EpEver MT-50 Time/Date Setting
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- Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024
- Looking at how to set the time and date on the EpEver MT-50 remote display.
Timeline:
00:58 Device Info
01:36 Device Parameters / Backlight / Time / Date
This procedure should apply to all the EpEver / EpSolar charge controllers that make use of the MT-50 remote display. I have one of these displays on my Tracer 4215BN controller as well as one on my Tracer 2210AN controller and it's the same process.
The time and date are set in the Device Parameter screen. This is where you can change the device ID number if using multiple controllers with the Solar Station Monitor PC software or EpEverApp.
To get to the time/date screen, go down one page, then hit OK, enter your password and then use the right arrow key to move the cursor. Use the up/down arrow keys to change any single field, left/right arrow to move to the next field and when done, hit the OK button, then OK to save the changes and the Esc to get back to the main menu.
I think you can also change the time/date from the Solar Station Monitor program. Select the controller, then the Parameter menu, then Device Parameters, then Real Time Clock.
Not sure if the EpEver App has the same feature.
Why worry about the time and date setting? For one thing, the energy logging feature relies on the time and date to record energy produced per day, month and year. I try to log the monthly DC load output every month on my controller. If you have a random time/date setting, those logs are worthless as the controller erases the monthly energy totals at 12:01AM on the first of the month per it's internal clock setting.
MT50 Remote Display:
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I have the 4215BN (40A) and the Tracer 2210A (20A) controllers:
EpEver Solar Charge Controllers:
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Thank you, i wish that i had found this earlier as i have wasted a lot of time trying to do this
Glad you found the video, that's why it was made and posted. Yes, they certainly do hide that setting in the menu system.
Thank u very much ,I've spent hours trying to do it u showed me in secs
Sir do you know what Victron programming parameters that are equal to EPEVER parameters.
I want to program my EPEVER 4215 similar to "off grid garage " Victron settings.
So sad that technical information from these companies is so scares.
Just work out the voltages that you want to use. Since the Epever controller doesn't know about what type of battery, simple method is to work out your volts/cell then multiply that by how many series cells you have and that's what you plug into the controller, under the USER battery type:
ruclips.net/video/jUQOF7qrKLE/видео.html
This video is part 1 of 3 in a series.
Note, you can only set voltages to the nearest 0.1v, so you may need to adjust the settings to match. Also, be aware there are some settings that depend on other settings, like voltage X has to less than voltage Y.
Thanks man
Good way to set the controller to the 28th day of the month to get it to do equalization mode. Esp if you have an old battery or one that ran a little dry and has white buildup on the plates and need to boil the plates clean to get the electrolytes to disperse into the water. I just wonder if it needs to be set a day earlier on the 27th so that when the next day comes the 28th will run its modes, or if you can just do it the same day and it will figure it out. Its cloudy today but I will test it out asap.
How do I zero out the charging history. Or do I have to do a factory reset
I imagine a factory reset is the only way to clear the total KWH, but the daily and monthly totals will reset to 0 every day/month.
@@The4Crawler
Awesome. Thank you so much. 😊
hi i can't get 14 or 16 volts on the display i got 100ah led acid battery 500 watt solar panel. i did a lot of settings still battery voltage on the screen i just need some advice thanks
Assuming you used the flooded battery type, should be good to go. You'll only get to 14v or higher during boost or equalization charge. If you want to customize the battery voltages, see this video about the "USER" battery settings:
ruclips.net/video/4XhvwruVEJU/видео.html
If the battery voltage doesn't drop to the set voltage, it may not enter the boost charge phase and stay at the float voltage which is usually around 13.8 volts.
You should also check that you have good connections between the solar panels and charge controller and battery and charge controller with minimum voltage drops.
Thank you for showing me how to set that time and date it was driving me crazy. At the time of this video how many panels and wattage did you have for panels
I had 3 - 270W panels on the controller as I recall, it was connected to a 16V lithium ion battery bank.
Can you show us how to set the time and date without a computer connection?
Like was done in this video? You need either the MT-50 display, direct computer connection or the BlueTooth adapter as far as I know to display or set the time/date. I don't think that's possible with just the buttons and LED display on the basic controller.
@@The4Crawler Thank you. I have the MT-50 display, but I can't toggle over to change the date or time. Cant this be done using just the MT-50 that is connected to my 2215 MTTP controller?
@@russelledgar3777 That's how I changed it on my 4215BN, would assume the 2215BN is the same. Menu item 6, down arrow, OK button, password then you should have access to the date/time.
@@The4Crawler i followed your instructions and it worked perfectly! Thank you for helping me.
how do you add battery info please
Covered in this video:
ruclips.net/video/4XhvwruVEJU/видео.html
Hello, thank you for the video. It helped me to understand, that sometimes you need to scroll to all the sub pages. I am wondering if something is not right with my connections or setup. I have installed 4 batteries with 100AH in parallel, which should conclude to a 12V 400AH setup. But at monitoring the batterie I see that: 13,5V, 20.5A and the battery symbol is almost full. Should it not be close to 400A then?
13.5 Volts while charging.
The 13.5V and 20.5A values are just the values at that time while charging. The most current you'll see is whatever the controller is rated at, say 40 amps. I'm not sure exactly what the AH setting is used for in the controller. I think it may be used in the float charge mode somehow, but I've never been able to devise a test to confirm that. The battery state of charge icon is basically useless. I think it's triggered off of battery voltage, but since there's no battery voltage sense connection on the controller, the voltage will go up or down based on the current flowing in or out of the controller.
@@The4Crawler Thank you! So my best shot would to use a multimeter and check them indivually, I guess. Also, I think my inverter has not a deep discharge protection and gets even more confused while I charge. How can I protect the batteries then?
@@christianwanke174 Yes, a voltage check right at each battery's terminals, while at rest would be a good way to check each one. Most inverters have some sort of low battery voltage cutoff as does the charge controller DC load output.
4 years after posting this & your video is still relevant. Thanks saved me a lot of head scratching 🙂 I had one difference using this with a AN Tracer Controller connected: On the device Parameter Screen I had to press the Right Arrow, not the down Arrow as shown in your video, otherwise just the same.
Glad it helped!
Scusa ho visto che a un certo punto ha inserito un codice Ma per favore puoi dirmi dove trovare quel codice per sbloccare e cambiare i parametri Ti ringrazio se mi rispondi
"Sorry I saw that at one point he entered a code But please can you tell me where to find that code to unlock and change the parameters Thank you if you answer me"
That's the device password:
Questa è la password del dispositivo:
ruclips.net/video/IBQVJnn4e-U/видео.html
I cant seem to get the backlight to stay on longer than about 30 seconds. Its kind of annoying when Im doing some monitoring between the mt50 and the renogy battery monitor shunt. I increased the backlight time to 500s, but it still just shuts off after about 30 seconds
I have mine set to 120 seconds and it stays on that long. Just checked that against the internal clock and it shut off after exactly 2 minutes. I don't think I've tried any setting longer than that, though.
I have a renogy 200 ah agm battery. What is the correct parameter setting for my battery ? For example ( GEL FLOOD SEALED ) ? Thanks for sharing !
Generally, AGM = Sealed. On these controllers, Sealed and Gel are nearly the same. Sealed differs by doing an equalization charge daily while Gel doesn't. I compromise on my AGMs, set them to Gel, then once a month I do an Equalize charge by changing the setting to Sealed for a day:
ruclips.net/video/iRGD8mtT_hw/видео.html
Makes sense ...... an equalization charge "daily" may not be the best idea for the battery .....or really even necessary or good for the battery. I am going to set mine to GEL now that you made me aware of the difference. Thank you sir !! 👍
Hey, can the contrast of the screen be adjusted?, i can barely read mine, thanks for the info
I'm not aware of an on-screen way to change that. Might be worth contacting EpEver support and as them if there's some other way to adjust it.
Well, time settings was easy, no way I can figure out how to set the equalization voltage. Battery manufacturer recommends 14.1 but the default is higher than that. It doesn’t seem like this is a programable feature. Do you know?
You need to be in the User battery type to change anything. I did that for my Lithium battery bank:
ruclips.net/video/jUQOF7qrKLE/видео.html
This video shows using the data cable and PC app, but you can do the same thing with the MT-50 display.
You'll likely have to set up everything, so copy down all the settings in the battery type you are using now, along with the changes you want to make and then change to "User" battery type and enter them all.
Sounds oooooh sooo easy...I been trying for 4hrs...I'm done !! This is BULL-SH*T !!!
Ya that doesn’t work. Those settings just cycle through and are not programable
@@unclejack41 You have to use the CANCEL feature,sometimes!
I just installed my set up , so isn't the time important so the controller knows day or night, or that not necessary?
Day and night = sun shining or dark. I don't think the controller or display use the time to do any of that as you don't set a time zone or your lat/long so no way of knowing day or night time over the year.
@@The4Crawler Thanks a lot for your patience & positive reply's, much appreciated .
Can you change it to fahrenheit?
I've never run across that option in the menu system on the MT-50. Maybe some viewer might know a trick to do that.
@@The4Crawler I'm looking to change the temp to Fahrenheit too. If it's not possible, I'll just have to learn to do conversions in my head, or post a chart near the meter.
@@steveg309 I've never run across a way to change that in the manual.
does your controller get warm at high amps?
Yes, it'll get fairly warm, especially above 30 amps or so. I added a cooling fan to blow air over the heat sinks when the temperature rises too high and that works quite well:
ruclips.net/video/ucZjIwoWRGk/видео.html
@@The4Crawler I did the same thing!!!!!
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Thanks for the info. Do you have to enter the battery size when setting up, or just battery type? Thanks.
I've never seen any results of different battery capacity setting on my charge controllers. I usually try to set it close to the AH rating of the battery anyway.
Thanks man.. you saved my day.. i've been tried for a while but no result.. until i found your video..
Glad to hear that. Yes, they really bury that setting.
Do you know the best way to extend the RS485 reach? The RS485 cable that comes with this meter isn't quite long enough for what I need. I was expecting to find a little block with two female connections to just daisy chain a couple of RS485 cables like you can have for ethernet cables but I can't find anything on the web.
I've just tested with a normal cat5 cable which I have loads of and it works fine - so ignore my question!
@@piz83 Yes, was going to reply with that very info. Just a regular Ethernet cable and a coupler is all you need. Good for hundreds of feet as I recall.
How do I reduce the equalizing time
IN a similar fashion, under the Control Parameter menu. See pg. 21 of the MT50.pdf file off of the EpSolar web site. It's the last (9th) screen under those parameters. Or if you select the Gel battery type, no equalization is done at all.
I have the same MT-50 remote but mine is in chinese. It doesn't say "monitoring", "device info", etc.. Is there a way to change the language to English?
Looks like this is the procedure, Esc then down to the bottom menu item:
ruclips.net/video/gZQLDlBgI5o/видео.html
Glad I found your channel! I havethe same setup as you, 4215bn with mt50, and i see that your voltage displayed under the pv icon is 35.6v. whenever I connect my solar panels in series, it will display the accumulated voltage for a few seconds, then it will go down to between 13-20v, immediately, even if the weather hasn't changed (no clouds and fulll sunlight). Does yours stay up at higher voltages for more than a few seconds?
Mine will hang out around the Voc of the panels for a minute or so after connecting it to the panels. Then the voltage will slowly drop down to the Vmp value (around 35v) as long as there's good sun on the panels. It'll end up down at the battery voltage (16v in my case) at the beginning and end of the day when there's not enough power to keep the controller in MPPT mode.
@@The4Crawler ok, and thats in series? whats your system? mine is 2x100w
Currently have 3 x 335W in parallel feeding that controller. I have also run those same panels in series w/ 120v Voc and it worked similar. I may go to a 2nd controller if I can free up another panel and have 2 x 335W panels into each controller.
R Brown when you ran them in series, would the voltage stay at 120v or would it drop down after a few seconds?
It would usually operate in the 100v - 105v range with partial sun. But since I had about 50% more PV input than the controller could handle, it would max out at 40 amps charging then it would drop the PV voltage to limit the charging current, usually into the 80v - 90v range as I recall. With 3 x 335W (1005W) input and 16v x 40a (640W) output, the controller can't use the full panel output in full sun.
How to change night to day because mine is always on night
My understanding is the day/night is determined by the solar panel (PV) input. On my charge controller, I have it connected to a constant input source now and it indicates day time all the time.
How do I find out if it’s day or night input
Brilliant! I've be trying to work out how to do this for a while. Thank you
Any time!
sir. Do I get Someone to set my parameters...I can't get this to work !! Meanwhile as my batteries are frying
What are you trying to change and how are you trying to make the change? I think the only way to change charging parameters is to set the USER battery type. The other battery types are hard coded at the factory. USER is user-programmable. So in the #4 Control Parameter screen, hit OK, enter the password, then up/down arrow to change battery type to USER. Then use the right arrow to step through the screens and enter all the voltages and times that you want. HInt, copy all those down from whatever battery type is closest to what you want then make whatever changes you want and enter that data back into the USER parameters.
I've set to (my batteries) trojan flooded led acid 450 amp hr & screw it I haven't the patience...I'm calling someone
Just uploaded a video on how to set up custom battery charging parameters. Maybe that will help:
ruclips.net/video/4XhvwruVEJU/видео.html
@@The4Crawler it's TRICKY to get the USER screen.
In the foolish manual,you must wait for 5 minutes B-4 the USER goes into effect! (I THINK)
That may vary with different charge controllers. Both of mine seem to switch fairly fast but I've never timed it.
How do you change the voltage from 24volt to 12 volts or is this just for a 24 volt I did ask for a 12 volt one for my van conversion please near in mind I’m getting on and technically is not really my thing but when I see something it may take me a few views but I do get there in the end , I have seen loads of videos on how to fit solar panels and charge controllers but none seem to do a set up like your many thanks for your video it was a big help I did have to watch it three times but setting the time is now set in my mind, I’m 72 years old
The controller should automatically detect the battery voltage (24 or 12) and switch automatically, unless you've changed the automatic voltage detection. This is related to the battery type option I cover in this video:
ruclips.net/video/4XhvwruVEJU/видео.html
Hello!Hope someone help me with this.I`ve just set up my electrical system.Renogy solar pannel
160W with 20A MPPT Epever charge controller with Victron 125Ah SuperCycle leisure battery.When i got my leisure battery delivered i dry test fited everything to make sure its all good.My first question is:Why the MT50 remote meter shows my battery is fully charge (14.1V) with the "smiley face",but the actual load in the battery is just 11.7V (just received and still did not make the first 24 hours charging).The seccond question is even if a put a load i can not see the AMPS in and out on the remote meter,it shows just 0.00 i guess this is because if i dont put load via solar charge controller outputs i am not going to see the amps flow on the MT50,am i right for this or not?If so i guess i have to install a separate "battery meter" where i can get the correct load and condition on the battery.Also there is a option "Charging energy history" u can check daily and monthly how much power you getting,but after 4 days mine still shows 0 on everything,thanks in advance
I'm finding my meter to be inaccurate.
how to change psw?
It's in the user manual,
5.9 Device password
The password of the solar charge controller could be modified via the page of device password; the device password is a 6-digit figure which is required before entering the modification mode of “Control parameter”, “Load setting”, “Device parameter”, “Device password”, “Factory reset” pages. The page of device password in the diagram below:
Note: Solar charge controller default password is”000000”
Just after Device Parameter and Factory Reset
@@The4Crawler i will play it tonight and check if i can change it, thx for your advise.
Exactly what I needed to know, thanks.
Glad the video was of help, thanks for the feedback!
If you were going to take the time to make an instructional video on using the MT-50 with an Epever Solar Charge controller....don't you think it would be a good idea to show the viewers what wires should be connected first ?
Sure, if I were making a How To Hook Up the MT-50 Remote Display video, then yes. I covered that in an earlier video:
ruclips.net/video/RXNjF7WD_KY/видео.html
This video, as titled, was how to set the time and date which was a topic requested by many subscribers and viewer.
Mňe to nechce ukazovať stav batérie v percentách. Tak tiež mám MT-50
Thanks so much. I referred to this again 01 02 21. I keep forgetting how to do it.
You and me, both!
THANK YOU!!! I do not know why the manufacturer did not include that...
Thank you very much.
You are welcome!
Where the HELL do I get a password?
Unless you have set a password, just use the default password "000000" which is displayed/entered by default and hit the OK button.
@@The4Crawler I did & nothing
On mine, ESC key to the main menu, arrow down to the 4. Control Para., hit OK to go into that set of screens. Then click the OK button again and the PSW prompt should pop up with "000000" displayed. If it's not been changed, that's the default, then click OK to enter that password. You should now see a highlighted part of the screen. Up/Down to change it, left/right to go to the previous/next item. Then OK to exit that screen and if any changes were made you'll be asked to Save/Cancel the changes.
That's how it works on my controller. Maybe yours is messed up. Try the Factory Reset, menu item 9 on my controller/display. If that doesn't work, contact EpEver/EpSolar support and see if they can help:
www.epsolarpv.com/contact.html
Thanks Great advice
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you,it worked
Thanks for the comment, glad the video helped. They sure hide this setting.
It’s a 24 hour clock
VERY HELPFUL!!!!! I just subbed!
Now that I know how to set it...makes me wish I had one...(my $0.02 worth again:)...♀
Yes, I have 2 of these displays now. They kind of kind this setting in the menus, no clue it's there until you hit the down arrow.
@@The4Crawler Mine lasted 3 years B-4 it crapped out.Buy them 2 at a time.
One from US,one from China.
thanks
Thanks for the comment. Glad you found the video helpful.
Thanks
You're welcome, glad you found the information helpful.
Favor traduza para mim é muito importante ok
"Please translate for me is very important ok"
"Added Spanish subtitles to the video."
Se agregaron subtítulos en español al video.
thank you, no reason they should put it in the little manual........... aagghh........
You made a video on how to set the time and date? If you need to check your MT-50 to find that out you’re in need of therapy
It matters if you want to make use of the energy logging features in the display. For example per day, month, year generation numbers are tied to the time and date set in the controller. So at the end of the month, if I want to record how much solar energy was produced in the last month, that number is only accurate if the controller knows what last month is.
Couldn't keep up...WASTED MY TIME