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IQ Gateway software release notes (8.2.127)
February 7, 2024

IQ Gateway software version 8.2.127 is a merged release that combines support for 3rd-generation Enphase Energy Systems with Enphase Control Cable-based communication with support for 1st-generation and 2nd-generation Enphase Energy Systems with 2.4 GHz Zigbee-based communication.

  • Countries: Australia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, and the United States

  • Gateways supported:

    • Puerto Rico and the United States:

      • IQ Combiner 5/5C/4/4C/3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES, IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C, IQ Gateway, IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway, Envoy S Metered for North America, and Envoy S Standard for North America

    • Australia and New Zealand:

      • IQ System Controller 3 INT (Gateway included) and IQ Gateway Metered

  • Microinverters supported:

    • IQ8 Series, IQ7 Series, IQ6 Series, M Series, S Series

  • Batteries supported:

    • IQ Battery 5P, IQ Battery 3T/10T, IQ Battery 3/10, AC Battery

    • 3rd-generation IQ Batteries: IQ Battery 5P

    • 2nd-generation IQ Batteries: IQ Battery 3T/10T

    • 1st-generation IQ Batteries: IQ Battery 3/10

    • Legacy Enphase batteries: AC Battery

  • System controllers supported:

    • 3rd-generation IQ System Controllers:

      • IQ System Controller 3/3G for Puerto Rico and the United States

      • IQ System Controller 3 INT for Australia

    • 2nd-generation IQ System Controller: IQ System Controller 2

    • 1st-generation IQ System Controller: IQ System Controller 1

  • Supported system configurations:

The following configurations are supported in Puerto Rico and the United States:

  1. Grid-tied (without backup) Solar Only systems with M Series or S Series Microinverters and Envoy S Metered for North America or Envoy S Standard for North America

  2. Grid-tied (without backup) Solar Only systems with IQ6 Series Microinverters and IQ Combiner 5/5C/4/4C/3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES or IQ Gateway

  3. Grid-tied (without backup) Solar Only systems with IQ7 Series Microinverters and IQ Combiner 5/5C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C or IQ Combiner 4/4C/3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IQ Gateway

  4. Grid-tied (without backup) Solar Only systems with IQ8 Series Microinverters and IQ Combiner 5/5C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C or IQ Combiner 4/4C/3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IQ Gateway

  5. Grid-tied (without backup) Solar Plus Batteries systems with IQ7 Series Microinverters, IQ Battery 5P, and IQ Combiner 5/5C

  6. Grid-tied (without backup) Solar Plus Batteries systems with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Battery 5P, and IQ Combiner 5/5C

  7. Grid-tied (without backup) Solar Plus Batteries systems with IQ7 Series Microinverters, IQ Battery 5P, IEEE 1547-2018 compliant 4/4C or IQ Combiner 4/4C/3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IQ Gateway, and Communications Kit 2

  8. Grid-tied (without backup) Solar Plus Batteries systems with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Battery 5P, IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C or IQ Combiner 4/4C/3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IQ Gateway, and Communications Kit 2

  9. Grid-tied (without backup) Solar Plus Batteries systems with IQ7 Series Microinverters, IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T, IQ Combiner 5/5C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C or IQ Combiner 4/4C/3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IQ Gateway, and Communications Kit 1

  10. Grid-tied (without backup) Solar Plus Batteries systems with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T, IQ Combiner 5/5C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C or IQ Combiner 4/4C/3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IQ Gateway, and Communications Kit 1

  11. Grid-tied (without backup) Solar Plus Batteries systems with M Series Microinverters, IQ Battery 5P, Envoy S Metered for North America, and Communications Kit 2

  12. Grid-tied (without backup) Solar Plus Batteries systems with M Series Microinverters, IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T, Envoy S Metered for North America, and Communications Kit 1

  13. Sunlight Backup systems with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ System Controller 3/3G, and IQ Combiner 5/5C

  14. Sunlight Backup systems with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ System Controller 3/3G, IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C or IQ Combiner 4/4C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IQ Gateway, and Communications Kit 2

  15. Sunlight Backup systems with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ System Controller 2, IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C or IQ Combiner 4/4C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IQ Gateway, and Communications Kit 1

  16. Grid-forming (with backup) Solar Plus Batteries systems with IQ6 Series Microinverters, IQ Battery 5P, IQ System Controller 3/3G, and IQ Combiner 5/5C

  17. Grid-forming (with backup) Solar Plus Batteries systems with IQ6 Series Microinverters, IQ Battery 5P, IQ System Controller 3/3G, IQ Combiner 4/4C/3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES or IQ Gateway, and Communications Kit 2

  18. Grid-forming (with backup) Solar Plus Batteries systems with IQ7 Series Microinverters, IQ Battery 5P, IQ System Controller 3/3G, and IQ Combiner 5/5C

  19. Grid-forming (with backup) Solar Plus Batteries systems with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Battery 5P, IQ System Controller 3/3G, and IQ Combiner 5/5C

  20. Grid-forming (with backup) Solar Plus Batteries systems with IQ7 Series Microinverters, IQ Battery 5P, IQ System Controller 3/3G, IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C or IQ Combiner 4/4C/3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IQ Gateway, and Communications Kit 2

  21. Grid-forming (with backup) Solar Plus Batteries systems with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Battery 5P, IQ System Controller 3/3G, IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C or IQ Combiner 4/4C/3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IQ Gateway, and Communications Kit 2

  22. Grid-forming (with backup) Solar Plus Batteries systems with M215 or M250 Microinverters, IQ Battery 5P, IQ System Controller 3/3G, Envoy S Metered for North America, and Communications Kit 2

  23. Grid-forming (with backup) Solar Plus Batteries systems with IQ6 Series Microinverters, IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T, IQ System Controller 1/2, IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C or IQ Gateway, and Communications Kit 1

  24. Grid-forming (with backup) Solar Plus Batteries systems with IQ7 Series Microinverters, IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T, IQ System Controller 1/2, IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 5/5C/4/4C or IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C or IQ Gateway or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway, and Communications Kit 1

  25. Grid-forming (with backup) Solar Plus Batteries systems with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T, IQ System Controller 2, IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 5/5C/4/4C or IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C or IQ Gateway or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway, and Communications Kit 1

  26. Grid-forming (with backup) Solar Plus Batteries systems with M215 or M250 Microinverters, IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T, IQ System Controller 1/2, Envoy S Metered for North America, and Communications Kit 1

  27. Grid-forming (with backup) Storage Only systems with IQ Battery 5P, IQ System Controller 3/3G, and IQ Combiner 5/5C

  28. Grid-forming (with backup) Storage Only systems with IQ Battery 5P, IQ System Controller 3/3G, IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C or IQ Combiner 4/4C/3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IQ Gateway, and Communications Kit 2

  29. Grid-tied (without backup) Storage Only systems with IQ Battery 5 and IQ Combiner 5/5C or IQ Gateway with Communications Kit 2 or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway with Communications Kit 2

Note: The following features are supported only in these specific configurations:

  • Load Control and Generator Support are supported in configurations 13 through 28.

  • Solar Circuit Control (PV shedding) is supported in configurations 13 through 26.

The following configurations are supported in Australia and New Zealand:

  1. Grid-tied (without backup) Solar Only systems with IQ8 Series, IQ7 Series, or S Series Microinverters and IQ Gateway Metered

  2. Grid-forming (with backup) Solar Plus Batteries systems with IQ8 Series, IQ7 Series, or S Series Microinverters, IQ System Controller 3 INT, and IQ Battery 5P

Release notes:

All regions:

#

Feature

Description

1

Improvements to commissioning experience

Improves inter-device communication during inventory collection when commissioning Enphase Energy System devices.

Improves meter validation during commissioning.

2

Improvements to system stability

Improves grid synchronization when the system moves from an off-grid state to an on-grid state in a no load condition.

Improves USB enumeration on the IQ Gateway for easier detection of USB-based accessory devices.

Improves Zigbee communication in scenarios such as provisioning, re-establishment of lost communication with a gateway, or following a system black start.

3

Improvements to system functionality

Indicates a Wi-Fi connection error state by turning the Access Point (AP) mode LED to solid amber on the IQ Gateway.

 

Puerto Rico and the United States:

#

Feature

Description

1

Support for new IQ8 Series Microinverters

Supports new IQ Series Microinverters: IQ8MC-72-M-US, IQ8AC-72-M-US, IQ8HC-72-M-US, and IQ8X-80-M-US.

2

Extension of UL Certified Enphase Power Control features

Support for the UL 1741 Certification Requirement Decision (CRD) for the main panel upgrade (MPU) avoidance feature of Enphase Power Control for grid-tied Solar Plus Batteries systems with IQ Battery 5P/3T/10T. The feature allows installers to:

  • set a software-based current limit at installation time on the back-feed into the main panel from grid-tied Solar Plus Batteries systems.

  • avoid the cost and time of unplanned main panel upgrades.

More information on Enphase Power Control features can be found here.

3

Improvements to commissioning experience

Fixed an issue related to IQ Battery discharge during commissioning.

4

Improvements to field support

Support for handling the Return Merchandize Authorization (RMA) procedure through Enphase field service technicians for the PCBA boards mentioned below:

  • IQ System Controller 3/3G E3 board (SC200G-NA-XA-E3-R3)

  • IQ System Controller 3/3G ESUB board (SC200G-NA-XA-ESUBBoard-R3)

  • IQ Battery 5P BMCC board (B05-BMSRA-0490-O)

  • Envoy board for IQ Combiner (SC-ECB-PCBA-ROW)

5

Improvements to system stability

Fixed an issue where performance reports were not being sent from the IQ Gateway to the Enphase Cloud before timeout expiry.

Fixed an issue in scenarios where the generator line voltage in live status toggles frequently between correct and incorrect values.

Improves stability of the main panel upgrade avoidance feature for grid-tied Solar Only sites.

Fixed an issue with IQ Battery replacement where an older IQ Battery would not retire successfully for replacement with a new battery.

Reduces false positives of battery Current Transformer (CT) error detection.

Improves relay switching logic in grid-forming systems for smoother black starts.

6

Improvements to cellular modem connectivity

Improves network registration behavior to reduce disconnections of the Mobile Connect cellular modem from the cellular network.

 

This release is being deployed to all IQ Gateway, IQ Combiner, Envoy S Metered, and IQ System Controller INT devices stated above through the Enphase Installer App for new systems, and via remote software upgrades for existing systems.

IQ Gateway software release notes (8.2.114)
December 26, 2023

IQ Gateway software version 8.2.114 supports new IQ8HC Series Microinverters in Mexico, and improves State of Charge (SoC) recovery and system stability in Australia and New Zealand.

  • Countries:  Mexico, Australia, New Zealand

  • Gateways supported:

    • Mexico:

      • IQ Combiner 4/4C, IQ Gateway, IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway and IQ Combiner 4/4C, Envoy S Metered

    • Australia and New Zealand:

      • IQ System Controller 3 INT (with integrated IQ Gateway), IQ Gateway Metered

  • Microinverters supported:

    • IQ8HC in Mexico

    • IQ8 Series, IQ7 Series, and S Series in Australia and New Zealand

  • Batteries supported:

    • IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T in Mexico

    • IQ Battery 5P in Australia and New Zealand

  • Supported system configurations:

The following configurations are supported in Mexico.

  1. Grid-tied Solar Only systems with IQ8HC Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C/3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C

  2. Sunlight Backup systems with IQ8HC Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C, and IQ System Controller 2

  3. Grid-tied solar and storage systems with IQ8HC Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C, IQ System Controller 2, and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

The following configurations are supported in Australia and New Zealand.

  1. Grid-tied Solar Only systems with IQ8 Series, IQ7 Series, or S Series Microinverters and IQ Gateway Metered

  2. Solar and storage backup systems with IQ8 Series, IQ7 Series, or S Series Microinverters, IQ System Controller 3 INT, and IQ Battery 5P

Release notes:

Mexico:

#

Feature

Description

1

IQ8HC Microinverter support

Supports systems in the above configurations with IQ8HC Microinverters.

 

Australia and New Zealand:

#

Feature

Description

1

Improvements to State of Charge (SoC) recovery

Supports loads until Very Low State of Charge (VLS) limit of IQ Batteries in an off-grid state.

Supports SoC recovery notification on the Enphase App before home power shutdown in an off-grid state when IQ Batteries disconnect from home loads at the VLS limit and charge from solar.

2

Improvements to system stability

Improves grid synchronization when the system moves from an off-grid state to an on-grid state in a no load condition.

Improves system stability when the system is operating in an off-grid state under a no load condition.

3

Improvements to system stability

Fixes an issue where microinverter stops reporting to the IQ Gateway when an IQ Battery 5P is configured in the system.

Indicates a Wi-Fi connection error state by turning the Access Point (AP) mode LED to solid amber on the IQ Gateway.

Automated recovery of USB communication between the IQ Gateway board and the control board inside the IQ System Controller 3 INT.

Disables phase imbalance management (PIM) on single-phase systems.

 

This release is being deployed via remote software upgrades for existing and newly commissioned systems.

 

 

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.6.336)
December 8, 2023

IQ Gateway software version 7.6.336 supports IQ7 Series and M Series Microinverters along with IQ Battery 3T/10T and AC Battery for Germany, Belgium, Austria, France, Netherlands, and Switzerland.

  • Gateways supported: IQ Gateway Metered

  • Countries:  Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland

  • Microinverters supported: IQ7 Series, M Series, third-party string inverters

  • Batteries supported: IQ Battery 3T/10T, AC Battery

  • Supported system configurations:

    • Grid-tied solar and storage systems with IQ7 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway Metered, and IQ Battery 3T/10T

    • Grid-tied solar and storage systems with compatible third-party string inverters, IQ Gateway Metered, and IQ Battery 3T/10T

    • Grid-tied solar and storage systems with M Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway Metered, and IQ Battery 3T/10T

    • Grid-tied solar and storage systems with IQ7 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway Metered, and AC Battery

    • Grid-tied solar and storage systems with M Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway Metered, and AC Battery

    #

    Feature

    Description

    1

    Bug fixes

    • Fixes the issue of multiple USB unplugged events observed in the Enphase Installer Portal.

    • Fixes the issue of microinverters, batteries, and other devices not reporting status by improving the Zigbee communication.

    • Fixes the issue of the Battery Management Unit (BMU) shutting down whenever the IQ battery is idle.

    • Fixes the issue of undesirable power consumption (tare loss) by the battery when in idle state.

    • Fixes the issue of IQ Battery maximum state-of-charge (SoC) being limited to 97% instead of 100%.

    • Fixes the issue of Phase Imbalance Management (PIM) getting enabled for single-phase systems.

     

    This release is being deployed via remote software upgrades for all systems.

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.6.336)
December 8, 2023

IQ Gateway software version 7.6.336 supports IQ7 Series and M Series Microinverters along with IQ Battery 3T/10T and AC Battery for Germany, Belgium, Austria, France, Netherlands, and Switzerland.

  • Gateways supported: IQ Gateway Metered

  • Countries:  Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland

  • Microinverters supported: IQ7 Series, M Series, third-party string inverters

  • Batteries supported: IQ Battery 3T/10T, AC Battery

  • Supported system configurations:

    • Grid-tied solar and storage systems with IQ7 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway Metered, and IQ Battery 3T/10T

    • Grid-tied solar and storage systems with compatible third-party string inverters, IQ Gateway Metered, and IQ Battery 3T/10T

    • Grid-tied solar and storage systems with M Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway Metered, and IQ Battery 3T/10T

    • Grid-tied solar and storage systems with IQ7 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway Metered, and AC Battery

    • Grid-tied solar and storage systems with M Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway Metered, and AC Battery

    #

    Feature

    Description

    1

    Bug fixes

    • Fixes the issue of multiple USB unplugged events observed in the Enphase Installer Portal.

    • Fixes the issue of microinverters, batteries, and other devices not reporting status by improving the Zigbee communication.

    • Fixes the issue of the Battery Management Unit (BMU) shutting down whenever the IQ battery is idle.

    • Fixes the issue of undesirable power consumption (tare loss) by the battery when in idle state.

    • Fixes the issue of IQ Battery maximum state-of-charge (SoC) being limited to 97% instead of 100%.

    • Fixes the issue of Phase Imbalance Management (PIM) getting enabled for single-phase systems.

     

    This release is being deployed via remote software upgrades for all systems.

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.3.621)
November 3, 2023

IQ Gateway software version 7.3.621 improves system stability.

  • Gateways supported: IQ Gateway, IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C, IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway and IQ Combiner 4/4C, Envoy S Metered for North America, Envoy S Standard for North America, IQ Gateway Commercial, IQ Gateway M

  • Countries: U.S., Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Philippines

  • Microinverters supported: IQ8 Series, IQ7 Series, IQ6 Series, M Series, S Series

  • Supported system configurations:

  1. Grid-tied Solar Only systems with M Series or S Series Microinverters, Envoy S Metered for North America or Envoy S Standard for North America

  2. Grid-tied Solar Only systems with IQ6 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C

  3. Grid-tied Solar Only systems with IQ7 Series or IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C

  4. Grid-tied Solar Only systems with IQ7AM Microinverters, IQ Gateway (residential) in Brazil and Mexico

  5. Grid-tied Solar Only systems with IQ7AM Microinverters, Envoy S Metered EM in Brazil and Philippines (230 V, 60 Hz systems only)

  6. Grid-tied Solar Only systems with IQ7 Series Microinverters, IQ Commercial Gateway in Brazil and Philippines (230 V, 60 Hz systems only)

  7. Grid-tied Solar Only systems with IQ7AM Microinverters, IQ Gateway Commercial in Brazil, Mexico, and Philippines (230 V, 60 Hz systems only)

  8. Sunlight Backup systems with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C, and IQ System Controller 2

  9. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence systems with IQ6 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C, IQ System Controller 1/2, and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

  10. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence systems with IQ7 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C, IQ System Controller 1/2, and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

  11. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence systems with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C, IQ System Controller 2, and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

  12. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence systems with M215 Series or M250 Series Microinverters, Envoy S Metered for North America, IQ System Controller 1/2, and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

Note: The following features are supported only in specific configurations above:

Load Control, Generator Support, and solar circuit control (PV shedding) are supported in configurations 8 through 12.

Grid services are supported in configurations 9 through 12.

Release notes:

# Feature Description
1 Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements
  1. Fixes an issue with the IQ Gateway due to memory corruption that results in boot failure.
  2. Fixes charge/discharge oscillation issues when:
    1. IQ Battery is at 100% State of Charge (SoC) with Constant Voltage (CV) mode active
    2. Incorrect reference voltage value is set followed by battery reset during CV mode.
  3. Fixes a Battery Management Unit (BMU) L1 error caused by toggling the DC switch of an IQ Battery.
  4. Fixes an issue to avoid BMU RMA due to wrong inventory report.
  5. Fixes the IQ Gateway database corruption observed during a software upgrade.
  6. Fixes an issue where automatic update of IQ Battery firmware failed due to a low SoC condition.

 

This release is being deployed via remote software upgrades for existing systems.

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.3.617)
October 30, 2023

IQ Gateway software version 7.3.617 improves grid transition reliability, system stability, Zigbee communication, Wi-Fi communication, and the commissioning process.

  • Gateways supported: IQ Gateway, IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C, IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway and IQ Combiner 4/4C, Envoy S Metered for North America, Envoy S Standard for North America, IQ Gateway Commercial, IQ Gateway M

  • Countries: U.S., Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Philippines

  • Microinverters supported: IQ8 Series, IQ7 Series, IQ6 Series, M Series, S Series

  • Supported system configurations:

  1. Grid-tied Solar Only systems with M Series or S Series Microinverters, Envoy S Metered for North America or Envoy S Standard for North America

  2. Grid-tied Solar Only systems with IQ6 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C

  3. Grid-tied Solar Only systems with IQ7 Series or IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C

  4. Grid-tied Solar Only systems with IQ7AM Microinverters and IQ Gateway (residential) in Brazil and Mexico

  5. Grid Tied Solar Only systems with IQ7AM Microinverters and IQ Gateway M in Brazil and Philippines (230 V, 60 Hz systems only)

  6. Grid Tied Solar Only systems with IQ7 Series Microinverters and IQ Commercial Gateway in Brazil and Philippines (230 V, 60 Hz systems only)

  7. Grid Tied Solar Only systems with IQ7AM Microinverters and IQ Gateway Commercial in Brazil, Mexico, and Philippines (230 V, 60 Hz systems only)

  8. Sunlight Backup systems with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C, and IQ System Controller 2

  9. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence systems with IQ6 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C, IQ System Controller 1/2, and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

  10. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence systems with IQ7 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C, IQ System Controller 1/2, and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

  11. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence systems with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C, IQ System Controller 2, and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

  12. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence systems with M215 Series or M250 Series Microinverters, Envoy S Metered for North America, IQ System Controller 1/2, and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

Note: The following features are supported only in these specific configurations above.

  • Load Control, Generator Support, and solar circuit control (PV shedding) are supported in configurations 8 through 12

  • Grid Services are supported in configurations 9 through 12

Release notes:

# Feature Description
1 Improvements to system stability 1. Improves the software commissioning update sequence for IQ Batteries by verifying multimode configuration parameter update status via events, and makes sure that during commissioning grid-forming configuration is set. This also disallows the installer from proceeding to functional validation before IQ Batteries are ready, thereby preventing a microgrid collapse and delays in commissioning.

2. Fixes an issue with automatic circuit phase detection for 208 V line-to-line split-phase 120-degree phase shift systems with IQ7 Microinverters.

3. Fixes an issue where grid transition failures happened during the following scenarios:
 
  1. Low Frequency Ride Through (LFRT) events
  2. High Voltage Ride Through (HVRT) events

4. Fixes an issue of microgrid regulatory shutdown after islanding detected due to grid outage, by changing the IQ System Controller off-grid under voltage trip time from 100 ms to 300 ms.

5. Fixes an issue where High-Frequency Ride Through conditions cause microgrid collapse.
2 Enhancements to interface with the Enphase Cloud 1. Supports faster retrieval of Wi-Fi SSIDs from the IQ Gateway to Enphase App using Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol over any active internet connection. This lets the homeowner connect to a Wi-Fi network faster and without connecting to the gateway’s local Access Point (AP) mode.

2. Supports automatic AP mode activation whenever an IQ Gateway loses its internet connection. This allows the homeowner to configure the alternate Wi-Fi network via AP mode in the absence of an internet connection, and without pressing the physical AP mode button on the IQ Gateway.

3. Supports setting up the polling and reporting intervals for a system with cell modem connectivity, and prevents reset of interval values due to a change in IQ Gateway diagnostic mode.

4. Improves handling of sending performance reports at regular intervals without any loss of any performance report.

5. Supports REST APIs for enabling and disabling the MID open detection and PV Breaker open detection logics using micro-DMIR change.
3 Improvements to IQ Battery behavior 1. Improves system Sunlight Jump Start response time.

2. Prevents grid transition failure due to IQ Battery microinverters slow ramp, triggered by momentary cessation, kicked in just before anti-islanding detection.

3. Supports enabling and disabling Permission To Operate (PTO) for IQ Batteries on site from the Enphase Installer Portal. The feature prevents IQ Batteries from discharging to load or grid until the permission is enabled, and ensures IQ Batteries are able to maintain a healthy State of Charge (SoC). The status of the IQ Battery function is indicated in Enphase Installer Portal as a stateful event whenever the IQ Battery function is disabled.

4. Fixes an issue where an IQ Battery stops discharging to load when the peak hours overlap with must charge duration.

5. Improves the battery controller detection of microinverters in an IQ Battery by checking the operational state of microinverters.

6. Fixes an issue where the power from IQ Batteries was not being used to support the load when aggregate SoC is greater than reserved SoC.

7. Fixes an issue where the aggregate SoC drops in M Series Microinverter systems when Full Backup mode is selected.

8.Prevents the periodic forced SoC calibration in the Battery Management Unit and maintains battery SoC at approximately 97% by sending a manual SoC calibration message to the BMU after checking cell voltages.
4 Improvements to the commissioning and software upgrading process 1. Improves the software upgrade process by checking versions of all the microinverters in IQ Batteries and triggering automatic upgrade if any microinverter’s firmware version is different from other microinverters.

2. Fixes an issue where the Enphase Installer App was blocked and showing an error while an IQ Gateway software upgrade was in progress.

3. Fixes an issue where multiple firmware upgrade retries happen when the IQ Battery firmware is not updated.

4. Improves the commissioning experience via the Enphase Installer App by logging the upgrade flow in IQ Gateway, including status messages and error messages.

5. Fixes an issue where a software upgrade using the Enphase Installer App fails due to communication loss between the IQ Gateway and the Enphase Installer App.

6. Enhances inventory report with inclusion of the phase association information of each inverter.
5 Improvements to Zigbee and Wi-Fi communication 1. Improves handling of unknown grid mode conditions by increasing the unknown grid mode expiry timer to 12 hours to ensure the IQ System Controller connects back to the grid.

2. Enhances the Zigbee communication loss recovery mechanism during failures.

3. Enhances MQTT client connection loss with MQTT broker recovery mechanism by refreshing the Domain Name System (DNS) cache.

4. Fixes an issue where Zigbee communication between the IQ System Controller and the IQ Battery becomes stuck after an IQ Gateway powers down.

5. Fixes an issue where the Zigbee dongle was undetected after a software upgrade.
6 Bug fixes and feature enhancements 1. Fixes an issue where multiple retries were required to upgrade the software on IQ Batteries.

2. Fixes an issue where repeated battery BMU reset events were reported.

3. Fixes an issue where a generator relay toggles until off-grid to on-grid transition sequence is completed.

4. Fixes an issue where the update manager did not detect the existence of an update image after the software upgrade was interrupted.

5. Removes the repeated “Systems Ghz Comms Signal Low” events which occur after a software upgrade.

 

This release is being deployed via remote software upgrades for existing systems.

Note: Enphase only deploys this software release to system configurations 1 to 7, as described above in the “Supported system configurations” section. Other configurations will be upgraded in a future software release.

IQ Gateway software release notes (8.2.62)
October 5, 2023

The IQ Gateway software version 8.2.62 supports 3rd-generation Enphase Energy Systems (EES) with control wiring between IQ Gateway, IQ System Controller, and IQ Batteries in United States, Puerto Rico, and Australia.

  • Gateways supported:

    • IQ Combiner 5/5C, IQ Gateway, IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway, and Envoy S Metered in the United States and Puerto Rico

    • IQ System Controller 3 INT, with IQ Gateway integrated, and IQ Gateway Metered in Australia

  • Countries: United States, Puerto Rico, Australia

  • Microinverters supported:

    • IQ8 Series, IQ7 Series, IQ6 Series, and M Series in the United States and Puerto Rico

    • IQ8 Series, IQ7 Series, and S Series in Australia

  • Supported system configurations:

The following configurations are supported in the United States and Puerto Rico:

  1. Grid-tied, solar-only systems with M Series Microinverters and Envoy S Metered for the United States and Puerto Rico

  2. Grid-tied, solar-only systems with IQ6 Series Microinverters and IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 5/5C

  3. Grid-tied, solar-only systems with IQ7 Series or IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 5/5C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway

  4. Grid-tied solar and storage systems with IQ8 Series or IQ7 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 5/5C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway, and IQ Battery 5P

  5. Grid-tied solar and storage systems with M Series Microinverters, Envoy S Metered for North America, and IQ Battery 5P

  6. Sunlight backup systems with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 5/5C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway, and IQ System Controller 3/3G

  7. Solar and battery backup systems with IQ6 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 5/5C, IQ System Controller 3/3G, and IQ Battery 5P

  8. Solar and battery backup systems with IQ7 Series or IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 5/5C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway, IQ System Controller 3/3G, and IQ Battery 5P

  9. Solar and battery backup systems with M215 Series or M250 Series Microinverters, Envoy S Metered for North America, IQ System Controller 3/3G, and IQ Battery 5P

  10. Solar and battery without backup systems with IQ System Controller 3/3G and IQ Battery 5P

  11. Solar and battery without backup systems with IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 5/5C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway, and IQ Battery 5P

Note: The following features are supported only in these specific configurations:

  • Load control, generator support, and solar circuit control (PV shedding) are supported in configurations 6 through 10

The following configurations are supported in Australia:

  1. Solar and battery without backup systems with IQ8 Series or IQ7 Series, or S Series Microinverters and IQ Gateway Metered

  2. Solar and battery backup systems with IQ8 Series or IQ7 Series, or S Series Microinverters, IQ System Controller 3 INT and IQ Battery 5P

Release notes:

All regions:

#

Feature

Description

1

Faster communication between IQ Gateway, IQ System Controller, and IQ Battery

Improved response times and reliability with wired communication between IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 5/5C, IQ System Controller 3/3G/3 INT and IQ Battery 5P.

2

Support for Enphase Communications Kit 2

Enables compatibility of IQ Battery 5P and IQ System Controller 3/3G with IQ Combiner 4/4C, IQ Combiner 3-ES/3C-ES, and Envoy S Metered by adding Communications Kit 2.

3

Commissioning improvements

Improved commissioning experience and reduced commissioning times with faster provisioning, profile/system-configuration propagation, firmware upgrades, and functional validation.

4

Improved Enphase homeowner experience

Support for periodic health checks on production and consumption current transformers (CTs) and for user notifications if the CTs are not functioning properly.

5

BLE-based Wi-Fi SSID configuration

Improved customer experience with support for home Wi-Fi set up over Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) with Enphase app version 3.8.0 and above.

 

United States and Puerto Rico:

#

Feature

Description

1

Support for UL-certified Enphase Power Control

Support for UL1741 Certification Requirement Decision (CRD) for Power Control System (PCS)-certified features:

  • IQ Battery Oversubscription feature with IQ Battery 5P: Support for increased battery capacity with Enphase Power Control.

    • Provides higher backup capability for longer durations:

      • With IQ System Controller 3 up to 80 kWh i.e., 16x IQ Battery 5P units

      • With IQ System Controller 3G up to 40 kWh i.e., 8x IQ Battery 5P units

    • Saves labor cost for installers by avoiding dual IQ System Controller-based designs if the homeowner simply wants more battery capacity.

  • Main Panel Upgrade (MPU) Avoidance for PV and Battery systems: Enables installers to set a software-based current limit at installation time on the backfeed into the main panel for solar and battery backup systems and grid-tied, solar-only systems. This enables installers to avoid the cost and time due to an unplanned main panel upgrade. MPU Avoidance for grid-tied, solar and battery systems is coming soon.

  • Aggregate power export limiting: Enables installation of large Enphase PV systems with the provision of a software-based power export limit for regional compliance.

  • IQ Battery 5P import only: Eliminates costs, such as utility charges, for additional net generation output meter (NGOM) installation. Also eliminates feeder transformer upgrade during grid interconnection when solar nameplate is within the feeder transformer thermal limits; however, the addition of a battery requires a transformer upgrade.

2

Support for battery CT

Support for battery CT to improve accuracy of battery usage data and graphical visualizations on Enphase App for homeowners.

Support for battery CT validation checks during the commissioning process in Enphase Installer App.

 

Australia:

#

Feature

Description

1

Support for grid-forming configurations

Support for Enphase IQ System Controller 3 INT enables grid-forming/backup configuration, allowing for resilience during utility grid outages.

2

Support for Storm Guard feature in systems with IQ System Controller 3 INT

The Storm Guard feature in the Enphase App tracks severe weather notifications issued by the Bureau of Meteorology in Australia, which often precede grid outages and help ready your IQ Battery to provide backup power.

3

Support for Common Smart Inverter Profile (CSIP) in South Australia for grid-tied IQ8 Microinverter-based solar-only systems

Support for SA Power Networks (SAPN) interoperability requirements of AUS-CSIP with IEEE 2030.5 communication for Distributed Energy Resources(DER). The implementation supports:

  • Control of site export power.

  • Measurement of site active power, site reactive power, DER active power, DER reactive power, and site voltage.

4

Optimizations to Savings profile

Optimized system behavior in Savings profile for sites in Australia that have a low feed-in tariff—like when the export rate during peak period is lower than the maximum off-peak import rate—to provide more savings.

5

Improved State of Charge (SoC) recovery

Improved State of Charge (SoC) recovery mechanism to prevent recurring microgrid collapses due to low battery SoC. In case of battery shutdown, provides estimated time of battery SoC recovery based on the solar production, when solar power is available.

In the absence of internet connectivity, view solar generation, battery SoC value, and estimated time of SoC recovery completion through the IQ Gateway Wi-Fi AP mode.

Support for automatic load-shedding at user-configurable SoC levels.


This release is being deployed to all IQ Gateway, IQ Combiner, and Envoy S devices stated above through the Enphase Installer App for new systems, as well as via remote software upgrades for existing systems.

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.6.346)
September 4, 2023

IQ Gateway software version 7.6.346 supports new microinverters and battery products for Sweden, Denmark, South Africa, and India. This release enables Consumption CT-based phase imbalance management (PIM) as the default method for complying with phase balancing requirements.

  • Gateways supported: IQ Gateway Metered

  • Countries: Sweden, Denmark, South Africa, and India

  • Microinverters supported: IQ8 Series Microinverters (IQ8MC-72-M-INT, IQ8AC-72-M-INT, IQ8HC-72-M-INT, IQ8P-72-2-INT), compatible third-party string inverters

  • IQ Battery supported: IQ Battery 3T/10T

  • Supported system configurations:

    • Grid-tied solar and storage systems with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway Metered, and IQ Battery 3T/10T for Sweden and Denmark

    • Grid-tied solar and storage systems with compatible third-party string inverters, IQ Gateway Metered, and IQ Battery 3T/10T for Sweden and Denmark

    • Grid-tied Solar Only systems with IQ8 Series Microinverters and IQ Gateway Metered for Sweden and Denmark

    • Grid-tied Solar Only systems with IQ8HC and IQ8P Microinverters and IQ Gateway Metered for South Africa

    • Grid-tied Solar Only systems with IQ8P Microinverters and IQ Gateway Metered for India

    #

    Feature

    Description

    1

    IQ8HC and IQ8P Microinverter support

    • Supports IQ8HC and IQ8P Microinverters with IQ Gateway Metered for South Africa.

    • Supports IQ8P Series Microinverters with IQ Gateway Metered for India.

    2

    IQ Battery support

    • Supports IQ Battery 3T/10T along with IQ8 Series Microinverters for Sweden and Denmark.

    3

    Compliant with phase balancing requirements in Sweden and Denmark to ensure imbalance between phases is below the allowed limit

    • Supports Consumption Current Transformer-based PIM for three-phase systems.

    • 3.68 kVA PIM requirement is supported as specified in section A.3 of EN 50549-1:2019 for Denmark and Sweden.

    Note: M Series Microinverters and compatible third-party inverters are not controllable by an IQ Gateway. IQ Gateway does not support PIM and power export limiting for these inverters.

    4

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixes the issue of continuously triggering AC disconnect due to phase imbalance.

    • Fixes the issue of IQ Battery maximum state-of-charge (SoC) being limited to 97% instead of 100%.

    • Fixes the issue of solar production dropping to zero until the IQ Gateway is rebooted.

    • Fixes the issue of IQ Battery exporting to grid when load is turned off with PIM active.

    • Fixes the issue of solar power production stopping after turning on dynamic phase imbalance limiting.

     

    The following known issues have been observed in IQ Gateway software version 7.6.346:

    Known issues:

    #

    Feature

    Description

    1

    PV production stops randomly for sites with a standard IQ Gateway

    PV production stops whenever a grid profile with power Export Limiting or PIM is enabled at a site with a non-metered IQ Gateway. This issue will be fixed in upcoming software releases.

    2

    A large spike in consumption is reported in the Enphase App when the IQ Gateway software is upgraded to v7.6.346 from v7.6.168

    The Enphase App reports a huge spike in consumption whenever the IQ Gateway software is upgraded to v7.6.346 from v7.6.168. Enphase mitigates this by deleting the records of that day for the system owner, thereby ensuring system owner-facing energy consumption figures are not affected.

 

      This release is being deployed via remote software upgrades for all systems.

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.3.130)
July 7, 2023

IQ Gateway software version 7.3.130 is a security update.

  • Gateways supported: IQ Gateway, IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C

  • Countries: USA, Mexico, Canada, Brazil

  • Microinverters supported: IQ8 Series, IQ7 Series, IQ6 Series

  • Supported system configurations:

  1. Grid-tied Solar Only systems with IQ6 Series or IQ7 Series or IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C

  2. Sunlight Backup systems with IQ8 Series Microinverter, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C, and IQ System Controller 2

  3. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence systems with IQ6 Series or IQ7 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C, IQ system Controller 1/2 and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

  4. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence systems with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C, IQ System Controller 2 and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

Note: The following features are supported only in these specific configurations:

  • Load Control, Generator Support, and solar circuit control (PV shedding) are supported in configurations 2, 3 and 4.

  • Grid services are supported in configurations 3 and 4.

Release notes:

# Feature
1 Security Update

 

This release is being deployed via remote software upgrades for existing systems.

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.6.175)
July 7, 2023

IQ Gateway software version 7.6.175 is a security update.

  • Gateways supported: IQ Gateway Metered, IQ Gateway Standard

  • Countries: Australia, India, New Zealand, Indonesia, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Portugal, Spain, France, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, United Kingdom, Turkey

  • Microinverters supported: IQ7 Series, IQ6 Series, M Series

  • Supported system configurations: Grid-tied Solar Only systems with IQ6 Series or IQ7 Series or M Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway Metered or IQ Gateway Standard

Release notes:

# Feature
1 Security Update

 

This release is being deployed via remote software upgrades for existing systems.

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.3.517)
May 12, 2023

IQ Gateway software version 7.3.517 improves system stability, commissioning process, Zigbee communication, and Wi-Fi communication.

  • Gateways supported: IQ Gateway, IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C, IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway and IQ Combiner 4/4C, Envoy S Metered for North America, Envoy S Standard for North America

  • Countries: USA, Mexico, Canada, Brazil

  • Microinverters supported: IQ8 Series, IQ7 Series, IQ6 Series, M Series, S Series

  • Supported system configurations:

  1. Grid-tied Solar Only systems with M Series or S Series Microinverters, Envoy S Metered for North America, or Envoy S Standard for North America

  2. Grid-tied Solar Only systems with IQ6 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C

  3. Grid-tied Solar Only systems with IQ7 Series or IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C, or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C

  4. Sunlight Backup systems with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C, or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C, and IQ System Controller 2

  5. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence systems with IQ6 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C, IQ System Controller 1/2 and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

  6. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence systems with IQ7 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C, or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C, IQ System Controller 1/2 and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

  7. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence systems with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C, or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C, IQ System Controller 2 and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

  8. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence systems with M215 Series or M250 Series Microinverters, Envoy S Metered for North America, IQ System Controller 1/2, and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

  9. Home Essentials Backup systems with IQ System Controller 1/2 and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T


Note: The following features are supported only in these specific configurations.

  • Load Control and Generator Support, and solar circuit control (PV shedding) are supported in configurations 4 through 9.

  • Grid Services are supported in configurations 5 through 9.

Release notes:

 
# Feature Description

1

Improvements to system stability

  1. Fixes issues wherein Sunlight Jump Start does not happen. These are for rare scenarios, like when the System Shutdown Switch is turned back on after it was turned off, or when a generator has failed to start the system.

  2. Fixes a rare issue wherein a system restart does not happen if a generator failure happens while the system is in off-grid mode with the generator connected.

  3. Increases the reliability of on-grid to off-grid system transitions by improving handling of high-frequency ride-through conditions.

  4. Increases the reliability of off-grid to on-grid transitions by improving handling of conditions wherein the grid comes back to normal operation with a low frequency.

  5. Fixes an issue where the IQ System Controller keeps trying to connect DERs and form a microgrid even when the utility grid is available. This is only seen in the rare case when the utility grid voltage/frequency is outside the enter service limits for DERs per the standard followed by the region/utility. This has been fixed by ensuring the IQ System Controller can power the home via grid if the voltages are safe to connect to and keep the DERs disconnected—hence not violating entry service conditions.

2

Improvements to the commissioning and software upgrading processes

  1. IQ Gateway software now reports the status of battery inverter mode (grid-tied, multi-mode on-grid, multi-mode, off-grid, etc.) to the Enphase Installer App. This is displayed in the Enphase Installer App during functional validation.

  2. Reduces commissioning time for IQ8 Microinverters by optimizing the communication between the IQ Gateway and IQ8 Microinverters during provisioning. Provisioning steps repeated due to IQ8 Microinverters rebooting post-propagation of system configuration are reduced, leading to a reduction in overall provisioning time.

  3. Enhances logging for IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T and IQ System Controller 1/2 upgrades by reporting the names of the files, along with download start and download end events, to the Enphase Cloud.

  4. Improves the reliability of software updates when the internet connection is via a cellular modem. This is achieved by increasing the timeout limit for specific files that are large in size, which in turn enables more retries during the download of these files over cellular data.

  5. Reduces the time taken to update the IQ System Controller 1/2 firmware from the IQ Gateway by providing flow control during transfer of packets via Zigbee.

  6. Improves the software upgrade process to automatically handle conditions like low state of charge and the system going off-grid and back on-grid, as well as devices losing Zigbee connection and then reconnecting.

  7. Fixes an issue wherein IQ8 Microinverters fail provisioning. This is a very rare scenario wherein an IQ8 Microinverter fails to receive system configuration during provisioning.

  8. Fixes an issue wherein the IQ Gateway reboots upon completion of device commissioning using the Enphase Installer App.

  9. Fixes an issue where the IQ System Controller 1/2 firmware is not updated immediately after commissioning and functional validation.

  10. Fixes an issue where system configuration files are propagated to the IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T and IQ System Controller 1/2 multiple times.

  11. Fixes an issue where specific IQ Battery models (SKU: B03-A01-US00-1-3) were not upgrading to the new Battery Management Unit (BMU) firmware and causing reset events.

  12. Fixes an issue where circuit phase auto-detection feature was not supported for IQ7 Series Microinverter systems.

3

Improvements to system behavior

  1. IQ System Controller 2 includes a hardware protection feature wherein it detects AC voltage on either side of the PV breaker and goes to a safe state if there is a significant difference in the magnitude of the AC voltage readings from either side of the breaker while the internal PV relay is closed. The PV relay is the built-in protection for grid-forming IQ8 Series Microinverters on the PV or solar port (DER1) of the IQ System Controller 2. This rule has been modified to be active only when:

    • The IQ System Controller 2 is commissioned.

    • IQ8 Series Microinverters are connected to the PV port.

    • There is a 20 V delta in AC voltage readings from either side of the PV breaker after 30 ms of the PV relay closing (this was 20 ms earlier).
     

    Once triggered, the rule raises the PV breaker open error and only opens the PV relay to keep the system safe, instead of all relays as on previous software releases. In addition, the PV breaker open error automatically clears after 30 seconds for the first three occurrences. If any more occurrences are detected, then the error persists and requires Enphase Support intervention to clear.

    These changes improve the hardware protection feature while avoiding false detection and any homeowner or installer inconvenience due to false detection.

  2. Retrieves more debugging data from the Battery Management Unit (BMU) for IQ Batteries, and sends the same to the Enphase cloud to enable better system monitoring and debugging.

  3. Improves the handling of Grid Services commands by ensuring the commands persist across IQ Gateway reboots.

4

Improvements to IQ Battery behavior

  1. Supports battery-only backup systems (configuration 9 as described in “Supported system configurations” above) by resolving issues like the IQ Gateway rebooting and the IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T getting disconnected due to false triggers of the PV breaker open rule. Improvements to the PV breaker open rule are described in the “Improvements to system behavior” section.

  2. Fixes an issue wherein the status of the DC ON/OFF switch was not accurately communicated by the IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T and IQ Gateway to the Enphase Cloud.

  3. Fixes an issue wherein the IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T would not maintain the reserve state of charge (SoC) by charging from the grid.

  4. Validates if the Current Transformers (CTs) used for monitoring consumption are missing or have failed. The IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T are set to an idle mode if Consumption CTs are missing or have failed to ensure the Import-Only mode per IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T UL Power Control System (PCS) Certification Requirements Decision (CRD) is not violated in case of CT failures.

  5. Fixes an issue wherein the IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T does not charge with maximum power when the system is off-grid with a generator connected.

5

Improvements to Zigbee and Wi-Fi communication

  1. Reduces profile propagation time from the IQ Gateway to the IQ System Controller 1/2.

  2. Supports remote restarts of the Zigbee communication processes inside the IQ Gateway software through the Enphase Installer Portal. This is to aid in remote debugging and improve customer support capabilities.

  3. Improves the connectivity to Wi-Fi networks by ensuring the parameters used to tune the Wi-Fi module’s front-end are appropriate.

  4. Fixes the display of an incorrect battery state in Live Vitals in the Enphase App and Enphase Installer App when batteries have lost Zigbee communication.

6

Bug fixes and feature enhancements

  1. Reports load name and battery profile via local API to the Enphase App to enable the app to display these details when the system has lost cloud connectivity and is reporting to the app via local connectivity (i.e., via the local area network, assuming the phone running the app and the IQ Gateway are on the same local area network).

  2. Enhances IQ Gateway security by integrating the Cloud Certification Authority (CCA) into software signing.

  3. Fixes an issue wherein the IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T was not charging when the Power Export Limit (PEL) is enabled in the grid profile and the battery is in savings mode.

  4. Fixes an issue wherein many “Systems GHz Comms Signal Low” events are sent to the Enphase Cloud. Note that the excessive number of events are not visible to the homeowner or installer. The number of events is reduced in this software release to enable the Enphase Support team to use internal tools to better support homeowners and installers.

  5. Fixes an issue where the Consumption CT measures a very high value at the time of an IQ Gateway software upgrade.

  6. Fixes an issue wherein, post-upgrade to 4.40.04 firmware, IQ7+ Microinverters lose communication and do not produce power.

 

This release is being deployed via the Enphase Installer App for new systems as well as via remote software upgrades for existing systems. Remote software upgrades for this release will exclude systems that have only cellular connectivity.

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.3.467)
May 10, 2023

IQ Gateway software version 7.3.467 is the next release version compliant with IEEE 1547-2018 for residential applications. This software version only supports the new IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway (SKU: ENV2-IQ-AM1-240) and IQ Combiner 4/4C (SKUs: X2-IQ-AM1-240-4 and X2-IQ-AM1-240-4C).

  • Gateways supported: IQ Gateway (SKU: ENV2-IQ-AM1-240), IQ Combiner 4/4C (SKUs: X2-IQ-AM1-240-4 and X2-IQ-AM1-240-4C)

  • Countries: USA

  • Microinverters supported: IQ8 Series, IQ7 Series

  • Supported system configurations:

  1. Grid-tied Solar Only systems with IQ7 Series or IQ8 Series Microinverters and IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C

  2. Sunlight Backup systems with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C, and IQ System Controller 2

  3. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence systems with IQ7 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C, IQ System Controller 1/2, and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

  4. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence systems with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C, IQ System Controller 2, and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

Note: The following features are supported only in these specific configurations.

  • Load Control, Generator Support, and solar circuit control (PV shedding) are supported in configurations 2, 3, and 4.

  • Grid Services are supported in configurations 3 and 4.

Release notes:

# Feature Description
1 Bug fixes for IQ7 Series Microinverters Fixes an issue wherein post-upgrade to 4.40.04 firmware, IQ7+ Microinverters lose communication and do not produce power.

 

This release is being deployed via the Enphase Installer App for new systems, as well as via remote software upgrades for existing systems with an IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner. Installers must contact Enphase Support when installing Enphase Energy Systems with an IQ Gateway running software version 7.3.463 or lower.

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.3.514)
March 17, 2023


IQ Gateway software version 7.3.514 is the next release version with improvements in system stability, commissioning process, and enhanced Zigbee and Wi-Fi communications.

  • Gateways supported: IQ Gateway, IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C, IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway and IQ Combiner 4/4C, Envoy S Metered for North America, Envoy S Standard for North America

  • Countries: USA, Mexico, Canada, Brazil

  • Microinverters supported: IQ8 Series, IQ7 Series, IQ6 Series, M Series, S Series

  • Supported system configurations:

  1. Grid-tied Solar Only system with M Series or S Series Microinverters, Envoy S Metered for North America
  2. Grid-tied Solar Only system with IQ6 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C
  3. Grid-tied Solar Only system with IQ7 Series or IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C
  4. Sunlight Backup system with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C, and IQ System Controller 2
  5. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence system with IQ6 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C, IQ System Controller 1/2 and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T
  6. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence system with IQ7 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C, IQ System Controller 1/2 and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T
  7. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence system with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway or IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Combiner 4/4C, IQ System Controller 2 and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T
  8. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence system with M215 Series or M250 Series Microinverters, Envoy S Metered for North America, IQ System Controller 1/2, and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T
  9. Home Essentials Backup with IQ System Controller 1/2, and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T


Note: The following features are supported only in specific configurations above:

  • Load control, generator support, and solar circuit control i.e., PV shedding are supported in configurations 4 through 9.

  • Grid services are supported in configurations 5 through 9.

Release notes:

# Feature Description
1 Improvements to System Stability a. Fixes issues wherein Sunlight Jump Start does not happen. These are for rare scenarios, like when the System Shutdown Switch is turned back on after it was turned off or when a generator has failed to start the system.

b. Fixes a rare bug wherein a system restart does not happen if a generator failure happens while the system is in off grid mode with the generator connected.

c. Increases the reliability of on-grid to off-grid system transitions by improving handling of high frequency ride through conditions.

d. Increases the reliability of off-grid to on-grid transitions by improving handling of conditions wherein the grid comes back to normal operation with a low frequency.
2 Improvements to the Commissioning and Software Upgrading Process a. Gateway software reports the correct status of battery inverter mode (grid-tied, multi-mode on-grid, multi-mode off-grid etc.) to the Enphase Installer App. This is displayed in the Enphase Installer App during functional validation.

b. Reduces commissioning time for IQ8 PV microinverters by optimizing the communication between the gateway and IQ8 microinverters during provisioning. Provisioning steps repeated due to IQ8 rebooting post propagation of system configuration are reduced, leading to time savings.

c. Enhances logging for battery and system controller upgrades by reporting the names of the files along with download start and download end events to Enphase Cloud.

d. Improves the reliability of software updates when the internet connection is via a cellular modem. This is achieved by increasing the timeout limit for specific files that are large in size.

e. Reduces the time taken to update the IQ System Controller firmware from the gateway by providing flow control during transfer of packets via Zigbee.

f.Improves the software upgrade process to automatically handle conditions like low state of charge, the system going off-grid and then coming back on-grid as well as devices losing Zigbee connection and then reconnecting.

g.Fixes an issue wherein IQ8 Series Microinverters fail provisioning. This is a very rare scenario wherein an IQ8 microinverter fails to receive system configuration during provisioning.

h.Fixes an issue wherein the gateway reboots upon completion of device commissioning using the Enphase Installer App.

i.Fixes an issue where the IQ System Controller firmware is not updated immediately after commissioning and functional validation.

j.Fixes an issue where system configuration files are propagated to batteries and the system controller multiple times.

k.Fixes an issue where specific IQ Battery models (SKU: B03-A01-US00-1-3) were not upgrading to the new Battery Management Unit (BMU) firmware and causing reset events.
3 Improvements to System Behavior a. IQ System Controller 2 includes a hardware protection feature wherein it detects AC voltage on either side of the PV breaker and goes to a safe state if there is a significant difference in the magnitude of the AC voltage readings from either side of the breaker while the internal PV relay is closed. The PV relay is the built-in protection for IQ8 grid forming microinverters on the PV or solar port (DER1) of the IQ System Controller 2. This rule has been modified to be active only when:
  • The IQ System Controller 2 is commissioned.
  • IQ8 Series Microinverters are connected to the PV port.
  • There is a 20 V delta in AC voltage readings from either side of the PV breaker after 30 ms of the PV relay closing (this was 20 ms earlier).
b. Retrieves more debugging data from the Battery Management Unit (BMU) for IQ Batteries and sends the same to Enphase cloud to enable better system monitoring and debugging.

c. Improves the handling of Grid Services commands by ensuring the commands persist across IQ Gateway reboots.
 
4 Improvements to IQ Battery Behavior a. Supports battery-only backup systems (configuration 9 as described in “Supported System Configurations” above) by resolving issues like gateway rebooting and batteries getting disconnected due to false triggers of the PV breaker open rule. Improvements to the PV breaker open rule are described in the “Improvements to System Behavior” section.

b. Fixes an issue wherein the status of the DC ON/OFF switch was not accurately communicated by the batteries and gateway to the cloud.

c. Fixes an issue wherein batteries would not maintain the reserve state of charge (SoC) by charging from the grid.

d. Validates if current transformers (CTs) used for monitoring consumption are missing or have failed. Batteries are set to an idle mode if consumption CTs are missing or have failed to ensure the Import-Only mode per IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T UL Power Control System (PCS) Certification Requirements Decision (CRD) is not violated in case of CT failures.

e. Fixes an issue wherein IQ Batteries do not charge with maximum power when the system is off grid with a generator connected.
5 Improvements to Zigbee and Wi-Fi Communication a. Reduces profile propagation time from the IQ Gateway to the IQ System Controller. .

b. Supports remote restarts of the Zigbee communication processes inside the IQ Gateway software through the Enphase Installer Portal. This is to aid in remote debugging and improve customer support capabilities.

c. Improves the connectivity to Wi-Fi networks by ensuring the parameters used to tune the Wi-Fi module’s front end are appropriate.

d. Fixes the display of an incorrect battery state in Live Vitals in the Enphase Homeowner and Installer Apps when batteries have lost Zigbee communication.
6 Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements a. Reports load name and battery profile via local API to the Enphase Homeowner App to enable the app to display these details when the system has lost cloud connectivity and is reporting to the app via local connectivity (i.e., via the local area network, assuming the phone and the gateway are on the same local area network).

b. Enhances the IQ Gateway security by integrating the (Cloud Certification Authority) CCA into gateway signing.

c. Fixes an issue wherein IQ Batteries were not charging when the Power Export Limit (PEL) is enabled in the grid profile and the battery is in savings mode.

d. Fixes an issue wherein a lot of “Systems GHz Comms Signal Low” events are sent to the Enphase cloud. Note that the excessive number of events is only seen by Enphase employees. The number of events is reduced in this software release to enable customer support teams to use internal tools to better support system owners and installers.

 

This release is being deployed in factories to all IQ Gateway, IQ Combiner, and Envoy S devices stated above. It is also being released via the Enphase Installer App for new systems as well as via remote software upgrades for existing systems. Remote software upgrades for this release will exclude systems that have only cellular connectivity.

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.3.466)
January 6, 2023

IQ Gateway software version 7.3.466 is the next release version compliant with IEEE 1547-2018 for residential applications. It supports only the new IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateways (SKU: ENV2-IQ-AM1-240) and IQ Combiners (SKUs: X2-IQ-AM1-240-4 and X2-IQ-AM1-240-4C).

  • Gateways supported: IQ Gateway (SKU: ENV2-IQ-AM1-240), IQ Combiner 4/4C (SKUs: X2-IQ-AM1-240-4 and X2-IQ-AM1-240-4C)

  • Countries: USA

  • Microinverters supported: IQ8 Series, IQ7 Series

  • Supported system configurations:

  1. Grid-tied Solar Only system with IQ7 Series or IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C
  2. Sunlight Backup system with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C, and IQ System Controller 2
  3. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence system with IQ7 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C, IQ System Controller 1/2, and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T
  4. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence system with IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C, IQ System Controller 2, and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

Note: The following features are supported only in specific configurations above:

  • Load control, generator support, and solar circuit control i.e., PV shedding are supported in configurations 2, 3, and 4.

  • Grid services are supported in configurations 3 and 4.

Release notes:

# Feature Description
1 Compliant with IEEE 1547-2018 Regulations (also present in IQ Gateway software release 7.3.463) a. Supports limiting PV active power as a percentage of the nameplate.

b. Supports enable or disable of permit service to allow or stop PV power production remotely.

c. Meets the enter service criteria, where PV power production does not start unless the system voltage and frequency are within the specified limits for the prescribed delay time. After the delay time, power is ramped linearly at a rate not exceeding the nameplate power divided by the enter service period.

d. Maintains exported active power at the point of common coupling (PCC) at less than 10% of the aggregate system rating.

e. Supports the following mutually exclusive reactive power control modes:
 
  1. Constant power factor mode: the system operates at a constant power factor

  2. Voltage-reactive power mode (volt-var): the reactive power of the system is controlled as a function of voltage using a volt-var curve

  3. Active-reactive power mode (watt-var): the reactive power of the system is controlled as a function of active power using a watt-var curve

  4. Constant reactive power mode: the system maintains a constant reactive power

f. Supports active power control for temporary frequency disturbances according to a parameterized frequency-droop (freq-watt) characteristic.

g. Supports bringing the net power export to zero before going off-grid (when commanded to do so by user).

h. Supports interoperability and data exchange over the local communication interface using IEEE 2030.5, including:
 
  1. Provision of nameplate information

  2. Provision of monitoring information, and

  3. Ability to read and write function and mode setting
2 Bug Fixes Fixes an issue where sites were unable to commission with a Zigbee range extender and could not proceed with functional validation.

 

This release is being deployed in factories to the IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway and IQ Combiner devices. IQ Gateway software 7.3.466 release is being deployed via remote software upgrades for the new sites that receive IQ Gateways with software version 7.3.463 or lower version from the factory for Enphase Energy Systems. Installers have to contact Enphase Support while installing Enphase Energy Systems at the site with IQ Gateway which has software version 7.3.463 or lower version from the factory.

 

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.3.463)
December 7, 2022

IQ Gateway software version 7.3.463 is the next major release version compliant with IEEE 1547-2018 for residential applications. It supports Grid-tied Solar Only system with new IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateways (SKU: ENV2-IQ-AM1-240) and IQ Combiners (SKUs: X2-IQ-AM1-240-4 and X2-IQ-AM1-240-4C).

  • Platforms supported: IQ Gateway (SKU: ENV2-IQ-AM1-240), IQ Combiner 4/4C (SKUs: X2-IQ-AM1-240-4 and X2-IQ-AM1-240-4C)

  • Geographies: USA

  • Microinverters supported: IQ8 Series, IQ7 Series

  • Supported system configurations: Grid-tied Solar Only system with IQ7 Series/IQ8 Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C

Release notes:

# Feature Description
1 Compliant with IEEE 1547-2018 Regulations a. Supports limiting PV active power as a percentage of the nameplate.

b. Supports enable or disable of permit service to allow or stop PV power production remotely.

c. Meets the enter service criteria, where PV power production does not start unless the system voltage and frequency are within the specified limits for the prescribed delay time. After the delay time, power is ramped linearly at a rate not exceeding the nameplate power divided by the enter service period.

d. Maintains exported active power at the point of common coupling (PCC) at less than 10% of the aggregate system rating.

e. Supports the following mutually exclusive reactive power control modes:
 
  1. Constant power factor mode: the system operates at a constant power factor

  2. Voltage-reactive power mode (volt-var): the reactive power of the system is controlled as a function of voltage using a volt-var curve

  3. Active-reactive power mode (watt-var): the reactive power of the system is controlled as a function of active power using a watt-var curve

  4. Constant reactive power mode: the system maintains a constant reactive power

f. Supports active power control for temporary frequency disturbances according to a parameterized frequency-droop (freq-watt) characteristic.

g. Supports bringing the net power export to zero before going off-grid (when commanded to do so by user).

h. Supports interoperability and data exchange over the local communication interface using IEEE 2030.5, including:
 
  1. Provision of nameplate information

  2. Provision of monitoring information, and

  3. Ability to read and write function and mode setting

 

This release is being deployed in factories to the IEEE 1547-2018 compliant IQ Gateway and IQ Combiner devices.

 

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.3.120)
October 25, 2022

IQ Gateway software version 07.03.120 is the next major release version with improvements in system quality and stability, reduced commissioning time, and enhanced Zigbee wireless communication.

  • Platforms Supported: IQ Gateway, IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C, Envoy S Metered for North America

  • Geographies: USA, Mexico, Canada, Brazil

  • Microinverters supported: IQ8, IQ7, IQ6, M-Series, S-Series

  • Supported system configurations:

    1. Grid-tied Solar Only system with M-Series or S-Series Microinverters, Envoy S Metered for North America

    2. Grid-tied Solar Only system with IQ6-Series or IQ7-Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C

    3. Grid-tied Solar Only system with IQ8-Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway, or IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C

    4. Sunlight Backup system with IQ8-Series Microinverter, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C, and IQ System Controller 2

    5. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence system with IQ6-Series or IQ7-Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C , IQ system Controller 1/2 and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

    6. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence system with IQ8-Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway or IQ Combiner 4/4C, IQ System Controller 2 and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

    7. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence system with M215-Series or M250-Series Microinverters, Envoy S Metered for North America, IQ System Controller 1/2, and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

Note: The following features are supported only in specific configurations above: Load control, generator support, and solar circuit control i.e., PV shedding are supported in configurations 4, 5, 6 and 7. Grid Services are supported in configurations 5, 6, and 7.
 

Release Notes:
 

# Feature Description
1 Enhancements for system stability a. Improves microgrid stability in rare scenarios which in the past resulted in functional validation failures or voltage and frequency oscillations when OFF Grid.

b. Removes incorrect battery power display as 0 for line 2 by sending the right phase configuration to cloud.

c. Improves grid transitions by increasing ride through time for OFF Grid frequency limits.

d. Fixes an issue for systems with generators where microinverter power production and IQ Battery discharge levels appear to be fluctuating when the system is OFF Grid and generator is operating at less than a minimum recommended load.

e. Fixes an issue where IQ Battery oscillates between charging and discharging when at the reserve State of Charge (SoC) limit. The error was due to battery SoC maintenance logic using a marginally higher reference SoC to trigger SoC maintenance. SoC maintenance is triggered at the reserve SoC limit now and avoids errors.

f. Ensures microgrid is formed and is retained for up to 12 hours even if a communication loss has happened prior to a grid outage.

g. Enables IQ8 + IQ Battery systems to Sunlight Jump Start and power on by toggling the DC switches on the IQ Batteries when there is a Rapid Shutdown exit at night. Prior to the release in the rare scenario when the Enphase System Shutdown Switch (the Rapid Shutdown Initiator for IQ8) was used to turn the system off, while OFF Grid, the system could only be turned back on when there was PV power, i.e., during the daytime or when the utility grid power returned.

h. Fixes an issue where PV exports to grid momentarily even when the system is configured with a zero PV export limit. In prior releases, when the Power Control Systems (PCS) implementation that ensures no export to grid from battery is triggered, due to a step change in load, a momentary export to grid from PV is seen.
2 Improvements to commissioning a. Improves software upgrade architecture. Upgrades pause when MID is open i.e., the system is OFF Grid and resume when MID is closed i.e., the system is ON Grid.

b. Provides MQTT (MQ Telemetry Transport) based streaming of Power Line Communications (PLC) frequency and signal strength to cloud. This is exercised during periods when the IQ Gateway is not transmitting or receiving PLC communication. The MQTT enables the Enphase cloud to show a frequency domain view of the data post a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). This view can be used to determine if the PLC communication in a system can be degraded or disrupted by noise in the frequency band that the IQ Gateway and microinverters use for communication.

c. Improves the reliability of firmware upgrades by retrying certain missed messages.

d. Improves reliability of firmware upgrades during commissioning by adding more retries to cover multiple failed attempts.

e. Provides “Total bytes remaining to transfer” and “Total bytes to transfer” information via REST API to Installer app during the commissioning process, enabling installers to get a better idea of total firmware upgrade time as well as time remaining for firmware upgrade to complete.

f. Avoids opening of PV and battery relays by preventing IQ System Controller update/reset during the configuration of Current Transformers (CTs). This avoids installers having to wait for relays to close to continue CT configuration and consequently reduces commissioning time.

g. Reports a “DC is turned on before AC” event to cloud when the DC switch on an IQ Battery is turned on before the IQ Battery is connected to AC power. This event indicates an incorrect power on sequence was followed for the IQ Battery. IQ Batteries must be connected to AC power before their DC switches are turned on. The event is used by Enphase cloud and Enphase customer support to educate installers and help installers avoid potential IQ Battery field failures due to use of the incorrect power sequence.

h. Avoids unnecessary firmware updates for configuration files by exposing the version of the configuration files and checking the same in IQ Gateway software before upgrading.

i. Speeds up the inventory retrieval processes which determines the devices (IQ Batteries, IQ System Controller and components within) are actively connected to the IQ Gateway to reduce overall commissioning time.
3 Enhancements to Zigbee communication a. Avoids IQ Gateway reboot by fixing a crash of the process handling Zigbee communication.

b. Reduces homeowner facing errors for lack of communication between IQ Gateway and IQ Batteries or IQ System Controller by raising the errors only if automatic recovery of Zigbee dongle is tried and has failed.

c. Adds heartbeat messaging between IQ Gateway and IQ Batteries or IQ System Controller to detect scenarios where the Zigbee radio is nonresponsive so that automatic recovery is initiated. Note that every recovery attempt shows a Zigbee communication failure event for the homeowner. This event is automatically cleared post successful recovery.

d. Fixes an issue wherein multiple events of IQ Batteries or IQ System Controller losing Zigbee communication are shown to the homeowner in Enphase App. This is done by avoiding a situation wherein the IQ Gateway repeatedly floods the Zigbee network with broadcast messages which prevent communication and then lead to communication failure events.

e. Adds retries to IQ Gateway software communication via USB to Zigbee dongle to avoid IQ Gateway manual reboot when a Zigbee dongle communication error occurs.

f. Supports firmware updates for old and new Zigbee dongles at the same time.

g. Enhances Zigbee connection recovery by incorporating an automatic Zigbee module reset on IQ Batteries and IQ System Controller. This reset triggers when the Zigbee module in these devices is stuck in an erroneous state for a long period of time after having exhausted the allowed timeout for lack of communication with Zigbee dongle connected to the IQ Gateway.

h. Improves Zigbee communication recovery by avoiding an immediate network change when the Zigbee USB dongle is disconnected and reconnected on the IQ Gateway. IQ Batteries and IQ System Controller can join the same network they were on and avoid a long-term lack of communication with IQ Gateway.

i. Reduces Zigbee communication losses due to potential non-volatile memory corruption issues.

j. Improves microgrid resiliency to Zigbee communication loss between IQ System Controller and IQ Gateway by improving communication between IQ System Controller and IQ Batteries which enables the batteries to stay operational and keep forming a microgrid.
4 Reintroduces grid services support a. Restores Grid Services programs that had been inadvertently disabled by an earlier software release.

b. Supports new modes for battery charging and discharging which can be used via Grid Services API offered by Enphase:

• Charge from grid
• Charge from solar with load priority - Excess power will be used to charge battery after serving loads
• Charge from solar with battery priority - Excess power after charging the battery will be used to serve the loads
• Discharge to load - Battery discharges to a level which is the minimum of the setpoint received from the Grid Services API and the load seen on the site
• Discharge to net load - Battery discharges to support load that exceeds the PV production amount.

c. Adds the ability to set Idle mode for IQ Batteries via Grid Services API.

d. Adds capability for

• Back-to-Back, overlapping and nested Grid Services events
• Multiple commands can be sent to IQ Gateway/Envoy S by Grid Services API and each command has a delay and a duration timer. Delay specifies the time from command receipt till the point in time when the command should be active. Duration specifies the duration of time for which the command should be active.
• Discharging or charging batteries at a specific set point rather than just at rated power
• Automatic move to idle state (prevent charge or discharge) once utility-set target State of Charge is reached

e. Enhances system behavior to honor discharge commitments in case of partial failure of IQ Batteries in a system. For example, if one IQ Battery fails the other IQ Batteries will increase their output power as much as possible to compensate for the battery which is not functional.

f. Ensures the Grid Services data persists across IQ Gateway/Envoy S reboots and system resets.
5 Enhanced interface with Enphase Cloud a. Fixes an issue wherein any local issue in IQ Gateway software while creating a performance report (microinverter, battery and meter data along with events) resulted in the abandoning the process of sending the entire performance report to Enphase cloud. Now the performance report creation continues with readings and events that do not show issues and the resultant report is sent to Enphase cloud.

b. Enables real-time alerts about grid outages for homeowners via Enphase App. IQ Gateway software sends a real time notification report to Enphase cloud containing date and time information regarding when the outage began to support this feature.

c. Allows quick debugging of IQ Gateways by Enphase customer support and engineering teams. IQ Gateway software opens a tunnel in response to a MQTT (MQ Telemetry Transport) command received from Enphase cloud. Earlier, a tunnel required manual intervention at the IQ Gateway or waiting for the ping interval set on IQ Gateway so that it communicates with Enphase cloud and receives the command to open a tunnel.

d. Fixes an issue wherein a system would reject an Enphase app-based command to go On Grid, incorrectly citing a lack of grid i.e., power outage. This issue was seen in a prior software release, when the Enphase App was used to command the system to go ON Grid, after having previously commanded the system to go OFF Grid.

e. IQ Gateway software reports a special event for IQ Batteries which do not sense AC voltage. This event is exposed to installers and is also used by Enphase customer support to educate installers on the risk of a potential RMA due to IQ Batteries discharging down to irrecoverable State of Charge (SoC) levels while turned on and not connected to AC power.

f. Provides a new REST API to update IQ Battery serial numbers into non-volatile memory as a safeguard against memory corruption causing batteries to lose their serial number.

g. IQ Gateway software immediately sets reserve the State of Charge (SoC) level received from Enphase cloud on to the IQ Battery instead of waiting for the next planned write cycle. This enables all batteries to charge/discharge as required by the new reserve SoC limit, immediately eliminating delays in the system’s reaction to reserve SoC changes.
6 Improvements to system restart while in a microgrid a. Post a microgrid collapse due to overload, the IQ Battery firmware now does at least 40 system restart retries to increase the likelihood of a successful restart. The restarts are spaced out in exponentially increasing time intervals.

b. Fixes an issue wherein a false detection of a PV breaker being opened by IQ System Controller during a Sunlight Jump Start leads to repeated failures of the system restart.
7 Bug fixes and feature enhancements a. Fixes an issue wherein IQ Battery is charging from grid to maintain the State of Charge (SoC) even when SoC is higher than reserve SoC for backup-capable sites and when above Very Low SoC (VLS) threshold for Grid Tied non-backup battery sites. As of this IQ Gateway software release IQ Battery only charges from grid when SoC is below reserve SoC for backup-capable sites and when SoC is below VLS for Grid Tied sites.

b. Improves Rapid Shutdown exit behavior i.e., behavior when the Enphase Energy system is turned on using the Enphase Energy Shutdown Switch (Rapid Shutdown initiator for grid forming IQ8 microinverters). If Rapid Shutdown exit happens when grid is available, the home is immediately connected to the grid but the IQ Batteries and IQ8 PV are only connected to the home and grid after the requisite entry service time period has elapsed. If Rapid Shutdown exit happens when the grid is not available, the home is immediately powered on via IQ Batteries and IQ8 PV. However, when the grid eventually comes back, the system waits for the requisite entry service time period before closing the Microgrid Interconnect Device (MID) relay to connect the home, IQ Batteries and IQ8 PV to the grid.

c. Fixes an error which resulted in an “Exception occurred during execution” error being reported on the Enphase cloud administration portal in response to battery mode or tariff changes via the SITE_SETTINGS REST task. Note this error was only visible to Enphase internal personnel and had no effect on site functionality.

d. Fixes an issue where retired IQ Batteries were mistakenly unretired.

e. Fixes an issue wherein IQ Batteries were not discharging after a Zigbee range extender is provisioned on the system.

f. Fixes an issue wherein PV production is set to 0 after a hardware-based power export limit is enabled and then cleared via Enphase Installer Platform.

g. Grid profile is propagated after a timeout even if the DER relay (s) in the IQ System Controller are not closed. This helps in propagation of special grid profiles in systems where grid voltage/frequency are out of range of normal operation.

h. Fixes an issue wherein USB failure errors are not cleared due to the IQ Gateway rebooting and the error persists unnecessarily on Enphase app.

i. Improves recovery of Power Line Communication (PLC) between IQ Battery controller and IQ8X-BAT microinverters by automatically detecting loss of PLC to all micros and restarting the PLC stack, which then restores communication.

j. Fixes an issue wherein redundant tariff tasks are issued to the system by the Enphase cloud.

k. Fixes an issue where Very Low SoC (VLS) values, that can be set between 5% and 30% by homeowners in Enphase App, were sent to the IQ Gateway but were not successfully propagated to IQ Batteries.

l. Fixes an issue in systems with generator integration where, after generator trips post a Low Voltage or Low Frequency Ride Through the system does not resume a microgrid with IQ Batteries and PV.

m. Fixes an issue when post IQ Battery based system restart, at or below Very Low SoC (VLS) threshold, the batteries sometimes went to a Grid Tied state incorrectly and stopped forming a microgrid.

n. Fixes an issue when the system transitions to Generator Mode with a generator connected, yet the IQ Battery incorrectly shows OFF Grid instead of Generator Mode.

o. Fixes an issue with IQ Battery state toggling between ON Grid to Islanding to Grid Tied when Rapid Shutdown is initiated while the system is OFF Grid. This is seen in systems with IQ System Controller 2, IQ Batteries and IQ8 PV.

p. Automatic recovery of IQ Battery from internal errors is improved to handle back-to-back power transistor driver faults.

q. Fixes a rare issue where IQ System Controller settings did not change to the correct Multi Mode OFF Grid settings but stayed in a Grid Tied state during Low Voltage Ride Through (LVRT) condition.

r. Fixes an issue where IQ Battery is not reporting normally, and reports issues post reconnection with IQ Gateway/Envoy S.

s. Enhances protection features to prevent IQ Battery power transistor failures during IQ8X-BAT firmware upgrades.

 

This release is being deployed in factories to the IQ Gateway and Envoy S based devices stated above and through the Enphase Installer App for new systems as well as via remote software upgrades for existing systems.

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.4.28)
October 12, 2022

IQ Gateway software version 7.4.28 of IQ Gateway Metered supports embedded software with Microinverters, IQ Battery VDE Compliance and Enphase cell modem support on top of software version 7.4.7.

  • Platforms Supported: IQ Gateway Metered

  • Geographies: Germany and Belgium only

  • Micro-inverters supported: IQ7

  • Supported System Configurations:

    1. Grid tied Solar Only System with IQ7 series Microinverters, IQ Gateway Metered

    2. Grid tied Solar and Storage System, with IQ7 series Microinverters, IQ Gateway Metered, IQ Battery 3T/10T

    3. Grid tied Solar and Storage System, with non-Enphase PV (SMA, Fronius, Kostal, Solar Edge, Solar Max), IQ Gateway Metered, IQ Battery 3T/10T

Release Notes:

# Feature Description
1 Compliant with VDE and EnFluRi Regulations a. Supports dynamic power export limit (PEL) as per the grid definition.

b. Supports active power feed-in monitoring at the grid connection and limits it below the defined active power limit curve (PAV,E) which is agreed with the network operator.

c. Support to follow the power gradients of the maximum active power (PA max) to increase or decrease the active power of the power generation system.

d. Introduces EnFluRi compliance requirements for Germany. The battery import or export to grid is curtailed in a fast manner as per the curve specified in the VDE-FNN Guideline for Energy Storage.
2 Enphase Cell Modems Support The Enphase cell modems now supported by IQ Gateway Metered for plug-and-play install are

a. CELLMODEM-02
b. CELLMODEM-M1-06-AT-05
3 Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements a. Reduces commissioning time for systems with IQ Gateway configured with default grid profile and IQ Relay opened.

b. Fixes an issue of oscillations in PV production power due to phase association of microinverters not occurring during commissioning.

c. Improved reliability of reporting data to the Enphase cloud following a period when the system was offline.

d. Fixes a battery import from grid issue for 3-phase systems.

e. Fixes an issue where system started exporting to grid even when the system configured to zero export limit and causes oscillations in PV production.

f. Fixes a commissioning issue where the grid profile propagation with IQ Battery would not complete due to re-initiating the commissioning sequence for the ZigBee repeater provisioning.

g. Fixes an issue where an IQ Gateway error was displayed when changing the grid profile.

 

This release is being deployed through the Enphase Installer App for new systems as well as via remote software upgrades for existing systems.

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.0.155)
September 20, 2022

IQ Gateway software version 07.00.155 comes with a fix for communication failure of the IQ Battery in the system.

  • Platforms Supported : IQ Gateway

  • Geographies : USA, Mexico, Canada

  • Microinverters Supported : IQ8-Series Microinverters

  • Supported System Configurations :

    1. Sunlight Backup systems with IQ8-Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway, and IQ System Controller 2

    2. Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence systems with IQ8-Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway, IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T, and IQ System Controller 2

Note: Load control (i.e. PV shedding) and generator support features are available for system configurations mentioned above.

 

Release Notes:

# Feature Description
1 Bug fixes for local Zigbee communication Fixes an issue wherein excessive write and erase cycles caused flash corruption and resulted in unstable communication between IQ Battery, IQ System Controller 1/2 and IQ Gateway/Envoy S.

 

This release is being deployed through the Enphase Installer App for new systems.

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.3.78)
September 20, 2022

IQ Gateway software version 07.03.78 comes with a fix for communication failure of the IQ Battery in the system.

  • Platforms Supported : IQ Gateway, Envoy S Metered for North America

  • Geographies : USA, Mexico, Canada

  • Microinverters Supported : M-Series, IQ6-Series, IQ7-Series

  • Supported System Configurations :

    1. IQ6-Series and IQ7-Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway, IQ System Controller 1/2 and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

    2. M215/M250 Microinverters, Envoy S Metered for North America, IQ System Controller 1/2 and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

Note: Load control (i.e. PV shedding) and generator support features are available for system configurations mentioned above.

 

Release Notes:

# Feature Description
1 Bug fixes for local Zigbee communication Fixes an issue wherein excessive write and erase cycles caused flash corruption and resulted in unstable communication between IQ Battery, IQ System Controller 1/2 and IQ Gateway/Envoy S.

 

This release is being deployed through the Enphase Installer App for new systems.

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.0.153)
September 9, 2022

IQ Gateway software version 07.00.153 supports IQ8-Series Microinverters with integrated MC4 connectors and improves the interface for enabling/disabling power production.

  • Platforms Supported : IQ Gateway

  • Geographies : USA, Mexico, Canada

  • Microinverters Supported : IQ8 -Series Microinverters

  • Supported System Configurations :

    1. IQ8-Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway, and IQ System Controller 2: Grid-forming Sunlight Backup system

    2. IQ8-Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway, IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T, and IQ System Controller 2: Grid-forming Home Essentials Backup or Full Energy Independence system

Note: Load control (i.e. PV shedding) and generator support features are available for system configurations mentioned above.

 

# Feature Description
1 Bug fixes for the Enable/Disable Power Production feature in Enphase Installer Portal (formerly Enlighten Manager) Fixes an issue where after disabling power production via the Enphase Installer Portal, the button to re-enable power production was never available. Now the button changes to a blue button with text stating “Enable Power Production” after the IQ Gateway has successfully disabled power production on the microinverters and has reported this to the Enphase cloud.
2 Support for IQ8-Series Microinverters with integrated MC4 connector The previous modeles of IQ8-Series Microinverters had a provision for an adapter cable. The new model has an integrated MC4 connector and no adapter cable. The SKUs for the previous model had a character ‘2' in the name which is replaced by letter 'M’.
e.g.; Previous model SKU ‘IQ8PLUS-72-2-US’ is named as ‘IQ8PLUS-72-M-US' for the new model.
The released version of software supports IQ8-Series Microinverters with integrated MC4 connectors along with the older models as well.

 

This release is being deployed through the Enphase Installer App for new systems as well as via remote software upgrades for existing systems.

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.0.93)
September 9, 2022

IQ Gateway software version 07.00.93 supports IQ8-Series Microinverters with integrated MC4 connectors in North America and gives enhanced security to handle grid profiles.

  • Platforms Supported : IQ Gateway, Envoy S Metered, IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C

  • Geographies : USA, Mexico, Canada and Brazil

  • Microinverters Supported : M-Series, S-Series, IQ6, IQ7, IQ8

  • Supported System Configurations :

    1. M-Series/S-Series microinverters + Envoy S Metered - Grid Tied System

    2. IQ6/7/8-Series Microinverters + IQ Gateway/ IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C - Grid Tied System

Release notes:

 

# Feature Description
1 Enhanced security to handle grid profile Brings security enhancements to handle the grid profile in the system.
2 Support for IQ8PV Microinverters with integrated MC4 connector The previous models of IQ8-Series Microinverter had a provision for adapter cable. The new model has an integrated MC4 connector and no adapter cable. The SKUs for the previous models had a character ‘2' in the name which is replaced by letter 'M’.
e.g.; Previous model SKU ‘IQ8PLUS-72-2-US’ is named as ‘IQ8PLUS-72-M-US' for the new IQ model.
The released version of software supports IQ8-Series Microinverters with integrated MC4 connectors along with the older models as well.
3 Bug fixes for the Enable/Disable Power Production feature in the Enphase Installer Portal (formerly Enlighten Manager) Fixes an issue in versions prior to 7.0.93 where after disabling power production via the Enphase Installer Portal, the button to re-enable power production was never available. The button now changes to blue with text “Enable Power Production” after the IQ Gateway has successfully disabled power production on the microinverters and has reported this to the Enphase cloud.

 

This release is being deployed in factories to the IQ Gateway and Envoy S based devices stated above.

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.3.76)
September 9, 2022

IQ Gateway software version 07.03.76 supports IQ System Controller improvements.

  • Platforms Supported : IQ Gateway, Envoy S Metered for North America

  • Geographies : USA, Mexico, Canada

  • Microinverters Supported : M-Series, IQ6-Series, IQ7-Series

  • Supported System Configurations :

    1. IQ6-Series and IQ7-Series Microinverters, IQ Gateway, IQ System Controller 1/2 and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

    2. M215/M250 Microinverters, Envoy S Metered for North America, IQ System Controller 1/2 and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

Note: Load control (i.e. PV shedding) and generator support features are available for system configurations mentioned above.

 

Release Notes:

# Feature Description
1 Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements Fixed a bug which results in failures to update IQ System Controller firmware due to firmware carried by the IQ Gateway having earlier timestamp

 

This release is being deployed through the Enphase Installer App for new systems.

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.0.88)
May 6, 2022

IQ Gateway software version 7.0.88 is a major release of IQ Gateway embedded software with improved communication performance between the devices in the system.

  • Platforms Supported: IQ Gateway, Envoy-S Metered, Envoy-S Standard, IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C

  • Geographies: Worldwide

  • Microinverters Supported: M-Series, S-Series, IQ6, IQ7, IQ8

  • Supported System Configurations :

    1. M-Series/ S-Series/ IQ6/7/8 Microinverter, IQ Gateway/ Envoy-S Metered/ Envoy-S Standard/ IQ Combiner 3/3C/3-ES/3C-ES/4/4C, IQ System Controller 1/2

Note: Load control, solar circuit i.e., PV shedding, and generator support features are available for supported system configurations mentioned above.

 

# Feature Description
1 Local Communication Performance Improvement Brings communication performance improvement between the devices in the system.


This release is being deployed through the Enphase Installer App for new systems as well as via remote software upgrades for existing systems.

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.0.110)
May 5, 2022

IQ Gateway software version 7.0.110 is a major release of IQ Gateway embedded software with improved support for non-Enphase battery.

  • Platforms Supported : IQ Envoy

  • Geographies : USA, Mexico, Canada

  • Microinverters Supported : IQ7/IQ8

  • Supported System Configurations :

    1. IQ7/8 Microinverter, IQ Gateway and IQ System Controller 2

    2. IQ7/8 Microinverter, IQ Gateway, IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T and IQ System Controller 2

Note: Load control, solar circuit i.e., PV shedding, and generator support features are available for system configurations mentioned above.

 

# Feature Description
1 Improved support for non-Enphase battery Upgraded microinverter to improve supports for non-Enphase batteries.


This release is being deployed through the Enphase Installer App for new systems as well as via remote software upgrades for existing systems.

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.0.104)
April 28, 2022

IQ Gateway software version 7.0.104 is a major release of IQ Gateway embedded software with optimizations in battery and stability fixes.

  • Platforms Supported : IQ Envoy

  • Geographies : USA, Mexico, Canada

  • Microinverters Supported : IQ7, IQ8

  • Supported System Configurations :

    1. IQ7/8 Microinverter, IQ Gateway and IQ System Controller 2

    2. IQ7/8 Microinverter, IQ Gateway, IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T and IQ System Controller 2

Note: Load control, solar circuit i.e., PV shedding, and generator support features are available for system configurations mentioned above.

 

# Feature Description
1 Improved Battery Behavior Improves the battery behavior by propagating the SysConfig DMIR unconditionally during ESS commissioning sequence. This will eliminate unexpected off-grid operation and maloperation due to ride through features.
2 Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements Improves the stability of system features.

 

This release is being deployed through the Enphase Installer App for new systems as well as via remote software upgrades for existing systems.

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.0.107)
April 28, 2022

IQ Gateway software version 7.0.107 is a major release of IQ Gateway embedded software with NEC compliance improvement. 

  • Platforms Supported : IQ Envoy

  • Geographies : USA, Mexico, Canada

  • Microinverters Supported : IQ7/IQ8

  • Supported System Configurations :

    1. IQ7/8 Microinverter, IQ Gateway and IQ System Controller 2

    2. IQ7/8 Microinverter, IQ Gateway, IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T and IQ System Controller 2

Note: Load control, solar circuit i.e., PV shedding, and generator support features are available for system configurations mentioned above.

 

# Feature Description
1 NEC Compliance Improvement IQ System Controller 2 firmware package included in this IQ Gateway software release meets the enter service (reconnect) time requirement defined in interconnection requirements. On rapid shutdown exit using the Enphase provided RSD switch, for a grid connected system, IQ System Controller closes the PV relays after enter service (reconnect) time elapses. The voltage and frequency criteria for synchronization is met after the enter service time elapses.

 

This release is being deployed through the Enphase Installer App for new systems as well as via remote software upgrades for existing systems.

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.3.75)
April 28, 2022

IQ Gateway software version 7.3.75 is the next major release version of IQ Gateway embedded software with better system stability, improved commissioning time and enhanced battery management.

  • Platforms Supported : IQ Envoy, Envoy S Metered for North America

  • Geographies : USA, Mexico, Canada

  • Microinverters Supported : M-Series, IQ6, IQ7

  • Supported System Configurations :

    1. IQ6/7 Microinverters, IQ Gateway, IQ System Controller 1/2 and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

    2. M215/M250 Microinverters, Envoy S Metered for North America, IQ System Controller 1/2 and IQ Battery 3/3T/10/10T

Note: Load control, solar circuit i.e., PV shedding, and generator support features are available for system configurations mentioned above.

 

# Feature Description
1 Enhanced System Stability Improves the stability of microgrid during low power consumption, low PV production or high battery state of charge conditions.
2 Improvements in Battery Export Limiting Rules Improves battery export rules for utility interconnection compliance and disassociates them from import rules. The system now stops battery export when meter is disabled. Earlier software releases inadvertently curtailed PV production when there was momentary export from battery. Any violations of export and import rules will only affect battery and will not inadvertently affect PV power production.
3 Improvement on Commissioning Time Removes the delays in setup and Functional Validation (FV) completion of the system.
4 Enhanced Power Production Enhances power production by improving the battery controller features.
5 Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements Improves the stability of system features.

 

This release is being deployed through the Enphase Installer App for new systems as well as via remote software upgrades for existing systems.

IQ Gateway software release notes (7.0.86)
December 21, 2021

IQ Gateway software version 7.0.86 introduces updated security measures, new product support and is the next major worldwide release version of IQ Gateway embedded software. To read more about how to access Envoy locally with enhanced security, visit our webpage here :

  • Platforms Supported: IQ Envoy, Envoy S Metered, Envoy S Standard 

  • Geographies: Worldwide 

  • Microinverters Supported : M-Series, S-Series, IQ6, IQ7, IQ8  

 

# Feature Description
1 Support for IQ8 Series Microinverters IQ Gateway SW 7.0 supports IQ8 microinverters in North America in grid-tied applications
2 Enhanced Security The security infrastructure for accessing IQ Gateways using local APIs has been upgraded. The system now uses a token-based authentication mechanism to allow access for local data instead of a username/password combination. Read more about the local data access security here
3 Enphase Cellmodem Support The new Enphase Cellmodems CELLMODEM-M1-06-SP-05 and CELLMODEM-M1-06-AT-05 are now supported by IQ Gateway for plug-and-play install
4 IQ Battery and System Controller Support IQ Gateway SW 7.0 makes your system easy-to-upgrade to incorporate IQ Battery storage and System Controller in future
5 Reporting Enhancements for Metering Data IQ Gateway can now increase the reporting frequency to Enphase Cloud on-demand for live debugging of the system in case of system issues. This can reduce the time to fix a potential system issue. The PV system will now support live status and live vitals with this update
6 PCS Support IQ Gateway 7.0 supports Power Control System (PCS) to avoid main panel upgrade when oversizing M-Series/IQ6/IQ7 PV inverters in North America for installations using an IQ System Controller. You can read more about this feature here 
7 Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements IQ Gateway SW 7.0 fixes a few bugs and improves the stability of system features in the existing IQ Gateway SW release

 

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