Hi, Good news on progress!  Tks for the feedback. I have attached an overall screen-shot of the setup on my bench: Frankly, all I did was select the Winston cell items and adjust way down ...

I got it going, not sure what was the trick, did juggle a bit back and forth with the settings again and suddenly i got the green light. Did get the setup as i would like it, but I got a 500/50 ...

Yes, the software has a few details it is very picky about, and I have some ideas. The error you see I am able to reproduce, it seems related to a comms error with the REC BMS its self – not the...

I\'m having some trouble firing up my REC BMS.  I have it to control a 4P14S Kokam battery pack, and to control a Victron Easysolar 2 GX when it comes to charging.   I have wired up the BMS, checke...

No more over seas shipping costs.  REC BMS\'s are now stocked in the USA

Wakespeed recently released version 2.2.2 firmware update and now the WS500 Configuration app supports these new BMS parameters.  This update continues to enhance the WS500 support for intelligent ...

Where are you located. If in Brisbane Australia then I may be able to help   Andy

Hi, I must be missing something.  I was able to use this to update the firmware on the WS500, but have absolutely no idea how to use this app for profile creation (maybe there is another app for t...

Hi Andy, I am glad your units are working well for you.  The Victron interface is an important part of the WS500 evolution and I believe good progress has been made in that area.  Below I have link...

Has there been any work done on integration into a Victron GX type system. I have 2 WS500 and very happy with them but would like to include them into my Victron System which has an Octo in the mid...

As Rick said, there are indeed two DB-9 connectors on the REC ABMS:  one for Serial access via RS485 for configuration and such, the other for CAN.  To connect the WS500 just connect up the CAN-H a...

Sorry Phil, I just caught this one.  I didnt get flagged as it was just a comment on another post. From what I understand all 3 12v alts feed your house batteries and you have 2 WS500s.  On that...

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...

Ok thanks

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 ...