The Midnite Classic can be set with the onboard screen, and the Classic
Lite can be set with dip switches, but I actually prefer to pull both up
on the router in Windows. The software finds any Classics connected in a
few seconds, and its much easier to navigate and check all the settings
in a Windows interface.
It sounds like the Morningstar is similar, or doesn't even need the
router. This is the future, not an inconvenience.
This was what I had always wished Outback had done with the Mate; its so
damned hard to navigate, where a Windows screen with tabs for each
category is simple to move around in. The sign of a good interface is
not even needing to look at the manual, because its so intuitive. As
our industry grows, there's just no longer an excuse for clunky
software, or costly additional interface equipment.
Outback now has the AXS interface; but its not clear whether there is
an on board app or monitoring website that works with it. Anyone up to
date on working with Outback equipment with a computer?
R.Ray Walters
CTO, Solarray, Inc
Nabcep Certified PV Installer,
Licensed Master Electrician
Solar Design Engineer
303 505-8760
On 2/12/2014 4:58 PM, James Jefferson Jarvis wrote:
On 02/12/2014 05:52 PM, Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power Systems
wrote:
OK, so you need a PC, an internet connection, a router, download and
install software, network PC to router, plug in CC, connect PC to the
controller, then you can change parameters. Got it…..still say hassle.
I can tell you have made up your mind about them. But to work with the
facts:
a) you don't need an internet connection.
b) you don't need a router.
c) you don't need a network PC to router.
You do need:
a) an ethernet cable that you plug into your laptop and into the
TS-MPPT-60.
b) the MSView software from their website. One software for their
whole product line. It is natively windows software, however it runs
just fine under Wine on my Linux computers and I suspect the Macintosh
has something similar.
There is no part of the Morningstar product line that requires, or
even uses the Internet.
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