Manual - SmartShunt 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 SmartShunt .................................................................................................. 4 3.3. Connections overview ...................................................................................................... 4 3.4.
Basic electrical connections ................................................................................................ 4 3.5. Auxiliary electrical connections ............................................................................................ 5 3.5.1. Auxiliary connection for monitoring the voltage of a second battery ........................................ 5 3.5.2. Auxiliary connection midpoint battery bank monitoring ....................................................... 6 3.5.3. Auxiliary connection for temperature monitoring .............................................................. 7 3.6.
GX device connection ....................................................................................................... 7 3.7. Wiring for use as DC meter ................................................................................................ 7 4. Configuration ......................................................................................................................... 9 4.1. How to change settings ..................................................................................................... 9 4.1.1. The VictronConnect app .......................................................................................... 9 4.2.
Update firmware ........................................................................................................... 10 4.3. Make essential settings ................................................................................................... 10 4.3.1. Set the battery capacity value ................................................................................. 10 4.3.2. Set charged voltage value ...................................................................................... 10 4.3.3. Set state of charge .............................................................................................. 11 4.3.4.
Set the auxiliary input function ................................................................................. 11 4.4. Make Lithium settings (if needed) ....................................................................................... 11 4.5. Configure for use as DC meter .......................................................................................... 12 5. Operation ............................................................................................................................ 13 5.1. How does the battery monitor work? .................................................................................... 13 5.2.
Readout overview ......................................................................................................... 13 5.3. LED status codes .......................................................................................................... 14 5.4. Trends ...................................................................................................................... 14 5.5. History ...................................................................................................................... 15 5.5.1. Accessing historical data via the VictronConnect app ...................................................... 15 5.5.2.
History data ...................................................................................................... 15 5.6. Alarms ...................................................................................................................... 16 5.7. Synchronising the battery monitor ....................................................................................... 17 5.7.1. Automatic synchronisation ..................................................................................... 17 5.7.2. Manual synchronisation ........................................................................................ 17 5.8.
Operation as a DC meter ................................................................................................. 17 6. Interfacing ........................................................................................................................... 19 6.1. VictronConnect app via USB ............................................................................................. 19 6.2. Connecting to a GX device and the VRM portal ....................................................................... 19 6.3. Connecting to VE.Smart networking .................................................................................... 20 6.4.
Custom integration ........................................................................................................ 21 7. All features and settings .......................................................................................................... 22 7.1. How to change settings ................................................................................................... 22 7.1.1. Accessing settings via the VictronConnect app .............................................................. 22 7.1.2. Saving, loading and sharing settings in VictronConnect .................................................... 22 7.2.
Battery settings ............................................................................................................ 22