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- | ====== Smart Battery Sense Manual ====== | + | Moved to: https:// |
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- | ===== 1. Introduction ===== | + | |
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- | //Smart Battery Sense// is a wireless battery voltage-and-temperature sensor for Victron MPPT Solar Chargers. | + | |
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- | The Solar Charger uses these measurements | + | |
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- | The connection between //Smart Battery Sense// and one or more Solar Charger(s) is wireless: It uses VE.Smart Network - a wireless technology based on Bluetooth Smart. | + | |
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- | Simple to install & configure, //Smart Battery Sense// comes with an inline fuse and pre-crimped eyelets. Revealing the self-adhesive tape on the back allows you to mount it directly on the battery. | + | |
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- | === System design & component selection === | + | |
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- | * Check the [[victronconnect: | + | |
- | * The Smart Battery Sense is not needed, nor allowed, in systems that also have a Color Control GX or Venus GX, see [[victronconnect: | + | |
- | * The Smart Battery Sense is not needed for installations that already have a BMV-712 with its temperature sensor accessory. | + | |
- | * For installations with a BMV-702 + temperature sensor accessory, consider adding a [[https:// | + | |
- | ===== 2. Installation ===== | + | |
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- | Connect the unit's two eyelets to your battery terminals and attach it directly onto the battery-body using its self-adhesive strip. | + | |
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- | For battery banks consisting of multiple individual batteries, connect the Smart Battery Sense unit on any one of the batteries. | + | |
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- | In case the supplied bat+ and bat- cables are not long enough, their length can be increased. Make sure to use the same, or thicker, gauge cable. | + | |
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- | ===== 4. Configuration ===== | + | |
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- | See this below video. Also, see the step by step procedure as documented in the [[victronconnect: | + | |
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- | {{youtube> | + | |
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- | ===== 5. LED Status codes ===== | + | |
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- | The Smart Battery Sense has two LEDs, a Bluetooth status LED (blue), and an error LED (red). | + | |
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- | On power-up, the Bluetooth LED will be slow blinking indicating that the device is ready to accept a Bluetooth connection. | + | |
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- | When both LEDs stay on, something is wrong with the Smart Battery Sense (hardware error). | + | |
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- | When the LEDs are alternating quickly for more than 30 seconds, the Smart Battery Sense is in firmware update mode and needs to be updated before it can be used. After connecting with VictronConnect, | + | |
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- | ^ Blue LED ^ Red LED ^ Smart Battery Sense state ^ Connection State ^ Remark | + | |
- | | On | On | Not functional | + | |
- | | Slow blinking | + | |
- | | On | Off | Measuring V/T | Connected | + | |
- | | Fast blinking | + | |
- | | On | Slow blinking | + | |
- | | On | Faster blinking | + | |
- | | Fast blinking | + | |
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- | ===== 6. Trouble shooting ===== | + | |
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- | See both the [[victronconnect: | + | |
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- | ===== 7. Technical product specification ===== | + | |
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- | ===== DISQUS ===== | + | |
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- | ~~DISQUS~~ | + |
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