Victron VE Direct DIY Cable

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If you broke or lost the VE.Direct cable for your Victron device, you can make your own. The original cable is a RS232/Serial-to-USB converter. This means that any device that appears as an COM/serial device in the operating system will work for this purpose.

Connection

Victron vedirect cable diagram.png

Materials

This requires the following parts:

Or build one from adapters, cable and connector:

  • Sparkfun FTDI 5V RS232 Mini-USB adapter
  • JST-PH 2.00mm pitch 4-pin connector
  • 4 Wire cable 1m

Software

For Windows, download the USB drivers and install VConnect:

For Mac, just download and install VConnect: