No VE.Direct connection to MPPT250/70

Q&A and troubleshooting
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Hello,

I am having trouble putting my Easysolar-2 GX Device to work.
The connection to the GX-Device via Wifi worked fine, I got VRM and the gateway and the “VE-Bus” system are visible in the device-list.
However, the built-in Solarcharger MPPT 250/70 that, according to the manual" also has a VE.Direct bus connection, is not visible.
I can see the MPPT in the Victron connect-App via bluetooth but a bluetooth connection is not possible.
I have read that a VE.Direct connection and a bluetooth connection can not be active at the same time. Restarting the device and shutting of the bluetooth-connection on the smartphone did not help.
I have not installed a battery, yet. May that be the cause?
Is the internal connection to the gateway faulty?

regards

Thomas

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I don’t have experience with the EasySolar, but normally you’d start an installation with connections to the battery only. No inputs (solar/AC) and no outputs connected/enabled.

Now the system can boot up and sense the correct battery voltage (verify) and you can safely set all the settings and configurations.

Lastly connect in and outputs.

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Maybe the internal VE.direct connection is loose?

Carefully remove the cover to take a look inside.
Pay attention to the ribbon cable connected to the display.