Configure battery
Step 1 - Select battery
On the configuration page, select your battery by consulting the table below.
| Selection | Description |
| Use inverter values |
The application will display battery values reported by the inverter.
If your inverter is connected to your battery via a BMS communication cable SolarAssistant will show metrics the inverter reads from your battery BMS. In this case you don't need a USB to battery cable unless you want more in depth metrics. Voltronic inverters (Axpert, MPP Solar, Mecer, Kodak, etc.) that don't have a BMS communication cable will have a very inaccurate battery state of charge (SoC) with lithium batteries because they determine the SoC by voltage. We recommend using a battery BMS cable or the Emulated BMS. |
| Emulated BMS | Let SolarAssistant perform it's own state of charge (SoC) calculation by counting power flowing in and out of the battery. This is a good fallback option for anyone who can't get a real BMS reading. It's less accurate than a Victron BMS but much more accurate than the standard voltage based readings of an inverter. |
| USB Daly UART/RS485 |
Daly BMS UART/RS485 Deligreen BMS UART/RS458 Heyo BMS UART/RS458 |
| USB JBD UART/RS485 |
JBD BMS UART/RS485 Overkill Solar BMS UART/RS485 QUCC BMS UART/RS485 |
| USB JK RS485 |
JK BMS RS485 |
| USB Modbus RS232/RS485 |
Averge CH48/LFeLi range RS485 port EG4 LIFEPOWER4 (with LCD) RS485 port EG4 LL RS485 port EcomLight LifePO4 RS485 port Enersol RS485 port Fox ESS RS485 port Iseli Energy RS485 port Leoch LFeLi RS485 port Polarium SLB RS485 port Rentech BTESF RS485 port Revov R9 RS485 port SunStonePower Lithium RS485 port V-TAC AT48 LiFePO4 |
| USB Narada RS485 |
EG4 LIFEPOWER4 (without LCD) RS485 port Narada NPFC RS485 port Shoto SDA10-48100L5 RS485 port SunSynk SSLB RS232 port Storz Power RS485 port |
| USB Pylontech/Pytes console |
BlauHoff RS232 console port Pylontech RS232 console port Pytes RS232 console port |
| USB Serial RS232/RS485 |
Averge CH48/LFeLi range RS232 port Dyness RS485 port Greenrich RS232 port Enersol RS232 port Hubble AM and X-100/X-101 RS232 port Iseli Energy RS232 port Jakiper RS232/RS485 port Leoch LFeLi RS232 port Lithium Batteries SA (LBSA) RS485 port Mecer RS485 port Meritsun ESS Power Wall RS485 port Narada NPFC RS232 port PowerUp by ESS LiFePO4 RS232 port Pylontech RS485 port Revov R100/B100/R9 RS232 port Seplos V1/V2 RS485 port Shoto SDA10 and SDC-Box RS232/RS485 port SOK Battery RS232 port SolarPower24 LifePO4 SunSynk SUN-BATT/BYD RS232 port The Sun Pays RS232 port Trophy battery RS485 port Vestwood RS485 port VOLTA Stage 1 RS232 port |
| USB Voltronic LIB RS485 |
BlueNova RacPower RS485 port BlueNova BMAC RS485 port Felicity Solar LPBF com port Giter battery RS485 port Hubble X-100 RS485 port Freedom Won E-Tower RS485 port Freedom Won CAN Converter RS485 port Upower UE Li RS485 port |
| USB CAN bus |
Dyness CAN port Pylontech CAN port SolarMD CAN port |
| USB Victron VE.Direct | Victron BMV or SmartShunt |
Most cables listed above can be purchased in our online shop.