DrewE, you are right.
Looked at the Rogue MPPT controller manual again, and the "possible cause" for the "Battery voltage too high" error is that the battery is disconnected during charge.
And the display also indicated that the controller was in "STEP" mode which is "Stepped MPPT mode, triggered by a fast rise in battery voltage on array sweep". Never seen that mode before. Apparently the rise was high enough to trigger the high battery voltage error as well.
Anyway, sounds like the Rogue's MPPT sweep (every 10s?) was responsible for the V fluctuations.
And when I unplugged the PD9260, I removed the Rogue's power source. Which stopped everything.
All's well that end's well, and thanks.