Lux ac battery controller

Zarch

mickyduck55 said:

chamelion said:

Ok, so theoretically i'm getting a 2xpylontech 2.4 + LUX head unit installed on Saturday for a ridiculously low price of 1800 - installed. 
been assured i'll get an invoice, it's all brand new in box + original etc. They'll run me through the software once installed. 

Can you guys provide any guidance in terms of what i should 'watch out for' - stuff that comes to mind would be version numbers, capacities, cycle counts of the batteries etc? Is there soome simple status page i can see everything and make sure i'm getting something authentic and new?

Also - if i wanted to firmware upgrade, how would i go about this? presumably TR cannot support a unit they didn't provide?

I initially contacted "China" enquiring about a manual to explain the software configuration they sent the manual as a PDF and  gave me details of their UK office.

I contacted "Infinity Innovations Ltd" and they updated my box so nothing to do with my installer.  Others have said use installer but I did not have any success with them.

UK Exclusive Distributor:

Infinity Innovations Ltd

Unit 23 – 24, Denholme Business Centre, Halifax Road, Denholme Gate, Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, Postcode: BD13 4EN

Phone: 0844 4930 099

Email: sales@infinityinnovations.co.uk

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I got mine off Jake at Infinity too.

Solarchaser

I find it quite funny talking about these "different" companies.

Anyone any idea how to delete a site from the online client or app, i appear to have two.

mickyduck55

Solarchaser said:

I find it quite funny talking about these "different" companies.

Anyone any idea how to delete a site from the online client or app, i appear to have two.

I tried adding my sons system to mine as a second plant which I could see in the App but did not give any data.. I could find no way to remove it, had to get it removed by Jake at Lux in Yorkshire

Solarchaser

Yeah i added my second sysyem in, thought it would need a secont site, but its just a drop down on the original site, so i now have 2 sites, but only one that has data.

Cool ill call Jake or Mick

chamelion

Quick query guys - what should be the max charge rate? It's based on no of batteries but i can't find the posts  
With my current 2 batteries it appears to be topping out at 2.5kw - does that sound right?

EVandPV

chamelion said:

Quick query guys - what should be the max charge rate? It's based on no of batteries but i can't find the posts  
With my current 2 batteries it appears to be topping out at 2.5kw - does that sound right?

Spot on, same as mine with 2 Pylons. It's 1.2kw per battery.
You'll get the full 3.6kw once you add your 3rd Pylon.

chamelion

I seem to be having a bit of a weird issue.
I've set the AC charge option between 330 and 6am. It's currently 145am (oops... bit too excited scripting! #nerd) and it's charging from the grid?? If i make it 00:00 to 00:00 it stops charging and contributes, as it should. 

chamelion

Zarch said:

To add to comments earlier, i've been using these Octolux scripts for a few weeks and they are fab.

https://github.com/celsworth/octolux

You only need something as low spec as a Raspberry Pi..... even a Zero W would be enough.

Amend the rules file to suit and it will charge using Agile (or Go) etc automatically for you at the right time.

IGNORE BELOW! FIXED BY CLEAN INSTALL OF RUBY FROM SOURCE. 

 Are you a bit of a wiz when it comes to ruby by any chance?
I've got the server running - no issues there.
I can run the octolux.sh script as root - it does exactly what it says on the tin. 

BUT the moment I try anything in crontab i get the below error, which suggests some confusion wiith ruby versions and/or permissions issues and/or path issues?:

/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.6.3/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.6.0/bundler/lockfile_parser.rb:108:in `warn_for_outdated_bundler_version': You must use Bundler 2 or greater with this lockfile. (Bundler::LockfileError)
	from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.6.3/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.6.0/bundler/lockfile_parser.rb:95:in `initialize'
	from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.6.3/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.6.0/bundler/definition.rb:83:in `new'
	from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.6.3/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.6.0/bundler/definition.rb:83:in `initialize'
	from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.6.3/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.6.0/bundler/dsl.rb:234:in `new'
	from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.6.3/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.6.0/bundler/dsl.rb:234:in `to_definition'
	from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.6.3/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.6.0/bundler/dsl.rb:13:in `evaluate'
	from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.6.3/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.6.0/bundler/definition.rb:34:in `build'
	from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.6.3/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.6.0/bundler.rb:135:in `definition'
	from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.6.3/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.6.0/bundler.rb:101:in `setup'
	from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.6.3/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.6.0/bundler/setup.rb:20:in `

chamelion

Where do you guys see the number of cycles the batteries have made? Any way to see that? 

thevilla

BUT the moment I try anything in crontab

Probably need to set your PATH correctly in your script.  Cron doesn't execute a profile file by default.