VE.Bus BMS V2 Table of Contents 1. General description .................................................................................................................. 1 2. Safety precautions ................................................................................................................... 3 3. Installation ............................................................................................................................. 4 3.1. What's in the box? ........................................................................................................... 4 3.2.
Basic installation ............................................................................................................. 5 3.2.1. Minimal VE.Bus firmware ......................................................................................... 5 3.2.2. Battery BMS cable connections ................................................................................. 6 3.2.3. Mains detector ..................................................................................................... 7 3.3. Controlling DC loads and chargers ........................................................................................ 8 3.3.1.
DC load control .................................................................................................... 8 3.3.2. DC charge control ................................................................................................. 8 3.3.3. Controlling inverter/chargers, solar chargers and other battery chargers .................................. 8 3.3.4. DVCC operation with VE.Bus BMS V2 ......................................................................... 9 3.3.5. Charger control via Charge disconnect ......................................................................... 9 3.3.6.
Charging with an alternator ...................................................................................... 9 3.4. Remote on/off terminal .................................................................................................... 10 3.5. GX device .................................................................................................................. 11 3.6. Connecting a Digital Multi Control or a VE.Bus Smart dongle ....................................................... 12 4. System examples .................................................................................................................. 13 4.1.
System with a GX device, on/off switch and pre-alarm circuit ........................................................ 13 4.2. System with a SmartShunt, BatteryProtect and solar charger ....................................................... 14 4.3. Basic system ............................................................................................................... 15 4.4. System with an alternator ................................................................................................ 16 4.5. Three-phase system with a Digital Multi Control ....................................................................... 17 5.
Operation ............................................................................................................................ 18 5.1. Important warning ......................................................................................................... 18 5.2. LED indications ............................................................................................................ 18 6. Updating the firmware ............................................................................................................. 19 6.1. Updating the firmware using VRM: Remote firmware update ........................................................ 19 6.2.
Updating the firmware using VictronConnect .......................................................................... 20 7. Frequently asked questions ...................................................................................................... 21 8. Technical specifications VE.Bus BMS V2 ..................................................................................... 22 9. Appendix ............................................................................................................................. 23 9.1. Dimensions VE.Bus BMS V2 ............................................................................................ 23 9.2.
VE.Bus BMS V2 compared to VE.Bus BMS V1 ....................................................................... 24