Cerbo GX - No battery monitor found (SmartShunt)

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sveinungkb asked Sep 19, '23

Cerbo GX - No battery monitor found (SmartShunt)

After putting my project aside for some months, I started up again my SmartShunt (v 4.14) which is connected using a VE.Direct cable to a Cerbo-S GX (v 3.0, v 3.10).

However, my Cerbo is not picking up the SmartShunt as a battery monitor which was working fine before. I've validated that the VE.Direct cable is outputting data using a USB serial adapter so both the cable is fine and the SmartShunt.

I saw some other mentions of similar issues where unplugging the VE.Direct, restarting components has mitigated the issue, but that has not helped for me.

I've tried toggling "Has DC system" on or off, battery monitor is set to Automatic.

cerbo gx BMV Battery Monitor SmartShunt

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kevgermany answered · Sep 20, 2023 at 03:38 AM

VE Smart is not compatible with VE Direct. Please disable that

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Answer 1 · 2023-09-19T15:09:57Z

pwfarnell answered · Sep 19, 2023 at 03:09 PM

Check your SmartShunt settings via Bluetooth on your phone using VE.Connect to make sure that it is set as a Battery Monitor not as a DC Energy Meter.

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sveinungkb commented · Sep 20, 2023 at 02:21 AM

It's set to Battery Monitor. I've tried to reset it to defaults too without success.

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sveinungkb sveinungkb commented · Sep 20, 2023 at 02:21 AM

Here's Product Info

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sveinungkb sveinungkb commented · Sep 20, 2023 at 02:23 AM

Probably not relevant, but here's VE.Smart Networking settings. Since it's connected with a VE.Direct cable this isn't relevant right?

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