The ASE DER Gateway is a communications gateway that links a distributed energy resource site to the utility headend system and to DER aggregators. It is sold as a CA Rule 21 gateway and is described as SunSpec certified for IEEE 2030.5, with a CSIP-certified aggregator client. On the utility side it can use IEEE 2030.5, DNP3 or IEC 104. On site it talks to smart inverters or energy management systems over Modbus, DNP3 or IEEE 2030.5. Every gateway has to be registered with the kalki.io device management portal. Through that portal, firmware, security patches, licenses and configuration files are updated remotely, and events and alarms are monitored. Kalki.io also gives role-based remote maintenance access to the programming ports of field devices such as inverters and meters. ASE obtains and manages the SunSpec X.509 IEEE 2030.5 certificate. The customer has to get the utility's permission to connect to the utility DER server. Some models ship with an AT&T cellular connection already configured, and data overages are billed extra.
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manufactured_byc1 drafted · lead ASE Telemetry proposed
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certified_toc2 drafted · lead IEEE 2030.5 proposed
Described as SunSpec Certified IEEE 2030.5 DER gateways.
sec=h9 h=26dd33529bb8sec=h13 h=26dd33529bb8uses_protocolc3 drafted · lead IEEE 2030.5
Used toward the utility headend and DER aggregators, and also to on-site DER devices.
sec=h9 h=26dd33529bb8sec=h13 h=26dd33529bb8c4 drafted · lead Common Smart Inverter Profile
CSIP-certified IEEE 2030.5 aggregator client.
sec=h9 h=26dd33529bb8sec=h13 h=26dd33529bb8Available both toward the utility side and toward on-site DER devices.
sec=h9 h=26dd33529bb8sec=h13 h=26dd33529bb8Used to talk to on-site devices such as smart inverters or EMS.
sec=h9 h=26dd33529bb8sec=h13 h=26dd33529bb8c7 drafted · lead Cellular data
AT&T cellular connection comes pre-configured only in select DER Gateway models; data overages are billed extra.
sec=h12 h=9cfca8652584requiresc8 verified · fact Kalki.io device management proposed
All DAS/DER gateways are to be registered and connected to the kalki.io portal.
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implementsc9 drafted · lead Remote firmware update
Through kalki.io: firmware, security patches, licenses and configuration files are updated remotely.
sec=h14 h=e653ef2ac1c7sec=h9 h=26dd33529bb8c10 drafted · lead Remote maintenance access proposed
Role-based remote access to field device programming ports over a secured link.
sec=h9 h=26dd33529bb8sec=h13 h=26dd33529bb8c11 drafted · lead Remote inverter control proposed
Lets the utility monitor and control DER assets through the gateway's IEEE 2030.5 aggregator client.
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