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DINGO PUP
Negative Ground
20A Max. Charge
20A Max. Load
Dingo Series Expansion Unit
User Guide
Read this before installing
Ver 1.6 230317
Dingo Pup User Guide
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Install your controller:
• Vertically, where air can circulate around it;
• In a dry environment out of direct sunlight;
• Away from flammable gases or liquids;
• Away from spiders, wasps or other insects
which might make nests in it.
Pup configuration:
Each Pup must have its own address.
Configure the
Pup address and system voltage before connecting
the Dingo accessory bus.
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Wiring Instructions 6
Connecting Pup to the Dingo 14
Using the Menus 8
Choosing your Settings 10
What is a Dingo Pup?
The Dingo Pup is used to expand the capacity of
the Dingo solar charge controller. Up to 9 pups can
be added to a system. Each Pup is controlled by the
Dingo. The Dingo manages the whole charge control
process and displays the total charge and Ah figures
for the system.
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Screw wires into the high current terminals
tightly in the order listed on page 6.
Fig. 1
Warning: This controller is for DC current ONLY
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BOOST
Display
Alarm LED
Terminals for G and sensor wires
(plug in terminal block)
Accessory port Mounting holes
Cable tie
posts
T
Test terminal
Ah
Button
See page 8
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Basic Connection Order
1. Connect Battery
2. Test Solar Polarity
3. Connect Solar
4. Connect Load (if required)
5. Set Address and System Voltage
6. Connect the Pup to the Dingo Bus
T
BATTERY-
SOLAR+
BATTERY+
LOAD+
‘G’ Terminals
Sensor T+
Temperature T-
B+ Sense
LOAD-
SOLAR-
‘G’ Terminals
Accessory Port
Test terminal
Fig. 2
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Wiring instructions
For safety and to avoid damage, connection of wires must be
done in the following order.
All connections must be tight!
a. Connect the battery first. Positive to Battery+, Negative to
Battery -. If the display comes on, then connection is correct.
(see figure 4)
b. Connect the negative (-) wire from the solar panel(s) to the
solar panel negative (-) terminal.
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V
T
Battery
+
–
Display comes on
Connect
Battery
1
* *
*For safety, most installation
standards require fuses or
circuit breakers on both sides
of the battery.
For other connections, see the
reference manual.
WARNINGS:
•
The controller can
be damaged quickly by
reverse connection of the
solar array in 32, 36 and
48V systems. Test first to
avoid damage.
•NEVER connect batter-
ies or inverters to the load
terminals
Fig. 3
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c. Test the solar panel connection
by touching the positive (+)
wire from the solar panel onto
the Test terminal (T).
•If the alarm led does not flash
then it is OK.
•If the alarm led flashes quickly
then it is not OK. Check the
polarity and test again. (There
must be some light on the solar
panels for this test to work).
If OK connect to the Solar
positive (+) terminal.
d. If the load connection is being
used, connect the negative (-)
wire from the DC load circuit
to the load negative (-) terminal
and the positive load wire to
the load positive (+) terminal.
Test the load circuit.
Check the
load polarity
e: Set the system voltage and Pup
Address. (see page 10)
f: Connect the Pup to the Dingo
accessory port. (Multiple Pups
can be connected in a daisy chain
manner by using a 3 way female
adaptor and a short cable as
shown in figure 6 on page 15).
Fig. 4
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V
T
Battery
+
–
flashes if wrong
Test
Solar
2
Solar
–
test
here
+
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V
T
Battery
+
–
Connect
Load
3
Solar
–
+
Load
+
–
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You can move around the
menus system (see figure
5) and change settings using
the button on the front of
the controller..
A short push tells the
controller to advance to the
next menu item or setting
value. To do a short push,
press on the button on the
front of the controller, and
release it immediately.
A long push “selects”,
moving into a sub-menu
or allowing you to change
settings. To do a long push,
press the button, holding
it down until the menu
changes (about one second).
Getting back
Wherever you are in the
menu system, a series of
short-pushes will bring
you back to the top-level
menus without changing
any settings. There are two
exceptions: when a number
is flashing during setting
adjustment (see page 12)
and when you see the word
“EXIT” in the “HISTORY”
sub menu - see page 22.
Using the Menu System
REVERSE & FAST FORWARD
If you overshoot the setting you want and need to go back, you can
use reverse. Do a long push. The number stops flashing. Do another
long push. The number starts flashing again but this time goes down.
More than 5 quick pushes will start the fast forward mode.
To return to normal mode, stop pushing for 1 second.
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Thick arrow = long push
Thin arrow = short push
SET
ADDR TIME VOLT PROG BCAP
Set Set Set Set Set
DATA
VMAX VMIN FTIM SOC TEMP SOLV HIST
History Data
OUT
INT
Clear
IN
INT
Clear
LOAD
LINT Low Battery Disconnect
CHRG
CINT Generator Control
BATV
Regulator State
Fig. 5
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Choosing your settings
Set the Pup address and configure the Pup for independent-mode
operation before joining it to the Dingo system.
Each Pup must have its own address. After setting the address
(ADDR), set the system voltage (VOLT) and the correct program
(PROG) for your battery, and configure any advanced settings.
1. Set the Address
Short-push until the display shows “SET”.
a. Long-push once and the display will show “ADDR”.
b. Long-push again, and the address will start flashing.
c. Short-push until the address shown is correct. If you reach 9,
it will cycle back to 0 (unset). Choose the next address after
any other Pups already in use.
d: When the address is correct, long-push to set it.
2. Set the Time
Short-push to move from “ADDR” to “TIME”.
a. Long-push at TIME, and the time will start flashing. (The time
is displayed in hours and tenths of hours. For example, “6.5” means
6:30am, and “13.1” means 1:06pm)
b. Short push until the time is correct. I
c. When the time shown is correct, long-push to set it.
Note: The time setting is used for the system history, and, in program
4, by the event controller. The time setting does not affect battery
charging.
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