CyberJoe Posted May 4, 2022 Posted May 4, 2022 I installed the AM2 battery with a Kodak King inverter. The grey comms cable supplied by Hubble is connected to the battery CAN port, and to the battery port on the inverter. How do I check that the two are indeed talking? Quote
Leshen Posted May 4, 2022 Posted May 4, 2022 31 minutes ago, CyberJoe said: I installed the AM2 battery with a Kodak King inverter. The grey comms cable supplied by Hubble is connected to the battery CAN port, and to the battery port on the inverter. How do I check that the two are indeed talking? Kodak and Hubble aren’t compatible unfortunately so you have to use voltages. Quote
CyberJoe Posted May 4, 2022 Author Posted May 4, 2022 (edited) Damn, then I guess the best solution is to install a Riot Link from Hubble. Edited May 4, 2022 by CyberJoe Quote
Coulomb Posted May 4, 2022 Posted May 4, 2022 (edited) 36 minutes ago, CyberJoe said: How do I check that the two are indeed talking? If a King or similar model with a removable display is successfully talking to a BMS, the battery segment (icon) will flash. If after a minute it doesn't connect, you get warning code 61 (from memory). Edited May 4, 2022 by Coulomb Quote
Calvin Posted May 4, 2022 Posted May 4, 2022 2 hours ago, CyberJoe said: Damn, then I guess the best solution is to install a Riot Link from Hubble. I have a Hubble and a King and a RIOT, and I must say the total is extremely disappointing. Despite videos from Hubble posted a year ago about features to control the King's setting "coming soon" there is nothing. Most of the RIOT's data screens are blank. Pretty useless. I have read here that Solar Assistant (if memory serves) works well. werner.potgieter 1 Quote
CyberJoe Posted May 4, 2022 Author Posted May 4, 2022 It seems that the comms choices for this combination is relatively slim. This is what I found so far, please do correct anything that is wrong. RIOTLINK from Hubble - Connects to the CAN on the battery and RS232 of the inverter SolarAssistant - Uses the inverter voltage values for battery details ICC/ICM - I understand that you can get a BMS cable @ R650.00 to connect the Raspberrry PI to the Hubble AM-2 battery to get the real battery values. Quote
Mier Posted May 6, 2022 Posted May 6, 2022 On 2022/05/04 at 7:14 PM, CyberJoe said: It seems that the comms choices for this combination is relatively slim. This is what I found so far, please do correct anything that is wrong. RIOTLINK from Hubble - Connects to the CAN on the battery and RS232 of the inverter SolarAssistant - Uses the inverter voltage values for battery details ICC/ICM - I understand that you can get a BMS cable @ R650.00 to connect the Raspberrry PI to the Hubble AM-2 battery to get the real battery values. SolarAssistant can communicate directly with the Hubble BMS. They also sell the cable on their website Quote
zsde Posted May 6, 2022 Posted May 6, 2022 On 2022/05/04 at 7:14 PM, CyberJoe said: It seems that the comms choices for this combination is relatively slim. This is what I found so far, please do correct anything that is wrong. RIOTLINK from Hubble - Connects to the CAN on the battery and RS232 of the inverter SolarAssistant - Uses the inverter voltage values for battery details ICC/ICM - I understand that you can get a BMS cable @ R650.00 to connect the Raspberrry PI to the Hubble AM-2 battery to get the real battery values. With the additional cable and direct connection to the battery, Solar Assistance will provide the Hubble BMS data and also the data from the Inverter. i.e. you get both Quote
CyberJoe Posted May 6, 2022 Author Posted May 6, 2022 (edited) 52 minutes ago, Mier said: SolarAssistant can communicate directly with the Hubble BMS. They also sell the cable on their website Not according to them, yesterday's mail from SA was to select "Use Inverter Values" to get the battery readings. Are you running it? Which cable are you using? EDIT: Hang on, I am referring to the AM-2, the drop in battery replacement model is supported. Edited May 6, 2022 by CyberJoe Quote
Mier Posted May 7, 2022 Posted May 7, 2022 I'm running SA with AM-2. Got a USB<>Serial cable from SA zsde 1 Quote
CyberJoe Posted May 11, 2022 Author Posted May 11, 2022 Can you confirm which port you are using on the Hubble AM-2, the RS232 port, or the RS232-Can port? Do you know if you can use both? RS232-CAN to Cloudlink, and RS232 to Solar Assistant? Quote
Mier Posted May 11, 2022 Posted May 11, 2022 (edited) RS232 I don't have a cloudlink, so no idea if you can use it in parallel. Edited May 11, 2022 by Mier Quote
CyberJoe Posted May 12, 2022 Author Posted May 12, 2022 Thanks, Hubble confirmed that you can indeed use both ports. Quote
CyberJoe Posted May 16, 2022 Author Posted May 16, 2022 On 2022/05/06 at 9:23 PM, Mier said: SolarAssistant can communicate directly with the Hubble BMS. They also sell the cable on their website Thank you. Cable ordered delivered and plugged in! Mier 1 Quote
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