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Is there anywhere to download the Raspberry Pi 3 Venus setup with touchscreen configured?

I am new to all things Raspberry Pi. I have managed to get the system running and view data from my solar setup in my van via a web browser but i am looking to install the Pi touchscreen in my van too. Is there anywhere to download the pre configured setup? TIA.

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http://updates.victronenergy.com/feeds/venus/release/images/raspberrypi2/

I'd stick with the current release: http://updates.victronenergy.com/feeds/venus/release/images/raspberrypi2/venus-image-raspberrypi2-20200405141454-v2.53.rootfs.rpi-sdimg.zip

I've found in the recent builds, the official 7 inch touch screen works out of the box. No drivers, downloads or calibration required. You just need to rename the headless file to headless.off. If you SSH in you can run this:

mv /etc/venus/headless /etc/venus/headless.off

Then reboot and it should work out. Keep in mind with every update, you'll lose lose the headless change you made so you can look to create an rc.local file that will copy back your settings you changed.

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Thanks. I have read this somewhere else on here. I have tried to do this but I can’t SSH into my Pi. Even using the correct details & password etc it just comes back with “access denied”.
As a newbie this is frustrating.

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did you enable root access and specify a password within the venus OS? You can log into it via browser to do that:

https://www.victronenergy.com/live/ccgx:root_access

1. Set access level to Superuser

To set the root password, first set the access level to Superuser:

  1. Go to Settings, General

  2. Set the Access Level to User and installer, the password is ZZZ

  3. Highlight Access Level (don't open the select page!)

  4. Press and hold the right button of the center pad until you see the Access Level change to Superuser. Note: when working from the Remote Console, you need to use the right key on your keyboard. Pressing and holding the right button with your mouse won't work.

Now you have access to the super user features.

You'll need to know the IP address of the pi. You can grab that off the pi directly if you have a keyboard hooked to it:

ip addr

Or you can log into your router and it should tell you what devices are connected to your network.

then just open a browser and type in the ip address..

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