Manual - BMV-712 Smart Table of Contents 1. Safety precautions ................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. General safety precautions ................................................................................................. 1 1.2. Battery safety warnings ..................................................................................................... 1 1.3. Transport and storage ...................................................................................................... 1 2.
Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 2 2.1. The battery monitor ......................................................................................................... 2 2.2. Why should I monitor my battery? ......................................................................................... 2 2.3. Sizing ......................................................................................................................... 2 2.4. The VictronConnect app .................................................................................................... 2 2.5.
Accessories .................................................................................................................. 3 3. Installation ............................................................................................................................. 4 3.1. What's in the box? ........................................................................................................... 4 3.2. Mounting the shunt .......................................................................................................... 4 3.3. Mounting the head unit ..................................................................................................... 5 3.4.
Connections overview ...................................................................................................... 7 3.5. Basic electrical connections ................................................................................................ 7 3.6. Auxiliary electrical connections ............................................................................................ 8 3.6.1. Auxiliary connection for monitoring the voltage of a second battery ........................................ 8 3.6.2. Auxiliary connection midpoint battery bank monitoring ....................................................... 8 3.6.3.
Auxiliary connection for temperature monitoring .............................................................. 9 3.7. Programmable relay ......................................................................................................... 9 3.8. Use of alternative shunts ................................................................................................. 10 3.9. GX device connection ..................................................................................................... 10 3.10. Wiring for use as DC meter ............................................................................................. 11 4.
Configuration ....................................................................................................................... 12 4.1. Setup wizard ............................................................................................................... 12 4.2. Automatic voltage detection .............................................................................................. 12 4.3. How to change settings ................................................................................................... 13 4.3.1. Settings via the head unit ...................................................................................... 13 4.3.2.
The VictronConnect app ........................................................................................ 14 4.4. Update firmware ........................................................................................................... 15 4.5. Make essential settings ................................................................................................... 15 4.5.1. Set the battery capacity value ................................................................................. 15 4.5.2. Set charged voltage value ...................................................................................... 15 4.5.3.
Set state of charge .............................................................................................. 16 4.5.4. Set the auxiliary input function ................................................................................. 16 4.6. Make Lithium settings (if needed) ....................................................................................... 16 4.7. Configure for use as DC meter .......................................................................................... 17 5. Operation ............................................................................................................................ 18 5.1. How does the battery monitor work?
.................................................................................... 18 5.2. Readout overview ......................................................................................................... 18 5.3. Using the head unit menus ............................................................................................... 19 5.4. Trends ...................................................................................................................... 19 5.5. History ...................................................................................................................... 20 5.5.1.
Accessing historical data via the VictronConnect app ...................................................... 20 5.5.2. Accessing historical data via the head unit ................................................................... 21 5.5.3. History data ...................................................................................................... 22 5.6. Alarms ...................................................................................................................... 22 5.7. Synchronising the battery monitor ....................................................................................... 23 5.7.1.
Automatic synchronisation ..................................................................................... 23 5.7.2. Manual synchronisation ........................................................................................ 24 5.8. Operation as a DC meter ................................................................................................. 24 6. Interfacing ........................................................................................................................... 25 6.1. VictronConnect app via USB ............................................................................................. 25 6.2.
Connecting to a GX device and the VRM portal ....................................................................... 25 6.3. Connecting to VE.Smart networking .................................................................................... 26 6.4. Custom integration ........................................................................................................ 27