All your Victron Gear online | Venus OS + Raspberry Pi, how easy is the 3-step setup?

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All your Victron Gear online | Venus OS + Raspberry Pi, how easy is the 3-step setup?

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Here is the detailed step-by-step workshop on how to connect all your Victron gear to the cloud to monitor and control it from anywhere. The costs are less than $100 for everything you need and it is super easy to setup. There is no programming skills, no coding, no geeky PC knowledge necessary.
I walk you through the 3 steps of setting this up from scratch so you will get your own online monitoring and control system for your solar-battery system.
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8:49 Step1: Download and prepare Venus OS Software
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@65bigfalconable 3 жыл бұрын

Victron should be giving you the BIGGEST thank Andy.... ive been trying for so long to do this and you've explained it so simply.... Bloody legend.... 👍👍🌎

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, thank you so much. I hope you can work it out now.

@65bigfalconable 3 жыл бұрын

@@OffGridGarageAustralia Already ready done.... thanks again.... what's the next thing we are building.... ha ha 👍

@jimthannum7151 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial, Thank You for saving me hours of my time researching and testing. You are the archetype of what a KZfaq video tutorial should convey, just simply amazing useful stuff!!! Not just this video but your entire series!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Jim!

@phamphong2010 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Andy, this is Phong from California USA. I just started using my old android phone that connected to all my bms through Bluetooth at home then I use my new android phone and downloaded unattended teamviewer app and connect the new phone to old phone at home so you can monitor all your bms. Now I can fully monitor and control my devices at home. Phong

@paul_dz 3 жыл бұрын

I've been wanting to do something with these tiny computers for awhile - but something practical as well. Doesn't get any better than this - simply AWESOME! You must really be happy that Jason convinced you to move forward with this part of the project.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, Jason's email was certainly a trigger. I watched some videos about the setup before and they were all complicated. His 'list' was so simple, I had to try it...

@dannelson6301 Жыл бұрын

Andy, your most excellent content helped me quickly setup a spare RPi to monitor the Victron gear in my RV. I also added the RPi shutdown feature from one of your other videos. Both tutorials were clear and concise, and easy to follow. You are a great teacher. Left a little deposit in your S.P.A.T. account, as a token of my appreciation. Thanks a bunch, Partner! 👏👏

@BenedictBenzo 3 жыл бұрын

The funny thing is, i bought one too, 2 days before. It is so damn easy to setup. Great that its open source!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

I thought it's really complicated, but it's really easy...

@offgridwanabe 3 жыл бұрын

This has to be the best part of a Victron system now you are officially a solar GEEK

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

It is so cool, I'm really addicted now to this. Victron costs more than other solution but you get all this for free.

@davidgreen9957 3 жыл бұрын

Nice! I did the same, but with Victron VE Direct to USB cables. Expensive at $28 USD, but very easy and the connectors are normal USB size.

@RichDJ2012 Жыл бұрын

works really well, thank you. Mine was set up on R Pi3 and also done the shutdown from the gui mod on your other video. It now can see my SMA Sunnyboy inverter after I updated it to the ltest firmware and logged in using Sunny Explorer and Enable the TCP and UDP server, keep the default port. Then I searched for inverters in Venus OS and now showinging my solar power. Keep up the good, very impressed.

@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for your feedback!

@sprinterdiscovery 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely excellent Andy! You put in a ton of work into this and your website info. This really helps the community!!!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. Yeah that was a bit of work actually. Especially recording it twice 😂

@andylambertz4364 3 жыл бұрын

I started googling this several times, everytime i got confused and frustrated so i skipped it. And now of course you came along, 30 min funny video - simpel, works, great! Thanks a lot Andy! Maybe i also should place a picture of you, the battery and the garage in my bedroom. My wife could not confused any further because i even concentrated on your videos when baywatch-like scenes in tv nearby... 😍maybe you should be concerned now...😳😯🤣

@MiniCmaX 3 жыл бұрын

Moin Andy, you made my day! Untüddel the cable👍 Your explanation inspired me to buy all the stuff needed to see and log my installation in our little caravan. It took two days to get the most things needed, and two hours later my installation is registered in Victron's VRM portal. It's easy as you described, no problems occured, simply insane! Now I've still to prepare cables to connect all devices, as soon as I've got the JST-plugs. Your videos are a great help to understand things about LiFePO4 behaviour, loading, unloading and so on. Greats form Cologne (Germany)

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your great feedback, Paul. I'm glad the setup worked for you and you could follow the instructions. It's much easier than we all thought, I guess. All the best and stay save Gruesse nach Koeln.

@pacawallop 2 жыл бұрын

Glad I watched this. I was about to buy 4 $28USD Victron cables. Ordered from amazon enough parts to make 6 cables for the price of 1 Victron and delivered the next day to boot! Thank you from California.

@longhairpaul 3 жыл бұрын

Andy, this is the most common sense, straight forward video (this subject) on KZfaq. You Sir, are a rock star and produce brilliance!!! Thank you for saving me so much frustration and expense...CHEERS!!!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great feedback, Paul. Much appreciated.

@BarryandKaren 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of the very best and most useful videos I've seen on KZfaq! Subbed, Alarmed and Liked! Thank you!!! PS. I love your style. You are very natural on the video, and it makes watching them so much more interesting than the perfectly edited YT videos that feel like some professional movie makers have made it, and so they are not so believable and honest feeling. Thanks again! Barry.

@gclow71 Жыл бұрын

Haven't even finished watching the video but had to make a post saying that I really dig your sense of humor - keep it up!

@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@rolanddutton7059 11 ай бұрын

Thank you a 1000 times over. The hardest part of the Raspberry Pi configuration was putting the circuit board into its case! I'm no computer whiz-bang....AT ALL. However, I will tell you this- if your Victron MPPT doesn't appear in Rsp/Venus/VRM change the Victron MPPT setting TX port function to "normal communication". The settings for the MPPT are found in the Victron Connect "app" .

@raymondtesta2288 4 ай бұрын

Hi Andy, all the way from sunny Malta. Thanks for these PV solar off-grid informative videos. You have just helped me in operating successfuly Victron Venus ver3.4 with Raspberry pi and now I am just waiting to receive the rest of my Victron equipment and connect them to the VRM Portal. You are an inspiration to us all.

@miket4526 Жыл бұрын

You are the man!!! Followed your videos step by step and have my first off grid system running with the Pi.....and you're right, it's addicting to watch! Many thanks!!

@DannyCsaszar 6 ай бұрын

My Raspi is ALIVE! 😁I am very excited to monitor and manage my environment from anywhere. Many thanks to your awesome tutorial 🍻

@D4NS80 Жыл бұрын

If you use the VictronConnect app, you can connect via Bluetooth, then connect it to the VRM Portal without having to write the serial number across. Great stuff.

@chrisreynolds6331 11 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for this tutorial. I downloaded Venus last week but I wasn't really getting anywhere with it. Followed this tutorial today and it's now working.

@TimberCraftsman 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again Andy, last week i got my raspberry pi4 all connected to my victron multiplus 3k 24v Invertor charger and just got the cables you linked and in ten minutes I had added my smart link.... now to figure out how to link my non victron stuff... keep em coming pal!

@Jakfilm 2 жыл бұрын

That was great. Thanks! I am gonna order all this stuff instead of a cerbo GX

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. It works for almost a year now without problems and far more flexible than a GX.

@rhirwin10 Жыл бұрын

Awesome, The clearest and most straightforward explanation from beginning to end. WOW!!! 5 stars

@sergioalves4204 3 жыл бұрын

Great video Andy!!! Keep on!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

@helmidreijer4436 Жыл бұрын

It was a very pleasant experience to follow your tutorial ! Many thanks. For RPI 4 the only challenge was to get the VRM code for version 3.0.

Жыл бұрын

I have a RPI 4 with 2 miniHDMI. What image do I need for this? Is this version 3.0 that I need? Link to that?

@GregOnSummit Жыл бұрын

Excellent, this brought it all together. Thank you Andy. I use RPI for my HA setup so it was easy to follow. Now to add it to the Energy section of HA. Thanks ... and figure out an optional way to buy you a coffee 👍

@andrewshowland 3 жыл бұрын

I got a pi3b+ running a solid state relay for me to turn off my panels. Works like a charm.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, wow, great, that sound interesting.

@andrewshowland 3 жыл бұрын

@@OffGridGarageAustralia yeah I like having redundancy and even though my charge controller does a good job at this its a nice way for me to control the flow of power to my batteries and I can run a simple python program to turn them on or off from anywhere. I'm so happy I figured out that I could do this. Have a great day Andy!

@gmackoneopl Жыл бұрын

Hi, I was looking fior this Raspbery installation of Venus OS in the internet and found your video. Apart from the meritholical content, I found you very positive and open person. Keep up doing good work. Garage is also my place to live :)

@guohuaye12 3 жыл бұрын

So, you need constant internet service to use this, Correct? If you do, then I'm left out in the cold, I boondock camp mostly and there is NO Cell Phone or Internet where we go and stay for two or three weeks a month. I'll continue to use my MPPT EPEVER Solar Controller. I downloaded the LiFePo 4 soft ware at home onto my laptop and set the parameters and all is good in the world. Andy, you are doing a Great Job and a very informative service for everyone, keep it going.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Rick! No, you don't need to be connected constantly. The Raspy saves all data and transfers it to the portal when online again. There was a section in the video, where I talked about how much memory you need with your SD card if you are not connected all the time. It's like 20MB/day only

@551moley 3 жыл бұрын

It doesn't need to be connected constantly, the data will be saved and uploaded when the connection is available, The last 30 days is available to view via Bluetooth if available or local network, VRM stores it long term.

@guohuaye12 3 жыл бұрын

@@OffGridGarageAustralia OK, I remember you mentioning that now. I'm wrong. Thanks

@brucebugbee6604 3 жыл бұрын

Great video Andy. Makes me wonder why I got the Cerbo GX. The Victron VRM portal is terrific and it is one of the main reasons I set my system up using Victron equipment.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bruce. The Cerbo has some other features which the Pi does not provide. Also, it's easier to setup, some people are not into computer stuff at all and the Cerbo is just a plug'n play.

@starstreetadventures 3 жыл бұрын

I've been using the Raspberry Pi 3b for over a year now. My next project will be trying to figure out how to connect my generator for auto-start to the Raspberry Pi.

@DIYwithBatteries 3 жыл бұрын

I'm still thinking to buy one PI cause I don't have any idea on that this helps me a little. I added to watch later. 😁👍

@mikeKirwin 3 жыл бұрын

thanks Jason thanks Andy - I've been looking for this type of solution for my off grid victron set up and will be giving it a go over the next few weeks. Danke - tschüss

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Mike. It's really easy to do and worth the time.

@mikeKirwin 3 жыл бұрын

@@OffGridGarageAustralia so far, so good. I'm 2/3rds of the way through this process and have only had one minor issue so far - after booting up the Pi with VenusOS for the 1st time. venus.local didn't work. So I looked up my DHCP table on the router, saw that my Pi had a local IP address and typed that in the search bar. This then allowed me to complete the online set up with the VRM portal. Now I need to run a network connection to where my Victron Control equipment lives and complete Stage 3 of this install. To be continued............ Thanks again Jason/Andy

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

@@mikeKirwin thank you so much for your feedback and sharing. You're right, venus.local may not show up immediately after booting. It could take a while until this address is associated with the network IP and published through your router. This all depends on the network equipment used. Looking for the correct IP in a router is almost a video tutorial by itself ☺️

@JPHER217 3 жыл бұрын

Lookin good Andy. Final step i think sunny weather , shorts, dark beer, poolhang and victron vrm.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

That's the way!

@jacdee7595 6 ай бұрын

all done thanks to Kevin for working out a Guimod issue with Venus OS3.20 and Andy for all his great content and motivating me to get my little off grid shed system connected to VRM with an Rpi👍

@gustersongusterson4120 3 жыл бұрын

I look forward to seeing more videos on this system. Thanks!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

More to come!

@ScurvyDanF51 3 жыл бұрын

Best video yet - looking forward to you messing around with RAS-P in future episodes...

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dan!

@ivsuk 2 жыл бұрын

no need spitting on the lens - P in rasPberry is silent. Zuper! :) Thank you for the video.

@daveonthecut 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant!! Very clearly explained. I was trying to do this for my boat but was missing the vital information about the connections between the Pi and my smart Battery monitor, Inverter and MPPT. Thank you very much!!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks, Dave.

@kibi15 3 жыл бұрын

Please take care when using non-isolated USB dongles like those. They work just fine, but you need to be sure that the big battery negative cable never becomes disconnected. If battery negative becomes disconnected from the MPPT in some way then the next available negative path will be via the data cable, a situation which will very likely result in misfortune.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Great tip and info. The thin cable will work like fuse then 😉

@smdindustries3699 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, the Victron genuine cables galvanically isolate the different devices from one another to eliminate this. Just something to be aware of with the cheap usb adaptors.

@christophleipold 2 жыл бұрын

@@smdindustries3699 I had an original Victron Battery-BMS-CAN cable to connect the CERBO and the PYLONTECH. I disconnected the (original) CERBO power cable by pulling the small power plug while I left the BMS-CAN cable . A little "fump" noise and off goes the CERBO for 330,- Euro worth. So far for the "original" cables!

@techmaster_sree Жыл бұрын

Thanks for helping to create low cost VE.Drirect cable

@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын

Bare in mind, it is not isolated like the original Ve.direct cables.

@techmaster_sree Жыл бұрын

@@OffGridGarageAustralia thanks, I have not used the red cable

@dominicmaddox95 2 жыл бұрын

I've been watching a ton of your videos over the last few days and I just had to say I haven't laughed like I just did in a long time at 3:04. I think your content is fantastic and informative and you made my morning here in Sunny South Africa! Looking forward to seeing more of your content.

@BlackBeautyDD 3 жыл бұрын

i like "untüdel" - lovely! greetings from germany!!! René

@ebptube 2 жыл бұрын

Super easy! Done on a RPi2A. Next the soft shut down button....😀

@ideasolar3601 2 жыл бұрын

What a GREAT VIDEO, thank you so much Sr. for your effort and sharing with us your knowleadge. Warms Regards since Queretaro in México.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind comment.

@amudlifecrisis 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. I had it setup and working in no time. Only thing I did differently was to use the VE Direct cable, makes it truly plug and play. Now I'm thinking about selling all my non Victron gear and replacing it all with the Victron equivalent.

@peterrock2838 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! You did a great job explaining the setup! Thank you!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Peter!

@davidbloch5370 3 жыл бұрын

I love your site I have been watching you for a while now and find you interesting and informative. Keep up your doing great

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the nice feedback, David!

@KeithvanDijk 2 жыл бұрын

From one old fart to another. I've got a Pi B4 running, works great but I'm adding a Victron smart shunt to the system and the I'll reconfigure the Pi to run this. Loving your videos mate, great work.

@electricwhirl5175 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the videos Andy and sharing your expierence! I can only add my own expierence with RPi's (have been playing with them for last years): 1) don't turn it off unplugging cable - that can damage your data on SD card 2) better don't use cheap microSD cards, they will get corrupted quite soon and also cause RPi just to hang up. I have found so far best expierence with Samsung Pro Endurance (video surveillance cards). For best you can also use the USB HDD for booting/storing the system. 3) I would better buy model Pi4 with 2GB RAM, it's not more expensive than Pi3, but it's more reliable, has USB HDD boot support and also more powerful. You can add other stuff to it (e.g., saw you have some network server (?) for file share - you can make a Pi as a backup server in garage - to be safe if something happens in house :))

@jaycee1736 2 жыл бұрын

Best tutorial I’ve seen great job 👏

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@theonlywoody2shoes 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video thanks. I purchased a colour control GX (thankfully used, so a lot cheaper than new) but the original owner hadn’t released the Portal ID so I couldn’t use it - thankfully sorted with a few emails back and forth. I’ve also used the RasPi this way and the result is pretty similar to the colour control, especially if you add a touch screen to the RasPi. With a touch screen connected it’s pretty much a mini Cerbo GX - but the screen does need one of the USB ports for the touch functionality to work.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Great, Ian. I was going to purchase a GX device to and looked at the Octo GX as it has many VE.Direct ports for future gear.

@iainkay3630 3 жыл бұрын

@@OffGridGarageAustralia I think you would need that Octo GX box if you end up going with your plan of one charge controller per string :) it also looks pretty similar to your existing box I believe so would fit right in. Nice work with the pi though. No point buying the GX unless you need it!

@AveRage_Joe 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing!!! Love it!!!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Joe!

@zjzozn 3 жыл бұрын

The Mac Curse.... made the light fall on you 😂😂😂

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

It did, right after the joke... how spooky! 👻

@BrazzaB1 3 жыл бұрын

Andy, It's best practice to power off the Raspberry Pi before you unplug it. You might corrupt the SD card if it's writing to it. Also you need to put some photo's of your setup on your portal!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

How do you power it off?

@BrazzaB1 3 жыл бұрын

@@OffGridGarageAustralia I suppose i should have said shutdown. 😄 Just go desktop, menu, shutdown, shutdown. That way, the system shuts down so you can safely power it off.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

I don't have 'desktop'. I'm running the Venus OS. I looked through the menus but could not see a shutdown anywhere.

@BrazzaB1 3 жыл бұрын

@@OffGridGarageAustralia Ah. That OS does not have that option. Oh well, you just have to unplug it then! 😁 Or you may be able to shutdown via command line with: sudo shutdown -h now

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

@@BrazzaB1 there is no console either. Once Venus OS is booted, that's it. I'll ask the developer to add this into the menu structure.

@TheComputerGuyDR 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE RASPBERRY PI'S!!!!?!?!? Such an awesome little computer.

@LemonJuiceGV 2 жыл бұрын

Four words after this. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

@Aconda 3 жыл бұрын

Of course, it will be even easier if you buy Victron's finished cables so you do not have to move the green, black, white strands as you did. The cable is called "VE . Direct to USB interface." Respect for your cable solution. It saves you about 20 USD per cable.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

The solution came from Jason. Saved me $80.... 😉

@nrgia 2 жыл бұрын

Love the accent :). Very informative. Love your videos. Very easy to follow and understand. Keep up the good work.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@henvan8737 3 жыл бұрын

You have a great system going in your garage. Good job.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@calc2302 2 жыл бұрын

super helpful sir! I was able to use an old Raspberry Pi with a USB dongle. Everything works beautifully except for the AC load stuff my inverter is Magnum not Victron. That's okay as that information isn't all that important. Mainly I'd like to look at the PV charging history and battery consumption. Thanks again.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your feedback. Great you've got it working...

@robsouto4998 3 жыл бұрын

Great video 👌 Hopefully now more people will just do this as it's super easy! 👍

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

It is easy, right. I did it 3 times now. Twice for this video 😊

@olubunmiadebiyi2988 Жыл бұрын

Your tutorials are highly informative

@vaneay 3 жыл бұрын

You can run the RPi directly off the battery with a buck converter (48v => 5v) it is more efficient than running off the inverter with a phone charger.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Coming soon!

@twomuppetsandatent3876 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, and really informative. We have been looking at installing Victron gear in our Hilux and your video are really informative and helpful Thank you 😊

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@DavidLouthan 3 жыл бұрын

This is really great! A must have for my system (eventually)! Thanks for the awesome info guys! Big up!!!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@ebenwaterman5858 3 жыл бұрын

That was the best R...PI tutorial I have ever seen. Really. Do one on R..PI controlled back yard Nuclear Reactor fueled by yard debris. Just kidding. :)

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

'R..PI controlled back yard Nuclear Reactor fueled by yard debris' That would be amazing. I have a lot of that stuff laying around.

@ebenwaterman5858 3 жыл бұрын

@@OffGridGarageAustralia "The stuff that dreams are made of." Humphrey Bogart :)

@christophleipold 2 жыл бұрын

Great! You are the man! Your style of presenting that stuff is so motivating - I will try this now myself. I already got a CERBO-GX device to control my Victron stuff But I already lost one CERBO - don´t know how that happened - and returned it for good. But if this happens again, I don´t have the intention to buy a third one - better the Raspi! Congrats to me for finding your great channel!!! :)

@jackmason7518 2 жыл бұрын

Good Morning. Thank You. Jack

@mattdabovich7685 Жыл бұрын

Fabulous info. A great help getting my system online. Many Thanks.

@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, Matt. Great support.

@MrMuzza008 3 жыл бұрын

This is an awesome video. I didn't realize it was so easy. If I didn't already have a CCGX then I would definitely do this. I may do this if I do a 2nd setup.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

I was really surprised too, watched a few videos before and always thought it sound very complicated. But it clearly isn't.

@Simracer0 3 жыл бұрын

Noch nie so eine geile Anleitung zu diesem Thema gesehen✌ mega,danke dafür. Das werde ich sofort nachbauen😊 Gruß, Jürgen

@hammerbrei9309 3 жыл бұрын

Hallo Wo bekomme ich die USB Kabel?

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Vielen Dank, Herr Professor 😉

@dickthompson8018 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andy, so interesting and well done.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

@brunoakun Жыл бұрын

Thank you for share it! 🙂

@OffGridGarageAustralia Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@robertccole13 2 жыл бұрын

I found your video *after I got VenusOS on RPi but this vid is still great! I'm trying to figure out how to monitor my EPEVER MPPT's with VenusOS as well as monitor my 12v battery voltage (as cheap as possible! LOL)

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

If the EPever has a CAN or RS485 port, it may work somehow. Google it and see if someone was successful with that.

@michaelkho79 3 жыл бұрын

This is very professional bro 😊

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😁

@PawelKruszewski 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial, great enthusiasm. Thank you very much.

@firpofutbol 3 жыл бұрын

A good system is one you don't have to keep tabs on. This is great for geeks like us but really, a system should be worry free. The only thing I'd actually want to monitor in this fashion is cell voltages but this doesn't give you that. Even then, the system should be designed so that it just works and and cell voltages should be a non issues. This is great for installers though to troubleshoot their customer's system quickly without traveling. I use to think it was much harder to set up but wow, actually super easy! Being a geek myself, now cant help but to hook this up just for fun. 😎

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, I always thought it takes a lot to setup. But in fact it's very easy and works since then without any problems at all. 24/7 runtime, no issues. It even does new firmware updates automatically.

@jamesmason7124 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video Andy thank you

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you James

@mullerenergy 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, I just came across this one now! I would have definitely done it the lazy way though and left the plug as it is and just plugged it into the "wrong" connectors in the USB.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I have also shown some of the features of your battery in the 'Peter' inverter video. Maybe some will buy your battery already.

@destinationnew 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks - kit ordered, should be all up & running in 3 days from now... ...I hope 🤞🤣

@Feed-your-Fish 3 жыл бұрын

Mind blown. rasp pi on the list for my mppt and my pico brewing machine

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Uhhh, a solar powered brewing machine???

@alzdeane 3 жыл бұрын

Now add a 7" touchscreen to it, easy enough to setup (google steps) and works well :)

@ssyoumans 3 жыл бұрын

I thought you had to be able to connect to the OS to do that? Using putty or similiar? Fair # of lines of code needed to get touchscreen configured. Do you have a recommended tutorial? I would like to do this.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

I think you need to code a bit for this, yes. It's not too complicated but maybe worth another video in the future. I use my old tablet now to simply connect to venus.local and it shows me the console as well. Including touch 😉

@john_in_phoenix 3 жыл бұрын

As an old fart with 40+ years of computer experience, I should probably laugh, but you do a good job explaining everything. Kudos.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, thank you John.

@mks6674 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your tutorial. Nice and clear.

@marekdarek7299 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@garysmith2104 3 жыл бұрын

Andy your awesome. Thank you.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Gary. I love this Pi and setup so much. It gives me all the info from anywhere and I can adjust the settings wherever I am.

@martinvogels6991 3 жыл бұрын

Thnx for your excellent walkthrough! Was able to setup a working system instantly. Question: The ve.direct-interface on my 150/35 solar charge controller is occupied by a victron bluetooth dongle. This probably means to switch cables whenever carrying out adjustments to the controller. Anyone who got the same configuration and hopefully a solution (without replacing the charge controller with built-in bluetooth)?

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Martin, good to hear it worked for you as well. You probably don't need the BT dongle any more as you can now access and configure the controller via the VRM from wherever you are.

@_JustBeingCasual Жыл бұрын

Banana pie does exist, orange pie also. I do like the way you say raspberry :)

@lexicase5642 3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou so much for this video, I’ve completed it today and it all works perfectly first try Thanks to you and Jason for helping you to make this video possible! I 3D printed my own Pi case though because I have the printer so why not 😜 thanks again Andy!!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, Lexi and your kind words.

@mirek3542 Жыл бұрын

Good job

@jujufurious2693 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautifulllll🤩 Thanks!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@robduthie2979 2 жыл бұрын

Hi I have a Stetson HAT design for the raspi to allow a complete interface with 6 relays outputs 6 DIO ports and 8 Analog ports 4 tanks and 4 temps, canbus for BMS for Pylontech BYD etc. has full raspi touch screen etc. It all works with the raspi3B+ the raspi 4 is all working OK on all functions now. Regards Rob D NZ

@sferengi 3 жыл бұрын

Super Video!!! Ich werde mir gleich einen Rapsberry bestellen...

@briandavis9975 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much very informative.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

@tacticaladvance 3 жыл бұрын

You can go for the Victron GX and you can view all you want online. At the same time i have a 7s120p 18650 power wall and Victron cannot see the BMS i have. So I am interested how you get on with the Piy. Also you’re a great guy really like your videos.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@michaelbouckley4455 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe Victron Smart Battery Sense would help? The controller would know the battery temperature and overall voltage, at the battery terminals

@MakeDo-Turner_Smith Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great video, however, I've been Raspberry Pi user since the model B, and the early ones can get by with 1 amp, but not the V3 or later. The V3 needs at least 2.5amps for the wifi and the V4 needs at least 3amps due to the additional bluetooth and faster processor. Additional power will be needed for thumb-drives and other parasitic powered devices, like mice and keyboards etc.