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    EG4 18kpv Questions

    yes its using pylon option #2 under battery type works fine with the seplos units i have. they are 11.7KW and canbus comms are working fine after setting to pylon protocol in EG4 18kpv. That info came from the LuxPower guide to set up different batteries. Only issue is the max charging rate is...
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    EG4 18kpv Questions

    Markus got it working but a little concerned the batteries max discharge rate is 200amp. but via canbus comms its showing a lot more....390amps. don't want to fry the new batteries. is this normal?
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    EG4 18kpv Questions

    ok I got the password to work again but I can't seem to get the battery type to save as anything but 0, when I change and hit save and check again it back to zero.
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    EG4 18kpv Questions

    Markus i cannot get into change it as it seems the password was changed. last people in to update it was EG$ or Gilbert. also fyi it is currently set as 2, which according to the luxpower US manual is pylon tech battery. Spelos says they use this same protocol. so should i try this as im in...
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    EG4 18kpv Questions

    do you know what the settings are for using Seplos batteries with the EG4 18kpv. i think someone told me to set it to pylon type as i don't think Seplos is an option in the 18kpv? thanks
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    EG4 LL series and bmstools

    Hello users of EG4 LL V2 batteries. i have tried for weeks to get one of my two windows laptops (10/11) to talk using BMS tools to the batteries. I tried it with an amazon USB to RS485 using the two pins per the manual (which works on a 3d axis mill machine) and now EG4's cable and on both...
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    Signature Solar

    when i call the sales number it says out of service?? 903-441-2090. is there a new number or has the worst happened???
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    Paralleling the EG4 PowerPro Wall battery.

    Will in all your other reviews you take it apart and comment on the quality of the build, materials and assembly. I have not seen anyone that has disassembled a Powerpro (or the GSL version). I am curious if they are using the same technology inside as the older rack or stack models they make...
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    EG4 LL V2 Battery to SA Cable Question

    ok i have an industrial grade usb to RS485 converter/connector. on the ethernet side only pin 1&2 wired per manual pin 1 485 B+ pin 2 485 A-. i installed the correct drive for the device and do a scan both address 1 and 64 and nothing, it seems to scan port 3/4 but my device is on comm 2...
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    EG4 LL V2 Battery to SA Cable Question

    if I was in US easy choice but i am in costa rica and to order and ship here from USA price goes up a lot for shipping and duty and takes time. i have all i need to make a cable but not the wire but thinking about it there is a chip involved also to convert to RS-422/485 or 232 so i guess i...
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    EG4 LL V2 Battery to SA Cable Question

    neither of the links posted above has anything todo with making a usb-c to ethernet adapter using a rj45 male to male cable to connect to the rs-485 port on the LL batteries. did i miss something??
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    EG4 LL V2 Battery to SA Cable Question

    let try this again. i want to check my LL sereis batteries using BMS_Tools on a windows 11 laptop or a macbook pro (under bootcamp or OS X). i see in the battery manual that rs485 uses pin 1 & 2, now i have to make a cable that goes to an ethernet to USB-C adapter so do i just run pin 1=pin 1...
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    Seplos Battery install to existing Inverter UK

    Bill I am not aware of Seplos making an AC coupled battery I assume you are talking about connecting to an inverter or charge controller. Seplos is a DC battery and to my knowledge the US 10kw solar edge has no battery input but is designed as a grid tie to feed excess energy back to utility. so...
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    EG4 LL V2 Battery to SA Cable Question

    Marcus can you provide teh pin out to make a cable as i have a macbook running either osx or boot camp windows 10 but only USB C ports. i have an adapter to rj45 (ethernet from apple i use to talk to my cars ODB-II interface works fine. can i not just make a double ended RJ-45 male cable from...
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    EG4 18kPV Q+A general thread

    yes but a new bug has appeared for me. i changed my cut off to 15% soc and changed the AC recharge amount to 40% SOC using 2.5kw. for some reason it gets stuck on grid. Gilbert disabled Fast Zero export which i was always told to leave on even though i wanted no export. i just reverted old...
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