https://www.maglaboratory.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Off_Grid_Solar_Notes Off Grid Solar Notes - Revision history 2026-04-25T17:17:25Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.39.3 https://www.maglaboratory.org/w/index.php?title=Off_Grid_Solar_Notes&diff=2461&oldid=prev Blu at 04:08, 25 April 2026 2026-04-25T04:08:16Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 04:08, 25 April 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l68">Line 68:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 68:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; 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font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== Emergency Charger ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The solar system has an emergency charger which moves on-grid energy into the off-grid system.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The emergency charger can be remotely activated using the following commands on MQTT:</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; 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This page is a work in progress.<br /> <br /> == Solar Panels ==<br /> Yes.<br /> <br /> == MPPT ==<br /> Victron Energy MPPT<br /> <br /> == Inverter ==<br /> Zetawale GXTK-48V-2500<br /> <br /> === Protocol Decoding ===<br /> Since the inverter speaks with a protocol that is not documented anywhere, we have taken the effort to decode it.<br /> <br /> The first prototype involved attaching sigrok to it. We used a commonly available decoder featuring the Cypress / Infineon EZ-USB FX2LP and wrote a pulseview decoder in python:<br /> <br /> [https://github.com/MAGLaboratory/inverter_decoder Sigrok Prototype Decoder Link]<br /> <br /> The &quot;final&quot; version involves a hardware and software component. The hardware is built using [https://github.com/blu006/blu_BOB_and_MISC/tree/main/2026/inverter_board this inverter board from Brandon] and [https://github.com/MAGLaboratory/i_decode_mcu this firmware]. The software which sends the inverter data across the HAL network and into our display [https://github.com/MAGLaboratory/inverter_sender can be found here].<br /> <br /> At the time of this writing, the hardware that is placed on the wall at MAG Laboratory is very &#039;&#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039;&#039; &quot;final.&quot;<br /> <br /> == Battery ==<br /> 48v EG4 LL with old firmware<br /> <br /> The battery sender which sends battery data across the HAL network can be found at [https://github.com/MAGLaboratory/battery this link].<br /> <br /> === Register Map ===<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> |+ Known Registers<br /> |-<br /> ! Address !! Description<br /> |-<br /> | 21 || SOC <br /> |-<br /> | 22 || Voltage <br /> |-<br /> | 113 || Cell 00<br /> |-<br /> | 114 || Cell 01<br /> |-<br /> | 115 || Cell 02<br /> |-<br /> | 116 || Cell 03<br /> |-<br /> | 117 || Cell 04<br /> |-<br /> | 118 || Cell 05<br /> |-<br /> | 119 || Cell 06<br /> |-<br /> | 120 || Cell 07<br /> |-<br /> | 121 || Cell 08<br /> |-<br /> | 122 || Cell 09<br /> |-<br /> | 123 || Cell 10<br /> |-<br /> | 124 || Cell 11<br /> |-<br /> | 125 || Cell 12<br /> |-<br /> | 126 || Cell 13<br /> |-<br /> | 127 || Cell 14<br /> |-<br /> | 128 || Cell 15<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Monitoring ==<br /> The following intranet links will redirect you to our internal grafana dashboards.<br /> <br /> [https://jane.maglab/d/aff7w4mmsn2f4c/battery battery dashboard]<br /> <br /> [https://jane.maglab/d/cff83z0299kaoc/inverter inverter dashboard]</div> Blu