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Victron BMW-600S with Raspberry and VenusOS?

I purchased VE.direct to USB cable to connect BMW-600S battery monitor with Raspberry, but there is not VE.direct connector on BMW-600S battery monitor. Can I somehow connect BMW-600S with USB cable to Raspberry with VenusOS by using PINs which are available on BMW-600S device?

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I think the 600s has BMV-60xS Text (TTL) according to this:

https://www.victronenergy.com/upload/documents/Whitepaper-Data-communication-with-Victron-Energy-products_EN.pdf

You might just need an adapter for the pin layout to the VE.direct plug.

Victron Part numbers are:

ASS030532215 is 1.5m

ASS030532230 is 3m

But that will only get you to ve.direct, which won't help with a raspberry pi. You might be able to make your own cable to USB:

https://beta.ivc.no/wiki/index.php/Victron_VE_Direct_DIY_Cable

Though I don't know the pin layout of the 60xS. However since you already have a USB to VE.direct, if you can get one of the above cables, maybe you can combine the cables with pins?

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