CHINA kills all non Sol-Ark branded DEYE unit in the USA this morning.

[42OhmsPA]

The passcode is automatically generated overseas....does that mean if you put it on a VPN and tell it it's in China it will start working again?

Great question.

 

[robby]

Which ones?

Don't know because the info was so Vague. I asked and the distributor told me he did not know but he is getting reports from EG4 installers.
The Deye thing is the same way. It's kind of weird that thousands of Deye Inverters are off line and their is not much being said.
We got tons of owners right here on the forum and yet no posts.

 

[richwolf]

Instead of handling this "in the courts", the firmware was weaponized and aimed at ... all of us!

Remind me not to buy any of these brands that:

- phone home, require OTA updates and/or internet access
- can't be operated fully off-grid
- have weaponized at any time

I'll stick with a totally off-grid make/model ...

Get rid of your phone and computer then!
Much more likely than having your solar system compromised.

 

[robby]

9 pages in and no proof this even happened. Starting to reek of BS more and more.

I really hope this is not another James started rumor like the last one on Sol-Ark not offering warranties for certain customers.

 

[richwolf]

I really hope this is not another James started rumor like the last one on Sol-Ark not offering warranties for certain customers.

James is too busy throwing stones vs trying to take care of his own business!
Seems like a shady character to me.

 

[Tulex]

Why is the first please Pls, then later it's Please.
Doesn't even look legit. Some is clear English, some not so much.

 

[cs1234]

Stop
Buying Grey or black market gear.

Won't somebody support the American middle-man!

 

[timselectric]

How is this business suicide? It does not affect genuine Sol-Ark users, and the grey market buyers have already proven they won't buy Sol-Ark.

The implication is that Sol-Ark is behind it. That puts them in a very bad light.
Even if it's not true (more than likely the case) , the rumor mill can be deadly.

 

[webbbn]

I have a Deye inverter and can confirm that it was "bricked" last night. Fortunately I don't rely on it, and it was easy to bypass, but I can imagine some are in much worse shape. They could have at least given some pre-warning.

Unless they're imminent safety concerns, I think it would be illegal in most places to turn off someone's power without warning, which is what this amounts to for those who rely on it.

 

[Andrewr05]

Has anybody from here been effected by this?
I haven't seen any post stating that.

A few solar groups on Facebook are talking about it.

 

[42OhmsPA]

Don't know because the info was so Vague. I asked and the distributor told me he did not know but he is getting reports from EG4 installers.
The Deye thing is the same way. It's kind of weird that thousands of Deye Inverters are off line and their is not much being said.
We got tons of owners right here on the forum and yet no posts.

Well if they use the inverters to power their internet gateways....

Something is definitely fishy in my opinion.

Wonder if anything similar will happen with this?

 

[42OhmsPA]

I have a Deye inverter and can confirm that it was "bricked" last night. Fortunately I don't rely on it, and it was easy to bypass

You should share how, start a new thread to make it easy to find for others.

 

[Solar Guppy]

My Solis doesn't. No internet connectivity

Solis, since the 4G series and newer, all Solis inverters can by the users choice have dongles connected for online monitoring, firmware updates, remote settings changed, just like most other manufactures.

If your concerned, don't keep the dongles connected to the inverters as the latest ones have cellular built-in as a backup if no local internet / router to connect with. Similar issues using mobile devices and Bluetooth apps, they can do the same functions as the dongles.

Not keeping me awake at night, but if there were ever to be some type of trade war and a foreign government told a domestic company shut down everything you have sold, it could be back to the 1970's pretty quick technology wise.

 

[jzampieron]

They can protect your interests by not allowing sales of split phase deye inverters in rhe US. Which they already do.

But disabling inverters via the internet for this reason seems more like a cyber attack than a company protecting its interests.

IANAL, but I wonder if you could sue Deye under the CFAA. You legally purchased a physical asset, which contains a computer. They have used unauthorized access to that computer you own to cause you damages.

Good luck getting the Feds to prosecute, but you might be able to get an injunction to re-enable your HW.

 

[Q-Dog]

I have a Deye inverter and can confirm that it was "bricked" last night. Fortunately I don't rely on it, and it was easy to bypass, but I can imagine some are in much worse shape. They could have at least given some pre-warning.

Unless they're imminent safety concerns, I think it would be illegal in most places to turn off someone's power without warning, which is what this amounts to for those who rely on it.

So, what was the fix? Remove the dongle? Change your internet password?

 

[cs1234]

I think @Will Prowse or some other moderator needs to bring the “back it up” hammer on this. One screenshot without context and paragraph is really stirring the pot

Leave it be. If EG4 wants to publicly badmouth Deye/Sol-Ark with possibly erroneous statements.. let them. The courts can figure it out later.

 

[robby]

So, what was the fix? Remove the dongle? Change your internet password?

Nothing on Reddit all day and now we have a guy saying it's easy to bypass.
For the love of God I really hope that the Facebook stuff does not get removed again and it becomes another fake story pushed by James.

 

[webbbn]

I didn't bypass the lockout. I turned it off and bypassed the inverter. I have no idea how to fix the inverter.

 

[45North]

Unless they're imminent safety concerns, I think it would be illegal in most places to turn off someone's power without warning, which is what this amounts to for those who rely on it.

Yet another reason to stay on the grid. Pocos are regulated and would never get away with something like this.

 

[webbbn]

Just for clarification, my solar is grid tied microinverters. The inverter was just being used essentially as a UPS, with the batteries charged from the grid, so it was easy to bypass it.

 

[robby]

Yet another reason to stay on the grid. Pocos are regulated and would never get away with something like this.

Also another reason not to try and bypass the legal distributors of a product.
If this is True I suspect it's more about Deye wanting to get their distribution line cleaned up because they know that under Trumps Tariff plan any grey market activity could cause them to be completely banned in the USA

 

[42OhmsPA]

Just for clarification, my solar is grid tied microinverters. The inverter was just being used essentially as a UPS, with the batteries charged from the grid, so it was easy to bypass it.

Would you happen to have the ability to connect it through a VPN and tell it that's it on vacation somewhere else?

The passcode is automatically generated overseas....does that mean if you put it on a VPN and tell it it's in China it will start working again?

 

[webbbn]

Would you happen to have the ability to connect it through a VPN and tell it that's it on vacation somewhere else?

That might be possible, but I'll have to look into how.

 

[Brucey]

Nothing on Reddit all day and now we have a guy saying it's easy to bypass.
For the love of God I really hope that the Facebook stuff does not get removed again and it becomes another fake story pushed by James.

Yeah he bypassed it literally by taking it out of his system, not bypassing the Deye 5 digit lockout.

 

[42OhmsPA]

That might be possible, but I'll have to look into how.

It's been a long time since I've played with networking stuff in detail. The first thing that comes to mind is OpenVPN and DD-WRT but there's a good chance that's outdated.