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For the Venus GX, is there anyway to control the two relay outputs to start a fan based on the temperature sensor showing a high temperature (or at least one relay)?

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wkirby answered ·

Unfortunately, temperature dependant relay parameters are not available.

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joe-d answered ·

Thanks, hopefully this relay parameter for temperature conditions will be added soon. Seems like there is demand

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Mark avatar image Mark ♦♦ commented ·

I know that you now have a solution to move forward with, but if you are/were keen, you can easily achieve this with a Venus GX and Node-RED (internally or externally) or Modbus TCP - but nothing off the shelf/fully supported or formally released as yet.

As an example, this is a user interface screen I made up the other day with a Node-RED dashboard - the switches at the bottom directly control the 2x Venus GX relays;

Link to related conversation on Victron Community: https://community.victronenergy.com/questions/549/feature-request-scheduled-virtual-switch-for-venus.html

Link to GitHub ticket and Beta FW file;

https://github.com/victronenergy/venus/issues/378

Anyway.. all the best and have fun! :-)

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Mark

If I could program the Venus GX to switch the relays based on temperature that would be ideal. While I am computer savvy, Red-node does not seem straightforward. Is there a step-by-step guide for newbies for this kind of programming ?

Joe

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joe-d answered ·

I decided to use a 12vdc temp controller for $11.00

https://www.amazon.com/LM-YN-Thermostat-Fahrenheit-Temperature/dp/B076Y5BXD9

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