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Hi @ElvisTheRV, the nodered plugins you’re using require the dbus interface of Venus OS to be available on TCP. When running node red on the GX Device itself, ie in/on Venus OS, then thats not necessary.

But since you run node-red on another box (rpi) it is.

Instructions on how to do that are here:

https://github.com/victronenergy/node-red-contrib-victron -> installation.

Careful! This is beyond what people normally do and you might end up bricking the unit. Or perhaps not bricking, but then at least rendering it in a state that there are very little people that know how to get it out.

Matthijs

Hi @ElvisTheRV

My first guess is that the NODE_RED_DBUS_ADDRESS env variable is not actually getting to the node red process.

If you’re just setting that via the command line and then running node red via the system commands, then it won’t pick it up

How exactly are you setting NODE_RED_DBUS_ADDRESS and then how are you running node red?

So should I try the node generation process?

Where can I get the .csv files?

Should I be running the RC Venus OS on the CCGX?

Some more info:

dbus-monitor --address "tcp:host=192.168.1.9,port=78"

on the Node Red box results is seeing CCGX/BMV/Quattro data so the Node Red server can definetly see data from the CCGX over dbus, so it looks like a Node-red and/or node-red-contrib-victron issue.

OK trying a new tack, installing a new VM with Node-Red, this is the result of th install, anything to worry about?

elvis@Node-Red2:~/.node-red$ npm install https://github.com/victronenergy/node-red-contrib-victron

> abstract-socket@2.1.1 install /home/elvis/.node-red/node_modules/abstract-socket
> node-gyp rebuild

make: Entering directory '/home/elvis/.node-red/node_modules/abstract-socket/build'
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/bindings/src/abstract_socket.o
In file included from ../src/abstract_socket.cc:5:
../../nan/nan.h: In function ‘void Nan::AsyncQueueWorker(Nan::AsyncWorker*)’:
../../nan/nan.h:2298:62: warning: cast between incompatible function types from ‘void (*)(uv_work_t*)’ {aka ‘void (*)(uv_work_s*)’} to ‘uv_after_work_cb’ {aka ‘void (*)(uv_work_s*, int)’} [-Wcast-function-type]
 2298 |     , reinterpret_cast<uv_after_work_cb>(AsyncExecuteComplete)
      |                                                              ^
In file included from ../../nan/nan.h:54,
                 from ../src/abstract_socket.cc:5:
../src/abstract_socket.cc: At global scope:
/home/elvis/.cache/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/node.h:560:43: warning: cast between incompatible function types from ‘void (*)(v8::Local<v8::Object>)’ to ‘node::addon_register_func’ {aka ‘void (*)(v8::Local<v8::Object>, v8::Local<v8::Value>, void*)’} [-Wcast-function-type]
  560 |       (node::addon_register_func) (regfunc),                          \
      |                                           ^
/home/elvis/.cache/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/node.h:594:3: note: in expansion of macro ‘NODE_MODULE_X’
  594 |   NODE_MODULE_X(modname, regfunc, NULL, 0)  // NOLINT (readability/null_usage)
      |   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
../src/abstract_socket.cc:181:1: note: in expansion of macro ‘NODE_MODULE’
  181 | NODE_MODULE(abstract_socket, Initialize)
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from /home/elvis/.cache/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/node.h:63,
                 from ../../nan/nan.h:54,
                 from ../src/abstract_socket.cc:5:
/home/elvis/.cache/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8.h: In instantiation of ‘void v8::PersistentBase<T>::SetWeak(P*, typename v8::WeakCallbackInfo<P>::Callback, v8::WeakCallbackType) [with P = node::ObjectWrap; T = v8::Object; typename v8::WeakCallbackInfo<P>::Callback = void (*)(const v8::WeakCallbackInfo<node::ObjectWrap>&)]’:
/home/elvis/.cache/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/node_object_wrap.h:84:78:   required from here
/home/elvis/.cache/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8.h:10004:16: warning: cast between incompatible function types from ‘v8::WeakCallbackInfo<node::ObjectWrap>::Callback’ {aka ‘void (*)(const v8::WeakCallbackInfo<node::ObjectWrap>&)’} to ‘Callback’ {aka ‘void (*)(const v8::WeakCallbackInfo<void>&)’} [-Wcast-function-type]
10004 |                reinterpret_cast<Callback>(callback), type);
      |                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/elvis/.cache/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8.h: In instantiation of ‘void v8::PersistentBase<T>::SetWeak(P*, typename v8::WeakCallbackInfo<P>::Callback, v8::WeakCallbackType) [with P = Nan::ObjectWrap; T = v8::Object; typename v8::WeakCallbackInfo<P>::Callback = void (*)(const v8::WeakCallbackInfo<Nan::ObjectWrap>&)]’:
../../nan/nan_object_wrap.h:65:61:   required from here
/home/elvis/.cache/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8.h:10004:16: warning: cast between incompatible function types from ‘v8::WeakCallbackInfo<Nan::ObjectWrap>::Callback’ {aka ‘void (*)(const v8::WeakCallbackInfo<Nan::ObjectWrap>&)’} to ‘Callback’ {aka ‘void (*)(const v8::WeakCallbackInfo<void>&)’} [-Wcast-function-type]
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/bindings.node
  COPY Release/bindings.node
make: Leaving directory '/home/elvis/.node-red/node_modules/abstract-socket/build'
npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file.
npm WARN node-red-project@0.0.1 No repository field.
npm WARN node-red-project@0.0.1 No license field.

+ node-red-contrib-victron@1.2.0
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  run `npm audit fix` to fix them, or `npm audit` for details
elvis@Node-Red2:~/.node-red$

Hi Scott just loaded your new 1.3.0 version but does not load the pallets in node-red and now broken

I am also trying to get previous versions working on hassio node red container install but no service issue on any loaded icons have dbus connected in log, but will not function.

Do not get the ms speed shown on some pic's here

if anyone can help? seems the same issue as elvistherv was having, did anyone get to the bottom of the issues from an external node red system using the TCP 78 port on an venus GX?

Thanks