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Venus OS work with blue smart charger?

boondox

Chief Engineer, RedNeckTech Industries
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Hey Folks. Can a rPi running venus OS talk to a blue smart charger over blutooth?

I can't seem to find a compatible devices list.

Thanks!
 
Hey Folks. Can a rPi running venus OS talk to a blue smart charger over blutooth?

I can't seem to find a compatible devices list.

Thanks!

No. GX devices require physical connections to the peripherals via VE.Direct, VE.CAN or VE.BUS.

Very few devices connect to the Cerbo/RPi with bluetooth, and they are typically 3rd party accessories like Ruuvi temp sensors or mopeka tank level sensors.

The bluesmart will not work with either a RPi or a Cerbo.
 
There is no cable. The bluesmart can only be accessed via BT w/VictronConnect.
Ah - Good to know, and glad I don't have one. That seems like a terrible design, btw. Really limits future expansion. Not very Victron-esque, in my view.
 
Ah - Good to know, and glad I don't have one. That seems like a terrible design, btw. Really limits future expansion. Not very Victron-esque, in my view.

Victron-esque means you likely already have an inverter/charger in the system that will stomp the crap out of their plug-in AC-DC chargers.

GX devices are intended for complete systems managing notably more powerful devices. Bluesmart are tinker-toys by comparison, and they're likely not needed.
 
Victron-esque means you likely already have an inverter/charger in the system that will stomp the crap out of their plug-in AC-DC chargers.

GX devices are intended for complete systems managing notably more powerful devices. Bluesmart are tinker-toys by comparison, and they're likely not needed.
Yeah, my use case is pretty uncommon. This is for a back up battery on a communications repeater. It is on a mountain top and a PITA to get to. I was hoping to use the venus OS to be able to see what the charger is doing and use the extra i/o of the pi to trigger a relay and force the system to go on back up power to test.

I do have another way of doing it but not as elegant, plus I can't see the charger data.
 
Yeah, my use case is pretty uncommon. This is for a back up battery on a communications repeater. It is on a mountain top and a PITA to get to. I was hoping to use the venus OS to be able to see what the charger is doing and use the extra i/o of the pi to trigger a relay and force the system to go on back up power to test.

I do have another way of doing it but not as elegant, plus I can't see the charger data.
If you enable "has dc system" in vrm that should track any output from the charger in a black box type of way.
 
If you enable "has dc system" in vrm that should track any output from the charger in a black box type of way.

Yep. it's a garbage bin number though... without a smartshunt or BMV-712 acting as a DC energy meter, it just plops any unaccounted for power in this bin, but it's probably big enough difference to allow you to draw some conclusions.
 
Yep. it's a garbage bin number though... without a smartshunt or BMV-712 acting as a DC energy meter, it just plops any unaccounted for power in this bin, but it's probably big enough difference to allow you to draw some conclusions.
Yes it shows the losses of my 450/100 in there and take a while to settle if theres a lot of intermittent clouds for me but pretty accurate for midnite Rosie tracking purposes.
 

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