Pytes Battery Hub E-Box-48100R Expansion
Check the accessories list
- HUB*1
- Internal cable*1
- Power cable*1
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
Click here to check your battery model.
Documents / Resources
 | Pytes Battery Hub E-Box-48100R Expansion [pdf] User Guide Battery Hub E-Box-48100R Expansion, Hub E-Box-48100R Expansion, E-Box-48100R Expansion, Expansion |
