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SmartShunt to MPPT via VE.Smart Networking and Raspberry Pi

Hello,


We recently installed a SmartShunt 500A to our existing SmartSolar MPPT 100/50 which is connected to a Raspberry Pi running the VRM Pi Operating System.

The MPPT to Pi broadcasting to the Online VRM is working great.

But when we try to link the newly installed SmartShunt to a VE.Smart Networking network created on the MPPT, the SmartShunt can see the VE network, we can join it (it say it is joined), but the SmartShunt (or any devices added/linked via the VE.Smart Networking) is not appearing in the list of devices.

Both the MPPT and the SmartShunt have the latest Firmware version and so does the VRM Pi.

In the list bellow, I can see the Battery Monitor (SmartShunt) because we tried to connect the VE USB cable to it directly. But then we can see the shunt, but not the MPPT, even if we create a VE.Smart Networking network on the Shunt and join the MPPT to the Shunt network.


LOCALY, BOTH the MPPT and the SmartShunt are collecting data.

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As you can see, the MPPT is showing just fine in the Console DEVICE LIST screen, but the SmartShunt 500A is "Not Connected".

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Matthias Lange - DE answered ·

@itsdouet

This is not how it is working.
https://www.victronenergy.com/media/pg/VE.Smart_Networking/en/index-en.html

To see the SmartShunt in the device list and online it have to be connected to your rPi with a VE.direct to USB cable like the MPPT.

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itsdouet answered ·

Hello @Matthias Lange - DE,


Thank you for your response!


But then what is the purpose of the VE.Smart Networking ..... network? does it then only transfer data from devices to devices? and in order to actually SEE the devices on a GX device you NEED them to be physically connected with a VE.direct USB cable?

In other words, if you have 5 Smart devices, they ALL need their own VE.direct USB cable?

Why wouldn't the VE.Smart Networking be able to transfer the data to display?

Thank you for the clarification.

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