The battery protection system does not have a VE direct port, so I’m using the BLE Instant Readout feature along with this library (GitHub - keshavdv/victron-ble: A Python API to parse Victron Instant Readout BLE advertisements) to retrieve data. As long as the battery protect is operating normally (Voltage > Shutdown), everything works well. However, the issue arises when it enters shutdown mode; it stops sending the instant readout data.
While normal Bluetooth functionality through the Victron app on my phone continues to work, I cannot utilize this specific feature because it is not publicly available.
Does anyone have any ideas? Perhaps someone from Victron could see this and consider updating the firmware for the battery protect. I would appreciate any suggestions on how to overcome this issue.
What happens with the instant readout in VictronConnect when the battery protect goes into shutdown mode? Is the instant readout data then still visible in VictronConnect?
And what is the firmware version of the battery protect?
Thank you for the quick response. Regarding your questions:
I am a few days away from being able to provide the exact firmware version. However, I consistently check for updates on all my devices through the Victron Connect app, so it should be the latest version.
Even when the device is in shutdown mode, I can still connect to it fully using the Victron Connect app, and everything functions properly.
The Victron BLE library stops receiving instant readout values when the voltage drops, but as soon as the voltage is high enough, I begin receiving information from the device again via the victron-ble library.
When the device is in shutdown mode, are the values of the battery protect like voltage still visible in the main device list in VictronConnect (so without selecting it and actually connecting to it)?
This is what I meant with whether the Instant readout still works in VictronConnect when the device is in shutdown mode.
If this is the case then it is a problem in the Victron BLE library (which to be clear it NOT written or maintained by us).