Hi,
Hardware: Raspberry Pi, battery, and SmartSolar charge controller.I have a Raspberry Pi 4B and a Raspi CM4 with an I/O board.
Installation:For testing purposes, I have only connected a battery to a SmartSolar charge controller MPPT 100/30, which is in turn connected to the Raspberry Pi via VE.direct to USB.
Goal:My goal is to obtain metrics from the solar charge controller using a Python script and periodically send them to a Grafana server.
Questions:
- Is there any project that provides a step-by-step guide for achieving my goal?
- I have tried testing Venus OS by installing its image from https://updates.victronenergy.com/feeds/venus/candidate/images/raspberrypi4/. However, when I access venus.local on my PC, it shows the connection graphically but does not display any data from the battery. How can I troubleshoot this issue?
