Do tell. Where can I verify this? Or how did you come to learn of this?
Look back at post #30:
‘Main user problem is the stolen software running on them , "
not allowed update" states Wenzhou Xihe on an extra label. This implies also not being able to use the wonderful "VictronConnect" app which updates its devices mandatorily unless it is an old² version.
Well,
I updated mine and connected it some months later to the VRM cloud, which coincided with its
complete malfunction after a few days. Soft kill, caused probably by its
blacklisted serial number.’
If the software ‘ecosystem’ functions correctly but disables unauthorized units, that’s only possible with the same actual design with the same actual firmware - only ‘serial number’ / licensing separates ‘genuine’ / licensed units from clone / unlicensed units.
When the customer (Victron) purchases fewer units than forecasted, this allows the Chinese / Indian manufacturer to recover material cost without forcing the customer (Victron) to pick up the tab.
These kinds of contractual terms exist all the time.
Pictures of the actual underlying boards wound provide definitive proof, but the fact that you can apparently update but brick unauthorized / licensed ‘clone’ units is nearly as good (99% proof).
No amount of reverse-engineering can get you to that degree of matching ecosystem compatability…