tried a few more things, which @jarrett may want to pass along to developers. I have set:
Batt type=lead-acid
Veq= 56.5, days=1, duration=1 hr (minimum). I would prefer to have the minimum duration be 0.1 for LFP, but sitting at 56.5 for a hour once a day is better than all afternoon.
Vcharge= 54.5
Vfloat= 53.5
.... and todays data shows that both EQv and Float v are ignored.... system came up to charge voltage, and is just floating at Charge V. What is important to note is that if I had lead-acid batteries instead of LFP, this behavior is STILL a bug, and not charging lead-acid batteries correctly either.
I am going to leave this setting for today in hopes that TOMORROW it will follow setpoints as programmed until a real fix is made available where the MPPT charge control actually does what you program.