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Battery talk (A place to discuss any and all battery technologies where the discussion may not fit into other topic areas) => Lithium => Topic started by: bigbillsd on April 08, 2026, 10:08:22 AM

Title: Eco-Worthy Rack Battery Comm's with Solar Assistant showing the Battery Pack.
Post by: bigbillsd on April 08, 2026, 10:08:22 AM
After many days of trying all sorts of Solar Assistant (SA) configurations and cables plugged into many different ports I finally got SA to show all 4 batteries in my pack yesterday.  (mainly thanks to Ryan as he mentioned ModBus was supposed to be what works on a call)  Everyplace I found mentioned using USB JBD...  That gave you just one battery in the pack. 

I tried a RS485 Cable purchased from Eco-Worthy (on eBay).  Plugged it into the RS485-1 port (leftmost) on the 1st battery in my Pack, Then in SA I set the battery to be "USB Modbus RS232/485" it almost immediately found it and connected and showed my all 4 batteries in my pack. Of course I had to pick the correct connection for that USB to RS485 connection in SA. 

Hopefully this helps others keep more of their hair intact.. I have also documented this on DIY Solar forum and Reddit. 

-Bill