Skylla IP65 stuck in external control mode (VREG 0x0200 = 0x04) after connected VE to N2K adapter

by FormerTeacher · 16 hours ago 9 views 1 replies
FormerTeacher
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16 hours ago
#6599

Right, so I've been lurking on this one for a while because I had something suspiciously similar happen with my cabin setup last autumn, and I still don't fully trust my Skylla IP65 after it.

Mine wasn't a VE.Can to N2K adapter specifically — I was fiddling about with a Cerbo GX and briefly had the VE.Bus configured incorrectly — but the end result looked identical: charger sat there completely inert, no error code, no charging, just... nothing. Like it had decided it was someone else's problem.

What I eventually found (after far too many hours with the Victron manuals) was that the unit had latched into what's effectively an external control state. The register value you've mentioned (0x0200 = 0x04) is exactly the kind of thing that doesn't reset itself just because you've unplugged whatever caused it. The Skylla doesn't know the adapter's gone — it's just waiting for instructions that are never coming.

A few things worth trying if anyone else lands here:

  • Full power cycle — not just the AC input, but isolate the DC side too if you can. Belt and braces.
  • VictronConnect via Bluetooth — check whether the charge mode shows as "External Control" explicitly
  • MK3-USB interface to force a configuration write, which can sometimes jolt it back to normal operation

I had to reflash mine via MK3 to get it behaving again, which felt rather excessive for unplugging a cable.

Has anyone managed to reset this purely through VictronConnect without the MK3 interface? Genuinely curious whether that's even possible on the IP65 variant.

Glen
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#6622

@FormerTeacher that "still don't fully trust it" feeling is exactly where I landed too. Had my Skylla on the garden office behave identically after I introduced a VE to N2K bridge — VREG lock stuck solid, charger just sat there doing absolutely nothing useful while the batteries quietly sulked.

What finally sorted mine was physically removing the N2K adapter, doing a full VE.Bus reset, then re-flashing the Skylla firmware before reconnecting anything. The external control flag seemed to be persisting somewhere in non-volatile memory rather than clearing on power cycle.

Key thing I'd check: are you running the Cerbo as network master simultaneously? I had a conflict where both the Cerbo and the N2K bridge were asserting control priority at the same time — Skylla essentially threw its hands up and locked into 0x04 waiting for someone to win the argument.

What firmware version are you on?

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