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Home Assistant plug-in for Victron Instant Readout compatible devices
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Set max charge amps #110

Open fronkii opened 2 months ago

fronkii commented 2 months ago

Hi, thanks for the great project, works great on two smart solar chargers. I have added a third solar charger (100/20 @ 48V) and want use not required power before fed into the grid for an external 60VDC power supply which is connected to the smart charger instead of any pv panels. Works great but only on a static set current value, i.e. 5 A or 10 A. I am missing the option to control the max charging current and therefore power consumption via homeassistant. Is there any option to integrate the "set" values in parallel to all read out values? Thanks Frank

phuse commented 2 months ago

Hi Frank, This project utilizes the victron BLE readout protocol - that is broadcasted read only data https://community.victronenergy.com/questions/137214/victronconnect-see-readings-immediately-on-the-dev.html https://community.victronenergy.com/questions/187303/victron-bluetooth-advertising-protocol.html

to set values , one would need to use a closed bluetooth protocol - Victronhave not wanted to share the specs of this protocol as any changes would affect software they do not have control over so it seems to be limited to using Victron Connect, VenusOS over bluetooth or connect a serial device to the VE.Direct port

Regards, Daniel