PV light not lighting

I have the Renogy 30 amp charge controller & 2 100 watt panels at my camp. They are hooked up to 2 12 volt 185ah deep cell RV batteries wired in parallel. The batteries are brand new (12.45 volts when hooked up). Over the winter the old batteries died and the system shut down (Northern NY)

Now the charge controller shows a solid green light, but the PV light does not light. With the old batteries the PV light would flash. I checked the output from the panels (meter to the wires) and it read 18 v. I hooked the panel wires into the controlled an put the meter to the connection screws and got readings of between 2 - 5 v. I checked polarity of the wires and they are connected to the correct terminals & are secure.

A week later I came to check them and the PV light was flashing. A week later I was there and the PV light is out. Batteries were reading 11.57v. The batteries are not under load when I am not at camp.

Is this normal? If not, what could the problem be?

not normal

During bulk charging, the voltage measured @ the panel connection terminals should be ~battery voltage (PWM) or panel Vmp (mppt).
If the the controller is causing the panels to operate @ 2-5v then there will not be any charging that would lead me to believe the controller ain't operating correctly.