Victron VM-3P5A Energy Meter Manual Table of Contents 1. Safety Instructions ................................................................................................................... 1 2. Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 2 2.1. Features ...................................................................................................................... 2 2.2. What's in the box? ........................................................................................................... 3 3.
Installation ............................................................................................................................. 4 3.1. Installing and wiring external current transformers (CTs) ............................................................... 4 3.2. Power wiring and overcurrent protection ................................................................................. 5 3.3. Wiring examples by application ............................................................................................ 6 3.4. Ethernet and VE.Can wiring ................................................................................................ 7 4.
Configuration & Monitoring ........................................................................................................ 8 4.1. LED codes .................................................................................................................. 10 5. Firmware Updates .................................................................................................................. 11 6. Restart and reset to factory defaults ........................................................................................... 12 7. Troubleshooting .................................................................................................................... 13 7.1.
The LED alternates between green and red blinking (bootloader mode) ........................................... 13 7.2. Error codes ................................................................................................................. 13 7.3. FAQ ......................................................................................................................... 13 7.3.1. The current value seems abnormally high for the displayed power ....................................... 13 7.3.2. The firmware update via the Ethernet connection failed .................................................... 14 8.
Technical data ...................................................................................................................... 15 8.1. Technical specifications ................................................................................................... 15 8.2. Enclosure dimensions .................................................................................................... 16 9. Appendix ............................................................................................................................. 17 9.1. Modbus UDP Interface .................................................................................................... 17 9.2.
Overview ................................................................................................................... 17 9.3. Connecting to the meter .................................................................................................. 17 9.4. Supported function codes ................................................................................................ 17 9.5. Exception codes ........................................................................................................... 17 9.6. Address space overview .................................................................................................. 17 9.7.
Data representation ....................................................................................................... 18 9.8. Function level limits ....................................................................................................... 18 9.9. Device info block (0x1000, read only) ................................................................................... 18 9.10. Configuration block (0x2000, read only) ............................................................................... 18 9.11. Main meter data block (0x3000, read only) ........................................................................... 19 9.11.1.
Primary live data and totals (0x3000 to 0x303F) ........................................................... 19 9.11.2. Mirror and per phase auxiliary map (0x3040 to 0x305F) .................................................. 20 9.11.3. Power mirror map (0x3080 to 0x308F) ...................................................................... 21 9.12. Recommended polling strategy ........................................................................................ 21 9.13. Important Compatibility Notes .......................................................................................... 21