David Botha Posted August 1, 2020 Posted August 1, 2020 I have recently replaced my 8 Sonic gel batteries with a pylontech 3.5kwh. I use a RCT Axpert 5kva inverter with 4 canadian solar panels. Is it essential to install the raspberry pi also? Quote
wolfandy Posted August 1, 2020 Posted August 1, 2020 6 hours ago, David Botha said: Is it essential to install the raspberry pi also? I assume you mean ICC running on a Pi Essential? No Beneficial? Yes Apart from giving you more detailed insight into the performance of your system, it allows for both time-based or SOC-based (based on data from the Pylon BMS with the Pylon Comms cable) switching between SBU/SUB and Utility rather than the voltage guesstimate of the Axpert - which means you get a much more precise control of you system. Another benefit is that it enables you to change settings on your system from anywhere via VNC instead of having to be standing in front of your inverter From my experience, I can highly recommend ICC and would always purchase it again 6 hours ago, David Botha said: pylontech 3.5kwh Just as a side note: I trust you have read about the charging voltage recommendations here in the forum (instead of using the voltages from the Pylon manual) francois 1 Quote
Gerrie Posted August 11, 2020 Posted August 11, 2020 On 2020/08/01 at 6:35 PM, David Botha said: Is it essential to install the raspberry pi also? I also think it’s not essential to install a pi, but having such a battery with the built-in bms makes it quite easy to hook up your battery to a laptop to view the status in batteryview software, thats if you don’t go for the ICC and pi. Quote
ebrsa Posted August 11, 2020 Posted August 11, 2020 @David Botha The advice you received above is sound and valuable. I have been using ICC-Pi since it became avaliable and the control and monitoring of your solar system is just too good to not install it. I have also flashed my 2 Axperts with @Coulomb and @weber's much improved firmware. Also flashed my Internet router with Gargoyle free firmware which has OpenVPN built in. As @wolfandy said, you can control your setup remotely and with the router VPN, safely from anywhere in the world via the Internet. All these benefits are just too important to ignore. Besides it is a lot of fun too. weber 1 Quote
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