Brucey
Solar Wizard
Or it's just beyond the physical capabilities of the inverter
EG4 18kPV Q+A general thread
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cowduck
New Member
When will this remote BMS update be released? I noticed this PDF on the EG4 website.
I am not seeing it on my monitoring site.
I am not seeing it on my monitoring site.
Tech707
New Member
Do you see your battery information highlighted on page 3 of the PDF you shared? I had to get a new EWifi dongle (the one that comes on the 6kxp) before I could see the information from my ELL v2s.
cowduck
New Member
Yes I see that information.
Markus_EG4
I am from Germany. Don't mean to come off rude
Select lithium 1 for comms. Make sure your batteries are on the latest firmware. Make sure you either have the new E-WiFi dongle or a 4g dongle or a WLAN dongle. This will work with these 3 dongles only. The original dongles the 18k came with will not work they do not have to ability to transfer this data
I'm still not seeing the additional battery information with my 2x PowerPro's and 18kpv.
Batteries on T17 firmware, 18kpv latest firmware, Lithium 1 selected, and I'm out of ideas on things to try.
Any suggestions?
wpns
Solar Joules are catch and release
What’s the new E-WiFi dongle? I’ve got the WiFi dongle my inverters came with and the Ethernet dongles, how do I distinguish between them?
In addition to that confusion, I’d like to use Solar Assistant, but only the WiFi dongle supports the API it uses.
Quattrohead
Solar Wizard
You need the 6000XP type wireless dongle to pass the battery data back to the portal, the currently supplied version with the 18k cannot do it.
Hit up SS, they may be able to help you with a replacement.
And yes, currently SA only reads the wifi IP of a Luxpower dongle.....currently
Hit up SS, they may be able to help you with a replacement.
And yes, currently SA only reads the wifi IP of a Luxpower dongle.....currently
Is this top portion referring to my post about the battery data not showing up fully? I'll need an updated dongle for the extra info?You need the 6000XP type wireless dongle to pass the battery data back to the portal, the currently supplied version with the 18k cannot do it.
Hit up SS, they may be able to help you with a replacement.
And yes, currently SA only reads the wifi IP of a Luxpower dongle.....currently
Just want to confirm before I bother SS
wpns
Solar Joules are catch and release
Which brings up a related question: If I have two 18Kpv inverters in parallel, do I need one or two network dongles? If I can or must use two, can they be different, or must they be identical from the set of available dongles?
Markus_EG4
I am from Germany. Don't mean to come off rude
You have the wrong Dongle I just looked your system up
Markus_EG4
I am from Germany. Don't mean to come off rude
If your batteries are shared and not in independent mode then you only need 1 dongle for the master.
Thanks I'll reach out to SS
wpns
Solar Joules are catch and release
Thanks, that's helpful! I have not commissioned my system yet, so nothing's been powered up (maybe by the weekend, but everything's on Island Time), is there a way to tell which one I have (or which I want) by visual inspection?
Mine too. Glad to know it's not just me
I notice it did not want to come up early today but is working now for me.
Thunderproof
New Member
@Markus_EG4 Do you have a reference for all of the afci values for the 18kpv shown in the data history log?
I'm still getting random switching between battery and grid a handful of times every single day and the only thing that stands out abrupt changes in the values "afciCurrCh3", "afciCurrCh4", "afciFlag", and "afciArcCh1", none of the other related values for other channels are ever affected, it's always those 4 values that change. There are never any alarms or faults recorded when the switch happens.
Is this just a case of being too sensitive? Is there anything I can change to stop this from occurring?
I'm still getting random switching between battery and grid a handful of times every single day and the only thing that stands out abrupt changes in the values "afciCurrCh3", "afciCurrCh4", "afciFlag", and "afciArcCh1", none of the other related values for other channels are ever affected, it's always those 4 values that change. There are never any alarms or faults recorded when the switch happens.
Is this just a case of being too sensitive? Is there anything I can change to stop this from occurring?
Has anyone dealt with "dongle not registered" issue? I can't register to create an account with EG4 monitoring because of this error. I got the dongle to connect with 3 green dots but tech support said they couldn't see it on their end.
Markus_EG4
I am from Germany. Don't mean to come off rude
This is only used for debugging. It’s set up for the engineers. Even tho it’s labeled afci it’s always used for something they set up for tracking or monitoring. I can ask them to remove it from end user being able to see.
Markus_EG4
I am from Germany. Don't mean to come off rude
Pm me your serial number I can get you up and working
If "conversation" is PM on this platform, I did that. Thanks for reaching out so quickly.
Tech707
New Member
Should we select 1 for EG4-LL (V2)? Will the LL (V2) support remote firmware updates with the E-Wifi dongle?
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