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by asjp100
Wed Sep 13, 2023 1:07 pm
Forum: Battery Hardware
Topic: Longer BMS cabling
Replies: 1
Views: 2234

Longer BMS cabling

Hi, I have an H1-5.0 inverter with v2 BMS and 4 x HV2600 batteries. I am looking to move my battery stack slightly further away from the inverter, which would require longer cables between the inverter and BMS. The currently provided cables being 1m and 10 sqmm cores, and I need to increase to 2m ...
by asjp100
Thu Apr 20, 2023 7:06 pm
Forum: Customer/End User Help
Topic: RS485 communication interface
Replies: 38
Views: 15729

Re: RS485 communication interface

Yes that made it nice and easy. Now connected to my Pi via RS485-USB and picking up all the sensor data in Home Assistant :) Thanks for the help.
by asjp100
Wed Apr 19, 2023 5:05 pm
Forum: Customer/End User Help
Topic: RS485 communication interface
Replies: 38
Views: 15729

Re: RS485 communication interface

The inverter comes with a plastic tool that makes this easy, it’s basically plastic ‘U’ shaped tongs that push through the slots on the side of the connector and push the clips back - you can achieve the same with a medium sized pair of flat bladed screwdrivers pushed in the slots. The connector the ...
by asjp100
Wed Apr 19, 2023 2:39 pm
Forum: Customer/End User Help
Topic: RS485 communication interface
Replies: 38
Views: 15729

Re: RS485 communication interface

calum wrote: Thu Mar 23, 2023 11:54 pm
In the end the biggest drama was working out how to get the COM port connector apart so I could connect the cable.
@calum
How did you get it apart?
I’ve tried prising it with a screwdriver and mole wrench without any joy and don’t want to break it!

Any advice appreciated 🙂