Hi!
I tested on a factory reset 2.84 with nothing connected. I set he log interval to one hour and yet, every 15 minutes there is a connection to the VRM. This was verified by running the vrm logger in debug mode.
log:
@40000000624f0724081b2454 HTTPThread-http_endpoint: Result of bulk transmission: True @40000000624f0724083105e4 MainThread-http_endpoint: Processing job results (removing or storing in non-volatile queue, depending on result) @40000000624f0a8e3755bfa4 HTTPThread-http_endpoint: Bulk of 1 to be sent @40000000624f0a8e376a552c HTTPThread-http_endpoint: Bulk compressed size: 123, crc32: 1603327422 @40000000624f0a8e3a68acc4 HTTPThread-connectionpool: https://ccgxlogging.victronenergy.com:443 "POST /log/logbulk.php?crc32=1603327422&id=48e7da873215 HTTP/1.1" 200 None @40000000624f0a8e3ad0732c HTTPThread-http_endpoint: Result of bulk transmission: True @40000000624f0a8e3aeb3aa4 MainThread-http_endpoint: Processing job results (removing or storing in non-volatile queue, depending on result) @40000000624f0e212ead748c HTTPThread-http_endpoint: Bulk of 1 to be sent @40000000624f0e212ead93cc HTTPThread-http_endpoint: Bulk compressed size: 122, crc32: 3993634918 @40000000624f0e21324ff77c HTTPThread-connectionpool: https://ccgxlogging.victronenergy.com:443 "POST /log/logbulk.php?crc32=3993634918&id=48e7da873215 HTTP/1.1" 200 None @40000000624f0e2132ad55d4 HTTPThread-http_endpoint: Result of bulk transmission: True @40000000624f0e2132c3cbd4 MainThread-http_endpoint: Processing job results (removing or storing in non-volatile queue, depending on result) @40000000624f0e842139af14 MainThread-vedbus: _get_tree_dict called for / @40000000624f0e842139d23c MainThread-vedbus: {'Buffer/ErrorState': dbus.Int32(0, variant_level=1), 'Vrm/TimeLastContact': dbus.Int32(1649348119, variant_level=1), 'Storage/MountState': dbus.Int32(0, variant_level=1), 'Buffer/Location': dbus.Int32(0, variant_level=1), 'Vrm/ConnectionErrorMessage': dbus.Array([], signature=dbus.Signature('i'), variant_level=1), 'Buffer/Count': dbus.Int32(0, variant_level=1), 'Vrm/ConnectionError': dbus.Int32(0, variant_level=1), 'Buffer/FreeDiskSpace': dbus.Int64(1157009408L, variant_level=1), 'Buffer/OldestTimestamp': dbus.Array([], signature=dbus.Signature('i'), variant_level=1)} @40000000624f0e842163c484 MainThread-vedbus: _get_tree_dict called for / @40000000624f0e84218d225c MainThread-vedbus: {'Buffer/ErrorState': '0', 'Vrm/TimeLastContact': '2022-04-07 16:15:19', 'Storage/MountState': '0', 'Buffer/Location': '0', 'Vrm/ConnectionErrorMessage': '---', 'Buffer/Count': '0', 'Vrm/ConnectionError': '0', 'Buffer/FreeDiskSpace': '1157009408', 'Buffer/OldestTimestamp': '---'}