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I have a victron smartshunt and will soon be installing a victron battery protect
The victron agent in Gambia is saying that I need a colour control which costs €550. I cannot see this being true
Can you please tell me. What do I need to buy to enable me to see both of them online using my android phone ?
You need a GX device and some cables to connect them together.
https://www.victronenergy.com/live/venus-os:start
You could also install Venus OS on a raspberry Pi.
If it's local monitoring you are looking for VictronConnect will do this via bluetooth.
I've been running Venus OS on a Raspberry Pi for some time. Works great and lots less expensive compared to any of the Venus devices. You need a VE.Direct to USB cable for the shunt and solar controller, an MK3 USB for any of the VE.Bus devices (inverter/chargers, BMS, etc) and a CANbus interface for NMEA2000 or other CANbus devices. Depending on what interfaces you need, cost could approach $200 US. For a system with one VE.Direct interface, you'd be looking at under $100
Cerbo GX without the companion display is around $300 US and I just realized you can fit an inexpensive HDMI display with USB touch output to Cerbo.
Email me at kwindrem@icloud.com if you are interested in a used CCGX.
