Louis0852 Posted August 13, 2020 Posted August 13, 2020 (edited) Hi all. I have the following setup: 3 x Axpert MKSII 30 x 330W PV modules 12 x Pylontech batteries split into 3 cabinets of 4 batteries but interconnected ons bus 1 x ICC controller I am currently able to monitor 8 x batteries through the ICC (limitation on viewing and a Pylontech limitiation). The last 4 batteries are not controlled by the ICC (I think) as the syncronisation of lights on the battereis themselves differ between the first 8 and the last 4. Would it be possible to economically monitor all 12 batteries (looking to expand to 15 later) on an individual level through another program but still using the ICC to make decisions on SOC and perhaps seeing all connected batteries as 1? Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Edited August 13, 2020 by Louis0852 Quote
fredhen Posted August 13, 2020 Posted August 13, 2020 Hi Louis, I believe that the Pylontechs can only have 8x in a group. If you want to have more than 8x then you need to make use of their LV-Hub to monitor and control them, so I think at the moment you are only making use of 8x of them. So I guess that you should add in the Pylontech LV-HUB and then split them in 2x groups of 6x which should then allow you to make use of all of them. Quote
Louis0852 Posted August 13, 2020 Author Posted August 13, 2020 Thank you, that is what I thought too. In terms of the monitoring through the ICC, would it read any values from the LV hub? Quote
fredhen Posted August 13, 2020 Posted August 13, 2020 That I'm not sure of. The way that I understand it is that it should work similar to how it works now with the LV-Hub becoming the master similar to how it's working at the moment as you can connect to the hub using CAN / RS485. I'm just not sure how exactly it will look and if you will see 12x batteries, 2x groups of batteries or just 1x bank. I think the best would be to ask ICC as I'm sure they would have had installations using the LV-Hub. Quote
Louis0852 Posted August 15, 2020 Author Posted August 15, 2020 On 2020/08/13 at 12:55 PM, fredhen said: That I'm not sure of. The way that I understand it is that it should work similar to how it works now with the LV-Hub becoming the master similar to how it's working at the moment as you can connect to the hub using CAN / RS485. I'm just not sure how exactly it will look and if you will see 12x batteries, 2x groups of batteries or just 1x bank. I think the best would be to ask ICC as I'm sure they would have had installations using the LV-Hub. I have spoken to Centurion Solar, will be able to see the whole battery bank running through the LV hub as one unit apparently. I will make the LV hub purchase in next month to see how it incorporates and allowing me to fully utilize all 12 batteries and in future add more hopefully effortlessly. Youda 1 Quote
___ Posted August 15, 2020 Posted August 15, 2020 Correct. The LV hub runs the same protocol as the mater battery. Just rememer to set the DIP switches to correctly terminate the CAN-bus. I believe the unit ships unterminated by default, an easy thing to overlook. Quote
Bafaro69 Posted December 16, 2020 Posted December 16, 2020 Bonjour, j'utilise aussi un LV-HUB pour mes trois groupes de batteries mais je ne sais pas si cela fonctionne correctement puisqu'il ya pas de manuel d'utilisation. Pouvez me dire s'il faudrait régler les commutateurs DIP du LV-HUB ? Quote
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