UPDATE 2021-05-03 evening: after ~8, we also release ~9 today, which adds on small change, see last bullet below.
UPDATE 2021-05-04: added ~10 and ~11, also for opkg, include the sdk packages in Packages.gz as well
Good day!
A new version is out for field testing, v2.70~8.
This post is intended for all people participating in the Venus OS Beta test program. Read that link for more information about the program.
To learn more about the changes made in earlier v2.70 beta versions, make sure to read these two links:
What to test?
Still the same as last time: basically everything. There are now multiple quite wide low level changes made: OE version update from Rocko to Zeus and the Linux kernel has been updated from 4.19 to 5.10. And as a result, bugs and regression may hide in the most unexpected of corners.
Change log v2.70~8
- Linux kernel updated from 4.19 to 5.10 for CCGX, Cerbo GX, GX-Card in MP-II and ES-II products as well as the CANvu GX. And updated from 4.9 to 5.10 for the Venus GX. No change for the raspberrypi, that is still on 4.19.
- Fix issue related to Garmin MFDs and the Victron App, because of which the App wouldn't work on the Garmin when doing a certain sequence of power-ups or reboots (ie Garmin first, or GX device first or other way around).
- Recognise REC BMS, and show only supported alarms, ie hide all alarm types for which the REC does not send any status, rather than saying "OK" for those.
- Tank monitoring: add fluid type 6, gasoline. To be in line with N2K spec. Note that this is not usable yet.
- Fronius PV monitoring: further improve support for large systems by more intelligently quering the Fronius datamanger. Eliminated unnecessary reconnects, and because of that also reduces CPU load on the GX device. Tested at a site with 6 Fronius ECP PV-inverters, and works well: never disconnects now.
- Enable the radio on by default, instead of blocking it until unblocked by navigating to the wifi menu page in the gui. This fixes it being impossible to configure the wifi on a rpi via VictronConnect/BLE without first going to said menu via Remote Console. Thank you @Stefanie for reporting - quite some time ago.
- Fix the opkg feed not working. Most likely this was broken during v2.70 development. opkg is a developer feature, more information here.
Looking forward to your reactions, and all the best, Matthijs