EG4 6000EX-48HV - I can only get one command to work, that is Q1

[BobbyCannon]

I'm currently trying to get information from my EG4 6000EX-48HV. The only command I can get work is "Q1". No other commands will work. I've tried QID, QMOD, QPI, QPIGS, etc. All those command returns back "(NAKss".

I've tried sending commands with and without a CRC but only Q1 seems to work.

Ex of what I'm sending for

• Works: Q1 is 0x51, 0x31, 0x1B, 0xFC, 0x0D
• Fails: QPIGS is 0x51, 0x50, 0x49, 0x47, 0x53, 0xB7, 0xA9, 0x0D

Just wondering if anyone has successfully queried a 6000EX yet.

[Saentist]

What protocol you use?

[BobbyCannon]

I manually tested every command in every protocol. Here is what I found.

Q1, QVFW3, QOPPT, QCHPT, QMN, QBMS all work, at least return data.

The following commands all return (NAKss.

"PQSE", "QALL", "QBEQI", "QDI", "QED[yyyy][mm][dd]", "QEM",
"QEM[yyyy][mm]", "QET", "QEY", "QEY[yyyy]", "QFLAG", "QGMN",
"QLED", "QLT", "QMCHGCR", "QMOD", "QMUCHGCR", "QOPM", "QPGS",
"QPI", "QPIGS", "QPIGS2", "QPIRI", "QPIWS", "QSID", "QT",
"SOC", "VERFW", "QLY2022", "QLM202201", "QLD20220205", "QBOOT",
"QVFW", "QVFW2", "QVFW4", "PI", "ID", "VFW", "ET", "PIRI", "GS",
"QPGS0", "QPGS1"

QMN returns "VMIII-6000" so I'm off to see if I can google up more data.

[BobbyCannon]

OK, figured it out. It seems the protocol to use with EG4 6000EX-48HV is pi18. Using those commands are returning all kinds of data. Woot!

[Saentist]

If you get latest firmware file, there you can see all commands supported.
https://eg4electronics.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/New-6k-Firmware.zip
there is a file Inv.out with utf-8 encoding can see commands included

strange commands I see
Q2
Q3
Q7
QGPRS
QOPC
QBMS
QABC
QSCIR

[BobbyCannon]

Most excellent. Yeah, I have no problems now. I'm just interested in building out my custom "Farm" app for managing my farm. This is exactly what I was looking for. I appreciate all the help!

[Saentist]

Can you post raw outputs of this Query commands?
Some of them are really new.