EPSOLAR

LS1024B / LS2024B/ LS3024B

——Solar Charge Controller

USER MANUAL

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troubleshooting, etc. Please read this manual carefully
before using the product and pay attention to the
safety recommendations in it.
 LandStar

LS1024B / LS2024B / LS3024B

——Solar Charge Controller

Nominal system voltage 12 / 24VDC*

Maximum PV input voltage 50V
Nominal charge / discharge current
LS1024B 10A
LS2024B 20A
LS3024B 30A
*The solar charge controller has the system voltage 12/24V automatic
recognition function and custom define function, and all charge,
discharge and load control parameters can be modified.

Warranty: The charge controller is warranted to be free from defects

for a period of two years from the date of shipment to the original end
user.
Notice: Manufacture is not responsible for the damage of any
part of controller due to operator's misuse, battery parameters
mismatch, unreasonable system configuration, unauthorized
repairment or exceeding the specified parameter.
 Contents

1 Important Safety Information..................................1

2 General Information ................................................1
3 Installation Instructions ...........................................2

3.1 General Installation Notes ........................2

3.2 Writing.........................................................3

4 Operation ..................................................................4

4.1 LED Indicators ...........................................4

4.2 Setting Operation ......................................5

5 Protection, Troubleshooting ...................................6

5.1 Protection ...................................................6

5.2 Troubleshooting.........................................8

6 Technical specifications ..........................................9

1 Important Safety Information
 Please inspect the controller thoroughly after it is delivered. If any
damage is seen, please notify the shipping company or our company
immediately.
 Keep the controller away from rain, exposure, severe dust,
vibrations, corrosive gas and intense electromagnetic interference.
 There are no user serviceable parts inside the controller. Do not
disassemble or attempt to repair it.

2 General Information
LandStar B series solar charge controller adopts the most advanced
digital technique and operates fully automatically. It has various
unique functions：
12V/24V automatic identify or user-defined working voltage.
 High efficient Series PWM charging, increase the battery lifetime and
improve the solar system performance.
 Use MOSFET as electronic switch, without any mechanical switch.
 Multiple load control modes, increase the flexibility of the load output
 Gel, Sealed, Flooded and user-defined battery type option.
 Adopt temperature compensation, correct the charging and
discharging parameters automatically and improve the battery
lifetime.
 New SOC method of calculating accurately displays the available
battery capacity.
 Electronic protection: Overheating, over charging, over discharging,
overload, and short circuit.
 Reverse protection: any combination of solar module and battery.
 With functions of current power calculation and real-time energy
statistics recording, it is convenient for users to view charging and
discharging energy of each day, month, year and total value.
 Use of standard Modbus communication protocol for RS-485 bus
connections, making communication distance much longer and

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 communication protocol compatibility much better
 Support firmware upgrade

3 Installation Instructions
3.1 General Installation Notes

 Be very careful when working with batteries. Wear eye protection.

Have fresh water available to wash and clean any contact with
battery acid.
 Never short circuit the battery positive and negative terminals and
wires which may cause explosion or fire.
 Install external fuses/breakers as required.
 Disconnect the solar module and fuse/breakers near to battery
before installing or adjusting the controller.
 Confirm that power connections are tightened to avoid excessive
heating from loose connection.
 Uses insulated tools and avoid placing metal objects near the
batteries.
 Explosive gasses may be present during charging. Be certain there
is sufficient ventilation to release the gasses.
 Avoid direct sunlight and do not install in locations where water can
enter the controller.
 Loose power connections and/or corroded wires may result in
resistive connections that melt wire insulation, burn surrounding
materials, or even cause fire. Ensure tight connections and use
cable clamps to secure cables and prevent them from swaying in
mobile applications.
 Only charge the batteries that comply with the parameters of
controller.
 Battery connection may be wired to one battery or a bank of
batteries. The following instructions refer to a singular battery, but it
is implied that the battery connection can be made to either one
battery or a group of batteries in a battery bank.
 Select the system cables according to 3.5A/mm2 current density.

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3.2 Wiring

1， Connect components to the charge controller in the sequence

as shown in above picture and pay much attention to the “+”

（Red）and “-“（Black）.Always power the battery First.

2， After power the battery, check the battery indicator on the

controller, it will be green. If it’s not green, please refer to

chapter 5.

3， The battery fuse should be installed as close to battery as

possible. The suggested distance is within 150mm.

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4 Operation
4.1LED Indicators

Charging Status LED indicator Load Status LED indicator

Battery Status LED indicator Switch Button

Indicator Status Description

Green On Solid Normal

Green Slowly Flashing In charging

Green OFF No charge

Green On Solid Normal

Green Slowly Flashing Full

Green Fast Flashing Over voltage

Orange On Solid Under voltage

Over
Red On Solid
discharged

Battery over
Red Flashing
temperature

Red On Solid Normal

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 Red Slowly Flashing Overload

Red Fast Flashing Short circuit

Charging, load and battery indicator System voltage

(red)flashing simultaneously error

Charging, load and battery Controller

indicator(orange)flashing simultaneously overheating

Switch Button Function

1) Manual Control ON/OFF of the load.

2) Resume to normal work after the fault is cleared up.

4.2Setting Operation

Three methods to program the controller:

1-Remote Meter,MT50/MT100(Use standard network communication
cable with CC-RS485-RS485-200U-MT）
2-Super Parameter Programmer, SPP-01(Use standard network
communication cable with CC-RS485-RS485-200U）
This method can realize one-key setting operation which is suitable for
bulk quantity products setting or applied in the projects..
3–PC monitoring setting software “Solar Station Monitor”（Use
dedicated RS485 to USB communication cable with
CC-USB-RS485-150U）

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Through the remote meter and PC software, it can realize real-time
monitoring, modification of control parameter, charge mode, load work
mode, inquiry of failure information etc.

WARNING: Connecting the controller with PC network communication

port by network cable is forbidden. It may cause the damage to the
components of the controller.
Note: Please refer to the user manual of MT, SPP-01, and PC
software for more details.
·Load Set
1．Manual Control (default)
2．Light ON/Off
3．Light ON+ Timer
4．Time Control
·Battery Type
1．Gel 2．Sealed(default) 3．Flooded 4．User

5 Protection, Troubleshooting
5.1 Protection

·PV Array Short Circuit

If PV array short circuit occurs, clear it to resume normal charge

automatically.

·Load Overload

If the load current exceeds the rated current of controller（≥1.05 times

rated discharge current）, the controller will disconnect the load.
Overloading must be cleared up, then pressing the switch button.

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·Load Short Circuit

Fully protected against load wiring short-circuit（≥2 times rated

discharge current）. After one automatic load reconnect attempt, the
fault must be cleared by restarting the controller or pressing the switch
button.
·PV Reverse Polarity
Fully protection against PV reverse polarity, no damage to the
controller will result. Correct the miswire to resume normal operation.

·Battery Reverse Polarity

Fully protection against battery reverse polarity, no damage to the

controller will result. Correct the miswire to resume normal operation.
·Battery working voltage error

If battery voltage does not match controller working voltage, controller

will stop working. After correcting the voltage, the failure can be
eliminated through pushing load button.

·Damaged Temperature Sensor

If the temperature sensor short-circuited or damaged, the controller

will be charging or discharging at the default temperature 25℃ to
prevent the battery damaged from overcharging or over discharged.

·Overheating Protection

If the temperature of the controller heat sink exceeds 85C, the

controller will automatically start the overheating protection and stop
the charging and discharging. When the temperature is below 75℃, the
controller will resume to work.

·High Voltage Transients

PV is protected against smaller high voltage surge. In lightning prone

areas, additional external suppression is recommended.

Note: The controller has daily automatic fault recovery function

which will reduce the manual operation and can intelligently
eliminate the fault caused by non-actual hardware failure.
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5.2 Troubleshooting
Possible
Faults Troubleshooting
reasons
Charging LED
indicator off
during daytime PV
Check that PV and battery wire
when sunshine array
connections are correct and tight.
falls on PV disconnection
modules
properly.
Battery voltage
Check the battery voltage. If it
Green Battery higher than over
over high, disconnect the solar
LED indicator voltage
module immediately and change
fast flashing disconnect
a new controller.
voltage(OVD)

Battery Load output is normal. Charging

Battery under
LED indicators LED indicator will return to green
voltage
orange automatically when fully charged.

Battery LED The controller cut off the output

indicators RED Battery automatically. LED indicator will
color and loads over discharged return to green automatically
not working. when fully charged.

Remove or cut out the additional

Load status
load and press the button , the
indicator red and Over load
controller will resume to work after
slow flashing
3s

Load status Clear short circuit and press the

indicator red and Short circuit button, the controller will resume
fast flashing to work after 3s

When heat sink of the controller

All the led
Too high exceeds 85 ℃, the controller will
indicator flashing
temperature of automatically cut input and output
(battery orange
controller circuit. When the temperature
indicator
below 75℃, the controller will
flashing)
resume to work. Please reduce

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 the environment temperature, the
power of solar module or the
power of the load.

Check whether the battery

All the led voltage match with the controller
indicator flashing System voltage working voltage. Please change
(battery red error to a suitable battery or reset the
indicator working voltage. If there is no
flashing) abnormal, please press load
button to clear the malfunction.
Choose the
wrong battery Correct the right battery type;
type; Using the Using the configuration of the
SOC value
reconfigured charging voltage compensation if
incorrect
profile of the choosing the user defined battery
user defined type and ignore the SOC
battery type.

6Technical specifications
Electrical Parameters
Description Parameter

Nominal System Voltage 12 /24VDC

Max. PV input voltage 50V

Max. Battery Terminal Voltage 34V

LS1024B 10A
Rated Battery Current LS2024B 20A
LS3024B 30A
Charge Circuit Voltage Drop ≤0.28V
Discharge Circuit Voltage Drop ≤0.20V

≤8.4mA/12V;
Self-consumption
≤7. 8mA/24V

Temperature compensation coefficient -3mV/℃/2V (Default)

Grounding Positive grounding

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 Battery Voltage Parameters (parameters is in 12V system at 25℃, please
use X 2 in 24V system）

Control Parameters

Battery charging
Gel Sealed Flooded User
setting
Over Voltage
16.0V 16.0V 16.0V 9~17V
Disconnect Voltage
Charging Limit
15.0V 15.0V 15.0V 9~17V
Voltage
Over Voltage
15.0V 15.0V; 15.0V 9~17V
Reconnect Voltage
Equalize Charging
—— 14.6V 14.8V 9~17V
Voltage
Boost Charging
14.2V; 14.4V 14.6V 9~17V
Voltage
Float Charging
13.8V; 13.8V; 13.8V 9~17V
Voltage
Boost Reconnect
13.2V; 13.2V 13.2V 9~17V
Charging Voltage
Low Voltage
12.6V 12.6V 12.6V 9~17V
Reconnect Voltage
Under Voltage
Warning Reconnect 12.2V 12.2V 12.2V 9~17V
Voltage
Under Voltage
12.0V 12.0V 12.0V 9~17V
Warning Voltage
Low Voltage
11.1V 11.1V 11.1V 9~17V
Disconnect Voltage
Discharging Limit
10.6V 10.6V 10.6V 9~17V
Voltage
Equalize Duration —— 2 hrs. 2 hrs. 0~3 hrs.

Boost Duration 2 hrs. 2 hrs. 2 hrs. 0~3 hrs.

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Notes:

1．The default battery type is Sealed. For Gel, Sealed, Flooded

battery type, the voltage point is fixed, unable to modify it.

2．User type is the user defined battery type. The default value is
the same as sealed type. When modify it, please follow the below
logistic relation:

a ) Over Voltage Disconnect Voltage＞Charging Limit Voltage≥

Equalize Charging Voltage ≥Boost Charging Voltage≥Float
Charging Voltage ＞Boost Reconnect Charging Voltage;

b ) Over Voltage Disconnect Voltage＞Over Voltage Reconnect

Voltage ;

c) Low Voltage Reconnect Voltage＞Low Voltage Disconnect Voltage

≥Discharging Limit Voltage;

d ) Under Voltage Warning Reconnect Voltage＞Under Voltage

Warning Voltage≥Discharging Limit Voltage;

e ) Boost Reconnect Charging voltage＞Low Voltage Disconnect

Voltage.

*Please carefully to select battery type. It will damage battery if

the setting is incorrect.

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Environmental parameters

Environmental parameters Parameter

Working temperature -35℃ to +50℃

Storage temperature -35℃to +80℃

Humidity ≤95% NC
Enclosure IP30

LS1024B Mechanical parameters

Mechanical Parameter Parameter

138.6(5.46)x69.3(2.73)x37(1.46)
Overall dimension
mm/inches
Mounting dimension 126(4.96) mm/inches
Mounting hole size Φ4.3
Terminal 4mm2
Net weight 0.13kg

LS2024B Mechanical parameters

Mechanical Parameter Parameter

159.6(6.28)x81.4(3.2)x47.8(1.88)
Overall dimension
mm/inches
Mounting dimension 147(5.79)x50(1.97) mm/inches
Mounting hole size Φ4.3
Terminal 10mm2
Net weight 0.3kg

LS3024B Mechanical Parameters

Mechanical Parameter Parameter

200.6(7.9)x101.3(3.99)x57(2.24)
Overall dimension
mm/inches
Mounting dimension 190(7.48)x70(2.76) mm/inches
Mounting hole size Φ4.5
Terminal 10mm2
Net weight 0.5kg

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