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Seeking help setting up B&G Zeus2, NMEA2000 and Solar charging and Battery management etc

I have a working Zeus 2 on a NMEA network.

I am adding a (new) 12v battery bank and solar panels 2(2x(2x325w) panels (4 mppt controllers)

Thinking of adding Victron mppt controllers, BMS, monitoring, alternator charging etc [Full system]

Venus OSsolarNMEA 2000 - N2K
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mvader (Victron Energy) answered ·

Hi Stan, pretty soon we’ll add two features into Venus OS that will benefit chart plotter integration.


1. Is the app integration: a button shows up in the plotter, and then you see a full system page. See also this blog post:

https://www.victronenergy.com/blog/2018/11/02/mets-2018-preview-glass-bridge-smart-everywhere/


2. The Venus-OS devices will get capability to send system data out onto the NMEA network.


Note though that solar data is last in line for both those projects. Battery and inverter/charger data comes first.


And note that for above, and for any N2K integration, you’ll need a Venus-device, such as Color Control GX Or Venus GX.

Keep an eye on the change logs.

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