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Venux GX system survey - what can it do ?

Hello,

I bought a unit of GX to test it on a lot of condition. I have several basics questions :

- first I liked to use the inputs "TANK" and "TEMP" to read another kind of probe (current hall effect probe). But to do this I need to know what is the voltage input of these terminal, what can they read. Can I refer to GPIO on a beaglebone black to use same caracteristics ?

- Is it possible to update OS on the beaglebone or is it basically frozen ? Can't do a apt update on it, didn't recognize the command line.


I will read the electronical canevas on github but i'm not electronic engineer ... Somebody who is can help me faster.

Thanks, bye


Venus OSVenus GX - VGXTemperature Sensor
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mvader (Victron Energy) answered ·

Hi, the tank inputs measure resistance. See manual. And for the real details see the schematics here:

https://github.com/victronenergy/venusgx-hardware

Temp inputs details are on there as well.


The OS running is Venus OS (victron embedded linux). See online documentation on github for available commands and lots more info.


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benjiboy answered ·

Hi,

thanks for the links. But as I said in my previous post, I'm not a electronic engineer, it's very difficult to me to understand the canvas seen on github. I think I have found what I need to select a sensor it can be read on the venus, but not sure. Well, I will buy and try !

And I found the wiki, so I can see more which command line can be used on the BBB.

I will update the topic to help someone else who want to have same use of the venus.


Bye.

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benjiboy answered ·

Hi, by the way, is there a version of software victron connect that can connect to something remote ? Like TCP/IP connexion, or else.

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What exactly are you asking? to remotely configure devices?

VE.bus devices (multi / quattro's basically) can be remotely configured through the VRM website, ve.direct (MPPT's, BMV, etc) cannot yet be configured remotely.

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