Back2PA
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The day I had my system installed the firmware was already out of date - no fault of the installer Morningstar fairly abruptly said too bad, here's how to update it. Because (according to Morningstar and as far as I could tell) the older firmware did not impact operation, I never bothered to deal with it.
Fast forward to now, I recently added one more panel and I'm not convinced the system is operating correctly. So I figured before I go back to the installer this would be a good time to update the firmware. Now, I consider myself reasonably tech savvy, and do pretty well with reading directions/manuals etc, but seriously. A 37 page manual written for solar engineers, and VERY poor and overly brief instructions on firmare update on the Morningstar site. This morning I started searching again for info, and ran across a series of how to videos on the Morningstar site, one specific to firmware update on the MPPT 60. Finally I think. Wrong. These videos, on the Morningstart site, are all shot by amateurs. Screenshots of their home computers, missing audio, missing details, you name it. I did gather though, that a simple firmware update is not simple at all, involving disconnecting the array, shutting off (there is no switch) the controller, backing up settings, updating firmware, uploading old setting, etc etc etc.
To my question specifically for any Tristar MPPT 60 owners out there, have you done a firmware upgrade? If yes, I'll come back with a list of questions
Thanks in advance.
Fast forward to now, I recently added one more panel and I'm not convinced the system is operating correctly. So I figured before I go back to the installer this would be a good time to update the firmware. Now, I consider myself reasonably tech savvy, and do pretty well with reading directions/manuals etc, but seriously. A 37 page manual written for solar engineers, and VERY poor and overly brief instructions on firmare update on the Morningstar site. This morning I started searching again for info, and ran across a series of how to videos on the Morningstar site, one specific to firmware update on the MPPT 60. Finally I think. Wrong. These videos, on the Morningstart site, are all shot by amateurs. Screenshots of their home computers, missing audio, missing details, you name it. I did gather though, that a simple firmware update is not simple at all, involving disconnecting the array, shutting off (there is no switch) the controller, backing up settings, updating firmware, uploading old setting, etc etc etc.
To my question specifically for any Tristar MPPT 60 owners out there, have you done a firmware upgrade? If yes, I'll come back with a list of questions
Thanks in advance.