from a Devices tab | Yes | |||
signal\_alias | string | Unique alphanumeric name of the signal to be used | Yes | |||
enable | boolean | Enabling/disabling of an individual signal | No | 1 | 0 | 1 |
log | integer | Enable logging in the event log | No | 0 | ||
number\_type | string | Type of a number (FLOAT, DOUBLE, DIGITAL, etc.) | Yes | |||
job\_todo | string | Tag job as single or multiple comma-separated OBIS codes | Yes | |||
tag\_job\_todo | string | Tag sub job | Yes | |||
pulse\_short\_time\_ms | integer | The time interval for a short output pulse to stay active | No | 0 | ||
pulse\_long\_time\_ms | integer | The time interval for a long output pulse to stay active | No | 0 |