Anyone else notice Victron Smart Shunt recently lost effective distance?

[HalfBaked]

My house has 15" thick interior walls made of limestone. When I first installed my Shunt, I had to walk to within sight of it to find it on my phone.

There was an update a couple months ago that was described as fix for some Bluetooth issues, don't recall exactly, anyway...

I noticed a huge improvement after the update. I could suddenly connect to the shunt 10' on the other side of the interior wall.

This improvement lasted until a couple days ago. Suddenly I'm back to having to be within sight of the shunt.

Is it just me? Was there a new update? Am I confused?

 

[Osmethne]

I just installed one today. I'm not having any trouble with range. It's impressive actually. Better range than an overkill bms.

 

[timselectric]

I haven't noticed a difference, better or worse.
I have always had the same distance limit in my house.

 

[JRH]

I have a 712 unit…it’s been pretty consistent over a year…I will admit that much like my cell phone ,the Power Watch Dog , the Portable JBL speaker and few other Victron devices their range can vary abit now and then…on all of them…
it “ seems” the common element affecting distance is always the weather once your near their normal limit…( temp,, heavy snow , humidity, rain) …their all good but now and then they just do a little better or worse when their is big change in the weather….

 

[garetwo]

15" thick interior walls made of limestone

Perhaps these are only half baked? Those are some thick and dense interior walls!!

 

[JAS]

Any other "frequency" changes in your environment? Certain WiFi frequencies can cause interference with Bluetooth. (Possibly a Wifi access point auto changed to a different frequency?) Even other "non-tech" devices can put out interference (thinking Microwave off the top of my head. But, that would only be while it is running)

 

[740GLE]

Any gain of the basic smart shunt would be nice but the smart network linked to a SCC seems to do quite well giving generic info on the main device screen. To actually look at trends I need to be within 10ft which seems kinda poor.

It’ll be another month or two before I’m able to see if this firmware improves my range.