Issues with the latest version of the status panel

Started by younggk1, March 06, 2014, 01:13:40 PM

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younggk1

I am having an issue with all 5 of my classic lites. I installed the latest version of the status panel last night now the controllers skip the Absorb charge and go straight into float.  I disabled the follow me which seems to help a little but now they all do their own thing.  Any Ideas?
They have been performing flawlessly since November without issue.
Greg
11.5 kw using 5 classic lite 150 v feeding 2800 ah at 24 volts.

Tons001

What is your "Days Between Bulk" setting on the "tech" screen of the config panel?
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younggk1

it is set as the default "0" I guess I need to find the manual for all the new settings.
11.5 kw using 5 classic lite 150 v feeding 2800 ah at 24 volts.

Resthome

Quote from: younggk1 on March 06, 2014, 02:31:08 PM
it is set as the default "0" I guess I need to find the manual for all the new settings.

Ryan posted this a few days ago. Not sure if they have released a fix yet. What version of the Local App are you running?

http://midniteforum.com/index.php?topic=1697.msg15134#msg15134


John

10 x Kyocera KC140, Classic 150 w/WBJr, Link10 Battery Monitor, 850 AH @ 12v Solar One 2v cells, Xantrex PROwatt SW2000
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younggk1

11.5 kw using 5 classic lite 150 v feeding 2800 ah at 24 volts.

younggk1

slightly different my system needs to re-bulk daily.  my problem is that its skipping over absorb.
11.5 kw using 5 classic lite 150 v feeding 2800 ah at 24 volts.

Resthome

I think the problem is the LA is not reading this setting back correctly. And with lites you can't verify the setting on the MNGP.  Are you using the 1779 - 2/20/2014 firmware on all 5 lites. Although I believe the default setting would be 0 days between bulk if the VMM was done after the firmware update.

You could try writing the 0 to all 5 of the lites and see what happens as Ryan seem to indicate it just was not showing the correct value back. May Ryan will clarify the issue.
John

10 x Kyocera KC140, Classic 150 w/WBJr, Link10 Battery Monitor, 850 AH @ 12v Solar One 2v cells, Xantrex PROwatt SW2000
Off Grid on Houseboat Lake Don Pedro, CA

younggk1

I am still running version 1401 on all. I was holding out on software update until I was able to update the firmware but accidently ran the local app update.
11.5 kw using 5 classic lite 150 v feeding 2800 ah at 24 volts.

Resthome

Quote from: younggk1 on March 06, 2014, 03:45:39 PM
I am still running version 1401 on all. I was holding out on software update until I was able to update the firmware but accidently ran the local app update.
You need to update the firmware. These features did not exist in that version of the firmware.
John

10 x Kyocera KC140, Classic 150 w/WBJr, Link10 Battery Monitor, 850 AH @ 12v Solar One 2v cells, Xantrex PROwatt SW2000
Off Grid on Houseboat Lake Don Pedro, CA

zoneblue

I do coding, and it really is difficult to make different versions of software happy with newer versions. Theres just so many permutations. If you have no MNGP (and for you it might be a good idea to get just one to use to plug in and out to configure your lites) youre going to have to find a way to get the local app and firmware back into sync.

If you cant do the firmware at the mo, then Ryan might be able to point you to older versions of the local app.
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Halfcrazy

What is the Absorb time set to? What is End amps set to?

I will dig up an older LA but I do not think thats an issue with Absorb?
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mahendra

i am having a similar problem which i posted earlier this month.In my case it is going into bulk everyday disregarding the days between bulk.Was advised to wait for new updates.
1.5kw on Midnite classic 150(whizbang jr.) networked 0.660kw on classic lite 200 ,180ah CALB Lifepo4 48v battery bank,123SmartBMS bms(top balanced) Outback vfx3648

mahendra

i have also tried all the fixes that is mentioned in this post but none seem to work for me.So waiting on new update or would try to roll back to an older one.
1.5kw on Midnite classic 150(whizbang jr.) networked 0.660kw on classic lite 200 ,180ah CALB Lifepo4 48v battery bank,123SmartBMS bms(top balanced) Outback vfx3648

younggk1

I have absorb time set to 3 hours and ending amps which is new to me is set to the default 0
11.5 kw using 5 classic lite 150 v feeding 2800 ah at 24 volts.

Halfcrazy

Try setting End amps for say 0.3 or something. The older classic code had a bug where 0 had no time on it so when it did a sweep it would go to float.
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