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Hello everybody,
how do I identify the rev of a SmartSolar Charger MPPT 150/35. It has a serial number starting with HQ193.. but in the change log (rev.2 HQ1531 and up) is listed below BlueSolar MPPT Charge Controllers but the device is named and sold as SmartSolar. Also the product icon does not match the hardware. Thanks!
On the sticker on the side of the mppt what is the PN? On that same sticker the rev number should be there.
And there have no been big revisions. If it is rev 3, the document basically says bigger micro and better BT.
If it has BT it is a smart solar. Which yours clearly has.
Thanks, wasn‘t that easy to reach but I was now able to identify the PN: SCC115035210 => SmartSolar Rev.2, but is there really a Rev3 available of an 150/35? PN? That is at least what someone said in another thread.
And there is still the wrong icon within VictronConnect.
To be honest I have not seen a rev 3 150/35, but then have only ever installed one 150/35 ever. And keeps up with the newer ones, so havent notice any appreciable difference in its performance or use.
I have many rev 3 of the bigger modules in the field like the 250s
You can google the new victron price list and look there.
You might probably find information here:
https://community.victronenergy.com/questions/103063/where-to-find-mppt-15035-smartsolar-hardware-revis.html?childToView=223130#comment-223130
This does not help. I have read the thread befor as well as the changelog. FW v1.61 and >HQ13.. pointing to rev 2, but it does not make sense that it is listed below BlueSolar devices neither could I find any hints for a Rev3 150/35 devices in that document.
The hardware revisions that have been done are mostly either a Bluetooth upgrade for new features or a larger processor also to accomodate the new features.
If you have rev 2 likely it was just a BT upgrade.
Rev 3 - both processor and BT upgrade.
Much of the FW code is shared between the mppts so really not to much of a difference besides interface differences.
The rev number these days is usually on the sticker on the unit with the SN and PN. The older ones was separate sticker. And if connected to a GX visible in devices on the VRM.
What exactly are you looking for?
It looks to me that victron needs to update/fix their documentation. Is there a 150/35 with a serialnumber like HQ.. and a different one with SCC..? Where is the identifyer for a Rev3, i can only find rev1, rev1.5 and 2.0 for the 150/35. And why do they constantly change the naming SmartSolar <-> BlueSolar. Is this now a BlueSolar or a SmartSolar device? Is this what Heisenberg is talking about?
If you do a firmware update on VRM it shows the device version. This is not shown in Victronconnet and may be a future improvement I suspect.
Thanks for this workaround, but unfortenatly I do not have VRM connectivity. I would love to see an openWRT plugin for this (I’m using a Teltonika RUTX device 3G/LTE/5G, Wifi (2,4/5GHz ac, client and AP mode at the same time), GPS, Bluetooth and USB/Serial/Modbus/MQTT capability), and all of this at ~8W. This is why I decided against an cerbo cx, also an additional Pi would be too inifficient just for VRM.
So you think that because yor MPPT has a serial numnber HQ193w... (and you saw that >HQ1531 in the BlueSolar table) then it's a BlueSolar and not a SmartSolar (as written on the case)?
First part of the serial number (HQyyww) just denotes the manufacturing date (yy is the year, ww is the week).
So HQ193x means it is a Victron product manufactured in year 2019, week 30's something (you removed the 6th character, so I can tell the exact week).
It is just inconsistent. In the same document they use on one table the Serialnumber and on the next table the PN for identification. Then they use the icon of a BlueSolar for a SmartSolar device. I was just asking for a way to identify a SmartSolar 150/35 v3 (if it exist).
