Conroy

Hi guys, I have an Axpert 5KVA which I purchased in 2013. It is obviously a few firmware upgrades behind as I do not have the settings on the inverter from option 30 upwards. I managed to get hold of the 72.70 version of the firmware and would like to upgrade. 2 questions: a) can I perform the upgrade whilst the inverter is in situ, i.e. still connected to panels, batteries, utility and providing power to the home? b) i scratched around and found a cable supplied with the inverter at the time of purchase. It has a female serial plug on the one end (which I assume plugs into my PC serial port) and a RJ45 (male network connection) on the other end (which I assume plugs into the inverter. Can you please confirm whether this is the correct cable to use for the firmware upgrade? Tx in advance. Conroy

Hi Javi, Tx for your comment. I agree, ESP is much cheaper. Is there software available for the ESP that I can use to monitor? Regards Conroy

Hi guys, I am new to the forum and have done some "trawling" amongst previous posts but was unable to find a definitive answer. I would appreciate any guidance/assistance. Like most people on the forum, I have a requirement to monitor my Inverter/charge rate/battery voltage, etc. on a Raspberry Pi 3. From what I could find, it seems there is only 1 option available being: ICC software - http://iccsoftware.co.za/ from Centurion Solar. The current price today appears to be R879 based on the current ZAR/USD exchange rate. I do appreciate that they need to have a return in terms of development hours invested and agree that the application has awesome functionality. I am however only interested in the basics whilst I am at home and do not necessarily require all functionality available in the software. I would appreciate it if you could advise whether there is any other software out there that one can use on a Raspberry for monitoring as mentioned above. Regards Conroy