Communication Ports
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The Rover Boost has a reactivation feature to awaken a sleeping lithium battery. The protection
circuit of lithium battery will typically turn the battery off and make it unusable if over-discharged.
This can happen when storing a lithium battery pack in a discharged state for any length of time
as self-discharge would gradually deplete the remaining charge. Without the wake-up feature to
reactivate and recharge batteries, these batteries would become unserviceable and the packs
would be discarded. The Rover Boost will apply a small charge current to activate the protection
circuit and if a correct cell voltage can be reached, it starts a normal charge.
Lithium Battery Activation
RS485 Port: The RS485 Port on the Rover Boost is dedicated to
monitoring the controller through the BT-2 Bluetooth Module with extra
features seen on the Renogy DC Home App. This will utilize an RJ45
Communication Cable.
Pin No.
1
2
3
4
+5V
RS485-A
RS485-B
GND
Parameter
NOTE
The accessory requires additional purchase
RS485
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
CAN bus: The controller area network port on the Rover Boost is dedicated
to paralleling Rover Boost controllers utilizing the communication function
for lithium batteries.
NOTE
The accessory requires additional purchase
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
*RS485 initial baud rate is 9600bps
Pin No.
5
6
7
8
NC
CAN_H (CAN bus signal)
NC
CAN_L (CAN bus signal)
Parameter
*CAN initial baud rate is 500Kbps
