Hi all,
I currently have a decent working off-grid solar system (Multiplus, 2xMPPT, SmartShunt, Cerbo GX). I'm looking to add more solar because I have an electric car that is parked a lot during the day (when the sun is out).
The problem is that I'm already at my maximum solar array size because the battery can't handle any more Amps if the car would not be connected.
The solution that I can think of is to manually adjust the MPPTs battery charge current but of course I don't want to worry about doing this manually.
The car has an API so start/stop charging the car and even changing the charge Amps is no problem. The problem is I have no idea how to control the Victron equipment programatically.
2 questions:
1) Is there any way to control the MPPTs settings programatically either directly or by using the GX. (For example by connecting a Raspberry Pi which runs some logic)
2) Is there any way to read-out the Cerbo's data locally? For example, also by connecting a Raspberry Pi to it. (I'd prefer not to use the VRM API because I want it to work locally.)
Any starting points are more than welcome.
I'm perfectly comfortable in programming but not in talking to Victron hardware. Thanks!
