Quote from Trond Arvid Røsvik on June 7, 2022, 2:17 am Yes, but did you activate DVCC like its described in the REC Manual? Does your victron units indicate \"External Control\"? Yes and yes. ...

Yes, but did you activate DVCC like its described in the REC Manual? Does your victron units indicate \"External Control\"?  

Thanks, seems like this would be easy to fix (assuming I haven\'t broken it myself somehow). It would also fix another problem I have: Due to the topology of the boat wiring, the alternator is c...

Quote from Trond Arvid Røsvik on June 6, 2022, 3:10 am Also, if you setup your system using Victron chargers and CAN bus regulated charging this should also not be an problem. Can you please elab...

I would rather put more effort in finding out why Cell 4 needs so much balancing, does not seem normal to me. Also, if you setup your system using Victron chargers and CAN bus regulated charging...

Tested out V2.5 Beta and seems to be working just fine. I am running BMS controlled charging with REC A-BMS.   Now Victron just needs to add more widgets to the VRM portal from WS500....

Adding a fan interlock should be fairly easy.  You can use the opto output with a N/C relay.  This output is used to disable older chargers that are not on the CANBus, so by adding a N/C relay you ...

Hey Jon,  I have included Al from Wakespeed in this reply and hopefully he can give you some feedback on this one. @al-thomason

I\'ve been looking at and logging the data from the WS50o installed on my boat. It often (almost always) switches to Float from Accept early, and always due to a transient when a house load shuts o...

Quote from Trond Arvid Røsvik on June 3, 2022, 9:10 am Do you have the older version of the 16S BMS with flat top? The newer models have (small) cooling fins. Anyhow this could still happen. ...

Do you have the older version of the 16S BMS with flat top? The newer models have (small) cooling fins. Anyhow this could still happen. Putting an small fan close to the BMS will make the ala...

Quote from Trond Arvid Røsvik on June 2, 2022, 3:31 am Internal failure is due to excessive balancing and overheating of the BMS. Nothing to worry about really. How do we define \"excessive ba...

Has anyone successfully installed the Wakespeed Android App on Windowds 11? There seems to be options there now.. but  Amazon Appstore is only available in US.  

Version 2.5.0 (beta) is released now. (Not had the chance to test it myself yet). You will need Venus OS V2.90-10 also.   http://wakespeed.com/technical.html  

Internal failure is due to excessive balancing and overheating of the BMS. Nothing to worry about really. But if Cell 4 always needs balancing then that\'s not an good sign for the health of ...

The voltage graph during balancing a couple days ago: If I look at other balancing sessions, it appears it is always cell 4 that lags:

Quote from Tine Andrejasic on June 1, 2022, 5:52 am If the BMS has to work hard to balance the cells (new not pre-balanced cells or old cells ) it heats a bit over the set threshold. BMS only sign...

If the BMS has to work hard to balance the cells (new not pre-balanced cells or old cells ) it heats a bit over the set threshold. BMS only signals ERROR 5 by red LED, not sound alarm and sends int...

This is an interesting question.   My first thought would be to leave the BMS with its standard parameters and just reduce the settings on my shore power battery charger and MPPTs, but that may hav...

including Al in this last request for clarification @al-thomason

I have not ever seen this one before so I can not help but if you reach out to tine@rec-bms.com he might have some insight. @tine

A \"Cycle\" is determined as having been completed by the BMS when the cell pack goes from relatively full condition to a relatively empty condition, and is used to assist in monitoring the health ...

Quote from Jamie Reece on February 1, 2022, 12:34 pm Thank you. I understand parallel vs. series . I\'m asking about the specific settings in the \"Battery Pack Data\" section of the software wher...

Hi @rick_tech_support, Seems the BMS throws the internal error every time it has been balancing for a while. I\'m correlating the data and it appears the error is thrown 10 minutes after bala...

Quote from Al Thomason on May 25, 2022, 5:55 pm Eric,   For your install I would refer you to the Victron Lynx website - it has a few very extensive examples of how to install the Lynx ...

Eric,   For your install I would refer you to the Victron Lynx website - it has a few very extensive examples of how to install the Lynx BMS with dual alternators and the WS500. In or...

One thing I forgot to mention... I need to derate (using WS500) both of my alternators from 100A to 75A because of the small belts/pulleys that I have on my engines. Should I go instead with the...

  Hi @rick_tech_support, @al-thomason, I\'m planning to install this weekend my new Balmar alternators with two WS500 on my boat (with Victron Smart Lithium battery bank, VE.Bus BMS and ...

My ABMS system has been in service for a month and I\'m delighted at how well it is has integrated with the Victron system I installed at the same time.  Another pleasant surprise was the Victron i...

I don\'t think I updated the BMS. It\'s currently running v2.7 and I purchased it from you around a year ago. I don\'t think the temperature spike was spurious, since it clearly happened after b...

The only way your password can change is if you were to update your BMS firmware with the wrong BMS firmware bin file.  Your wifi firmware update will not affect it.  If you have done an update, ch...

I loaded the logs and happened to catch an error: I assume > 50ºC is bad? The cabinet around it is not that warm, clearly.

Yeah, I get that, it\'s connected properly and reading all data. I see the request go to the module with the password in it, but it fails. Can that password be changed? i.e. did I change it with...

you need to be connected to the BMS in order to log in, not just your WiFi module.  If you are getting your battery parameters on the Home page you are connected. Password is your serial number ...

This is pretty strange, it tells me password doesn\'t match no matter what I do. Have you seen that before? Should I try restarting the WiFi module?

Perfect, thanks. For some reason I can\'t seem to get it to unlock. I\'ll try a different browser…

On the Firmware page log in using your serial number without the first hyphen.  Like 1Q-1234  CAPS on. scroll down the Firmwar page to the Manual Commands section and enter your command. This...

What is the simplest way to send it a command? I have the WiFi module and the BMS is connected to a Cerbo GX.

My first choice would be something like an Orion B2B. And yes, a single alt failure should not affect the output of the other unit. And one other item that Ben reminded me of, in this config bo...

I think redundancy is pretty important once I’ve tossed the Genset…. So maybe a spare WS500?? I believe the dual alternators would by default be operating as a fault-tolerant scenario… as nothing ...