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Note that port 8899 is also open on the LSW-3 logger, but any ModBus TCP connection attempts time out here.
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### [SolaX PocketWiFi 3.0](https://www.solaxpower.com/monitoring-dongles/)
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- Pocket WiFi 3.0 with Firmware V3.004.03 and above is only officially supported.
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- SolaX only mentions Gen4 Hybrid, other inverters may work?
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## Untested but should work according to the specs...
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### [USR-N510 RS485 to Ethernet](https://www.pusr.com/products/1-rs485-serial-port-etherne-device-servers-usr-n510.html)
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As this Model appears to only gives you a Virtual Com Port it might prove difficult to pass into Home Assistant running in a VM or Home Assistant OS?
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- You can use Modbus RTU over TCP
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[Amazon UK Link1](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07BC77L8K)
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## Non Working / Troublesome RS485 Adaptors
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### [SolaX PocketLAN](https://www.solaxpower.com/monitoring-dongles/)
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This adaptor does not provide a Modbus connection
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### [SolaX PocketWiFI 2](https://www.solaxpower.com/monitoring-dongles/)
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- This adaptor provides a very unreliable Modbus connection, if any connectivity at all.
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- No support for this adaptor will be provided.
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### [Waveshare RS485 to WIFI/ETH](https://www.waveshare.com/wiki/RS485_TO_WIFI/ETH)
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This RS485 adaptor is very problematic:

docs/solax-faq.md

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SolaX products (TODO - find out which, maybe only gen4?) provide a "firmware version", however it's stuck at the initial release version number. You need to get internal code.
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* SolaX Gen3 Hybrid - "Firmware Version DSP" & "Firmware Version ARM" (Disabled by default)
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* SolaX X3 Hybrid G4 - `27 07 26` means firmware versions DSP V1.27 and ARM V1.26
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* SolaX Pocket WiFi 3.0 - internal code `10.16` means firmware version V3.010.16
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![SolaX PocketWiFi network settings](images/solax-pocketwifi-network-settings.png)
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- Your device will connect to your Wi-Fi network, the device will remain reachable over its Wi-Fi hotspot and you can also connect by the IP you have set in your network.
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## I have lost my entities on restart / update using PocketWiFi 3.0
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Pocket WiFi 3.0 with Firmware V3.004.03 and above is only officially supported.
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- Ensure Firmware is uptodate
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- Restart your rooter and then reload the integration in Home Assistant.
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- If that doesn't work you can unplug PocketWifi 3.0 for 30 seconds and plug it in again, then reload the integration.
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## I have multiple inverters in master-slave mode and I can't connect to them via Modbus
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There are no active developers with this setup, so we have limited ability to resolve this issue, but here are common problems to check:

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