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It's there a way to shut down my Multiplus 24/3000 for x amount of time and then have it power on again? If I manually turn the inverter off, it will take out Starlink, so I wouldn't be able to get back in to turn it on. Is there a way to turn it off for say 8hrs and then have it power back on after those 8hrs? Going through Cerbo GX/VRM. Thanks in advance!
Nothing built in to Venus OS however if you have unix knowledge you can set up a cron task to send dbus commands to turn the inverter on or off at specific times.
The following commands can be put in bash scripts:
to turn inverter off (multiOff.sh)
#!/bin/bash inverterService=$(dbus -y com.victronenergy.system /VebusService GetValue | sed s/\'//g) dbus -y $inverterService /Mode SetValue 4
to inverter on (multiOn.sh)
#!/bin/bash inverterService=$(dbus -y com.victronenergy.system /VebusService GetValue | sed s/\'//g) dbus -y $inverterService /Mode SetValue 3
Then set up cron to execute each at your desired times.
There is much available about cron on-line so I won't repeat it here. Google is your friend.
Perhaps there is a setting within VE.Configure that I'm missing?
You could use the relay on the GX for generator timed run. Connect it to the remote switch H (see appendix A) to switch on and off.
I have not personally used it, but it was something I had looked at a while ago for something.
The other way it to have the loads on ac out 2 on off conditions set with use the programmable relay signal on aux 1 or 2 or temp input signalled from the relay on the gx using the generator timer again. Have AES enabled, it will not be off but in a low power state so will still save power.
Just some ideas. May need a bit of a fiddle to get it right.
