====== Previous Tracer models ======


==== RN series ====


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The first affordable MPPT controller was the **Tracer RN series**:  1215RN was 10A, 2215RN was 20A, etc.  It hit the market around 2014.  Max input voltage on this series is 150V and would work with 12v/24v banks. 

Configuration is limited to battery type, battery Ah, and LOAD timer((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTEyQrNZ3e4)) and requires MT-5 display or RS-232 adapter.((https://github.com/kasbert/epsolar-tracer)  [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTEyQrNZ3e4|youtube video of configuration]]

Comms use the [[https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/ftb7lxmp9030u7b/Protocoll-Trcaer-MT-5%EF%BC%88111213%EF%BC%89%281%29.pdf?dl=1&token_hash=AAHvuNfsGRew40X7TqT7XzKpcc6WzkL92hEiv7ej-xv0pA|MT-5 protocol]] (pdf).  [[https://github.com/xxv/tracer|Open source software]] is available.

[[https://westech-pv.com/download/Tracer-4210RN-.pdf|manual]]
==== eTracer N series ====
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Around the time of the RN [[http://www.epsolarpv.com/en/index.php/Product/pro_content/id/498/am_id/136|EpSolar]] released the [[http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2191919|eTracer]] which had no LOAD control but did have some configurable setpoints and an internal webserver.

[[http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img560/3808/bqo9.jpg|Teardown pic]]

[[https://web.archive.org/web/20131204054740/http://www.epsolarpv.com/en/uploads/news/201311/1383794723784755.pdf|manual]] courtesy of the Internet Archive