How to connect your BMS to Victron Venus OS. Easy setup and works with JK, JBP, DALY and Heltec.

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Thanks to Louis' development and solution, we now have a very easy method where we can connect many of the popular BMSes to the Victron Venus OS (GX device or Raspberry Pi).
In this tutorial and workshop, I show you how to get started with this project and how easy it is to setup and also troubleshoot. We will connect different BMS to the Venus OS and see what data is actually being transmitted.
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@daviddecker264 Год назад

I'm blown away. I didn't know about these configurations. Good job to show details that work and how to troubleshoot.

@edwardvanhazendonk Год назад

Extremely helpful, thanks for sharing and the work involved!

@markdavidson6321 Год назад

Another of your videos that is going to cost me money. 😄Thanks for all the hard work deciphering this stuff and getting it to work. Huge time saver for the rest of us!

@wideawaketotruth5301 Год назад

Absolutely brilliant Andy. You definitely rock my friend! Thank you so much for taking the time to put this video together. Cheers 🍺 Rick Fort Worth Texas.

@svenwilhelmi5054 Год назад

Thank you for another great video. As others have already described, it also works without the RS485 converter. Greetings from Off-Grid-Germany

@tacotuesdaytj5683 5 месяцев назад

Great video! Used your instructions with no issues. Purchased the converter from Overkill solar for my BMS, plugged it in, immediately recognized and showing data. Thanks again!

@excillisbank2611 Год назад

Une recherche sur l’interaction avec les BMS et une présentation impeccable ! merci ANDY

@extremeacc101 Год назад

Yes yes yes. I am so time poor and I’m glad you have been able to get this done. I have been trying to get this happen for so long now. Thank you Andy for this. I’m sure Paul Will be interested in this also. I know moving forward I would like to use this feature for my set ups.

@FutureSystem738 Год назад

Thanks as always Andy… Great stuff, maybe something I’ll look at later in my project. There are some clever people out there, waaay above my level.

@sorinnicolau6584 Год назад

Thank you Andy for all your work on this a very important job..well done!

@OffGridGarageAustralia Год назад

Many thanks!

@PeterMilanovski Год назад

Another excellent video, well done Andy! There is no better channel regarding solar energy anywhere on the internet than this! I will be travelling up to Sydney in a week, for a week (two weddings).... And when I get back to Melbourne I will begin to save money for an AliExpress rackmount battery and this video is exactly what I needed to get it connected to the raspberry pi... Thank you so much for your time and energy that goes into whatever you do, it's always much appreciated...

@mattdabovich7685 4 месяца назад

Again Andy. Hats off for sharing all you learn. Even when you don’t see the need. Super happy to see BMS details remotely.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 4 месяца назад

Thanks for your feedback and support, Matt!

@rahsomali Год назад

This probably is the most looked after topic since everyone has BMS that only works locally. Seriously please make video of this for each BMS manufacturer, way to go bud

@jasondevine6014 Год назад

+1 for node red. Should do a video about this now. Also maybe a mention of the ground.connection if you turn off a battery with the BMS connected still. Great video. Good to hear the Venus does charge controller control.based off the serialbattery driver.

@Shep5847 Год назад

Im happy to see you finally give the integration a try! I’m glad that was easy for you. Batrium works natively (without Venus mods) and can handle many different battery packs at once and report as a single storage system while still giving individual pack and cell visibility. It can also handle 500 or 1000amps depending on the shunt you choose to get with it. I highly recommend the 1k version. It works much better with large cables. Would you like to try one? I might have one laying around that I can ship to you to play with. Also if you turn on “Has dc system” in the VenusOS, then you’ll get the little marching ants showing a charge coming from a dc source that is not part of the victron system. I.e. your desktop charger.

@izakburger1580 Год назад

As the guy who coined the DVCC acronym, I'm amused by your response. Well, I came up with the term, and my Dutch colleagues helpfully turned it into an acronym.

@danieldewindt3919 Год назад

Grate explanation. I was completeley new to this all. Didn't expect it to work kind of out of the box 🎁

@hudiny1626 11 месяцев назад

Your videos are very good. I was also inspired, and I will also do the BMS connection that you showed here. Keep up the good work!

@theboov3110 Год назад

Thanks Andy, again a perfect story. I have ordered the Victron Cerbo GX to optimize my off-grid system. Hopefully connecting the BMS to the Cerbo GX will incorporate the info to manage my system. BR Peter.

@christophe3195 10 месяцев назад

have you managed to connect the bms directly to the cerbo gx (without the raspberry). thanks

@repairman2be250 Год назад

Andy thanks you for another very well presented with excellent information / howto video. At minute 30:51 I thought what a nice emergency beacon that is.

@martijnheeroma5492 Год назад

Got this working some time ago, DVCC limits the charge current, how it is limiting is editable in Louis his script. So happy with it, Victron fan forever, send Louis a small donation for his great work. Thanks for the clear video

@louisbellanca9293 Год назад

Awesome work my friend - just set my VENUS PI up with my JK. I never would have known it was possible before Andy. Thanks "mate" Also 1 important bit of advice is that you do NOT NEED to connect the ground to the adapter since 485 is a balance signal - so this will eliminate the ground loops if BMS isloates.

@martinmooren9536 Год назад

I installed my smartshunt last week... 😄 Danke for another interesting video as always!

@OffGridGarageAustralia Год назад

You're welcome, Martin.

@AussieAustrian Год назад

Thanks so much Andy. I work overseas and am gone for anywhere from 2-4 months at a time. This has convinced me to go off grid with confidence that I can manage all my BMS’ remotely. Thanks so much again.

@OffGridGarageAustralia Год назад

No worries. Be aware, you can only read the BMS information but not remotely change them.

@AussieAustrian Год назад

Thanks Andy. Do you think this may become a feature of the next generation of BMS’? Having both Bluetooth and WiFi access to the BMS through the app? It seems to me that a WiFi BMS with the functionality of the JK-BMS with the balancing power of the Neey balancer would be the ultimate solution.

@OffGridGarageAustralia Год назад

@@AussieAustrian I don't know. It also adds some complexity to your system. And do you really need to know what your battery is doing if you're not at home? Once it is all setup and working, there is less and less need to have all these information from anywhere, I guess.

@OckertM Год назад

Andy, first time commenter here. I've watched alot toe most of your off grid garage videos the last 2 months. The "van der Walt" part was good but the name is like Loo-ee (I'm also from South Africa) Keep up the great work! Looking forward to every single new video while I watch some more older ones😎

@izakburger1580 Год назад

Indeed. Louis is technically a French name, so you pronounce it exactly like you would the name of "King Louis the whatever'th". The surname is indeed Dutch. Why does he have a French/Dutch name? Because he is South African of course. (And yes, if you recognise my name... yes I am that guy).

@jimjones7821 Год назад

lekker man

@rudisoft Год назад

Thanks a lot! I installed the driver right into a Cerbo GX device and it works! Still have to figure out the node red running on another Raspi though.

@OffGridGarageAustralia Год назад

Thanks, same here, haven't done any Node Red programming yet. Not sure if it is necessary or beneficial...

@extremeacc101 Год назад

Once Louis sorts out the multiple BMS interface/software this will be a game changer I believe. For now it’s the use of an external shunt. Thank you Andy for all your work on this a very awesome tutorial.

@andreasziegenfeldt8319 Год назад

Is it not possible to connect more then one JKBMS at the time?

@waltsteinchen Год назад

@@andreasziegenfeldt8319 I have connected 2 JK BMS's and they seem to work. Only problem is that they both show up with the same name in the device list ... did not find an option to rename them so far ...but otherwise I think the driver is great!

@freeranger1677 Год назад

@@andreasziegenfeldt8319 JKBMS now has the option for changing the device address in the app advanced settings. This may make it possible to use more than one JKBMS.

@professional_hackjob 5 месяцев назад

Does it aggregate the totals for showing a combined SOC in VRM?

@JHies111 8 дней назад

Hi Andy, i´ve made the installation on a Cerbo and it works perfect. Thanks from France

@bbrown_sc Год назад

Thanks for reviewing Louis' driver. Look forward to the CAN bus Seplos equivalent. BTW SA was settled by the Dutch.

@izakburger1580 Год назад

Indeed. And a bunch of French people came here too (The Huguenots) . And some Germans. And the Brits were involved as well, as they always are. And for a really short period the French had control of the Cape too, before the Dutch got it back. Control over shipping lanes were important back then. So that is why you have a guy with a French name and a Dutch surname 🙂

@jimjones7821 Год назад

@@izakburger1580 ag nee man - its all lekker bru

@servisfibris6679 Год назад

Top section voltage and bottom section voltage is the upper and lower half of the battery from which you can calculate mid point deviation. So as you have 4 cells, then top is first 2 cells together and bottom are cells 3 and 4. :)

@wayne8113 Год назад

Thanks Andy, and thank you Louis

@amilww Год назад

So interesting! A very informative video Thanks a lot

@lecramred4453 Год назад

Thank you Andy, it works!

@zelektroelektrotechnik7933 Год назад

Moin Andy, vielen Dank für das top Video, Grüße aus Stralsund

@airkopter Год назад

Hallo Andy. Vielen Dank für deine genial gut erklärenden Videos. Lass dir dein Bier schmecken. Gruß von Frank aus Hamburg

@reneb.6682 Год назад

you are my Held! Thanks Andy

@Dutch_off_grid_homesteading 7 месяцев назад

Heya, nice that there is this community whitch help those who needs help

@ragohy Год назад

Hallo Andy, Danke für die Informationen. Habe Deinen Kanal sofort abonniert. Sehr sympathisch! Grüße aus Unterfranken, Würzburg 😀.

@justinreynolds9669 Год назад

Tried this out and found out that with multiple types of BMS like I have on my system that the smart shunt was the more accurate method. Unplugged it from my PI and plugged it back into a pc just to every now and again monitor the BMS

@bjornemmy Год назад

Nice! If i knew this when i started i might never have gone the Batrium route, do 't get me wrong its a amazing piece of kit, but premium pricetag aswell... I understand the raspberry is a budget or a "opensource" choice, the Cerbo is a bit more expencive i Guess but it hase loads of features that make it cheaper then the raspberry if you need them, sensor inputs, relais, etc.

@matthewsmith4219 Год назад

Waveshare Industrial USB To RS485 Converter with FT232RL Chip works a treat

@DaleDaschner Год назад

Andy, there is an amazing software you should look at that runs on a raspberry pi. It’s called solarassistant, it’s also created by South Africans with an amazing level of detail from inverters/batteries for data collection with full control of your inverter. Excellent product. Highly recommend.

@OffGridGarageAustralia Год назад

Thanks a lot for letting us know. I'll definitely have a look. Sounds interesting. Edit: Does not seem they support Victron...

@dabbsy81 Год назад

I also use solarassistant, its been plug and play for me with 2 inverters, 2 jbd bms. Integration into homeassistant is also excellent, your able to change inverter settings using automations. No victron support except for the smartshunt. Developer is very responsive so he might be working on it.

@DaleDaschner Год назад

@@dabbsy81 absolutely, it’s an excellent system.

@terryward162 Год назад

Thanks for a grate video.

@daolinhai Год назад

Before yesterday I finally finished my 2 battery banks of each 16x23ßAH CATL cells and plugged the 2 JK BMS into my Cerbo GX with the 2 adapters boughts months ago, when I've seen this video. It worked like a charme, the Cerbo found them immediatly. Thanks for your work. Just the SOC the JK sends is far off the reality but I think this is depending to the really flat voltage curve of these cells. I dont care about that. For testing I switched the balancing on, the cells are at around 10% soc and the difference in voltage has been around 0,020V. A few hours later, they have been perfectly balanced. Now I'll go with your setting at 3,45V for balancing.

@OffGridGarageAustralia Год назад

Thanks for the feedback. Great success! You definitely want a smart shunt or BMV to measure both banks together. The SOC is always off in my JK. But also in the Heltec and Overkill BMS. They are all different 😂

@daolinhai Год назад

@@OffGridGarageAustralia Thanks. I‘ll watch that a few cycles and decide then, if its important for me or not. The Multi works anyway with its own parameters above my JK shutdown settings. We‘ll see.

@daolinhai Год назад

@@OffGridGarageAustralia So. I ordered the Smartshunt. And then I‘ll disable the communication between victron and JK. The JK lowers the charging current far too early, my batteries would never get full this way.

@OffGridGarageAustralia Год назад

@@daolinhai Yeah, the communication of these BMS is not great as we know. They kind of work but are not reliable. The Smart Shunt is the better alternative to measure SOC correctly.

@keyem4504 Год назад

The GPS port on the JK BMS is in fact a TTL serial port. Your black box is a TTL to rs485 converter. You could have used a ttl2usb converter instead of the two converters you used. You would have to supply power to the converter, however. And a warning: The rightmost pin is connected to battery +, therefore you have battery voltage there!

@bishwagit Год назад

@Andy please try this suggestion. If you succeed, it will be a game changer

@patrickcourtot6417 Год назад

Right. I just only cut the cable and connected it directly to a TTL to USB and everything is working fine

@dldldl8028 11 месяцев назад

Mega Video, besten Dank

@matthewsmith4219 Год назад

USB to TTL 4-pin Wire specification: Embedded convertor: PL2303 Connector: USB Type-A plug, 4-pin 2.54mm pinheader Pinout: Red - VCC (5V) Black - GND Green - TXD (3.3V TTL, connects to target RXD) White - RXD (3.3V TTL, connects to target TXD) Length: 1m

@evanelder9995 9 дней назад

Would love to see CAN Bus working if you get a chance to make a video covering that. Very helpful though, thanks

@zzyrc842 Год назад

Moin Andi, very interesting video! But be aware of ground connectivity: Ground on your BMS communication port will be B-, simply because these interfaces should also work when the BMS has shutdown the battery. Ground on your inverter or DC/DC converter is P-. So if you connect both your BMS and inverter to the same raspberry pi without using at least one USB adapter with galvanic isolation, you've created an alternative path for the current to flow as soon as the BMS turns off the battery. This will surely fry at least one of the components in the path. So be careful what you connect.

@danielvanaalst2460 Год назад

Unfortunately that is very correct. This is the reason my rapberry pi does not work anymore. The BMS tripped, and the Raspberry died by trying to handle 290A... Maybe an isolated serial converter would be cheaper at long term ;-) greetings from Germany from someone who's waiting on his spare raspberry ;-)

@nunopalma2830 Год назад

Learned this the hard way ... have now two USB to RS485 devices broken , hope they are the only thing that got broken ...

@rodneyhrytsak3407 6 месяцев назад

Can you please recommend a suitable USB adapter with galvanic isolation?

@boatelectricaldiy Год назад

Love it.

@ChapuzasconRober Год назад

Thanks for the video. I hope he can remove the limitation of one BMS (I need for 16 😮)

@alexanderp.8075 Год назад

Thanks Andy for the info that the jk rs485 adapters are different. I have two here that you say are for the 4/8s BMS. and they don't work on the 24s BMS. I'm pretty sure that one of these adapters roasted my connection port on a BMS. so take care

@upnorthandpersonal Год назад

That adapter is actually a mess: it contains an entire microcontroller to convert the TTL signal coming out of the BMS to true RS-485. Then you need the USB adapter to essentially convert that RS-485 signal back to TTL... I told Nami they should just provide a simple TTL-USB module and be done with it. You can also make a cable and use a TTL/USB adapter and skip their RS-485 adapter.

@gavinnoname1424 Год назад

That was my approach to. Purchased a connector for the JKBMS port and connected the three wires to a USB TTL adapter.

@dennisrohrich6006 Год назад

Do you have links to the plugs and converter?

@gavinnoname1424 Год назад

@@dennisrohrich6006 I remember doing allot of searching to find the connector...its not a JST connector which is what most people will initially think. the connector for the JKBMS is a Molex PicoBlade. Then you just need a USB to FTDI/TTL adapter. Then connect the three wires (GND, TX, RX)

@alexanderp.8075 Год назад

Yes, I only use a simple TTL adapter that is connected directly to the BMS. since the rs485 adapters n did not work.

@GarethJones-dk9yp Год назад

@@alexanderp.8075 could you share a photo. Ive got mine connected via the jkbms adaltor and then the waveshare. to me it didnt seem right.

@simsondude3519 Год назад

For the JK B2A24S15P you need to connect the RS485 adapter to the GPS port as well. See port description on Ali page of JK BMS. Very confusing ;-> Thanks for explaining it in general.

@ppi57 Год назад

Hi Andy, can you maybe do a "short" on how to go about updating the JK BMS firmware and iOS App... and maybe a tutorial on DVCC... my. mind boggles on reading the instructions. Thx for all you do; Subbed.

@baygon12 Год назад

Hi Andy first of all, thanks for your very informative videos. Do you have any idea how to increase the bluetooth range on the JKBMS?

@arturkarwowski1163 Год назад

Thank you Andy for next good film, I have a new cerbo gx still under warranty or can I also connect my jkbms?

@matthewsmith4219 Год назад

The plug for JK bms comm is 4 pins micro Jst 1.25mm pinch --------- jks Rs485 port is actually a TTL uart that is turned into rs485 with optional converter so you can directly connect a ttl to usb converter it works with Victron Venus os Raspberry Pi tested with jk B2A8S20P 😊

@Jannes54321 Год назад

great bit of information, thank you very much! I will investigate this aswell as soon as my JK B2A24S20P arrives.

@paulsharp1712 7 месяцев назад

Which ttl convertor?

@mattdabovich7685 4 месяца назад

Thanks!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 4 месяца назад

Thank you very much, Matt. What a generous support!

@Elektronik-EXTREM Год назад

Thanks! your video helped me a lot! what happens if the BMS breaks the minus? Does the current flow through the communication cables? does it make sense to equip the BMS with a USB isolartor?

@martinaupperle220 Год назад

The two BMS show different SoC initially. It would be interesting to see how "smart" they really are in determining the correct value (whatever "correct" means) and how long that takes.

@larswittenberg9904 Год назад

Hallo Andy, erstmal Danke für deine tollen Videos ich sehe sie gerne und verfolge es sehr intensiv. Hab mal eine Frage geht ein JK bms auch ohne Akku nur mit einem Labornetzteil um die Verbindung zwischen Cerbo gx und JK herzustellen?

@kooscombrinck3753 Год назад

Looks like-a-spida-web you got there!!!

@kevloos86 Год назад

Overkill bms sells the adapter on their website for their devices if anyone is looking in that department.

@TheLennybam Год назад

Danke!

@nicovankampen4206 Год назад

Enjoying your videos! Starting wit my ESS also. Have bought my first JK BMS. Are you sure you need that thingy from JK in between your rs485 to usb and the connector on the BMS. From what i say elsewhere (can't find it at the moment) you only need a 3 wire connector to the RS485/USB dongle.

@OffGridGarageAustralia Год назад

Yep, that's what I said in the video.

@RolandOfGileadOnYT Год назад

Great video, turns out I have a few of the parts required. When using an inverter/charger (230V), I've noticed the current reading of the BMS fluctuates wildly, a known problem. Will using the BMS as a battery monitor mess up the results for the GX? The Victron shunt doesn't suffer this problem.

@ghurkas123 Год назад

Love your videos! How would one go about to connect to a proper Cerbo GX and not a PI? Still with USB in the same manner?

@christophe3195 10 месяцев назад

do you have the answer to your question? thanks

@ghurkas123 10 месяцев назад

@@christophe3195 Sort of but not really ;-) still curious though.

@titoholder755 Год назад

Great Video Andy So informative. I heard you said this setup can work with any BMS which uses the Xiaoxing app, I have a Qucc BMS which uses that app. Before I go order a Daly or JK Bms can you verify that the Qucc works with this setup.. Many Thanks and continue filming.

@milan2931 Год назад

Regarding switching the JK BMS on and off without an external 5V battery: install a pushbutton switch on the connector for LCD pin 1 and 2 (pin 1 is on the left side). Hold for 1 sec and the BMS will switch on. If the button is held for 5 sec, the BMS will switch off.

@OffGridGarageAustralia Год назад

Fantastic info. Thanks a lot for sharing this here, much appreciated.

@garethtarter5095 Год назад

Very good video Andy! I wander maybe can't connect raspberry with hybrid inverter?

@OffGridGarageAustralia Год назад

Depends. You have to search for that for your specific devices you're using.

@neilwrightson5660 Год назад

Hi Andy, loving your videos. I'm a local from Newcastle Australia. I want to put together a lithium system for my motorhome. It currently has a system with a 200W solar panel and dead controller, two dead 100AH 12V AGM batteries, Dc to Dc converter. I was looking to change out the solar panel controller for a Victron MPPT unit. Where do you buy your Victron equipment from? And add a 4S/8S JK BMS. Can I use the original AGM charger to charge 280AH Lifep04 batteries?

@SVImpavidus Год назад

Always good stuff! How about an update for beginners on the updated software for the Raspberry pie/ seven inch touch screen? Mine is all fitted and running but I cant seam to get the monitor to sleep or dim and no one is giving an answer that does not involve being a computer geek or learning to write code! Ant.

@retrozmachine1189 Год назад

When it comes to USB serial ports, be aware that the cheapies often do not have unique serial numbers. This isn't an issue if you have just one of them connected to a linux system but it can cause issues if there is more than one. The waveshare ports do have unique serial numbers, and are stable too, ie they don't just randomly stop working requiring a device reset etc.

@freakazoidz23 Год назад

That's maybe the reason why only the expensive one works with my EM24. Cheap RS485 to USB interfaces did not work.

@retrozmachine1189 Год назад

@@freakazoidz23 If you are using linux you can check the serial number easily enough. Execute lsusb (usually present), note the device ID then lsusb -vd followed by the device ID

@Benn19840425 Год назад

Thanks for the Video. Is it also possible to use the CAN/RS485 port to connect JK BMS to Cerbo GX instead of using the GPS port?

@OffGridGarageAustralia Год назад

From what they told me, they have modified the BMS for the 4S version and therefore the GPS port is now the comms port. So the actual CAN/RS485 port at the BMS is not the comms port any more. That makes so no sense at all. I've got a Cerbo here now and will do more testing with the communication. Doing all this on a Pi seems not very beginner friendly.

@MikeMyFox Год назад

Hi Andy, i love your videos. Du you have a pin layout for the JK -B2A 8S 20P? For the Display Port and/or the RS485/CAN bus Post Yes you told us all in the video that we should use the Display Port for the RS485 Communication, but my JK has a printing on it with "CAN/RS485" so i am thinking that they got it right with the newer ones? But nevertheless i really need a pin layout, would be great if you have one Thanks a lot and keep on you good work Michael

@renemullie3131 4 месяца назад

Bedankt

@OffGridGarageAustralia 16 дней назад

Thank you very much for your support!

@paul9300 Год назад

Do you know the voltage level of the Daly RS232? Is it 3.3V, 5V or even 12V? I'd like to test the communication with the converter I own (USB to "normal" PC RS232) and don't want to destroy anything. BTW: Thanks for your great video, I especially like your slow and clear way to explain things.

@giuseppevillella9445 7 месяцев назад

Ciao Andy , ottimo lavoro come sempre bravo. Puoi fare un video sul Cablaggio del conveter USB RS485 per versione BMS seplos 3.0 . Comunicazione BMS software pc .

@Raphael_Hofmann Год назад

Wow, amazing! The video we all wated for 😃

@ascotthortersqu6622 Год назад

Thank you for let us know how to connect a BMS to our Victron’s. But I guess, that many of us have more than one Battery Bank. So what is happen when using more than one BMS?

@OffGridGarageAustralia Год назад

Louis is work on it as I said in the video.

@tedhamilton2362 Год назад

One upgrade I would like to see in this driver is the ability to customize the charge/discharge limits after installation. Risking an upgrade over-writing my limits (Charge = 500, Discharge = 250), is a concern.

@pulith5220 Год назад

Hi great video but some times i think you cant connect bcz CAN port of the bms and inverter has to hv the same protocols but sometimes they don't match atleast mine don't. I hv a darly bms n my inverter is a EASUN n they both hv CAN but the protocols are different that's what I hear so it's unable to connect to each other. SO ON OTHER NEWS.... what happened with the electrician what was the feedback that you got. Never heard the feedback you got about the heltec BMS if it was able to be calibrated.

@megamoosecat Год назад

HI thanks for this wonderful simple channel. I'm new to this and I'm trying to install a Campervan solar system. I see that you are connecting a BMS to a RPi except none of them are inside a sealed lithium battery. I have built the raspberry pi and want to make all the connections. I know I'm sounding a bit stupid here, but the Eco Worthy batteries are not smart. They will be connected to a Victron smart charger controller. How does the BMS turn the battery off in case of low voltage disconnect. Is it through the plus and minus connects? As I'm using Eco Worthy batteries with JBD-HP28SA BMS what type of RJ485 connectors will I need to connect to the RPi, will victron RJ485 to USB work? I'm confused because I fitted an EPEVER BN Tracer controller with an MT50 display, this seemed to work, but if you're connecting an inverter to the battery how quickly can a solar controller switch off the battery through the BMS. I just seems that as the display has comms to the controller but not to the battery (no wires) how does the BMS know what to do? Again for those not to bright people who are not going to open up their batteries to try and connect a BMS physically could you show how to do this with a sealed non smart lithium battery and a raspberry Pi? Many thanks

@peel1e Год назад

This is nice, but, at the moment i have my JKBMS being polled by a RasPi updating all the cell voltages and all the other values which is nice because i can log historic cel performance in grafana and see if a cell has a longterm issue. Does your process show you the individual cel voltages in VinusOS?

@klover8jari Год назад

If you connect multiple BMS to the system, I understand that one will be the default one shown in the GUI on the GX device. But will all the other ones be available via like Modbus TCP? So one can pull out the data to a different system, like Home Assistant?

@lawrencecraig Год назад

This is great video. I have connected my JK BMS to the Raspberry Pi via the light blue RJ485 that you show. I get a yellow flashing on the TX light when active. However the logging on the Pi shows ERROR:SerialBattery:>>> ERROR: No reply - returning on the JK BMS. Is there any further configuration I have to do? Do I have to specify the USB port? Thanks

@andrepallotta8633 4 месяца назад

Hello wonderfull video. I bought the same bms i d like to connect with a computer with rs485 and jk computer software. Did you do ? Could do a video about rs485 connexion ? Where to find last firmware ? Thanks.

@nicolaskahn3996 Год назад

Thank you it works well with jk bms and rasberry pi3 but is it possible to install it in a motorhome without wifi? in local bluetooth mode ?

@typxxilps Год назад

no SEPLOS at all or just post poned for the future ?

@krzysztoforlowski6010 10 месяцев назад

Andy, does the BMS has to be connected to Raspberry or Cerbo during the installation? You video implies that you installed the driver first and then you connected BMS after restart. Is that correct assumption? Thanks

@andkirby7 Год назад

That's really piece of work! Really good job! Can I ask please you, can I simply connect Cerbo GX::USB RS485/RJ45::Battery ? I have only RS485/RJ45 and RS232/RJ11 on the battery.

@OffGridGarageAustralia Год назад

Thanks Kirby. That should work with the USB to RS485 adapters as long as the drivers are installed and the BMS is supported by the driver. Daly, QUCC, JBD, Overkill, JK,... all work. You can always try and buy a cheap USB-RS485 adapter and install the drivers on the Cerbo. It depends on the BMS you're using.

@danielardelian2 Год назад

When DVCC is Enabled, the BMS could send these three parameters to Venus: Discharge Current Limit, Charge Current Limit and Charge Voltage Limit (DCL, CCL, CVL). I wonder if this serialbattery driver sent any values for these parameters. They should be visible in the Venus menu under SerialBattery (jkbms) / Parameters, shown at 22:07 in your video.

@gavinnoname1424 Год назад

Yes it does send these values. You can also turn this feature on/off in the drivers configuration.

@ktacatalin3715 3 месяца назад

Hi Andy. I'm currently having JK BMS (24S variant - 48V) connected to Raspberry Pi with just a simple PL2303 module through GPS port as well, and not with RS485/CAN port. I don't have all your fractional modules to get USB-RS232 TTL conversion, but PL2303 only and solar assistant environment(which is working great). Nevertheless I will soon migrate to Victron environment and my assumption is that JK BMS & PL2303 setup will work with Cerbo because I know already works with solar assistant. My question is if the driver (that you've installed) doesn't affect in any way the Victron system functionality...Thanks.

@eagle5720 Год назад

I'm wondering if my Xiaoxiang BMS can communicate with EG4 inverter using the rs485 on the bms but it seems like I have to solder a connector. Anyone know if this will work?

@jackoneil3933 Год назад

Thanks Andy. Are you aware of any way to display real time data of your system on your website from Victron VRM Portal Dashboard so we could watch your system in real time? That might be a draw for your website and interesting for the rest of us.

@extremeacc101 Год назад

Yes Andy Invite me as a VRM user please. I do not need to be granted full access though 😂

@francoistalabot8487 9 месяцев назад

Hi and a big thanks for your videos! Do you know if Super B batteries BMS can ne connected to Victron and how. UP to now I havent found

@OffGridGarageAustralia 9 месяцев назад

Never heard of them before...

@swenhess3964 24 дня назад

Hi Andy Which driver should be installed for the Daly BMS? Do you also know a solution to display the data in iobroker? Thank you very much for your help!