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Hi guys!
As this feature now have been improved in the later versions I was wondered how this can be accomplished when using the Raspberry Pi. As far as I understand this is supported in devices with VE.Can port together with the VE.Can -> NMEA2000 cable. Is there any easy way to configure this port on the Raspeberry? Can the ethernet port be used for this purpose?
Hi @kurtinge,
you'll need a CAN interface for that, either as a HAT or as a CAN-USB interface. Google is your good friend in looking up all the different devices. They are too many to be listed here.
Together with Venus OS large (incl. Signal K and Node-RED) they are more or less plug'n play.
The PI's ethernet port cannot be used for that.
In my understanding I guess the easiest way is to buy a CAN-USB to RJ45 together with Venus OS large with Signal K and Node-RED. Just plug the ethernet into the LAN where the MFD is hocked up?
I am correct?
I'm sorry, but I'm not sure what exactly you're trying to achieve.
Why do you want a CAN-USB to RJ45? The CAN-USB interface usually comes with a data cable or you need to make one yourself. One end goes to the Data-H and Data-L pins from your CAN-USB interface, the other end goes to a Micro-C M12 (or STNG in case you have a Raymarine STNG network) male or female connector, wires connecting to Data-L and Data-H pins, and will then connect directly to your N2K network. No RJ45 involved unless you need something specific.
Not without extra devices, like a NMEA 2000 to Ethernet gateway. Such a gateway connects to your N2K backbone and your boat's LAN.
Yacht Devices or Digital Yacht and ShipModul have such modules on offer.
kurtinge,
have a look at this wiki:
https://github.com/victronenergy/venus/wiki/RaspberryPi-CAN-Interfaces
has all the supported hats and a couple of usb solutions.
Then you install kwindrem excellent set of tools SetupHelper, GuiMods, VeCanSetup and you're done.
I'm using Waveshare (the cheapest hat I could find) as well as PEAK CAN usb.
Waveshare do a dual CAN HAT as well if you plan to expand with BMS etc.
V.
Hi,
I’m also trying to get my GX device on the NMEA2000 network.
I tried installing a TouCAN Marine (by Rusoku) CAN-to-USB adapter but it did not work “plug ‘n play” on my Raspberry Pi 3b+ running Venus OS 3.50~13
I contacted the developers and they suggested building a new Venus OS (Large?) image with the suggested drivers, then running a command to operate the CAN interface at the 250kbits rate necessary for NMEA2000.
Has anybody else successfully linked a TouCAN to the Venus system? Is Signal K going to be necessary?
I recompiled 3.50 version with TouCAN kernel driver support."can0" interface appears now.
can0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
NOARP MTU:16 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
The problem is that it seems that all eth, wifi, bluetooth interfaces are disabled. How to enable them through the console?
I got "A security profile has not been selected..." when trying to connect via an ethernet.
External HDMI monitor doesn't show GUI after headless file removing.
Yes.
I added TouCAN ipk driver to Rusoku web download page.
For RaspberryPi4:
https://www.rusoku.com/storage/app/media/drivers/Linux/kernel-module-toucan-5.10.110-rpi-venus-4_5.10.110-rpi-venus-4-r0_raspberrypi4.ipk.tar
I prepared the kernel module Venus OS ipk package for a Rusoku TouCAN can bus module.
https://www.rusoku.com/downloads/kernel-module-toucan-5.10.110-rpi-venus-4_5.10.110-rpi-venus-4-r0_raspberrypi4.ipk
Kernel driver source code:
https://github.com/rusoku/TouCAN-SocketCAN
Tested with Raspberrypi4 B and Venus OS v3.41, v4.50
SignalK finds the kernel driver and can0 interface and can work with it.
Installation from a console:
A can0 interface should appear.
can0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 NOARP MTU:16 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:10 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
