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Status Update At the end of a couple of weeks of testing various combinations of ICC versions on a Pi3 and a Pi2, with Debian Buster Operating system and with the Debian Stretch Operation system, I figured that the culprit was a SD Card with some sort of file corruption. On creating a new SD Card from the latest Pi4 image (with the Buster OS) to test on a Pi3, ICC immediately started to run smooth without any freezing problems. When testing the same on a Pi2, the same result as with the Pi3, no freezing. However the Pi2 struggled with the screen refresh rates of ICC on Buster OS. Done the same with the new SD Card but with Stretch OS on the Pi2, also no freezing so far, but with better screen refresh rates of ICC. As part of the tests, I replaced the power supply on the Pi2 with the power supply of the Pi3 (5.1V 3.0A), and then realize that the Pi2 was under powered. According the Raspberry Pi forums, an under powered Pi can cause SD Card corruption. On a Pi2, the red LED must be constant On, this is showing that the Pi2 is receiving sufficient power. If it flickers or is Off then the Pi2 is under powered. This was the case with the Pi2 before changing the power supply. My only conclusion, at the moment, is that there is file corruption on the old SD Card of the Pi2 which caused the newer versions of ICC to freeze. The file corruption was caused by an under powered Pi2. So far, the current run time of ICC V2.9996 on a new SD Card with Stretch OS on a Pi2 with a Pi3 power supply is approaching 70:00 with out any freezing problems.

Not the cable, using a shielded USB external hard drive cable, Pi (Pi 2B) is update to date with the latest updates and I have restarted every-time when ICC hangs to clear any possible static charges that may accumulate. I'm sitting with my hands in my hair, can I pm you?

Since I've done the version upgrade ICC is freezing randomly anywhere after 25H runtime, something I've never experienced with V2.996. I've looked up my upgrade path and have done an upgrade from 2.996 to 2.999, and on 2.999 I've experienced random freezing problems and rolled back to V2.996 Wolfandy, are you having any freezing or hanging problem with V2.99996?

Update done, MPPT screen is now the same as yours and now showing "MPPT Tread Running" Thanks again. Never thought about a software update recently. ICC was running like clock work and my believe is not to fix something that isn't broken.

Thanks for your reply, I see there is a version 2.99996 available. Currently on 2.996, Let me first run the update.

Good day I am running ICC on a Raspberry monitoring an Axpert Inverter, Victron SmartShunt via a VE Direct to USB cable. These monitoring works like clock work. Yesterday evening, I have linked up a Victron Smart Solar MPPT 150/60 to my system and connected it up via a VE Direct to USB cable also to the Raspberry. On ICC "Victron MPPT" is on, "Add Victron MPPT PV to Total PV" is On, "Use external Victron Battery Monitor" is On. After restarting the Raspberry, ICC picked up the MPPT, showing the model, serial number, firmware version and battery voltage in the Victron MPPT tab. The battery data from the SmartShunt update correctly and around every second. However it was dark and no PV data was shown. After the panels started to produce power today, I noticed that the ICC PV info updated very slowly and does not correspond with info shown on VictronConnect. The ICC Battery Voltage and MPPT Voltage update around +/- every 60 seconds incorrectly and the other values update like once or twice in the hour. First, I thought the VE USB cable was faulty, swop the cables around between the SmartShunt and the MPPT and still no luck with the data feed from the MPPT to ICC. The SmartShunt updates correctly with any of the two cables. On the MPPT, the TX port is set for Normal Communication and the RX Port is set for Remote On/Off, Smart Networking is enable between the MPPT and the SmartShunt. Have spoken to Manie at ICC and he said that they have other clients with a same setup and on their systems both the MPPT and Battery values update fast and correctly. Can someone assist me to get the MPPT data feed correctly? Thank you for a great forum. Herman

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Hallo everybody I'm reading a lot on this forum, but this is my first post. I'm planning to replace my AGM batteries with at least 12Kw lithium batteries from Bain Viljoen. I have 2 questions: First one is for Bain: What is the possibility of bringing 240ah or larger batteries in? I've looked at similar batteries with similar cycles and when I do the calculation (I'm an accountant🤣) of price per ah in USD, the 240ah and 300ah batteries are cheaper per ah vs the price per ah for 120ah batteries. The second is open for anybody: Where can I get a piece of equipment to measure the DoD of a battery bank. I do use ICC on an Axpert Inverter, but the Axpert SOC is a calculated figure based on the battery type settings. Thank you, Herman