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VC local with a LAN only connection is rather pointless, does the app work when you select the VRM tab?

Local with LAN only should see the GX but it will just redirect you to the remote console page.

It is meant for using bluetooth (when in close proximity to the devices) or the USB VE adapters.

There are also some limitations like Windows blueteeth is (or wasn't) supported.

https://www.victronenergy.com/media/pg/VictronConnect_Manual/en/index-en.html

If you are using wifi anywhere in the chain, some access points use their version of islanding to stop clients talking to one another locally (for security).

Desktop firewalls/endpoint protection can also block some comms.

Thanks very much for your help.

> VC local with a LAN only connection is rather pointless,

> does the app work when you select the VRM tab?

My understanding is that VRM requires support from the Internet.

I just did a quick test, and with the Internet unplugged, the VRM is dead

(although I can still access the web page in the Cerbo).

> Local with LAN only should see the GX but it will just redirect you to

> the remote console page.

But to access the more technical settings, I need the Gear icon in VictronConnect, which apparently I can't use over the LAN without an internet connection.

If this is correct, it makes the LAN connection (and Cerbo RX) useless for me.

https://www.victronenergy.com/media/pg/Cerbo_GX/en/accessing-the-gx-device.html

There are 4 ways to access the Cerbo. Locally you use the qr code. Or logon to its own local wifi access point or bluetooth. It does not need internet.

With my system, I happened upon a way to connect locally to my Cebo GX without my having an internet connection.

Background 1st:

For a while, I could open Victron Connect and it would find my Cerbo GX as a 'Local' device. Then it disappeared. Now whenever I try with VC, the only way I can access my Cerbo GX is with VRM, which requires an internet connection.

Sometimes, if I unplug my Ethernet router connection to the Cerbo GX, and plug it back in, I can then go to another Ethernet-router computer on my network and VC will show me my Cerbo GX in 'Local.' But then, a few minutes later, if I close VC and re-open it, my Cerbo GX has disappeared in 'Local.'

But a different solution appeared:

I go directly into my router's DHCP table and it shows my Cerbo GX IP address. The name is 'einstein.' Then in a separate browser window, I simply put in that IP address and I'm instantly in the Cerbo GX Menu/Pages section. I can change the available settings, look at current production, etc etc. I just don't have the pretty 'Dashboard' that VC usually starts with.

For instance:

My 'einstein' is 192.168.1.15

In my browser URL space, I type in 192.168.1.15 and the browser puts in the http:// and instantly I'm in.

I don't have WiFi - only Ethernet - but I think this "Enter the IP Address" method should work with WiFi also, as long as you are entering the IP address correctly in your browser.

Will this work for you too?