Can Pylon-Monitor run alongside Solar Assistant, on a stack of six US5000C with different BMS revisions?
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Short answer
Yes. Solar Assistant talks to the batteries over CAN/RS485, while Pylon-Monitor uses the separate Console port, so they do not interfere. Units running different BMS revisions are all read correctly. Pylon-Monitor cannot bring the BMS revisions in line, though — only Pylontech or a distributor can.
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I have a stack of 6 Pylontech US5000C. Is this device able to update the battery firmware? Two of my units are slightly newer and I would like to have them at the same revision.
Secondly, I have Solar Assistant running on an Orange Pi to monitor the batteries and my three Voltronic Axpert 11 kW inverters (3-phase, off-grid but grid-attached). Is your unit able to run alongside Solar Assistant? Looks great, by the way.
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Pylon-Monitor teamOfficial answer
Thanks for the kind words!
Battery firmware updates: no, and it's deliberate. The Pylon-Monitor only ever reads from the battery, with the same standard diagnostic commands as Pylontech's own console tool (pwr, info, bat, stat), and never writes anything. Bringing your two newer units to the same BMS revision as the other four is something only Pylontech or your distributor can do, with their service tool. The good news: you don't need them matched for monitoring. The Pylon-Monitor adapts to whatever each battery's console reports, so all six show up correctly either way.
Alongside Solar Assistant: yes. Solar Assistant talks to your batteries over the CAN/RS485 link (and to your Axperts over their own comms). The Pylon-Monitor uses the battery's separate Console port, an independent interface meant for monitoring and diagnostics, so the two don't interfere. Plug the Pylon-Monitor into the Console port of the master battery and leave your Solar Assistant setup exactly as it is.
One thing to check: if your Solar Assistant is wired into the Console port itself (uncommon on Axpert/Voltronic installs, which normally use RS485), that port would already be taken. In a standard setup it is free.
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