I have a JK-PB1A16S15P BMS. I’d like it to communicate to my raspberry pi running venus OS. I have a waveshare RS485 converter dongle to communicate to my computer for updating firmware. Can I use it to communicate to venus. There are 3 485 ports, the 2 on the right and 1 on the far left. Is there an option to select Victron 485 communication to one of these ports or should I get a waveshare can converter and connect to the can port as I know there is an option to set the can port to Victron can communication. Anyone had success connecting either way?
I will do that with CAN, but I won’t get to it for a few weeks.
If you only have a single battery, I would recommend firmware v15.24. This should be the most stable in this respect.
Take a look at the YouTube videos from Andy’s Offgrid Garage, they answer all your questions