Let's get the Monitoring Software v1.2 working with the EP Solar 4215BN Solar Charge Controller. Or how to get your Solar Charge Controller to talk to your PC. Since my charge controller is installed on the far side of the house from my PC, I had to extend the comm. cable. Since the connector is for a std. 8-pin Ethernet cable, a regular 8-pin Ethernet cable will work fine for extending it. These just have all 8 pins connected straight through end to end. I just plugged in a 50ft. cable and a tombstone coupler and plugged the RS485-USB cable into my PC: "http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016RU8JUY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B016RU8JUY&linkCode=as2&tag=4crawler-20&linkId=QOO4D4JLIE6UT4RG Set up the adapter to 115,200 baud and RS485 mode with the Windows Device Manager. I think I may have installed the USB driver supplied with the Monitor Software package (next paragraph). Then download and install the software. Installs on Windows XP with the .NET4 support, but won't run due to unhandled exception errors in the .NET4 library. Likely works on Vista on up, I used 8.1. Installation is typical Windows fare, no special hoops to jump through. No Mac/iOS or Linux support. Create a station for each charge controller by selecting the COMx port assigned to that controller. Multiple controller support seems to be provided with a com port per device. USB communication and temperature sensor cable: http://smile.amazon.com/Battery-Temperature-Sensor-Monitoring-adapter/dp/B016RU8JUY EP Solar download page: http://www.epsolarpv.com/en/index.php/Technical/download RS485 Cable Length: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-485 At the 10^8/baud rule, 868m. length at 115,200 baud 50' Ethernet cable is about US$5 USB Cable Length: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#Cabling 50 ft. active USB cable is about US$15 Be sure to rate, comment and share. And as always, thanks for watching! SOUNDTRACK: Lousiana Fairytale by Austin Rogers http://drfiddle.com/show_tune.php?id=94 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7qaGk6WsXc

Killer Toy Tops: 1st Generation Toyota 4Runner Soft Top Installation. Fixing one installation mistake by re-installing the factory cab gasket that was removed many years ago for the Kayline soft top installation. Luckily, I still had that part and it was installed with some Gorilla Clear Grip Contact Adhesive: https://amzn.to/44AFI4N This was also a good time to get the old Vision Systems VS-2 backup camera wiring removed and the new AutoVox V5pro backup camera wire run through the headliner to the mirror location: https://amzn.to/3NGPZ8J The old backup camera, a Vision System VS-2, had a huge mess of cables, since there was the power/video cable for the camera, the power and ground cable, an external temperature sensor along with a pair of ultra sonic distance sensors for backing up (I never got these to work reliably). This camera was better than nothing, with the hard to see out of clear vinyl window. But it had a tiny display on the mirror, maybe 1.5" diagonal. And the camera itself was useless if there was any bright light in view, like sun or headlights, as it was completely over exposed. The AutoVox V5pro backup camera has a single 8-conductor cable that fit through the new wire loom easily. I also ran an 8-conductor Cat5 cable up for my future Raspberry Pi based OpenAuto Pro head unit. I'll be able to run signals for auto dimming when the headlights are on, accessory power, etc. up to the display: https://bluewavestudio.io/ Killer Toy Tops: https://killertoytops.com/ Some web archive links to soft top companies mentioned. Kayline Mfg.: https://web.archive.org/web/19990428193849/http://www.kaylinetops.com/ Specialty Top Co.: https://web.archive.org/web/20010819040832/http://www.specialtytopco.com/ Can-Back: https://web.archive.org/web/20010202070000/http://www.can-back.com/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-4FDXRyNBk

I part 6 of this video series, we'll look at modifying the plug off one of the original NiCad chargers to use with the iMAX-B6 LiPro charger. The original NiCad charger used a 21.75v / 210mA wall wart style power supply and then a plug to connect to the battery pack. We'll look at the circuity inside the charger plug and how I modified it to work with the iMAX-B6 smart charger. Be sure to check out the rest of this video series and we'll find out how the new battery pack charges. Thanks for watching! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnQlUSyZLfc

An up close look at a bedrock outcrop on the North American side of the San Andreas fault and the Canyon Trail in Montebello Open Space Preserve. Sorry about the video quality, my camera was having issues with the difficult lighting conditions. The surface rocks along the stretch of the Canyon Trail where USGS shows the creek flowing are almost all angular. Aside from some minor rounding from decades of hoot, horse and bicycle travel, the rocks are all sharp and angular. This is in contrast to the well rounded rocks found in the bed of Stevens Creek. Also, many of the rocks in Waterwheel Creek proper are coated in Travertine from the minerals dissolved in that water. Rock outcrop may be a Greenstone or similar type of metamorphosed basalt of the Franciscan Complex: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscan_Complex I was hoping to find a sedimentary rock to look at layering, but that type of rock is not as common on this side of the fault. Geologic Analysis Of The Monte Bello Ridge Mountain Study Area paper: https://fbdroch.com/book/environmental-geologic-analysis-of-the-monte-bello-ridge-mountain-study-area-santa-clara-county-california From that paper: "TECTONIC BLOCKS - Large angular to rounded, commonly elliptically shaped masses of relatively hard rocks surrounded by a clay-rich, sheared matrix. Occurs within shear zones and fault gouge. In the shear zones of the Franciscan rocks, these blocks range from "fist size" to masses more than one mile long." USGS National Map Viewer w/ Hill Shade: https://apps.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ About the USGS HTMC: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/national-geospatial-program/historical-topographic-maps-preserving-past View/download maps on the TopoView site: https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/ Section of single track Canyon Trail built in 1990: https://www.trailcenter.org/newsletter/2000/winter2000/winter2000-19f.htm Future plan: I want to try to hike along the top of the ridge between the Canyon Trail and Stevens Creek between the Table Mtn. and Grizzly Flat trails. I'm hoping there might be some exposed sedimentary rock outcrops up there that might show if this block has been tilted in the past. More to come... Subscribe for more content like this Comment, rate, share & click the bell icon And as always, thanks for watching #USGS #HillShade ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diTA2bRPC-g