tomashubelbauer
New Member
Hi! I have a hobbyist solar system with just a few panels powering just DC loads for now (lights in my shop). I want to build a bigger system in the future but I want to learn first to make sure I get it right.
My system started off with a 12 V SOK LFP battery, a Victron MPPT BT solar charge controller and a few Victron panels. I used the VictronConnect app to check on the stats of the system over Bluetooth whenever I was around at my shop. The problem is I'm not always there and I would like to monitor the system every day to see the solar yield and the load draw and figure out if I even manage to cycle the battery or if I should add panels, add batteries etc. according to my usage.
I found that for remote monitoring, Victron make a Cerbo GX remote controller and an online app named VRM. I bought the Cerbo GX and installed it to my existing system and I set up VRM with it. I connected it to the MPPT SCC using the VE.direct cable/protocol.
When I go to VRM, I can see the SCC in my system's dash and I can add its widgets in the Advanced tab. That's all good. But it seems that VRM has only started collecting data from the SCC after I've connected it. I can go to the Remote Console and use the Cerbo GX OS to navigate to the SCC settings and find Daily History there. But this view is not great, it is purely textual, awkwardly organized etc. In comparison with the Victron Connect mobile app with nice graphs and all that, it is super unimpressive. Not to mention that the Remote Console is slow to navigate.
I wonder if I can upload the historical data off the SCC onto VRM so that they show up in my system's dash? That section has a Historical Data chart but it only has today's values since I have only connected the Cerbo GX today.
Thanks!
My system started off with a 12 V SOK LFP battery, a Victron MPPT BT solar charge controller and a few Victron panels. I used the VictronConnect app to check on the stats of the system over Bluetooth whenever I was around at my shop. The problem is I'm not always there and I would like to monitor the system every day to see the solar yield and the load draw and figure out if I even manage to cycle the battery or if I should add panels, add batteries etc. according to my usage.
I found that for remote monitoring, Victron make a Cerbo GX remote controller and an online app named VRM. I bought the Cerbo GX and installed it to my existing system and I set up VRM with it. I connected it to the MPPT SCC using the VE.direct cable/protocol.
When I go to VRM, I can see the SCC in my system's dash and I can add its widgets in the Advanced tab. That's all good. But it seems that VRM has only started collecting data from the SCC after I've connected it. I can go to the Remote Console and use the Cerbo GX OS to navigate to the SCC settings and find Daily History there. But this view is not great, it is purely textual, awkwardly organized etc. In comparison with the Victron Connect mobile app with nice graphs and all that, it is super unimpressive. Not to mention that the Remote Console is slow to navigate.
I wonder if I can upload the historical data off the SCC onto VRM so that they show up in my system's dash? That section has a Historical Data chart but it only has today's values since I have only connected the Cerbo GX today.
Thanks!