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    ShineTools w/ Growatt SPF 5000 ES

    ok thnx, I believe that you using the ShinePhone app instead of ShineTools (both apps available on the appstore)
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    ShineTools w/ Growatt SPF 5000 ES

    Can you please confirm if ShineTools or ShinePhone because i got the official answer from Growatt that ShineTools is only for offgrid while ShinePhone is for all devices.
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    ShineTools w/ Growatt SPF 5000 ES

    okay, after talking to Growatt's support in China, they informed me that ShineTools is only used with on-grid and not off-grid inverters.
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    ShineTools w/ Growatt SPF 5000 ES

    Hi everyone, Has anyone used ShineTools with Growatt SPF 5000 ES? It's just that when I connect it to my datalogger, I'm unable to find the SPF type in the list.
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    Growatt SPF 5000 ES - Parallel not all settings are replicated

    Hi everyone, The setup is as per the following them as per the following: 2x SPF 5000 ES running in parallel (firmware: 040-06-104 and 041-06-104) 10x Longi LR5-72HPH-545M (each 5 panels to an inverter) 12x Lento lead acid LSTB-22000 (12V 200Ah) - installed each 4 in series (48V 200Ah) and...
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    Growatt SPF 5000 ES - 5108 Bus voltage high(Fault)

    Hi and thank you for your feedback.....it turns out that the cause of the problem was that one of the panel's cable got disconnected and caused this issue....when I reconnected the panels the issue was resolved after I had send the inverter to the shop for maintenance and a fuse needed to be...
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    2x Growatt SPF 5000 ES in parallel not starting when batteries are flat and utility is charging

    Hi everyone, I have 2x Growatt SPF 5000 ES connected in parallel set to charge from both the PV and the utility power (when available) I live in a country where the power utility is available 3-5 hours/day (1-2h in the morning, 1-2h in the afternoon and 1-2h in the middle of the night). During...
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    Growatt SPF 5000ES firmware update

    to tell you the truth Growatt will not recommend anything... i just asked for the latest firmware and that's what I received
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    Growatt SPF 5000 ES - ShineWifi-F not working

    Seems like no one's interested to help. In all cases, I resolved my issues. Contacted support in China, they sent some steps which were already executed before and nothing helped. For some reason I was unable to access 192.168.10.100 even after resetting the device (held the key for 6 seconds...
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    Growatt SPF 5000 ES - ShineWifi-F not working

    Hi everyone, I woke up this morning and found that one of the 2 inverter's data logger is blinking green while the other one is blinking blue. Please also note that nothing has been changed in terms of configurations. To find the root cause of the issues, I have done the following steps...
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    Growatt SPF 5000 ES - 5108 Bus voltage high(Fault)

    Hi Everyone, This morning while the sun was not up yet and the PV were barely picking up I got an error 5108 or 08 Bus voltage high (Fault) while charging from the utility. I restarted the inverters and everything worked out fine. The setup is as per the following them as per the following...
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    Growatt SPF 5000ES firmware update

    Hi everyone, I tried all kinds of tricks there is out there. Ended up talking back to the Growatt support and they recommended that I use ISP TOOL 4.3 which worked like a charm. I'm attaching the files that I received from Growatt support: ISP TOOL 4.3 Growatt Firmware 2022-01-04 (CPU and...
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    Growatt SPF 5000ES firmware update

    Hi everyone, I recently received the latest firmware (F2809_SK040.06_20220104_A.bin and F030_SK041.06_20220104_A.bin) and ISP tool 4.21 from Growatt support in China and tried to update the firmware but the ISP Tool keeps on sending "Send: Start!" endlessly and my inverter is not starting nor...
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