Roamer Gen 2
Roamer's second generation Smart5 leisure batteries. Sensa reads the battery's own management system over Bluetooth so you can see its charge, health and cells from the dashboard.
Sensa Connection Method
Bluetooth.
Installation
Install it following Roamer's instructions, within Bluetooth range of a Bluetooth proxy or the Sensa unit.
Configuration
There is no configuration necessary on the battery before adding to Sensa Nomad.
Adding to Sensa Nomad
Close the battery's phone app first, and disconnect anything else using its Bluetooth. The battery's management system allows only one Bluetooth connection at a time, so while another app or device is connected, Sensa cannot reach it.
Sensa recognises the 105Smart5 Max, 144Smart5, 230Smart5, 340Smart5 and 460Smart5 by name. Open Settings, choose the Devices tab, tick it under Discovered and press Add Selected Devices. If it is not there yet, press Scan.
See Adding devices for more.
What you see
Once the first reading arrives, the battery is named with its capacity, for example Roamer 105Ah Leisure Battery, and appears on the BMS tab of the Habitation dashboard with:
- State of charge and state of health
- Voltage, current and power
- Remaining capacity and cycle count
- Each cell's voltage, and the spread between them
- Temperature readings
- Whether charging and discharging are allowed, and whether it is balancing
Sensa reads the battery every 30 seconds.
Good to know
- Tested on the 105Smart5 Max. The other sizes use the same electronics but have not yet been on our bench.
- It is watched for you. Cold-charging protection, Battery cell imbalance and Battery output turned off all work with it.