Venus OS v2.20: Scheduled charging, Equalize and more

Today we have released a new version of Venus OS – the software which controls the Color Control GX, Venus GX and Octo GX.

The highlights in v2.20 are the addition of Scheduled Charging for ESS systems, addition of the GX GSM, and a Start equalize button: no more toggling of the rocker switch back and forth on Multis and Quattros.

Scheduled charging

The features allows up to five schedules, during which the system will take power from the grid to charge the battery. Typically used to charge the battery during off-peak tariff time windows. For each schedule, configure a start-time, duration, and optionally set the percentage up to which you want the battery to be charged:

 

 

Full change log

General:

ESS:

 

DVCC:

ESS Auto-recharge (a feature introduced in v2.12 as a DVCC only feature):

 

GUI:

 

CCGX Only:

 

ModbusTCP:

 

Other:

 

Developer related:

 

Thank you

My gratitude to Simon H.; Hubert D.; Charles P.; Eon F.; and others for flagging-up and even contributing changes in the source code to help fix these and a number of other issues.

Enjoy & how to update

These are all that is in version v2.20. You can find information about how to install this the new version of Venus OS here. For the full change log, visit Victron Professional.

Have a good day!

Matthijs Vader

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