[RE-wrenches] BP HI / Namaka with Sol-ark inverters

[Mac Lewis]

Hi Kirk,

Yes, Sol-Ark and Blue Ion communicate fine through the Namaka Gateway.  You
do need to make sure that the firmware is up to date on the Sol-Ark because
there are older versions out there that don't work.  Purchase their
auto-updater dongle if you aren't going to have internet on the site and
preload the new firmware on the dongle.

I also have quite a few Radians out there working fine with the Blue Ion
just using voltage and programming the Flexnet per Blue Ion.  The SOC on
the flexnet seems to track really well if the batteries are filling up
often.

My only serious gripe with Sol-Ark is generator interaction.  It is very
rigid and glitchy compared to Outback and strange to program.  This will
get better though.  I do think its easy to

Good Luck




On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 7:45 AM Kirk Herander <kirkh at vermont.solar> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am considering changing the inverters on several Blue ion HI LFP storage
> systems I'm installing this Spring from Outback Radians to Sol-Ark. I have
> no experience w/ Sol-Ark, but it seems more advanced than the Radian. I'm
> wondering if Sol-Ark and the BI Namaka gateway/monitor can
> directly interface as Namaka can with some inverter brands. And I'd be
> interested in hearing of any experiences you may have as to how nicely
> these different components play together. Thanks.
>
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Mac Lewis

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