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How to remove PV inverters from Cerbo GX list

Hello, I recently had to replace a PV inverter and the new inverter has been picked up in the scan but how do I remove the old PV inverter "Back Array"? See image below.

Also, not only at this site but at a number of other sites as well, a strange "yyyy" inverter is also listed. Where does this come from? I want to delete this as well.

Thanks, Renzo

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Alistair Warburton answered ·

I am pretty sure that if you physically disconnect them from whatever bus they wer/are on and then redetect the system they will drop off. It will not do any harm to try at least,

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renzo answered ·

Thank you Alistair but the highlighted inverter has been off the system for more than 2 months (replaced by new inverter) and still unable to remove the entry.

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robertri answered ·

i have the same behaviour doesn't matter with cerbo firmware version
In VRM the are all deleted and not seen

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klausbachmeier answered ·

Have the same problem: added a kaco blueplanet to test if victron finally implemented sunspec reasonably. (seems they didnt). Now the Kaco serialnumber is shown in the PV Inverter list.

(had to add the ip adress manually, inverter shows up in the inverterlist, but never on the main menu devices list and not on the main screen)

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ditmarco answered ·

I have this same issue, with the dummy "yyyy" Inverter that not exist..

Can the victron team help? @Guy Stewart (Victron Community Manager)

Please

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klausbachmeier answered ·

Update to 3.14 solved the issue.

And sunspec is supported much better with this version.

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renzo answered ·

For me it is even worse with 3.14. I commissioned a new system 3 days ago. Did update to 3.14 and then scanned network for SMA inverters. The inverter list now has a dummy "yyyy" just from doing a scan.gx01.jpggx02.jpg


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xzv avatar image xzv commented ·

Did you find out on how to remove it?

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kyros32 answered ·

img-2284.jpegAs of July, 2024 still not resolved I would say, under GX version 3.33. Under disconnected devices in GX, there is nothing to remove. All disconnected devices in VRM are removed. Forced PV inverter redetection. Updated from 3.31 to 3.33 while all devices disconnected. Moreover, the only one connected inverter (Fronius) that is actually detected is not showing production (in VRM and in console). The same thing happens on another site with Solaredge. Customer is upset, that he can’t see production :-/


Never encountered this before. Anyone? @Guy Stewart (Victron Community Manager) @Lucian Popescu (Victron Energy Staff)

Thanks for support, kyros32


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Lucian Popescu (Victron Energy Staff) answered ·

This feature is on our to-do list for GUI V2. However, the release of the new GUI will take priority. We will add this feature afterward.

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renzo answered ·

Thanks @Lucian Popescu (Victron Energy Staff) but I am not sure what you mean by this feature being on the to-do list. Is the feature the ability to remove inverters that do not exist? Why not rather fix the problem so that the inverters that do not exist do not show on the list?

Thanks, Renzo

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I was talking about deleting the inverter from the list, yes

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