Upgrading the Victron VE.Direct connections in the battery shelf with Duppa disco lights🕺🪩

[@Duppadotnet]

Thank you Andy for sharing Duppa products! Great video, I really appreciated!

[@AtaruMor0boshi]

wow! I ordered one on Monday together with some wiring and waiting for my delivery next week )))

[@brendonmangisi7667]

Can you please share the website name

[@KB-jy5hr]

@@brendonmangisi7667 Its literally their KZbin name...

[@maxtorque2277]

I wish people would go back to the old USB Type B for slow speed coms such as these, simply because the old huge typeB was actually fairly robust mechanically speaking! You can also get latching (normally physical screw together) connectors from people like Bulgin that include a USB-B plug / socket in them for a connection that can be waterproof, vibration proof, and very mechanically robust...

[@OffGridGarageAustralia]

If you look at the Duppa website. this is exactly what he's developing right now. Including USB-B connector.

[@HiruS22]

Just got one of the Duppa adapters a few days ago thanks to you, great bit of kit 👍

[@jamesemery1]

Thanks for all the videos and the info on your website, I'm building my first large diy battery to power my flat (I've made a fair few 4s Lifepo4 battery's for my friends with camper vans and my own 20s li-ion e-bike batteries). I've been watching you since you had around 25k subscribers. I hope you reach 100k subscribers soon as you deserve at least double the audience for all the help and informative videos.

[@JFK666666]

Your videos are truly awsome,and you give out a ton of knowledge. And your sprit- priceless :)

[@OffGridGarageAustralia]

Thanks a lot my friend!

[@PeterMilanovski]

Dude! Someone told me that you were assassinated? Great to see that you are still with us!

[@cabe_bedlam]

Nothing so permanent as a temporary fix, absolutely!

[@JFK666666]

You've learned me SO much about solar charing. Simply; Thank you!

[@DeertayMike]

Dang wish I would have seen these before getting my victron cables and setting up a configuration for a powered hub off my cerbo! Would definitely like to have skipped the whole usb hub and 60v to 5v usb adapter to expand the ve direct. Your videos reminds me of my grandfather and how we always used to be out in the garage tinkering on things we built! Keep up the great work!

[@a.b.4344]

7:00 - Hi Andy, very pleasant video as usual. But one thing to "Mecker 😁". The USB-Isolating adaptor from duppa are not using optical but magnetic respective capacitive coupling micro circuits. This results in smaller device size as well faster data rates by reducing power consumption at the same time. Enjoy the rest of your Australian winter season. Greetings from actually hot and thundery Germany

[@showme360]

Nice one Andy, I to have some cables to tidy up to, but the garden takes presedence here in Sunny Wales lol. It can wait until the weather get wintery, but in the mean time I planning to up grade my solar array from 4kw to 15kw, whilst upgrading the roof itself, as thats now 85 years old and in need of repairs. Keep up the good work and looking forward to see that fugure hit the magic number!! Cheers Ken

[@raystone4673]

Great video. So much info again. I've bought earlier board from Duppa, cables, various other ebay interface adapters to expand Victron system. Waiting on cells. It's hard to exclude invading bugs, as long as u have roll-a-door on shed. Mice, snakes, cockroaches can all get past given opportunity. You love the morning sunlight check out the door, and somehow don't think we'll ever see a video about a relay-contact driven, toxic gas squirter, activated at midnite, or 30 mins after last motion detected. Burglar's would hate that too.

[@michaelgkellygreen]

Just bought the Victron VE direct cable thinking it had USB on one end but i was wrong. Silly me as i now have no use for it as i'm using a Raspi and need USB on one end in order to connect my new shunt. my two DIY cables work fine with my charge controllers but it seems others have had issues adding the shunt with the DIY cables. Anyway keep up the good work Andy

[@v-man1]

Without further TO DO? I thought it goes Without further ADO. 😂 Good job. I enjoy your videos a lot. Very educational🤓👍

[@petersamios5409]

Thanks for the Duppa information. Unfortunately, they are currently out of stock. One suggestion, keep your data/raspberry pi/etc equipment away from your power (unless all your data cables are shielded). It should save you some random headaches in the future.

[@alanblyde8502]

Can’t have enough flashing lights Andy 😀🇦🇺

[@offpro]

I don't like USB... I use the Victron Cerbo and would love to see a I/O module for more VE-Directe

[@rpsmith]

These adapters are Great! They work flawlessly and are very afordable!

[@OffGridGarageAustralia]

Yes, I love them.

[@ThanosSustainable]

I also have one of the Duppa adaptors. I have also installed some additional software on my rPi for detecting various BMSs (however I don’t remember exactly what it was) and since then, disco lights out of the adaptor are much more intense! Maybe you could try it yourself.

[@almatdariuszgakowski7040]

Hello Andy, The solution to the battery percentage problem in Jk-bms is this: in the bms application where you had 1% reduce the battery capacity to, for example, 220Ah and the battery charge percentages will change then set the correct capacity again kind regards Darek

[@roeljonker]

I bought this adapter a year ago. But unfortunately not very happy with it. It would not work with the Orion XS 50A DC-DC charger. It kept losing connection. On all 4 ports and with all 4 cables I purchased. It works great with the Smartshunt though. So I still had to buy an original cable 🙈 No problems with the original Victron cable, so no faulty product. Maybe just bad luck that it wasn’t working with that particular Victron product…

[@ronny7380]

Habe dieses Teil schon seid einiger zeit in benutzung. Laufr sehr gut.

[@Raphael_Hofmann]

Amazing Products! Thanks for sharing!

[@sjdtmv]

They are a good unit, I used two sets of them on my setup, even brought the the made up 2M cabling.

[@bruce32466]

Andy, Thank you so much, both you and your wife (for putting up with all the time you spend in the garage LOL :) I was wondering If I can hook up 6 bluesolar mppt 75/15 charge controllers to my RP3 with 2 of these and how would it look on the display? would the yellow solar info boxes (for lack of a better term) on screen be stacked on top of each other? If so, is there a way to scroll or tab through them? or would they all be combined into 1 out put on screen? I also might post a file on thingiverse of a 3D printable case for this board. I'll keep you posted. Thanks for all of this wonderful info!

[@OldExodus]

Great informational videos Andy Do you know what adapters/boards that would give you additional connections for digital inputs, temperature sensors, and relays that are compatible with the Venus OS and Raspberry Pi?

[@professional_hackjob]

I love these duppa boards! 🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸 5 frogs!

[@cyclemoto8744]

Thank you. cheers

[@soundslight7754]

Very resourceful man

[@OffGridGarageAustralia]

Thank you.

[@charlesball6519]

The USB to UART device is definitely useful. I am using my Raspberry Pi 2 Model B as a Cerbo GX since it was just laying around after I upgraded to a Pi 4 (which is being used to pick up ADSB data and transmit to FlightAware). I have a Victron 150/45, the 500A/50mV Victron Shunt, and a AC energy meter connected. As well as a wireless receiver for a keyboard. The glue that the company that produces Velcro uses doesn't like heat. I have to occasionally replace the velcro on my USB hub used for my Quest 3

[@clarencewiles963]

Bye Bye Bugs 🪳 and melting glue 😂 Beer o’clock nice idea 💡 I’m seeing 91.4 k subscribers 🎉

[@9111logic]

Thanks for the update Andy, I didn't think you'd need to galvanically isolate the VE direct to the Cerbo Gx, it was never mentioned in any Victron tutorials, is a this a VE D. to USB only requirement?

[@danfitzpatrick4112]

I like the disco lights and music 🤣🤣

[@bigbrovar-b3r]

In my case I just used the VE-CAN to connect my Victron solar charge controller to the Raspberry pi using the Dual CAN board. I basically daisy chained 2 controllers together and connected a cable from the 2nd controller to the Dual CAN board. I noticed you have 2 ve can controllers. You can try this and have 2 less Ve-direct port to worry about.

[@OffGridGarageAustralia]

Only two of my MPPTs have the CAN comms port. All other devices have only VE.Direct.

[@jameswieser2857]

Until you find or make a new case. You can just put a piece of Velcro around the plate and and the clear plexi to keep the pi from slowly pulling from the glue. And it will has a side effect to hold the can board to the pi also until the case is made.

[@aselaweerasinghe8303]

Looks like we will see a victron ev charger installed soon. 😊

[@nebulight]

I spotted that as well!

[@OffGridGarageAustralia]

Sparky is booked in in 2 weeks time...

[@aselaweerasinghe8303]

@@OffGridGarageAustralia love it. I hope you will install a new victron EV charger as well ;-) (NS version )

[@Dutch_off_grid_homesteading]

Heya, is a diy ever a set fixup ? or always temporarly as long as you upgrade and expand over time, but that's just the fun of it, I guess

[@mflo1970]

Ohh good 80' disco

[@Achim2902]

Hello. I have a question. I also tried the cable for the connection between the battery, BMS and Victron Bus as in your video. I have a Multiplus 2 GX. It already has GX on board. If I set the v.can to 250kbit I see a tx, rx connection but at the beginning no battery or anything is displayed. Do I have to upload something or something? Thanks in advance for your help.

[@FishFish1995]

Hello Andy! I would love to hear your opinion on something... Just yesterday I installed a new 10kW hybrid inverter. At my 5.6kW system, I would connect the 48V diy LifePo4 battery while the 160A breaker/switch is off. Then I would flip the breaker and the system would start. Unfortunately with this new inverter, the JK BMS sees it as a short circuit, but after 30S it gives power again and the inverter is powered. Then I turn on the Inverter switch... On the short circuit incident, I hear a pop... I am worried that I might have damaged the capacitor... I wasn't able to test a load yet, since the AC side is not yet connected, but the inverter seems to be working "correctly". That whole thing got me worried, so I plan to not turn off the battery again until I connect a precharge system (a resistor and a dual breaker to charge the capacitors...). I have seen you just turning on and off your battery breakers on your DIY batteries. It is of any concern to you? Or because it is a victron system (potentially with a precharge sequence) you are not concerned at all? I would really appreciate your input and I hope I didn't fry my new inverter... Oof...

[@MarkPrince1317]

Congratulations 👏👏👏 Andy one qoustion will you try wind turbine in future ? Thank you and best regards

[@rikdehaas6398]

Did I just spot a EVCS on the workbench?

[@HowIDidItYT]

I use the Waveshare DIN Rail Raspberry Pi 4 Case. The CAN Hat fits inside as well. Powered by a Orion 48|12 that feeds a 12v DIN Rail fuse holder that in turn provides power for rhe raspberry pi and other components. Works very well

[@AdventureMotoEnduro]

i just got the JK 4.5 Display can i plug it in without shutting down BMS ?

[@launacorp]

at some point i will use the adapter too.

[@dmandn]

I've used liquid electrical tape (it's a liquid, not tape) to seal ends and prevent bugs gettign under heat shrink on small electronics. Also, why not run those adaptors closer to the charge controllers so you only have 2 USB cables from the Raspbery Pi for the majority of the distance?

[@pppidsn647]

I only have one MPPT, can I use a ve direct to ve direct cable to connect the GX and MPPT? This cable does not seem to have isolation even if it is a Victron cable. Will it cause problem? Thanks a lot.

[@aha5888]

Pls make video on how to integrate jk bms to home assistant using esp board via bluetooth and uart😌

[@mba_streaming8119]

In Germany we would say „Das ja super duppa!“ 😂🫣

[@OffGridGarageAustralia]

That's exactly what it is!

[@pierreisaac6542]

Hi I have an inverter techfine And bms jk inverter But it can't connect , help me please.

You can get some scrap fiber optic cable then hot glue one end to the LED and the other end you can make a plate and glue them to it putting the fiber into small holes so you can see the light.. Or you could solder wires to the LED's on the board and use a LED on the other end..

[@holdenman8850]

lmfao Andy.. Temporary permanent fix, love it.. Just like borrowing something on a permanent basis

[@mauritsdijkmans]

Hi Andy, Would you mind updating the "my settings"on your webpage for the v15 JK BMS? i will be verry greatfull.

[@leumel900]

Can I connect the VE.Can Port of a Victron device directly to the JK-PB inverter BMS via RJ45 cable? If not, why?

[@grafmarzipan9834]

My Victron charging controllers are recognized by the Duppa, but the JK-BMS is not. If I use a different adapter, the JK-BMS appears after a few seconds. Does anyone have an idea?

[@ZeronicMatrix]

I've got one of these, and they are the best. I wish they made a JK BMS (JST GH SMT 1.25mm Pitch 4 Pin) to Duppa 4-port USB to UART adapter cable. I would order one right away.

[@upnorthandpersonal]

Problem is that the JK has battery voltage on the VCC pin of the UART. Connecting that to the power pin of the DuPPa would destroy it.

[@leumel900]

Couldn't you just disconnect Vcc then?

[@ZeronicMatrix]

@@upnorthandpersonal I already know about that and it won't be hard to work around, just don't connect that pin. Additionally , if you need the power, we can just use a step down circuit to go from the max voltage the BMS can do down to 5v easily.

[@upnorthandpersonal]

@@leumel900 It's an isolated converter, so you need power on both sides. If you don't connect the Vcc, it won't work.

[@upnorthandpersonal]

Yes, good to hear you know. I just wanted to make sure and make sure also for others. It would be nice to add a regulator on the converter itself, so you wouldn't have yet another PCB dangling about.

[@mwhelan53]

Can someone please direct me to a vid or description of setting up the Multiplus and Pheonix in series. Looking to do similar with Miltuplus 48/5000 and a Miltiplus 48/3000. Thanks

[@benwouda]

Bought one, but my power meters don't have 5 or 3v positive. DOH 😅

[@RobinRastle]

Indeed insects, spiders, rodents, damp rainy season can all make trouble in the long run and affect reliability

[@JN-ou9ws]

Hi, Andy you know 95% of the time that I thought I had a problem with USB connector. I found that it was the wire especially when I move it and it comes on.

[@OffGridGarageAustralia]

I know exactly what you mean!

[@scooter6334]

I’m on SS and it’s not much. I am doing well overnight from what I’ve learned from you on two 260w lithium batteries. I am freaking out about getting two more. In less than a year. Will it work? I know I could get more solar for the days I don’t get enough charge. I think I would be better off to just get more panels ?

[@casemodder89]

get more panels for overcast days when you couldn't charge properly and extend the battery storage for days you get more solar in then you need but gotta make use of that excess a few days later in complete rainy conditions. 🫡

[@scooter6334]

@@casemodder89 THANK YOU So much. That is what I was about to decide on. Since I easily get through a night with what I have. “If I’m careful” I can only take a little pinch of my SS each mouth for this project. :- ( I have been saving $100 a month. I have $300 in credit as of now. “Because I was on a payment plan of $150 a month.) And had it took off. The one thing that troubles me is all the talk about adding lithium batteries to an existing small bank. :-( though It’s the only way I will be able to afford the cost of more batteries. I don’t know really how bad this is though it’s the only way I can afford more lithium batteries. Because of the $$$$. 😖 My batteries are coming on a year old now. First thing first I guess. 🫤 I’m lucky to be in a good location for solar. 🥹 You have been a Blessing. 🙏

[@FlorinUrzica]

👍👍👍

[@HolWol24]

Andy hast du für dein Rasberry keine Kabelbinder zum befestigen?

[@OffGridGarageAustralia]

Yes, I can use a cable tie. I was more after a non-permanent temporary solution though 🤭

[@andytipping70]

hHi Andy - short term solution for the gooey velcro ....... use a couple ov long cable ties around it - then you can research a better case at your leisure (2025/26?😁)

[@OffGridGarageAustralia]

Haha, yeah another permanent temporary fix, ey?!

[@MitchOfCanada]

Why do we need isolated again?

[@Ether_Void]

Because the signal ground connection is made directly with ground of the charge controllers this is required for communication to work (since voltages of digital signals are measured between input pin and signal ground). However if the charge controller doesn't isolate the connection this signal ground is also connected with either the solar input or battery output (or both depending on how switching works). This can cause multiple issues. - Currents can flow between the signal grounds which causes the signal levels to be offset and potentially break connection it could also melt the signal wires if the currents are too high. - If you have 2 charge controllers on 2 different system on different ground potentials adding a common signal ground may cause a dead short. - Due to the connection of ground over both the bus and the signal connection you have a ground loop which is more prone to electromagnetic interference. - Any failure on one converter could cause a voltage spike on the signal wires. If the connection isn't isolated this will cause both the host computer and other controllers to be potentially damaged as well.

[@april7_]

Nice, I must also order as I have the same problem in my Camper! And nice as you show those Disco lights too that I have time to plan where I hide those that I can sleep still in it! 😆

[@andreasroge7218]

Moin 👍👍👌

[@louwrentius]

Damn-it, I just bought a second hand vedirect cable for 25 euros 😂 couldn’t you tell us earlier 😂

[@OffGridGarageAustralia]

Well, I did😆

[@cyberplebs6577]

🐸🐸🐸

[@OffGridGarageAustralia]

Hello Berlin!

[@aheretic]

Oh man, whatever you do don't start looking at the various PC RGB lighting kits out there. 🤐

[@alltron66]

The Easy Fix for usb errors on the victron solar controlers is to remove the earth and 5v pins from plug on all controllers except 1 and it works without fail instead of multiple times a day for me. Hope that helps someone.

[@taj-ma-haul9094]

Like# 628? Surprise, video on Wednesday...

[@leandrotorquato3606]

Pela Quantidade de baterias que você tem é aumentar a quantidade de paneis fotovoltaicos.

[@onapt19]

Hello I am from Ukraine, unfortunately I can’t visit your website from Ukraine, only with WPN. Can you fixed this issue. Thanks a lot

[@charlesball6519]

Andy can't fix your country's blocks. It's mostly the European GPDR, and Andy's website doesn't meet the requirements.

[@onapt19]

@@charlesball6519 when I use WPN from Germany, I can visit your website. I think is not Gdpr

[@dyslectische]

Eu do not block it. Its the war problems thare . ​@@charlesball6519

[@upnorthandpersonal]

@@charlesball6519 Nothing to do with GDPR. More likely related to infrastructure in Ukraine.

[@ML-hf6ii]

funny because in polish duppa means "ass" just with one additional `p` :D not happies naming for company

[@olafschermann1592]

Dupa is polish and means Ar$ch in german 🤣

[@PlexMulti]

yo

[@OffGridGarageAustralia]

🥇wasup!

[@horlonangel]

Fun fact: "duppa" means "ass" in my native language (ukrainian), but without one of symbol "p" (dupa). Although, the fact that there are two “p”s there doesn’t change anything in particular. 😂

[@Kwaghero]

First :)

[@OffGridGarageAustralia]

Not on my list! 🥈

[@thk4711]

If someone needs just one or 2 - these work as well: DSD TECH SH-U09C3