Victron BlueSolar MPPT controller problem.

£73.45 + delivery looks about right, battery megastore on amazon has it for "£68.25 + £7.50 UK delivery Only 3 left in stock - order soon. Sold by Battery Megastore"

Midsummer energy on amazon has them at £85.74 delivery to Portugal included.

Better than the €135 odd is was quoted locally.

Ah ... I was talking about the Victron dongle as in my post. Sorry.

http://www.batterymegastore.co.uk/victron-ve-direct-bluetooth-smart-dongle-ass030536010.html

It's a suprising coincidence that the dongle is exactly the same prices as the 75/15 ..... just re-arrange the numbers a bit! ;)

Richard
 
Ah ... I was talking about the Victron dongle as in my post. Sorry.

http://www.batterymegastore.co.uk/victron-ve-direct-bluetooth-smart-dongle-ass030536010.html

It's a suprising coincidence that the dongle is exactly the same prices as the 75/15 ..... just re-arrange the numbers a bit! ;)

Richard

Or under a fiver on ebay for the bare bluetooth board,one of which is stashed away in a box somewhere, works with arduinos so *should* be ok,3.3v/TTL , google came up with a comment on a victron page from a guy using one (hc-06) so fingers crossed...
 
Or under a fiver on ebay for the bare bluetooth board,one of which is stashed away in a box somewhere, works with arduinos so *should* be ok,3.3v/TTL , google came up with a comment on a victron page from a guy using one (hc-06) so fingers crossed...

Update should anyone be interested.....

What a great little box for the money :cool:

So cunning plan of cheapo ebay bluetooth module didn't work, the one I have is serial and the Victron is TTL, Also an Ebay TTL/Serial adaptor wouldn't work, seemed to keep the TTL data too high, instead of going down to ground it would only go down to about 3V.

Arduino to the rescue, a mega talks to the Vivtron then sends it down the serial connection to the laptop & Victron program sees it straight away.

If you don't mind under 40 quid for the stock offering then it's probably a much easier way to go but nowhere near as much fun :)




Code:
/*  Multple Serial test


 Receives from the main serial port, sends to the others.
 Receives from serial port 1, sends to the main serial (Serial 0).


 This example works only with boards with more than one serial like Arduino Mega, Due, Zero etc


 The circuit:
 * Any serial device attached to Serial port 1
 * Serial monitor open on Serial port 0:


 created 30 Dec. 2008
 modified 20 May 2012
 by Tom Igoe & Jed Roach
 modified 27 Nov 2015
 by Arturo Guadalupi


 This example code is in the public domain.


 */




void setup() {
  // initialize both serial ports:
  Serial.begin(19200);
  Serial2.begin(19200);
}


void loop() {
  // read from port 1, send to port 0:
  if (Serial2.available()) {
    char  inByte = Serial2.read();
    Serial.write(inByte);
  }


  // read from port 0, send to port 1:
  if (Serial.available()) {
    char  inByte = Serial.read();
    Serial2.write(inByte);
  }
}
 
How do you connect the mega to the charger and laptop?

In the sketch above, RX2/TX2 pins are used(pins 16 & 17), so TX from the victron goes to RX2 on the Mega, Victron RX to Mego TX2. Then you'll probably need a ground connection as well. USB cable from the laptop to the Mega. Probably worth double checking the pin outs of the Victron in the manual.

Ebay do the JST connectors, easier than trying to wedge some DuPont cables in there.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-Sets-J...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

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Update should anyone be interested.....

What a great little box for the money :cool:

So cunning plan of cheapo ebay bluetooth module didn't work, the one I have is serial and the Victron is TTL, Also an Ebay TTL/Serial adaptor wouldn't work, seemed to keep the TTL data too high, instead of going down to ground it would only go down to about 3V.

Arduino to the rescue, a mega talks to the Vivtron then sends it down the serial connection to the laptop & Victron program sees it straight away.

If you don't mind under 40 quid for the stock offering then it's probably a much easier way to go but nowhere near as much fun :)




Code:
/*  Multple Serial test


Receives from the main serial port, sends to the others.
Receives from serial port 1, sends to the main serial (Serial 0).


This example works only with boards with more than one serial like Arduino Mega, Due, Zero etc


The circuit:
* Any serial device attached to Serial port 1
* Serial monitor open on Serial port 0:


created 30 Dec. 2008
modified 20 May 2012
by Tom Igoe & Jed Roach
modified 27 Nov 2015
by Arturo Guadalupi


This example code is in the public domain.


*/




void setup() {
  // initialize both serial ports:
  Serial.begin(19200);
  Serial2.begin(19200);
}


void loop() {
  // read from port 1, send to port 0:
  if (Serial2.available()) {
    char  inByte = Serial2.read();
    Serial.write(inByte);
  }

Hi guys ! How do you communicate between the hc-06 and the victron energy please ? I'd like to connect my blue solar 75/15 in bluetooth without paying 60€... but I know nothing about programation. Could you please help me ?
  // read from port 0, send to port 1:
  if (Serial.available()) {
    char  inByte = Serial.read();
    Serial2.write(inByte);
  }
}
 
Hi guys ! I'm sorry, I made a wrong manipulation in my previous message. How do you communicate between the hc-06 and the victron energy please ? I'd like to connect my blue solar 75/15 in bluetooth without paying 60€... but I know nothing about programation. Could you please help me
 
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