Hi - I\'ve set up my system with a WS500, A Victron Cerbo GX and a Victron VE.Bus BMS V2.  The Cerbo is getting all the expected alternator information properly, but the WS500 is not slaving itself...

Hi all Just doing my final build of my lithium battery bank, alternator, Cerbo, Multiplus 2, etc. I noticed one for the technical team…… my Cerbo is showing the WS500 on the network which is ...

Thanks again Rick for confirming that checking the internal fuses was the way to go.  One indeed did blow, got it replaced and everything is working well now.

I didn’t explain the scenario very well. The BMS and WiFi are wired to the battery, and almost always powered. It’s the RV hotspot that isn’t always powered. When the hotspot boots up, the already ...

Good feedback, thanks, but most people wire the WiFi module to the battery side of the system and leave it powered up.  The current draw in sleep mode is so tiny as to be not a factor.  The benefit...

Rick, I have a trick/tip and a suggestion. Trick/tip: When using the REC WiFi module as a station device, all works well if the wifi hotspot is up and running when the REC WiFi module boots. ...

Fantastic! Thank you both for jumping on this. Listening to the alarm for the first two hours of driving my RV was getting old since it\'s frequently <5C in Hood River, Oregon during the winter....

Has anyone found an alternative RS485 to USB cable/adapter for the REC-BMS?  I was hoping to buy a generic one instead of paying $70 for the REC product.

Rick your responsiveness is amazing.  I will check that out and report back.  For what it\'s worth my cell leads were connected in rather random order: 2+, 1+, 3+, 1-, 4+. Thanks!

Hey Jeremy, Its a 50/50 chance and all depends on what cell sequence you connected them in.  For instance, if you connect cell 1 -, then cell 4 +, you have put 13-14 volts on a 5V ADC module, or...

So about 9 months after purchasing the REC BMS I finally completed my camper van electrical system and switched everything on and immediately got error 10 on the BMS. I believe this is my fault ...

Tine has provided an updated 2.8.1 firmware bin file for the Active BMS.  When asked how he implemented the low temp change, this was his reply. \"No buzzer on the BMS but sent to the inverter a...

Ed, I am going to take care of this with REC and will post it to our REC North America site.  This is what I see as two possible solutions, depending on whether there is a spare input wired into th...

The Lynx Distributor uses an I2C bus to relay the 4 fuses and positive busbar state. Up to 4 distributors can be chained on the same I2C bus (A B C D). You need an I2C master system (+ power as Ric...

Well, you know with REC everything is possible when we spend some time and customize the code. I can make an update to silence the error 7 alarm. The programming/testing would cost 25€, played b...

That would be a great tweak! In order to run the heating system, the electrical system (and BMS) must be on. Another possibility is to have the audible alarm transition to 1 cycle per hour after an...

no, but its a good question, especially for RV\'ers.  Of course you can just turn off the BMS until your cells warm up but I wonder if that alarm could be tweaked to only emit a few times, then onl...

Does anyone know if it is possible to silence the audible alarm? I use my system in cold climates, and frequently have to listen to the low temperature alarm until the heater gets the batteries up ...

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PC software show identical values for Volts on alternator and battery even though rec bms reports 0.3v lower voltage on battery. Anyone else here experienced this? I have checked the cabling and it...

Yep, poles+12 and pully ratio is at least close. So I dont know if the reported engine RPM of 55 is just another random output or a miscalculation due to my set up. I did verify that engine RPM ...

I do not have any answers on the output of the rpm. It is a pity that the AST command does not display the alternator rpm. Have you used the SCV command to check the settings for the poles and pull...

Is engine RPM as reported in AST equal to actual RPM or in 10\'s? I finally have Tach working but the readout is 55 for my engine at idle. 550 would be closer, actual RPM was 625. I have the cor...

Yep. The config guide is a little confusing... at the header of the SCT instructions, it says no changes need to be made for the WS500 to operate normally. But if you want PBF to work, it appears F...

Reading the current Communications and Programming guide I believe that you have to set ForceTM = 1 in the $SCT line to get the tacho function to work. In the smartphone app this is a definite inpu...

Quote from Trond Arvid Røsvik on August 9, 2022, 4:38 am I use currently the VE-CAN port only, set to 250 kbps. A-BMS->Cerbo->WS500->NMEA2000 to the boat. This works perfect.  An bo...

Update: Well, the documentation seems a little misleading here.  The cables with label: (10) Battery Ground Sense (Black/Yellow Stripe) (11) Battery Positive Sense (Red/Yellow Stripe) &...

Hi Peter, My stator wire is connected, but I am not reading engine RPM. I have not \"ignored\" the sensor. Under the SCT command: ForceTM: <0, or 1> Setting the value to 1 will enable T...

I have been reading the documentation and looking at the Smartphone app prior to buying a WS500. One thing I have read is if you are not using the stator for the rpm then the Configuration and Prog...

I turned the MP3k back on and it did eventually begin to ramp down, however my cells were drifting apart pretty significantly, two around 3.53 and the other two down in the 3.4 range and dropping. ...

And to test powered up, you need to have your battery + and - connected as well   Just to make sure I understand this, the Alt +/- AND the battery (sense?) +/- need to both be wired up for...

thanks. PBF is set to 1 and WS500 does not read engine RPM. So if PBF needs tach data, then this could well be the smoking gun What was odd was, the system has worked well for a month of crui...

Hi, did you move the current sensor to the alt shunt?

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Hello,  Today I updated my REC ABMS to 2.8 software.  At the time, my pack was measuring around 72% (3.25v per cell), and had not been recharging.  After the upgrade, the pack was reading 50% (Th...

Awesome, I can take it off of my Todo list :)

That was a typo.  The REC Active BMS is a standalone unit and if it were to be installed in a parallel arrangement the two active balancers will fight each other.  For a redundant system you can go...

I\'m very interested in this thread. For redundancy and resilience reasons I\'d like to run with two independent 4 cell packs on my boat. If I were to build it with two REC Active BMSs, a Cerbo GX,...

Yes, something is definitely limiting Field to 31%.. Could be the PBF, Pull back Factor, is this set to 0?   If not, then you have to setup everything so the WS500 reads the correct R...

Update: I received an updated 2.8 firmware for ABMS from Tine today, and it included a 2.8 manual which contains the updated diagram, which solves this all for me :)   Cheers