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Smartshunt/DC Energy meter E/I values not showing in VRM

I run 3 3rd party MPPT controllers tied into my system via a Smartshunt configured as a DC Energy Meter. This works very well with the exception that I cannot see the Voltage and Current values in VRM (see attached). These values are present in Victron Connect and the Advanced page widgets. Is this normal or am I missing something somewhere? If this is normal, can this serve as a formal VRM feature request?

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nickdb answered ·

The VRM dash is not designed for these types of scenarios, similar challenges when using 3rd party inverters with meters.

You can chart normally via widgets but the dash is designed exclusively around victron devices and assorted supported third party devices (BMS's, PV inverters etc).


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But the Smartshunt IS a Victron device. All the charge current from the 3rd party SCC's flows through it. It IS reporting the data to the VRM as it appears in the widgets, just not on the dashboard.
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JohnC avatar image JohnC ♦ kamflyer commented ·
@KamFlyer

Just to be clear here.. The values reported in the V and A fields for Victron mppts are Solar Panel values, not mppt output ('charge') figures. Even for a Victron mppt you have to delve deeper to find those.

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