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Mark avatar image
asked · Jan 1, 2020 8:57:44 PM

Can I connect a bluesmart ip22 charger to venus?

Hi All

Happy New Year

I was just wondering if there was anyway to connect the bluesmart ip22 charge to venus on rpi?

Thanks

Mark

Venus OSRaspberry PiBlue Smart Charger
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Guy Stewart (Victron Community Manager) answered ·

Hi @Mark,

There is no supported way to connect the BlueSmart Battery Chargers IP22 to a GX device, or other running Venus.

Usually connection to a GX requires some data port (VE.Bus, VE.Direct). The Bluetooth interfaces are usually accessed using VictronConnect.

Generally speaking - the list of compatible products supported by the GX range (eg CCGX) and other unsupported devices running VenusOS (eg Raspberry Pi) is the same - https://www.victronenergy.com/live/ccgx:start#connecting_victron_products

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Mark avatar image Mark ·

Thank you Guy

I wasn’t sure with it been the new version.