Pytes Battery Hub E-Box-48100R Expansion User Guide
- June 11, 2024
- Pytes
Table of Contents
Pytes Battery Hub E-Box-48100R Expansion
Check the accessories list
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HUB*1
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Internal cable*1
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Power cable*1
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Battery Comm cable*1
Connect the power cable and internal cable
- Connect Link Port 0 and Port 0 by internal cable.
- Plug in the power cable and connect the rings to the Busbar or other power source.
Connect the battery groups
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Connect the batteries into a group.
Link one battery Port 0 to the other battery Port 1 one by one. Note that leave the Port 0 of the master battery empty. Set the DIP switch of each master battery as follow. Each group supports up to 8 batteries in parallel.
Note: If the DIP switch of your battery is 4-digit, please only set the first 4 levers as the picture shown and the firmware upgrade needs to be performed.
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Connect the battery groups to the HUB by battery comma cables*. (See the footnote in the end of the document.)
The comma cable needs to plug in the CAN port of the master battery and Port 1 to Port 9 of the HUB. Note that each HUB supports up to 7 groups.
Connect to the inverter(s)
- Set the DIP Switch according to the inverter brand. See Chart 1.
- Connect the HUB to the inverter by the custom comm cable. Please refer to Chart 2 for comm cable making.
Chart 1. HUB DIP Switch settings for different inverter
Chart 2. Pin Assignments for custom comm cable making
Pin No.
| HUB RS485| HUB CAN| Dye Sol-Ark| SMA| Phocas
Veltroni| Solis
---|---|---|---|---|---|---
1| RS485B| | RS485B| | |
2
| | | RS485A| | |
3| RS485A| H| | | RS485B|
4
| | L| H| H| |
H
5
| | | L| L| RS485A|
L
6
| | | | | |
7| | | RS485A| | |
8
| | | RS485B| | GND|
Pin No.| Luxpower| SRNE| Growatt| GOODWE| Victron|
Megarevo
1
| | | RS4858| RS485A| |
2| | | RS485A| RS485B| |
3
| | | | | |
4| H| | H| H| |
H
5
| L| H| L| L| | L
6| | L| | | |
GND
7| | RS485A| | | H|
RS485A
8
| | RS485B| | | L|
RS485B
Footnote:
*A standard ethernet cable can be used as the Battery comma cable between battery group and hub.
For legacy product, a custom ethernet cable is needed.
Please see the picture on the right.
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