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Great work coulomb discovering that battery voltage calibration "nudge" command, BTA<xxx>, and figuring out what it does . I found two versions of the BTA command that let you ignore all that complicated hexadecimal CRC stuff. You just need to have a computer running your favourite terminal program,...

Beta Version of Patched Firmware 72.20e for some PF1.0 models (now with KettleKomp™) This is the fourth version of our patched firmware based on factory firmware version 72.20 for the PIP-5048MS (64V) and equivalents. There was no 72.20d. We jumped from "c" to "e" so that "e" (and later) would indi...

That's great news Thomas. So glad we could help. You made my day.
BTW, I am "and team".

We have just fixed a long-standing problem where registered users could not upload images (or any kind of attachment) to any forums except the For Sale/Wanted forum and those in the Production EV category, unless they happened to be Administrators, Moderators or AEVA members. So, for those of you wh...

ThomasHaller wrote: ↑

Sat, 05 Jan 2019, 15:52

I have taken photos of the unit but still need to figure out how to post them (will do once I figure it out).

Just drag and drop them into your post, then scroll down and click the Place inline button.

We have just bumped patched firmware 73.00e (the first with kettle compensation) from beta to release.

Many thanks to all who tested the beta version.

MNCHGC0497 and MNCHGC0498 how do i type the comands in teraterm? You can look up the CRC for any PIP/Axpert command by typing or pasting it into the Sunshine online CRC calculator and clicking the Calculate CRC! button. You first need to choose: CRC width: CRC-16 CRC Parametrization: CRC16_XMODEM C...

Hi daimyo . I'm sorry that the Dynamic Load Control feature of our recent patched firmwares does not do any of those things. It only provides the serial commands that allow such things to be done by a computer connected to any one of the inverters. You would need to write the software yourself. I wo...

Someone has just popped up on the South African Power Forum claiming to know about the installation that burned, and wanting to "put the record straight" . Trouble is, he appears to be delusional. He claims: (a) there was no over-current protection, when a blade fuse is plainly visible in the before...

Hi daimyo . Thanks for your kind words. So maybe the best way is to wait some more time and then to install 73.00e FW? Yes. We will probably bump 73.00e from beta to release early in the new year if no one reports any problems. Do I need to turn OFF other two inverters when doing FW upgrade on one? ...

That white patch on the switchboard looks like a patch of direct sunlight coming through a hole in the roof or the opposite wall and overexposing that part of the image.

In comments in the SolarQuotes blog , someone called "J" commented on the before and after fire photos , claiming there was something fishy because some of the wiring and boxes on the wall were different between the two photos. But he was counting from the left and somehow failed to notice that the ...

6mdx wrote: ↑

Fri, 14 Dec 2018, 16:12

Battery is 15s 180 aH CALB

Asorbtion setting is 52.5 V

That's plenty of absorb voltage for that battery, so the limited charge current is a mystery to me.

Hey guys been running the lpf version since the day of release, thankyou. Have had no issues, but a question or two. Regarding absobtion, what time period is desireable? Regarding charging, I am not getting the charging I expected. I have 4.5kw of panels 3s3p per pair or strings (for total of 18 x ...

Hi there, since a few days there is no PV Input into my PIP 4048MS - 0volts and 0watts and 0amps.... ... things i've checked: -> Use a Multimeter = up to 70V and 3 to 7 amps input by each string (measured on the pip "PV" Terminals). So i think with the pv panels everything is ok?! -> Reset every de...

CrOhN wrote: ↑

Mon, 10 Dec 2018, 16:58

What is the latest firmware i can use with my inverter? I'm on the 52.30 and 1.24SCC.

The latest firmware can always be found via the Firmware section of the index, which is in the first post (first page) of this thread.

Hi mates :). My first post here, but long time reader. I must thank the topic participants for the excellent info found on it! I to have a PIP-5048MSP for about 4.5 years. All been working fine, except 3 fan faults. Today a new problem arouse. It started to trip the mains differential when the inve...

Release Version of Patched Firmware 73.00e for some PF0.8 models (introducing KettleKomp™) [Edit: On 4-Jan-2019 we replaced beta 73.00e here, with release 73.00e. The only change was the first letter of the version number (from B to L). This was after 1 month and 26 downloads of the LFP version and...

We have just bumped patched firmware 73.00d from beta to release. I note that we will be posting the beta version of 73.00e (with KettleKomp™ ) in the next few hours. It seems we failed to announce when we bumped patched firmware 72.20c from beta to release three weeks ago. Sorry about that. Many th...

The electrolyte in a NiFe cell is alkaline-based potash, which is just distilled water and potassium hydroxide. This is a commonly used plant fertilizer. Your biggest decision when getting rid of the electrolyte once neutralized is deciding where you are going to grow your pumpkins and Jerusalem Ar...

Hi Luke . It's great that you're doing this. But we want to be good network citizens, so if you just tell us when you'd like us to charge our EVs, there may not be any need for any network upgrades. All commercial EVs have a built-in timer that let's us plug in as soon as we come home but only charg...

@arnolde73 and @coulomb,
I have moved your recent discussion of AGM battery problems to a new thread here.

aim120 wrote: ↑

Wed, 21 Nov 2018, 23:09

Is there a patched firmware version for the Axpert VMII 5kva (PF1.0, PV 120v-450V) aka PIP5048GE

No. Sorry. We need a manufacturer's firmware update file for it before we can do that, and no one has sent us one. All available patched firmware is listed in the Firmware section of the index page.

Coulomb and I have been working on a set of firmware patches to address the "kettle cut-off" or "premature source switching" problem. We had a major setback when we bricked one of monkeytom's inverters in the process (a new one is on its way to him). But as of today, I am testing the first working n...

After reading a lot, I've changed the plan .... What do you think? https://imgur.com/a/EMPo9UR That looks good except that you need to use a USB-to-RS232 adapter cable between the PC and the PIP-5048MS. Like this: http://forums.aeva.asn.au/uploads/689/USB_to_serial.jpg I know the PIP has a USB sock...