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    Schneider 60/150 weird (new??) setting

    @hammick , i see your "1200 miles away from home" and raise you to 7500 miles!! LOL! i, too, have used InsightCloud, but i now use a Cloudflare Zero Trust tunnel on an old computer to access my home network as if i'm physically there - pretty awesome, actually! i can get into my InsightFacility...
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    InsightCloud not showing historical Solar Production data?

    hey everyone! i'd say over the past few months, i've noticed in the InsightCloud dashboard, it doesn't/refuses to show historical data pertaining to Solar Production. it'll show daily production no problem, but just WON'T show Month/Year/Lifetime data anymore! i can still go into...
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    Schneider discontinued their SCP??

    yea, i had the same question. it makes NO SENSE that there is a battery-storage-limit on either device! schneider customer service couldn't answer either. i've got 86kWh of storage and use the Facility, no problem. the 2 main differences between InsightHome and InsightFacility are the amount...
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    Schneider and "DVCC"?

    just finished watching andys video on the Victron DVCC setting. it sounds pretty straight forward of a setting and should be everywhere, but does anyone know if the Conext ecosystem from Schneider has any similar setting? for context: apparently the "DVCC" setting (Distributed Voltage and...
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    Schneider discontinued their SCP??

    NAILED. IT. i don't know why any company would want to be anti-their-customer. maybe b/c their "customer support" is nonexistent? LMAO!
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    Schneider discontinued their SCP??

    yea, i hear y'all. i've got the insightfacility myself and LOVE the functionality of using it through insight cloud & insight local. using the computer is WAY more convenient. HOWEVER... just like Koldsimer said, sometimes it's just nice/convenient to check a screen if i just so happen to be...
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    Schneider discontinued their SCP??

    really? i just can't understand NOT having an interface to the system using buttons you physically push! LOL! are you just using insightlocal via combox/gateway/home/facility then? i mean, that IS totally valid i guess. it just sucks that schneider in their INFINITE WISDOM sell a $3500...
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    Schneider discontinued their SCP??

    oh yea, my Xantrex 6048 was truckin' along perfectly since 2008! i recently upgraded to two 6848's. the equipment is ROCK solid! i came across a youtube video, and in the comments someone off-handedly mentioned the SCP was discontinued. i thought that was the most ignorant comment, so i...
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    Buying a house with passive solar hot water

    just curious: are you in a climate where there is NO CHANCE of freezing? like, at ALL? just wondering b/c my hydronic system uses glycol in the loop... then there is a heat exchanger in the hot water tank. so it's a closed loop. i couldn't quite tell from your pics...
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    Schneider discontinued their SCP??

    um. WHAT?!!? i just found out that schneider discontinued their system control panel. like, WTF??! when did *THIS* happen? guess it's been replaced with their (WAY overpriced) insighthome/facility offerings. (and FYI, they discontinued their cheaper 'gateway', which is the EXACT SAME thing...
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    Schneider Conext Battery Monitor - Insight Cloud info??

    if xanbus is disconnected, what info is possibly being collected/pushed? or are you just trying to narrow down the insighthome's communication over the internet? it's just a little confusing b/c the insighthome DOES have local communication - 1) through a direct Wi-Fi connection to the device...
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    Schneider Conext SW 4048 does NOT list Lithium as battery option. Why?

    interesting. i'm clearly not savvy on the particulars! LOL! well, at the end of the day (for the OP), LiFePO4 chemistry works with his (or basically any) inverter. just not BMS supported. and, honestly, i don't see WHY people care that their BMS communicates with the rest of the system. the...
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    Schneider Conext SW 4048 does NOT list Lithium as battery option. Why?

    i'm under the impression its the two companies that schneider allowed to see how their Xanbus protocol worked. that's the reason those BMS's/batteries work with the Schneider equipment. there are OTHER batteries are "UL tested" or 'approved', and yet, they don't work with the Schneider...
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    Schneider Conext SW 4048 does NOT list Lithium as battery option. Why?

    yes, LiFePO4 batteries work with the inverters. yes, you would use the CUSTOM battery settings. no, they WILL NOT work in a 'closed loop' - there is no communication of the BMS over the Xanbus network for anything other then the 2 battery manufacturers that Schneider 'approved'. can't remember...
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    Schneider Conext Battery Monitor - Insight Cloud info??

    well, in this thread, i'm still looking for what the time shown in Insight Cloud represents.
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