Yes, I agree - though the plugs supplied with Diehl are pretty good.
Paddleit: Yes, you can talk to `em in a few different ways - and if they`re on the `net; you can monitor individual panel outputs and data.
I haven`t opened an SMA up at all yet - the country is set in the little "black box" that you shove up its bum......3 little rotary switches inside........