Hello All,
I am working at a university lab where we have installed a Solark 8K Outdoor inverter that will be used for research purposes. Previously, we had a Schneider Conext System installed, but we dismantled it in order to update the lab with newer equipment. However, we did keep the Conext Battery Monitor online. As far as we can tell, the Battery Monitor is pretty accurate with reading the State of Charge from the Blue Ion 2.0 battery bank.
What really interests us is that the Battery Monitor has the ability to send State of Charge data to other devices using Modbus. When talking to Solark Tech Support "Representative A" one time, he said that it is possible to have the Battery Monitor send the SOC data to Solark using the RS485 Battery port. Well, a few weeks later, I got ahold of another "Representative B" who said that he has never heard of this being done and that Solark can't offer support on Modbus integration.
Has anyone every tried to do this or can tell me if it is possible? I have the Modbus maps for both pieces of equipment, and I have the Cat5e cord wired , but I am not sure what to do with the programming once the cord gets connected.
I am working at a university lab where we have installed a Solark 8K Outdoor inverter that will be used for research purposes. Previously, we had a Schneider Conext System installed, but we dismantled it in order to update the lab with newer equipment. However, we did keep the Conext Battery Monitor online. As far as we can tell, the Battery Monitor is pretty accurate with reading the State of Charge from the Blue Ion 2.0 battery bank.
What really interests us is that the Battery Monitor has the ability to send State of Charge data to other devices using Modbus. When talking to Solark Tech Support "Representative A" one time, he said that it is possible to have the Battery Monitor send the SOC data to Solark using the RS485 Battery port. Well, a few weeks later, I got ahold of another "Representative B" who said that he has never heard of this being done and that Solark can't offer support on Modbus integration.
Has anyone every tried to do this or can tell me if it is possible? I have the Modbus maps for both pieces of equipment, and I have the Cat5e cord wired , but I am not sure what to do with the programming once the cord gets connected.