Good day, I purchased SNA 5000 WPV inverter and want to use it with my LiFePO4 battery. The battery uses BMS manufactured by DALY, 15S/48V configuration controlling charging/discharging of 15 LiFePO4 cells 280Ah. I connected the battery but the inverter does not charge it. Do I have to use communication cable or can the inverter work with my battery without communication cable? 

The question might be trivial but here is the context: I had previously a different, 24V inverter that I used with 2 x 12V 200Ah LiFePO4 batteries in series and there was no need for communication cable, all was controlled by battery BMS. So why do I need a communication cable with Luxpower inverter?

I would appreciate your response. Kind regards, Eric

If you have an RJ45 port on your BMS and you know the pinouts for CAN or RS485 comms then you can make up a cable that will connect the appropriate pins to the Inverter
SNA 5000 WPV 
Check paragraph 2.3.2 in your Luxpower Manual regarding Lithium Battery setup. You will need to select the correct battery protocol for the battery type. https://luxpowertek.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/SNA5000WPV-UM-210604.pdf
You may have to contact Luxpower to establish which protocol in their options most closely approximates your battery
Here you will find their published battery compatibility list  https://luxpowertek.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Luxpower-compatible-list_20220414.pdf

Else you may have to use what they term "Battery Brand - Standard Battery" (whatever Standard means by their definition) and enter all voltages/Percentages Manually. See LCD setting 3 on page 25 of the manual. Not sure if manual adjustments can be done once a Battery Brand has been selected.

I don't see a "USE" mode for this inverter, but you could of course use the Lead_Acid selection and apply all values manually. Your BMS should be able to control the battery management as it did before.

Edited June 26, 20224 yr by zsde

Many thanks and apologies for late reply. I tested Li-ion settings for Pylon battery (that I know is also 15S) and "Standard" but no luck. So I set at lead acid, set bulk charging to 54V (menu setting #7) and float charging to 50.3V (#8) and... it charges! The app for inverter stopped working though, doesn't show anything ☹️

good day, i have the same problem but my battery is charging. Although the battery % is wrong on the App

Hey all,

Managed to get this working on a Luxpower SNA5000 and Hoselect Battery LiPo4 48v, 100a.

Used the standard RS485 setup....

Inverter - RS485/CAN port

PIN 1 = RS485B

PIN 2 = RS485A

Battery - RS485 port

PIN 7 = RS485A

PIN 8 = RS485B

Battery DIP switches = 1 0 0 0

Battery settings on Luxpower:

Battery option 3 - Lithium

Battery type - 18 or 21

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have any of you guys connected the Luxpower inverter to a Blue Nova battery. Do I use the RS485 port or the CAN port on the Bluenova and what pin out configuration do I have.

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On 2022/11/21 at 10:30 AM, Durbanguy said:

Have any of you guys connected the Luxpower inverter to a Blue Nova battery. Do I use the RS485 port or the CAN port on the Bluenova and what pin out configuration do I have.

Refer attached

Lux and Blue Nova Battery Comms (1).pdf

Thanx so much will try it and get back to you, everyone tells me that I need the bmac adapter from bluenova. 

A Kzn installer gave me this one which shows you need a bmac adapter some R3000 converter thing. How stupid. 

LuxPowertek Blue Nova setup instruction.pdf

Yes, I was initially given the same guide utilizing the BMAC however, I successfully installed using the guide that I posted.

 

Edited December 24, 20223 yr by Firoz

Good day

Can anyone please help me - I have a Lux 5000 inverter connected to Revov R9 BMS but I get battery communication failure.  I used pins 1 & 2 on Inverter to Pin 2 & 1 on BMS with battery type 20.

Any suggestions to pair the Luxpower SNA5000WPV with Freedom Won e Tower e5000 Modular LifePo4 battery

Anybody that got an N Energy battery working with a Luxpower SNA5000WPV?

Has anyone had success connecting Luxpower SNA5000WPV with akku-tech ( akkutech ) Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery LiFePO4 51.2V 5.12KWh 

Found solution , reseller didn't send me the settings

 

Lux Power settings 

1 x 5.12kWh Akkutech Lithium Battery

Please follow the order from top to bottom, changing option 03 at any time will remove all other settings. Note option 12 is before 11

03 – Lead Acid -> 100ah
06 - 50A for all three settings
07 - 55.4V Bulk volts
08 - 54.4V Float volts
12- 52V Battery volts when to revert back to grid
11- 48V Low DC Cut off Volts)
14- Grid Charge Enable, Time setting P1 Start time 00:00 P1 End time 23:59 (Only activate for grid charge)

 

On 2022/12/04 at 12:34 PM, Firoz said:

Yes, I was initially given the same guide utilizing the BMAC however, I successfully installed using the guide that I posted.

 

Can you repost the guide please. I am having trouble to get the lux communicating with the vlue nova battery

Hi, has anyone used an Ouco UB5000CM battery with Lux SNA inverter and managed to get bms between inverter and battery working correctly? Inverter can see battery percentage, voltage, etc. but does not charge battery and even when mains is on it uses the battery instead of power from mains. 

On 2022/09/24 at 3:34 PM, MetaB said:

Hey all,

Managed to get this working on a Luxpower SNA5000 and Hoselect Battery LiPo4 48v, 100a.

Used the standard RS485 setup....

Inverter - RS485/CAN port

PIN 1 = RS485B

PIN 2 = RS485A

Battery - RS485 port

PIN 7 = RS485A

PIN 8 = RS485B

Battery DIP switches = 1 0 0 0

Battery settings on Luxpower:

Battery option 3 - Lithium

Battery type - 18 or 21

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please could you assist with the detailed communication connection with above mentioned inverter and Battery have the exact same but stil couldn't get I to communicate only on lead acid function 

Good day all

Luxpower inverter 5.12kw failimg to communicate with dyness battery LFP lithium ion battery type BX51100.but i chose lead acid option and the system is working fine.is there any problem if i leave it like this using the lead acid option working

7 hours ago, stanley mwaaka said:

Good day all

Luxpower inverter 5.12kw failimg to communicate with dyness battery LFP lithium ion battery type BX51100.but i chose lead acid option and the system is working fine.is there any problem if i leave it like this using the lead acid option working

What settings and cable pin-outs did you use?

On 2023/01/05 at 4:45 PM, mzezman said:

What settings and cable pin-outs did you use?

I have a LuxPower Tek SNA5000 and Dyness BX51100 and am experiencing similar issues. I have also setup my battery as lead acid and would be keen to know if this is okay. and if there is a way i can get around the issue of communication failure between the battery and inverter. When it communicates, the inverter doesn't charge the battery... anyone who can help with this? Thanks

I have a LuxPower Tek SNA5000 and Dyness BX51100 and am experiencing similar issues. I have also setup my battery as lead acid and would be keen to know if this is okay. and if there is a way i can get around the issue of communication failure between the battery and inverter. When it communicates, the inverter doesn't charge the battery... anyone who can help with this? Thanks

2 hours ago, Edma said:

I have a LuxPower Tek SNA5000 and Dyness BX51100 and am experiencing similar issues. I have also setup my battery as lead acid and would be keen to know if this is okay. and if there is a way i can get around the issue of communication failure between the battery and inverter. When it communicates, the inverter doesn't charge the battery... anyone who can help with this? Thanks

HI Edma, that battery and inverter can work together if the correct settings and cable pin outs are used. You would need to find the correct pin out for Luxpower and Dyness

22 hours ago, Edma said:

I have a LuxPower Tek SNA5000 and Dyness BX51100 and am experiencing similar issues. I have also setup my battery as lead acid and would be keen to know if this is okay. and if there is a way i can get around the issue of communication failure between the battery and inverter. When it communicates, the inverter doesn't charge the battery... anyone who can help with this? Thanks

Hi All. Having the same issue with exactly the same setup.  Any suggestions or fixes? Running it as a lead acid, but that isn't ideal, especially as I made sure both were compatible before I purchased them.