victron_ble integration abandoned/wrong owner set?

[ashen root]

Hi all,
Just checking in to see if anyone is aware of the plans for the victron_ble integration going forward?
It was introduced in 2025.12 at Bronze status and several issues have been filed on GitHub indicating that it's falling behind the hacs forks a fair bit when it comes to supporting current devices and firmware versions.

What I feel is a bit odd is that all the issues since its introduction has gone unhandled/unanswered. There has been one recent change but not relating to these issues.
Not looking to put any blame on any individual here at all. It just feels a bit unusual this early in the lifecycle of the integration.
Is it possible that the wrong owner handle was set, causing these issues to go unnoticed?

[molten gazelle]

Raj is generally very busy

Bronze doesn't indicate the issue, but more stability and how things are implemented

Who was the creator of the custom one?

[ashen root]

Thanks Joost for the comment.

True, bronze has nothing to do with the issues. That was confusing of me to phrase it like that. 😅

The older issues mention a couple custom ones but I’ll check again and report back. They both seem to each have their unique flaws 😉

I hope we can engage more people to contribute to the official integration and help Raj get this awesome initiative flying strong.

[molten gazelle]

Like, if you're able to connect to those people I'm happy to connect them up with Raj

[cobalt ermine]

I thought Cerbo GX on mqtt was the preferred way to talk to victron stuff anyway

[molten gazelle]

I believe BLE is a different thing from GX

[ashen root]

Yeah, the BLE framework of HA has amazing benefits for standardizing around integrating stuff that moves around.
Victron AC chargers for example. Wherever you have a BLE proxy for HA, you will pick up the data from these devices. I have proxies everywhere, house, garage, even in the car through 4G.

Cerbo is awesome for permanent and more complex installations.

[cobalt ermine]

Ah gotcha - sorry I've never used victron stuff in mobile applications (excluding a camper rebuild but that's not quite the same)

[ashen root]

There are three that I found referred to in the issues:
sangwe11, keshavdv and j9brown.

And there are people trying to get THEM to join forces so maybe it's not very easy to get people together. 😄

[ashen root]

I'll see what I can do. But as an ignorant user with few contacts and only some development experience there's a huge knowledge gap I need to work on 😉

[molten gazelle]

If the motivation is there, the rest will follow

[ashen root]

I like how you think

[molten gazelle]

🙂