houseofancients
Solar Wizard
Don't worry about the alarms, they are part of normal operations.
Just enjoy your power
UK Using 3 Fogstar 5.12kWh Energy Server Rack Batteries, cant keep them in sync
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Just enjoy your power
Maybe I missed something, but I don't see anything wrong with those values - both cell #10 and the pack voltage are within the ranges you have set, so not sure what 'alarm' you are seeing?
Do the red lines on the spreadsheet mean anything, or are they just alternating with black to make it easier to see the rows? The pack voltage values in the black row are actually higher than the red one.
Do the red lines on the spreadsheet mean anything, or are they just alternating with black to make it easier to see the rows? The pack voltage values in the black row are actually higher than the red one.
Not sure if this will help or not but here is a screenshot of a memory dump on B2 which includes the testing done before delivery.
Going on the alarms in April I would say its safe to assume that the red lines are the fault reports.
I'm not sure I can post a complete xls file here for viewing.
Again i'm guessing but I assumed that the black lines are after the alarms triggered but the volts are still rising?
Going on the alarms in April I would say its safe to assume that the red lines are the fault reports.I'm not sure I can post a complete xls file here for viewing.
Again i'm guessing but I assumed that the black lines are after the alarms triggered but the volts are still rising?
houseofancients
Solar Wizard
These are NOT fault reports, these are alarms of overvoltage/voltage reached, and thus battery full..
Again, stop fiddling and start enjoying
Sorry if I have offended, I am happy to enjoy and I would rather not fiddle. I am going to lay the blame firmly at the large LCD display on each battery that shouts at me thus.
Inviting a button press to alarm status information which gets even more red.
Inviting a button press to alarm status information which gets even more red.
My thoughts exactly.
For some odd reason it seems the PACE BMS is reporting "fully charged" as an error and thus confusing the users. Why would it show a big red indicator when it's just fully charged? @Ben@Fogstar
I too am getting these alarms on my battery and my inverter ( Solis S5-EH1P5K-L) is alarming and shutting down for about 15 mins until it sorts itself out. It always occurs as the battery is fully charged. I have asked Solis to update the software to see if it helps, but there seems to be some parameter that the inverter does not like. Anyone any suggestions as to what I can do to fix this.
It is a fogstar rack battery the battery has shown the same warning as @Oldman2 above and also cell overvoltage warning. It had already shown the fully warning and was continuing to charge, it was 55.8+ but by the time I had grabbed my camera it was starting to come down. I have contacted Solis and installed a data logger next week I will ask them to update the software and alert them to the alarms, but my gut feeling is it is the battery.
Above my pay grade, I expected it to work coming from the supplier. I was told it would be configured to work with my inverter. Too old to be tech savvy but can configure settings if talked through the procedure. How would I obtain information of what the correct settings are?
houseofancients
Solar Wizard
See this topic
Can I assume the settings on @Oldman2 post #49 to be what I am aiming for. Can I make the changes to the battery whilst it is connected to the inverter or do I need to isolate battery and remove Comms lead.
Will watch the video posted by @houseofancients and with a faint heart delve into my battery tomorrow.
Thank you all for helping will let you know how I get on.
Will watch the video posted by @houseofancients and with a faint heart delve into my battery tomorrow.
Thank you all for helping will let you know how I get on.
houseofancients
Solar Wizard
Yep, those should get you there..
Don't forget if you change settings in your BMS, you need to do that for each of your batteries..
Please report back , if you notice a positive or negative change !
Do I need to disconnect it from the inverter
houseofancients
Solar Wizard
Normally not..
But it is always smart to isolate if the opportunity is there, one never knows
Starting from the beginning, can I assume you installed the battery?
Did you select a battery name like Fox or Pylontech in the Solis menu? or go for user defined settings?
With the battery did you download the tools from Fogstar, install Pbmstools software and using the rs232 battery port lead to pc/laptop USB port supplied set the BMS to operate as a Pylontech clone?
Yes both those were set up by fogstar before delivery, though both battery and inverter selection are pylon I was going to change inverter to Solis but it is not listed. One of the selection was Chinese writing? And I selected pylon on my inverter.
When I start to make changes to the parameters, will they stay or do I need to click write all for them to stay?
It may be Pz#168178
I use version V2.5FN for everyday stuff and thats password is 123456 (no protocol section in this software)
I would read all then edit just what you need to change and then write all to save it.
hth
Thank you for your help but no joy.
Note attached to download is same password, typed this in and enter. Still not allowed to make changes. Deleted and reinstalled program, same.
Two options next to password change and clear. Tried to change, original password error. Will have to try and contact Fogstar on Monday.
I use this one for daily checks and any adjustments, its very user friendly and stays open on my desktop most days, I think I downloaded from Jakiper batteries site PbmsTools_V2.5EN.zip password is 123456
It may be worth you getting it for future use, maybe someone here can link you to it.
It may be worth you getting it for future use, maybe someone here can link you to it.
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Thanks for that downloaded from the Jakiper site and able to change the parameters to mirror post# 49. Battery charging, cell 16 never reached balance and a couple of other cells over voltage. Delving into battery not as scary as I feared.
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