Configure battery

Step 1 - Select battery

On the configuration page, select your battery by consulting the table below.

SolarAssistant battery selection

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
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 BMS 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 Lithium Ion stage 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.