Re: [EVDL] EVI MCS100 vs DS50

[Cor van de Water via EV]

Jay! Pool-timer to the rescue...

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From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Ed Blackmond
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Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 9:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVI MCS100 vs DS50

I had one of these for my Honda EVPlus and converted it for use with my
2011 Leaf, by replacing the Avcon plug with a J1772 plug. It works just
fine.

However there is an issue. The MCS100 will allow only one charge cycle.
The plug must be disconnected and reconnected before it will allow
another charge cycle. This was a work around for an error in the Honda
protocol interface.

If you use the Leaf's charging timer and plug in outside the charging
window, the Leaf does a brief (1 second?) charging cycle to test the
connection. The MCS100 uses this as the charge cycle and won't turn back
on until the disconnect/reconnect sequence. 

I already had a manual timer on the power input to the MCS100 so I could
charge the Honda overnight. I set this timer to come on at 00:15 and the
Leaf to start charging at 00:00. The Leaf would test the circuit when I
plugged it in and complain, but it would try to charge at 00:00 and it
would start charging at 00:15 when power was applied to the MCS100.

This scheme worked just fine.

Ed
> On Jan 5, 2016, at 5:24 PM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org>
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> I acquired an MCS100-3.  It is a beast compared to the DS50. I wanted
to convert it but upon reading up I found a reference to the pilot
signal.  This unit ran a Honda EVPlus.  Is it fully J1772 compliant or
do I have to buy hardware to make it so?  The DS50 was an easy wire for
wire conversion.  Lawrence Rhodes  
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Re: [EVDL] EVI MCS100 vs DS50

[Ed Blackmond via EV]

I had one of these for my Honda EVPlus and converted it for use with my 2011 
Leaf, by replacing the Avcon plug with a J1772 plug. It works just fine.

However there is an issue. The MCS100 will allow only one charge cycle. The 
plug must be disconnected and reconnected before it will allow another charge 
cycle. This was a work around for an error in the Honda protocol interface.

If you use the Leaf's charging timer and plug in outside the charging window, 
the Leaf does a brief (1 second?) charging cycle to test the connection. The 
MCS100 uses this as the charge cycle and won't turn back on until the 
disconnect/reconnect sequence. 

I already had a manual timer on the power input to the MCS100 so I could charge 
the Honda overnight. I set this timer to come on at 00:15 and the Leaf to start 
charging at 00:00. The Leaf would test the circuit when I plugged it in and 
complain, but it would try to charge at 00:00 and it would start charging at 
00:15 when power was applied to the MCS100.

This scheme worked just fine.

Ed
> On Jan 5, 2016, at 5:24 PM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV  wrote:
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> 
> I acquired an MCS100-3.  It is a beast compared to the DS50. I wanted to 
> convert it but upon reading up I found a reference to the pilot signal.  This 
> unit ran a Honda EVPlus.  Is it fully J1772 compliant or do I have to buy 
> hardware to make it so?  The DS50 was an easy wire for wire conversion.  
> Lawrence Rhodes  
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[EVDL] EVI MCS100 vs DS50

[Lawrence Rhodes via EV]

I acquired an MCS100-3.  It is a beast compared to the DS50. I wanted to 
convert it but upon reading up I found a reference to the pilot signal.  This 
unit ran a Honda EVPlus.  Is it fully J1772 compliant or do I have to buy 
hardware to make it so?  The DS50 was an easy wire for wire conversion.  
Lawrence Rhodes  
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Re: [EVDL] EVI MCS100 vs DS50

[Cor van de Water via EV]

http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/5424-how-do-the-cables-work-technically/page4
BTW, I have a DS-100 which is also a beast.
Dunno if the logic would be compatible and whether it is possible to duplicate 
the programming to put into another device such as yours,
or that you should take the advice from the TMC suggestion to add a
relay to reset the unit once the pilot disappears.

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Subject: [EVDL] EVI MCS100 vs DS50


I acquired an MCS100-3.  It is a beast compared to the DS50. I wanted to 
convert it but upon reading up I found a reference to the pilot signal.  This 
unit ran a Honda EVPlus.  Is it fully J1772 compliant or do I have to buy 
hardware to make it so?  The DS50 was an easy wire for wire conversion.  
Lawrence Rhodes  
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