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Hi
I am new to this forum.
Having a victron smart shunt and want to monitor it with the raspberry.
On the PI I do have other modbus serial interfaces running to Renogy and some more smart (mobile) home features.
Also want to use some git project as solarthing on the PI.
What would you reocmmend?
using the venus firmware and do add my requirements or
install venus packages on Debian?
Thanks for guiding?
BR T
I don't think there's a way to bring up Venus on a Debian install. If there is, it would be lots of work that you'd need to redo with each software update.
Venus OS is a customized Linux.
It uses a dual FS boot mechanism: two bootable partitions that swap between active and backup with each software update, plus a data partition that survives a software update. Anything you install would need to be reinstalled after a Venus OS update.
It uses the BusyBox so some common commands have reduced functionality. You could probably replace BusyBox with a more capable shell.
apt is not installed. You need to use opkg to install things. wget does work also and is what I've set up for installing several packages I've written to enhance Venus.
You may need to tweak partition sizes in order to fit your added functionality.
