They ( owners that got bricked ) already have the hardware, the dongles have local http access with menus and the ability to load firmware, just find one file online ( takes about 1 minute ) and load an older version.
Yup
That would make the most sense and be the fastest. Someone pays a fee and gets a code + a Sol-Ark sticker to apply to the device. I would doubt the hardware is different, it would only be the firmware that is different. If I had one of these units I would not take up Sol-Ark's offer, I would be done with Deye and since Deye makes the Sol-Ark hardware, done with Sol-Ark. Sol-Ark deal is a great deal for Deye, technically Deye sold the original inverter (and made a profit) and then Deye gets profit on replacement Sol-Ark inverter.
If Sol-Ark can get away with this what is stopping them from charging you a monthly fee to use their inverter I would never take them up on this for that reason. Also if you think Sol-Arc had nothing to do with this I have a bridge for sale
interesting,So, 2 days in, 500+ messages and no one from UK with Deye issues?
What strikes me as odd is that Deye have inverters approved for connection to the UK grid as well as Sunsynk-branded ones. In order to achieve that they will have actively put products through testing procedures, which doesn't make sense if they don't aim to compete against Sunsynk
There is one problem with that I think that back door has been in there from day one.
Very close to the same.
maintenance fee maybe. Like a virus, ransomware protection program.
No internet connectivity is required to use the dongle and disable via your router its ability to phone home
So there is no need for Deye to take care of it in UK (like Italian mafia do).
I think US is the only region where the price markup is very high.
Probably because most of us are following Occam's razor on this one.
Very unlikely as they would have to have access to the source code and encryption methods used in transport and decoding
Then we wouldn't have sol-arks "generous offer".
While it is fair game that SolArk works out a distribution contract with Deye for specific geographical areas, it does smell bad that the price difference between the SolArk and a similar/identical Deye sold by other venders is so high.
That’s my understanding also..
They had a corner on the market for 2 years. (No competition)
pretty sad
No I said I doubt sol-ark directly did this and its not their responsibility to do it. They paid for exclusive rights to this market and to not have the manufacturer selling these particular units here.
