Paul, I dont have personal experience with REC but it seems there are both an RS485 and CAN bus connection, the CAN being optional.  The RS485 is just a multi drop RS232 connection and is used to c...

Hi Rick & al,   Thanks for your replies. Correct me if I am wrong but the CAN on the REC is terminated with a serial RS485 serial connector and the CAN on the WS500 is terminated wit...

Hi Rick and all, I have a twin power motor yacht with two Caterpillar 3126’s, each rated at 420 hp. One engine has two x 12v 190 amp alternators. The other has one of the same alternators plus a...

Hello,  happy to give more details - and do know we are in the process of creating small \'mini-guides\' to address the details for each of the proofed integrations, until then feel free to ask her...

This a new feature  and I understand that it connects via CANBus to your REC BMS allowing the BMS to issue pullback commands to the alternator, effectively reducing its output if the BMS senses a c...

Hi,   I am just in the process of making a purchase of the WS500 but I would like to know more about the practical details of the integration with the REC Abms as mentioned on the \"Lith...

Hey Laurie, For question 1) The two WS500s should be connected via the RJ45 cable and one of the \"Terminator\" plugs installed in the secondary WS500.  Your existing N2K network can then be ...

I read that WS500 has a reverse engineered NMEA2000 capability and have some questions please. My application is a twin engine sailing catamaran: one alternator on each engine regulated by one W...

Today we released an update to the WS500 Configuration Tool.  This release has a few bug fixes and added support for the recently released firmware update from WakeSpeed. This release is \"Free\...

The WS500 Configuration tool currently works with Windows 7-10, 64 bit.  Is there any demand for a Mac OS version of the tool? If there is enough interest, it could likely be ready within 60 day...

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Thanks for the feedback we use this logic with our existing MC614 based systems and cannot wait to get the WS500 in place.  The control of alternator output as one reaches defined alternator temp l...

That should work well.   Make sure to give a 2 second of more notice (ala, de-powering the Ignition lead) before actually switching batteries.  Alternators take upwards of 3-400mS to full \'wind do...

This is great, always nice to work with manufacturers who actually incorporate suggestions from users and are responsive to their questions ! Do you see any potential issues with using the ignit...

We are targeting v2.2.0 firmware to be released some time in Feb, likely mid Feb.  Am in the final phases of testing now.  It will have the changes talked about above: -- Min/Max bat temp limits...

After spending a little more time thinking before posting I believe the best way to handle the bank switching and associated alternator shutdown is to simply control the ignition lead to the WS500 ...

Just following up on this discussion, has the addition of  low temp/high temp field limiting been implemented in a new firmware release? I assume of course that this will be a configurable contr...

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Sorry but Bluetooth is not currently supported on the WS500.

What does the Bluetooth on the ws500 do? I can’t see it on my iPad and so far have been able to see it on my pc but haven’t tried real hard. If I can see it and can connect to the Bluetooth what do...

Andy,   Hello.  Sorry you are having issues.  Reading your description, it sounds like one of the regulators is loosing its configuration - restoring to the factory default state?   Is t...

Hello, Fault states are not retained by power cycling, and in fact power cycling is the only way to clear a number of hard faults.   Of course, once power cycled if the condition still existing ...

Andy, a good question.  That \"Last Fault \" message box only contains data captured by the PC when its connected.  Again I am going to include Al in this post for his comments. @al-thomason ...

Andy, this is a new one to me.  I am going to copy Al Thomason, of WakeSpeed on this post and have him respond on it for you. @al-thomason

I have twice had a situation where one side alternator stopped charging. The first thing I did was swap sides with the controllers to see where the problem went. It seemed that the WS500 had an iss...

Does the last fault code stay between power cycles?

Hi, there are a few things you can check to see what is happening What is the charging state?  Maybe it went into the Float stage.  It displays this on the main screen in the bottom right wind...

While doing a field test away for the weekend I heard the alt disengage when running the engine to charge my batteries. I plugged in and checked and noticed I only had 2% field percentage. Thus no ...

I would say for your application, either an overdrive 12v alternator (with care about the diodes) or a standard 24v alternator would work.  Much depends on how you are driving it, and the expectati...

Sorry, I didn\'t see your reply.  I have considered using a 6s battery (Tesla module) which has a nominal voltage of about 22.2v.  Your post about overdriving got me wondering if charging a 22.2v b...

Not sure about the other way, never seen a need where someone did that. On reliability, perhaps overthinking a bit.  As long as one does not overheat an alternator, the likely failures are then ...

Thanks for the informative reply!  I hadn\'t considered the efficiency aspect.  If overdriving a lower voltage alternator results in reduced low RPM output and higher efficiency, is it safe to assu...

Glad could help.  And yes, the Ws500 does have a lot of capability - most of the time we have an answer for problems folks are having.  And on the rare occasions when we don\'t, we can look to incl...

\"I think it is better to stop all field drive when hitting temperature limits vs. 0A.\" Yeah, seems like a safer approach.  I suppose a BMS \"no charge\" relay triggering the WS500 input could ...

Cold hard stop:  Ya, plus there are some batteries with heaters in them that we support, allows very cold operations!   Plus, batteries getting too cold are not commonly a result of the alternator ...

Having BAT_MIN_/BAT_MAX_CHARGE_TEMP cut the field drive to 0% would probably be the safest option.  A more convenient option would be zero current to the battery while still supporting house loads,...

Well, This is a bit embarrassing...  I just verified in the source and indeed when the max/min temperature limits are reached, the WS500 does force into float mode!  There is also a hard fault, ...

\"Out of range battery temperatures does not force the battery to change stages - ala, go into float.\" Okay, thank you for clarifying this, it\'s a bit confusing as the manual states: BAT_MI...

You are welcome.  Breaking this down: \"So in normal operation if LIMIT_FLOAT_AMPS=1, the alternator will provide a 1 Amp current to the battery so long as Vbat < Vfloat?\" Yes, you are corr...

Interesting questions today... There are two dimensions to this question.  The 1st is: will it work?  The answer is yes it will work.  One is able to overdrive a lower-voltage alternator to supp...