Victron energy Color Control GX - GX Device User Interface for WS500; WS500 Data on the VRM Portal

5.7.5. GX device user interface for WS500
Once the WS500 is connected to the GX device, the Device list contains an entry for the regulator.
The WS500 menu then provides the following information and data:
• Output: voltage, current and power as reported from the alternator regulator
• Temperature: the alternator temperature as measured by the WS500 temperature sensor
• State: the charging state of the WS500
• Off when not charging
• Bulk, Absorption or Float when the WS500 is using its own charging algorithm
• External Control when controlled by a BMS such as Lynx Smart BMS
• Network Status:
• Standalone, if the regulator is working on its own
• Group Master, when it is supplying charging targets to another WS500 device
• Slave, when it is taking charging directions from another device such as a WS500 or a BMS
• Error: reflects any error state the WS500 might be in. The details of all error codes and messages can be found in the
Wakespeed Configuration and Communications guide. See also the appendix for error #91 and error #92
• Field Drive: report on the % of field drive being sent by the WS500 to the alternator on the field connection
• Speed: the speed in RPM at which the alternator is spinning. This is as reported by the stator feed and if this is wrong can be
adjusted by setting the Alt Poles option within the Wakespeed SCT configuration line
• Engine Speed: reported in RPM. This is reported by either
• calculation based on the alternator speed and the Eng/Alt drive ratio as set by the SCT configuration line
• NMEA 2000, if the WS500 is receiving engine RPM from PGN127488
• J1939, if the WS500 is receiving engine RPM from PGN61444
It is also possible to create a custom name for the WS500 in the Device menu. This triggers the WS500 to update the $SCN
configuration line of the regulator.
5.7.6. WS500 data on the VRM Portal
WS500 data that can be displayed on our VRM portal is current, voltage and temperature.
Currently 3 widgets are available on VRM
VRM custom widget showing WS500 voltage, current and temperature
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