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A Python API to parse Victron Instant Readout BLE advertisements
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Any Success with the BlueSmart chargers? #45

Open chicagoandy opened 4 months ago

chicagoandy commented 4 months ago

I would like to have my Blue Smart (IP67) chargers available in HomeAssistant. https://www.victronenergy.com/chargers/blue-smart-ip65-charger

These are Victron "Smart" controllers, and they have Bluetooth available. They are available in Victron Connect app via Bluetooth.

However, they do not use GAAT mode. They do not have an advertisement key, or encryption key. There is no encryption key in the app UI. I have also inspected SQLITE db for Victron Connect and there is no Advertisement Key available there.

Can anyone point me in a direction to get these integrated in HomeAssistant.

Donixon commented 4 months ago

Looking for the same implementation. Have the exact same Blue Smart chargers and we want to create a dashboard for them all how full the battery's are. Looking forward to hear if this is possible.

j9brown commented 4 months ago

I have one of these devices too. Unfortunately I don't think there's much we can do about them because they don't appear to publish their state via BLE like other devices.

chicagoandy commented 4 months ago

They don't publish the realtime values via GATT, but they do publish the data. Otherwise it wouldn't be available in Victron connect. I would think it's a solvable problem. Anyways, I've moved onto using MQTT instead of BLE, so it'll be for someone else to solve this one.

Donixon commented 3 months ago

They don't publish the realtime values via GATT, but they do publish the data. Otherwise it wouldn't be available in Victron connect. I would think it's a solvable problem. Anyways, I've moved onto using MQTT instead of BLE, so it'll be for someone else to solve this one.

How do you use MQTT? Do you have to WIFI version?

chicagoandy commented 3 months ago

How do you use MQTT? Do you have to WIFI version?

I'm using MQTT to pull from a SmartShunt via Venus instead of the charger.

gregsyoung commented 2 months ago

good news .. victron recently announced that “within next 3 months: a firmware update will enable BLE for the IP6X chargers. .. so hopefully after that we may see an update to support BLE reading.

j9brown commented 2 months ago

Cool! Let me know when it happens and I’ll implement support for it, assuming they publish the specs promptly.

gregsyoung commented 2 months ago

see the message from victron rep in below discord thread

https://discord.com/channels/1170433917761892493/1223726815248388208/1231019569490034698

gregsyoung commented 2 months ago

i think there is a beta avail , u may be able to get early access to test

Donixon commented 1 month ago

see the message from victron rep in below discord thread

https://discord.com/channels/1170433917761892493/1223726815248388208/1231019569490034698

The link doesn't work, is there a Discord community for Victron?

Tried to update my blue smart chargers, but still no settings for MQTT:

Someone has any updates?

gregsyoung commented 1 month ago

@Donixon @j9brown there is a signalk discord, the msg was in their from victron. (about 3 weeks back)

it went something like … IP6X will be updated soon for BLE, its finalised and in testing, but could be “couple months” and will be first released in victron connect app beta version.

i have downloaded latest beta of victron connect, but like yourself , no joy as yet, no FW update showing for IP67s

gregsyoung commented 1 month ago

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Donixon commented 1 month ago

@Donixon @j9brown there is a signalk discord, the msg was in their from victron. (about 3 weeks back)

it went something like … IP6X will be updated soon for BLE, its finalised and in testing, but could be “couple months” and will be first released in victron connect app beta version.

i have downloaded latest beta of victron connect, but like yourself , no joy as yet, no FW update showing for IP67s

Nice! Funny I'm in the same discord for the free board pkuging in signal-k, but missed it completely. Hoping it will be here soon. Thanks for the share!

j9brown commented 1 month ago

I’m looking forward to this update whenever it comes out. I’m busy for the next few weeks so if it launches and anyone gets around to making the necessary changes sooner please feel free to fork and send me a patch.

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@Donixon https://github.com/Donixon @j9brown https://github.com/j9brown there is a signalk discord, the msg was in their from victron. (about 3 weeks back)

it went something like … IP6X will be updated soon for BLE, its finalised and in testing, but could be “couple months” and will be first released in victron connect app beta version.

i have downloaded latest beta of victron connect, but like yourself , no joy as yet, no FW update showing for IP67s

Nice! Funny I'm in the same discord for the free board pkuging in signal-k, but missed it completely. Hoping it will be here soon. Thanks for the share!

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