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Question Newbie Help, Missing Battery information on Monitor Center

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(@weertske)
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My system is an 18KPV (firmware 1E1E) plus 3 Indoor WallMount batteries (BMS Z02T03)

This is a picture of a typical Monitor Center screen:

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My screen is missing the battery information with orange boxes around them. My comms cable (supplied with the inverter) is installed, At the main battery, I have selected CANbus protocol for EG4 and set the comms channel to 1. In the inverter, the battery type is Lithium and brand is set to 0:EG4.

What am I doing wrong?

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(@jlankford)
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@weertske

On the inverter, the battery brand should be set to 1 for the wallmount, not 0.

You have battery comm cables connecting the second and third batteries and all DIP switches are set correctly?

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(@weertske)
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Thank you. I will try that out in the morning. The second and third batteries have their DIP switches set to 2 (binary 01) and 3 (binary 11) and they seem to be communicating. I really didn't observe the Monitor screen until I applied the 1E1E firmware update. I wonder if that had an effect and removed this info

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(@weertske)
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I am using the battery CAN port to communicate to the 18KPV. Should I be using the RS485 port? That seems to be what they are using here.

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(@jlankford)
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@weertske

The CAN port is what I'm using. The RS485 connection didn't work for me. Maybe post some photos of each battery in the morning, cable connections and DIP settings. I trust you noticed the DIP logic appears to be reversed, i.e. "ON" == 0.

When you say "monitor screen", I assume you mean the web monitor? Does the battery data on the web monitor not agree with the data screen on the front of the 18Kpv?

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