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show PV charge with 3rd party MPPT controllers

is there any possibility to have PV charge current from a 3rd party MPPT charge controller shown on the Venus GX display?

It now shows as calculated negative DC power from my BMV but i like to have a nice yellow PV box on my screen as well.

Might this work by adding a smartshunt in between my MPPT controllers and 24V busbar and reconfigure it?


My system concists of 3 x Multigrid in 3 phase setup, a BMV712, 3 x 40A mppt and a Venus GX.


To be honest, i have exchanged one MPPT controller for a Smartsolar 100/30 but in every different efficiency test i do it seems to perform worse than my thrid party units so i'm not sure i want to change them all to Victron (even though i'm very convinced about the quality of victron products).

MPPT ControllersVenus GX - VGX
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Guy Stewart (Victron Community Manager) answered ·

For now, no.

One day perhaps there will be an option to assign another role to the shunts (e.g. DC load, or DC charger) but for now it limited to a total reading, and any DC charge is shown as a net negative (once all the loads are displaced).


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jweij avatar image jweij commented ·

Thank you Guy,

i might still upgrade to smartsolar units after i'm done testing.

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