Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

Power Forum - Renewable Energy Discussion

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

Changing N-Energy Battery's Inverter Protocol for RS485 Coms

Featured Replies

Hi Everyone,

Has anyone managed to change the inverter protocol of an N-Energy Battery with a computer?

I bought a cheaper Solarix N Energy 3.8KWh Battery due to affordability, and a Luxpower SNA 5000 WPV.

I am struggling to get the inverter to communicate with this battery via the RS485 port, despite trying PINs (1B, 2A) or (7A, 8B) on the battery as instructed by the manual.

On the inverter, some o the battery brand/protocols show the SOC, however, the voltage is incorrect by a decimal i.e 5.0V instead of 50V.

I installed PBMS V2.5 software to try and see whether I could change the inverter protocol of the battery as done on other similar batteries to get the coms working:

  • Batteries with similar BMS: Ultra Energy, Jakiper, Essener, HoSelect etc.
  • Someone on this forum managed to connect their Ultra Energy battery but they haven't shared the software they used (AIEnegy BMS software)

With the help of my colleague, I am trying to connect the battery with "USB to RS485 TTL Serial Converter Adapter FTDI" pcb interface and a striped network cable. I tried using both pin layouts and Pin 6 for Ground but PBMS cannot detect the battery.

 

SOL4880AH-header-1.jpg

Edited by MightyDee
incomplete post

  • MightyDee changed the title to Changing N-Energy Battery's Inverter Protocol for RS485 Coms
  • 3 months later...
  • Author

I gave up, and ended up changing this battery. This is a terrible battery if you want Comms with an inverter. But it worked fine with Lead-Acid Voltage Settings on the inverter.

I changed to the SVolt 5.09KWh battery. It worked seamlessly with Luxpower and came with Comms cable and battery cables. The battery is super affordable than other brands

Edited by MightyDee

  • 4 weeks later...
On 2023/09/27 at 12:50 PM, MightyDee said:

I gave up, and ended up changing this battery. This is a terrible battery if you want Comms with an inverter. But it worked fine with Lead-Acid Voltage Settings on the inverter.

I changed to the SVolt 5.09KWh battery. It worked seamlessly with Luxpower and came with Comms cable and battery cables. The battery is super affordable than other brands

Hi @MightyDee just wanted to ask where you bought your SVolt battery, with so many scam sites it is better to buy where someone else has bought and is happy with the service.

  • 4 months later...
  • Author
On 2023/10/22 at 12:56 PM, Greglsh said:

Hi @MightyDee just wanted to ask where you bought your SVolt battery, with so many scam sites it is better to buy where someone else has bought and is happy with the service.

It was world of sunpower. They lied and said the battery communicates with Luxpower. They refused to take the battery back

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

Account

Navigation

Search

Search

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.