Monitor your solar from two places

[@GregVirgoe]

Could you use a simple splitter from the MPPT to say remote display and WiFi device? I’ll be interested to see you other solution.

[@AdamWelchUK]

I’m just awaiting a delivery!

[@B4THEYEVOLVED]

Has the delivery arrived? I would love to see the video about it, I would like to show everything on Home assistant and switch my epever inverter off from home assistant

[@arminroesch6614]

great video, Helps me for ordering MT75 and 1M2s, GREAT!!!!

[@SlinkyStoney]

Thanks, was looking for this. It's great that Epever still support the those tracer a series charge controllers and mt50 on those new doodads.

[@AdamWelchUK]

Yeah - I guess they’ve picked a protocol and stuck with it. Makes it a great for compatibility!

[@fredflintstone1]

I look forwad to the next video with the RS485 item :-)

[@vueport99]

Oh cool! Thanks for posting this

[@joannashen9993]

thank you very much, Adam, super clear and useful

[@EddyBlacks]

Very interested to see what is actually inside...

[@AdamWelchUK]

:-)

[@unionse7en]

epever seems to be a good value, I just got a low-price pwm controller from them, solid construction. These days we should probably rename master-slave to ferrari driver-cubicle worker? or better yet : Primary and secondary.

[@douggibson2428]

Thanks for the video. Iv been research this product and the wifi 306. My question that I can't seem to find a answer to is what all inverters will this work on and will it work with smart shunt.

[@terrencekostric6073]

On point as usual. No offense, Julian, but AW is better

[@ivecamperbuild_thomas4084]

So can you also plug to EBox wifi so you can view on the phone

[@ekeretteekpo3004]

Thank you for the video. You seem to know a lot about charge controllers. Does the RS485 port on a charge controller take in a regular RJ45 cable and plug? Can the EPEVER device work with any unbranded charge controller? I own an unbranded solar charge controller.

[@mihaipeia2016]

hello , is it possible to connect 3 solar charge controllers triron thru this device ? the solar charge controllers will be connected to the same battery

[@danieltimisan6820]

thanks for the video , I appreciate the work you put in them! question ... can you connect 2 controllers on the master ports , and if so .. what would the screen show ? a sum of both of them or one a the time .... thanks

[@AdamWelchUK]

You could, but you would need to change the modbus ID of one of the controllers from the standard ID (1). You can only have one slave device per ID. The MT75 contacts device ID 1 for charge controller stats and ID 3 for inverter stats (again, ID 3 is default for epever inverters). If two ID 1 devices exist on one bus, they’ll both try to reply and the whole system will get confused.

[@rollinronin8125]

Thanks for making content about epever products. I have 3 BN series 40 amp controllers 2 hooked to one lifepo4 ampere time battery banks. Can you provide any input on how the controllers can work together in paralell in a 6 battery paralell 12v bank?

[@bigk5203]

Could you plug two inverters into the inputs and get a combined output or would you get two separate outputs?

[@AdamWelchUK]

I think the answer is yes and no. Epever use master ID3 for inverters, so if you had two on the same bus they would clash. I believe the address can be changed though, but then the other peripherals (MT75 in particular) wouldn’t communicate with the none standard inverter. My theory is that using third party gear, you could communicate with a good number of devices on one bus. That’s what rs485 was designed to do and epever can’t really stop that. What they’ve done is make an industrial communication protocol more end user friendly.

[@bigk5203]

@@AdamWelchUK How about connecting two charge controllers?

[@Venomator.]

Another good video Adam, thank you for sharing your kit and thoughts… 👍🏻 I assume the snappily named kit will only work with EPever items? For example, I have an EPEver Charge Controller, but another brand of Inverter, am I correct in saying the inverter is not compatible?… 🤷🏼‍♂️ Thanks again sir… 👍🏻

[@AdamWelchUK]

I’d imagine the snappily titled RS485-1M2S doesn’t care about what devices are attached. If your inverter is RS485 compatible you may be able to make up a wire to connect it in. Obviously it wouldn’t work with the MT75 which has hard coded registers (addresses) it queries, but other rs485 devices should be able to communicate on the bus.

[@m0gga]

Hello Adam, I would like to monitor my AN series Tracer 40A controller via my laptop in the house using the PC software however my shed is approximately 25-30 meters away, am I able to do this over the rs485 to USB cable or is there a distance limitation? How do you achieve remote PC monitoring and can you tell me how many 100W panels my controller will support? I currently have two panels and my system is set up for 12v. Thank you so much for introducing me to the Epever Tracer which I have had for six years now and it is still performing faultlessly. Are you still using an Epever Tracer? Are there any newer products that you would recommend. Thanks.

[@rayhsetwo8594]

Can you monitor this over the internet or only bluetooth?

[@nortonis3565]

Nice test, thank you. I see there is an MT80 also, do you know the difference between the MT75 & MT80. Was thinking buying the MT75, but also saw the MT80. Thanks

[@AdamWelchUK]

I hadn’t seen the Mt80 and I kind of wish I had. The MT80 seems to be the same as the 75 but with the additional feature of an RS485 output. So in essence, it’s like using the MT75 and the RS485-1M2S at the same time. You can plug both a solar controller and inverter into the MT80 and plug in another accessory to remotely monitor the setup. Pretty cool.

[@nortonis3565]

@@AdamWelchUK Ok, thank you for the info. I wrote to Epever and asked days ago, but they dont seem to answer. Thanks for all your tests my good man.

[@watkinmarchington8759]

hi adam enjoying and learning lots from your videos but im also confused on which way to go to monitor the results. i have a tracer 5415an contoller my inverter is a a epever 4000w 4 x12v=48v 100amph agm batteries and 4 x 400w half cell panels. i tried the blue tooth softare from sun solar but find it very limited as to the information it gives back and sometimes wontt connect what would you recomend ie monitering software and connection possibilities i have a spare computer that i want to dedicate to this project running windows 10 can i hard wire or or is wifi the best option kind regards watkin manchester

[@jamest.5001]

Can it connect to two charge controllers?

[@hi-tech-guy-1823]

I would setup a few ESP 8266 (Tri Radio transceivers - Wifi - Bluetooth - LoRA) to be Serial Relays Bridge Wireless [Wifi & LoRA] (LoRA has as nifty Secret it can do 10 miles radio links and very low Power)

[@AdamWelchUK]

I’ve never needed to look into LoRA because everything at home is so close. It’s pretty neat though from what I’ve seen.

[@charliethedoran8835]

Hi Adam, an excellent series of videos and explications, I wish I had come across these earlier. I’m living on a solar powered Narrowboat, with 2.3kW of the best Austrian marine PV array bonded to the roof deck. However, it has been connected to a hybrid transformerless inverter by Phocos. Transformerless inverters are smaller and more efficient than the transformer types so it is perfect for the limited space onboard. As the AC output is not isolated from the PV input a parasitic inductive charge can accumulate on the PV array. This can be a serious shock hazard. I want to separate the PV side from the AC side by adding a separate SCC. EPever do one that will connect via RS485 to the Pylontech 48v LiFePO4 battery stack and BMS. The problem is that the BMS must communicate with the SSC and the inverter. I think this should be possible but would like your expert opinion on what solutions might be possible? EPever support say that communication via their link is not possible but your videos show otherwise. Any help and/or advice would be most appreciated. With best regards, Charlie

[@keyem4504]

Since RS485 is a bus system, I see no reason why I would need that box. Maybe you would have to think a little about the power supply lines from the different devices, but simply connecting all the communication lines of all devices would achieve the same.

[@AdamWelchUK]

That’s my thoughts too. Waiting for the post, then I can have a look and see.

[@mrballbreeder3749]

i second that

[@ianganderton7139]

Using this device would the e-log record any of the data from the inverter?

[@ianganderton7139]

I'm installing a 40A Epever SSC and Epever inverter. I'm also installing a MT75 and e-log. I'm interested in logging all the data the MT75 can see. It looks like I need this device to do that but I'm wondering what data from the inverter the e-log can 'see' and will then log

[@AdamWelchUK]

The answer is - I’m not sure. I will try to look into this. My feeling is that it won’t log inverter stats, but there is always a chance.

[@ianganderton7139]

@@AdamWelchUK the data is there because the MT75 is reading the stats. Can/does your data reading solution read/log the inverter stats?

[@AdamWelchUK]

@@ianganderton7139 My current solution in the shed is reading the registers into node red then using them from there. The eLog from epever saves the minutely data to internal memory - in a csv. I can’t remember if that had columns for inverter stats, or in fact if it will add those columns if it sees an inverter on the bus. When I get chance I’ll look into it.

[@ianganderton7139]

@@AdamWelchUK Epever support have come back to me saying the e-log doesn’t/can’t record the inverter data. It will be interesting to see if your solution can/does

[@russ22f]

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[@SVPearler]

Thanks Adam. I presume I could plug two solar controllers in to this and have one Bluetooth out. Then just see both combined? EDIT Oh I see you have answered this before.

[@wisalahmad1867]

Hello dear I need help, I have wifi 2.4g rj45 , it was connected to my router and working fine but I change my router password and it’s get disconnected, now I am unable to connect it again, to use EPEVER pair app. Reset don’t work, now the device is offline, I can see wifi in my phone but it’s not connected to my router. Any solution please

[@lifebehindtheselens]

I absolutely fucking love your videos I've learned so much shit and I'm actually added on a few components to my solar system I'm looking to get the mt75 because for my application that would be perfect

[@AdamWelchUK]

Thanks!

[@TradieTrev]

Hope you're having a crack at the python modbus library ;)

[@AdamWelchUK]

Best not get your hopes up!

[@TradieTrev]

@@AdamWelchUK hahaha I won't. Very interested to see what you have in mind.

[@IrishFuryan]

First

[@AdamWelchUK]

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[@Lawiah0]

Black Leprechauns Matter

[@peterrasmussen7545]

Waste of time!!!!!!!