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USB to cat5e extenders - anyone used them to extend VE USB cables?

I want to put my Raspberry Pi and touchscreen a long way from the locker the VE kit is installed in - about a 10 metre cable run. There is a single cat5 e cable in there already, so I want to use that, rather than pull any more cables.

I've not used VE stuff before so I'm not entirely sure what I need to connect the kit I have to Raspberry PI.

I have a
Multplus 2
MPPT 150/100 - Tr VE.Can
REC BMS Active BMS (which interfaces with VE kit
DC/DC charger
self built battery (8xEVE 280ah cells in 2p/4s configuration

Multiplus-IIMPPT SmartSolarRaspberry Pi
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Rob Duthie answered ·

Hi

Yes they work OK, being tested .

Regards

Rob D

NZ

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Sadly, I've just discovered that the REC-BMS uses VE.can and the VE.can to USB cable is £523!!!! (how??)


I can buy the Cerbo GX and Touch 70 for less than that...

Looking around it seems that there are a lot of canbus hats for the Pi and some info about getting the REC-BMS to work with it, but I don't have the time at the moment, so Cerbo and Touch 70 it will be....

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johanndo answered ·

You need HDMI extender and Extender USB for the touch function if you want to put the screen away from the Pi.

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Hi, thanks - i wasn't clear in my first port - want to move the Raspberry Pi AND the screen away from the locker where the Inverter/charger and other VE kit is installed. The Raspberry Pi and the screen are a single integrated unit.


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