Links to the parts & pieces in the video (affiliate links) ------------------------------------ NHX-10 Inverter - bit.ly/3K0cVP2 Aviation Plug - s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DFuZtEr RS485 Cable - bit.ly/3VP2Dry Pre-installed Orange Pi with Solar Assistant - bit.ly/3obBtwM For more information, please check out my website with links to all the components, materials and products I have used in developing my off-grid solar system: going-off-grid.com Supporting the Channel -------------------------------------------------- There are several ways that you can help support this channel. - Affiliate links help the channel by providing me with a small commission of the sale. It does not change the cost for you at all. - The 'Buy me a Coffee' - link is here (on the bottom, right corner of the website): going-off-grid.com - You can also click on the "Thanks" button under the video to support the channel. Thank you for your support!
@@Ojames600 a lot of these companies are “better” at hardware than software. Even those that know how to create functional software struggle to make it user friendly. I’m just glad that Solar-Assistant tries to fill the gap for all these systems with bad software.
I just found out today the pv total is clipped amount, not what it actually had available. Past 3 months 20kw a day pv input, last night used the ac till 2pm, today pv total was highest ever at 27kw input, first time in months I heard absorb charge for 40 mins. To get accurate pv input you have to put a heavy ac load on. Thanks, I never hooked up the solar man, I won't now, I have better monitoring in personal memory. Once you get a system dialed in, you don't need to monitor it anyway. I don't even know why I look at mine it's the same everyday 700w at 5:20am, float to 6:23 pm today.
RS-485 is differential signalling. Technically you only need the A and B lines. The ground wire is there to do a few things, one of them being keeping the ground potential between distant devices the same as you can get quite a lot of ground potential across 1km. In a setup where the data pair is not electrically isolated (magnetic or optical) that ground potential between the devices can be more than enough to fry the interface at either end. Even where there is isolation having the ground wire will let you place protection devices at the far end (movs, TVS diodes etc) and clamp the voltage appearing on the data lines to the remote ground to avoid blowing up the isolated side of the remote interface if there is a spike on the line for some reason. The ground can also provide shield earthing if the wire has a foil or braid in it. There's quite a bit to it if you dig up technical docs for RS485.
Links to the parts & pieces in the video (affiliate links)
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NHX-10 Inverter - bit.ly/3K0cVP2
Aviation Plug - s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DFuZtEr
RS485 Cable - bit.ly/3VP2Dry
Pre-installed Orange Pi with Solar Assistant - bit.ly/3obBtwM
For more information, please check out my website with links to all the components, materials and products I have used in developing my off-grid solar system: going-off-grid.com
Supporting the Channel
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- Affiliate links help the channel by providing me with a small commission of the sale. It does not change the cost for you at all.
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- You can also click on the "Thanks" button under the video to support the channel.
Thank you for your support!
I'll keep my solar assistant according to Ian from watts 24/7
Looks like a “M12 4pin connector”
Why do all these inverters comes with suck apps. Why cant we get real time monitoring standard with these modern inverters apps. 😕
China has been generous 😅😅
@@HybridShedIraq 🤣
@@Ojames600 a lot of these companies are “better” at hardware than software. Even those that know how to create functional software struggle to make it user friendly. I’m just glad that Solar-Assistant tries to fill the gap for all these systems with bad software.
Get it Mike! 🎉
Nerds-R-Us
I don’t think he could’ve figured that out on my own, glad I own Victron!
@@simon359 yeah Victron just makes it easy!
I just found out today the pv total is clipped amount, not what it actually had available. Past 3 months 20kw a day pv input, last night used the ac till 2pm, today pv total was highest ever at 27kw input, first time in months I heard absorb charge for 40 mins. To get accurate pv input you have to put a heavy ac load on. Thanks, I never hooked up the solar man, I won't now, I have better monitoring in personal memory. Once you get a system dialed in, you don't need to monitor it anyway. I don't even know why I look at mine it's the same everyday 700w at 5:20am, float to 6:23 pm today.
@@bobmonztr thanks for passing that along!
I think many DIY folks like to see what their system is doing, that’s why they want more realtime info.
@@AdamDeLay07 I could see someone really want it if they had the old interface, omg 1980 was calling.
@@bobmonztr yeah the old interface was really bad!
RS-485 is differential signalling. Technically you only need the A and B lines. The ground wire is there to do a few things, one of them being keeping the ground potential between distant devices the same as you can get quite a lot of ground potential across 1km. In a setup where the data pair is not electrically isolated (magnetic or optical) that ground potential between the devices can be more than enough to fry the interface at either end. Even where there is isolation having the ground wire will let you place protection devices at the far end (movs, TVS diodes etc) and clamp the voltage appearing on the data lines to the remote ground to avoid blowing up the isolated side of the remote interface if there is a spike on the line for some reason. The ground can also provide shield earthing if the wire has a foil or braid in it. There's quite a bit to it if you dig up technical docs for RS485.
@@retrozmachine1189 thanks! I knew someone would chime in with more info on RS485! I had wondered about grounding potential.
Beautiful!