Recovering bricked / bootloader schneider context XW inverter with InsightHome

[extrafu]

@hwy17 Out of curiosity, with v1.17, do you see BMS settings when you go in Devices, under "Other Devices"? I see nothing on my end with v1.16.

 

[hwy17]

@hwy17 Out of curiosity, with v1.17, do you see BMS settings when you go in Devices, under "Other Devices"? I see nothing on my end with v1.16.

Yes, it's there.

 

[extrafu]

I guess it's because your battery type in your XW+ settings is Li-Ion? Mine is still set to "custom" (I am still using my FLA batteries, soon to be replaced with customer LiFePO4 build).

 

[hwy17]

I guess it's because your battery type in your XW+ settings is Li-Ion? Mine is still set to "custom" (I am still using my FLA batteries, soon to be replaced with customer LiFePO4 build).

Have you tried 1.17? I thought mine were set to custom as well. But my system is off right now and I'm not gonna mess with it now until it goes live again later this week. I can get screenshots then. I thought it always appeared when on 1.17.

 

[extrafu]

No I haven't tried v1.17 - I'm curious if that setting appeared in v1.17 or if it appears when you select the Li-Ion battery type from the XW+ settings. I guess I'll know more when I start messing around things when I build the new battery - but it'll only be in a few weeks from now.

 

[hwy17]

I'm curious if that setting appeared in v1.17 or if it appears when you select the Li-Ion battery type from the XW+ settings

I should be able to check that for you. You can @ me here again in a week or two if I forget.

 

[hwy17]

No I haven't tried v1.17 - I'm curious if that setting appeared in v1.17 or if it appears when you select the Li-Ion battery type from the XW+ settings. I guess I'll know more when I start messing around things when I build the new battery - but it'll only be in a few weeks from now.

Actually I did not see this setting today. But my xanbus is acting up, so everything's out the window again. I'm gonna try 1.16 now.

 

[extrafu]

@hwy17 LMK if it's better with v1.16 and LMK what's your configured battery for your XW+. Thanks!

 

[hwy17]

@hwy17 LMK if it's better with v1.16 and LMK what's your configured battery for your XW+. Thanks!

This appeared for me today while on 1.17 with only the MPPT 100 600 connected by xanbus, and the 100 600 had Custom in it's battery settings.
1.16 didn't really do any better for me now, I'm on 1.17 again. But my xanbus is all messed up, no devices are appearing now.

I might just leave it broken. The charger and inverter are doing their job, and I won't be using BMS comms my DIY BMS is what calls for the grid charger in my system anyway.

 

[extrafu]

@hwy17 So you haven't had the chance to verify if it was shown using v1.16?

I might not care at all about that setting anyway. I read that closed-loop communications is only possible using an XW Pro. I'll likely use my Raspberry PI to read settings from the JK BMS and perform some actions on my InsightHome over modbus TCP (like starting the generator when the SOC is low). I already have a Conext BattMon which I think should be good enough to act on voltage readings alone, and I could try to automate ops based on SOC settings on top of it.

 

[hwy17]

So you haven't had the chance to verify if it was shown using v1.16?

Damn. Sorry no I did not check for that. Both my devices appeared for me in 1.17 today and I'm gonna leave it powered on now as long as I can to keep it that way.