Shunt Display

DnG Software

About this app

Shunt Display turns your phone or tablet into a live battery monitor for a Victron SmartShunt or BMV-712 Smart. Mount a spare phone in the van, boat, caravan or off-grid cabin and see your battery at a glance, without opening VictronConnect.

The app reads the shunt's Instant Readout Bluetooth broadcasts. There's no pairing and no connection to hold open, so it works alongside VictronConnect, a GX device or a second display at the same time.

WHAT YOU SEE
• A live power-flow picture: charger, battery and loads, with moving dots showing which way the power is going
• State of charge, big and colour-coded, with a charge bar
• Time left while discharging, or Charging / Full while charging
• Voltage, current, power and consumed amp hours
• The aux input: starter battery voltage, midpoint voltage or temperature
• Signal strength, and how long ago the last reading arrived
• Optional: add a Victron Blue Smart IP22, SmartSolar MPPT or Orion XS charger to see its output and charge stage, and what your loads use while charging

AT A GLANCE
• Current and power turn green while charging and amber while discharging
• State of charge turns amber and red below levels you choose
• Alarms are shown by name: Low voltage, High temperature, Low SOC and more
• Values turn grey if the signal drops, so old numbers never look live

MADE FOR A DEDICATED DISPLAY
• Full screen: hides the status and navigation bars and uses the space around a notch
• Portrait and landscape layouts, with the orientation lockable
• Optional keep-awake, so the screen stays on while the app is open
• Dark and light themes, or follow your phone's setting
• Works on phones and tablets
• In 45 languages, with a language setting of its own

EASY SETUP
• Find nearby lists the battery monitors in range by model and signal strength. Tap yours and the MAC address is filled in.
• Copy the encryption key in VictronConnect and switch back: the app spots it on the clipboard and offers to use it.
• Demo mode shows moving sample readings, so you can try the app before you have a shunt nearby.

WORKS WITH THE ARDUINO DISPLAY
If you've built the Arduino SmartShunt display, export your settings as a CONFIG.TXT for its SD card, or import one from it.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• No account, no ads, no analytics and no internet access
• Your key and settings stay on your phone
• The Bluetooth scan is filtered to your shunt and never used to work out your location
• Scanning stops as soon as you leave the app, to save battery

BEFORE YOU START
In VictronConnect, open your SmartShunt, tap the settings cog, then the three-dot menu, then Product info. Turn on "Instant readout via Bluetooth" and tap Show to see the MAC address and encryption key.

REQUIREMENTS
• Android 8.0 or newer with Bluetooth LE
• A Victron SmartShunt or BMV-712 Smart (or another Victron battery monitor with Instant Readout)

Shunt Display is an independent app. It isn't made, endorsed or supported by Victron Energy. Victron, SmartShunt, BMV and VictronConnect are trademarks of Victron Energy B.V.

What’s new

Add ability to change load icon.