Hi All,
Looking to do the mentioned configuration. Will the mastervolt display be able to monitor the victron system? Are there any particular issues anyone may have encountered?
Thanks
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Is it possible to connect a victron VE.Bus BMS and lithium battery configuration to a Mastervolt system ( comprising of combi charger and inverster control/display)?
I doubt very much that MasterVolt use VE.Bus which is proprietry protocol of Victron.
So, no the MasterVolt display will not work with the VE.Bus BMS.
Edit: You may be able to use the charge / load disconnect contacts from the bms to signal the MasterVolt system in some way.
But theoretically the system will function correctly just won't display any info?
That's the theory, yes. I don't know anything about MasterVolt products, whether or not it accepts go / no go contacts to control it I have no idea.
It will not display information, that is correct.
They both support NMEA2000 convertors from their native bus types. I am looking into using this as an option to set charging parameters on the Mastervolt Mass Combi from Victron kit and the BMS. My installation is on a ship with NMEA2000 backbone, so having them talk over NMEA is ok. There are limits though, I believe that individual cell status is only available on the ve.bus and doesn't translate, but global battery information is transmitted onto NMEA2000 from Victron kit
https://www.victronenergy.com/upload/documents/User-Manual-VE.Bus-to-NMEA-2000-interface-EN.pdf
Mastervolt MasterBus again has some native info that is not translated to/from NMEA, but standard information is here, page 8 shows battery and charger messages
https://images.mastervolt.nl/files/10000012741_01MasterBus-NMEA2000_InterfaceEN.pdf
Also, with MasterAdjust you can set up specific translations from NMEA to MasterBus per message as needed, but this can take time.
In summary, they can talk, but you need an interpreter such as NMEA2000 and you lose some of the more brand specific integrations that say Victron to Victron kit or MasterVolt to MasterVolt do. However, charger / inverter status can be passed.
