Making System Integration a Snap
- The hardware and software solution for quick, seamless integration of key features into DC Solar Charging and other Morningstar components
- Literally a snap—no additional cabling, network configuration or addressing required. ReadyBlocks are truly “plug ‘n’ play, saving installation time and improving reliability while reducing system complexity
- May be mixed and matched to support a variety of custom system needs
Along with its new flagship GenStar MPPT Solar DC Charging platform, Morningstar has taken an important step for solar system installers and designers—by eliminating the phrase “add-on accessories” from their vocabulary.
Our innovative ReadyBlock™ and ReadyRail™ architecture make it possible to design fully-integrated systems either up-front or later, as system needs expand– by taking the most requested and advanced key features and “building them in” to core components, instead of adding them on.
ReadyBlock are snap-in modules that make adding new features to a system— including battery BMS, Shunt and Relay capabilities-something that can be done in a matter of seconds. Simply insert the blocks onto the “parent” or host product’s (such as a GenStar DC solar charger) built-in ReadyRail.
No additional wiring or connections are needed. The ReadyBlocks activate and are “on-line” in the host system component almost immediately, for an absolutely seamless transition to new functionality.
ReadyBlock expansion system through exclusive ReadyRail design achieves true controller technology integration– all information is instantly available since it’s actually part of the hardware and software of the parent/host component itself, instead of outside the system as with a typical stand-alone accessory device. There are no dongles, add-on “patch-corded” devices, or extras needed for system-level communications and control functions—everything is built-in and ready to go.
ReadyBlock
ReadyShunt– battery metering/monitoring, key metrics including lead-acid SOC, energy in/out (Amp hours), current measurement for system sources and loads, and more
ReadyRelay– signaling (dry contact), advanced load control
ReadyBMS– full closed-loop communications and control with lithium batteries
Compatible Morningstar host or “parent components” with ReadyRail access include the GenStar MPPT DC Solar Charging System. Future products will enable ReadyBlock upgrading with other Morningstar controllers, for smarter and better integrated solar electric systems.
ReadyBlock Key Features:
- Can be added to the rail in any combination or quantity
- Auto-detected which blocks are attached and in what order, allowing the user to visually identify each block on the rail in the User Interface of the parent component
- Once attached to the rail, there is no additional power, comms connections or software addressing required to get the blocks to talk to the parent component, because it will auto-detect their presence and auto-enable the associated software functionality in the user interface
- Easy to assign custom labels to shunt readings and dry contacts. Those labels will then be used throughout the user interface so there is no misunderstanding about data and control related to those connections
- ReadyBlock firmware updates are loaded through the parent component using the same firmware update process as the component itself. A block with older firmware will automatically get updated when attached to a GenStar and provided with newer firmware
- Measurements, data, and control provided by each block are seamlessly enabled in an intuitive way in the user interface. No custom programming is needed to get to the endpoint functionality users require in a DC off-grid system
Right: Up to three (3) ReadyBlocks can be easily added to the ReadyRail standard DIN-mount built into a host component such as the Morningstar GenStar MPPT, in any combination. Other planned Morningstar components will accommodate up to six (6) blocks.
