{"id":11896,"date":"2018-02-14T11:43:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T09:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/?p=11896"},"modified":"2018-02-14T13:46:17","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T11:46:17","slug":"venus-v2-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/14\/venus-v2-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Venus v2.12"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning!<\/p>\n

Just now we have released Venus OS version v2.12. It brings several new features and lots of small improvements and bug fixes. Lets start with going through the highlights.<\/p>\n

New: naming of VE.Direct devices<\/h3>\n

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Its now possible to give devices a name; making it much easier to separate one battery bank from another.<\/p>\n

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To change the name of a device, go into its menu, scroll to the bottom where you’ll find the Device<\/em> submenu. Go in, and look for the Name setting.<\/p>\n

New: monitor SMA & Solar Edge PV Inverters<\/h3>\n

Add monitoring SMA & Solar Edge PV Inverters. Monitored information includes Output power, Status (Standby, Inverting, Startup, and more) and more. The connection is via LAN and uses the PV Industry ModbusTCP Sunspec protocol.<\/p>\n

See the Settings -> PV Inverters menu.<\/p>\n

Note that the Zero-feed-in feature that we have for Fronius inverters remains Fronius-only. A zero-feed-in system cannot be made with other brands & types of PV Inverters. And note that only Solar Edge models SE2200H \u2013 SE6000H (HD-Wave) were tested. Other models may or may not work.<\/p>\n

Since SunSpec ModbusTCP is a widely adopted standard, its very well possible that other brands of PV Inverters can now be monitored as well.<\/p>\n

New: use digital inputs for alarm monitoring as well as pulse counting<\/h3>\n

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On the Venus GX there is an RJ-11 socket that has 5 digital inputs. There was no functionality behind them, now there is! You can use them to monitor an alarm. There is a list of pre-defined types: Door alarm, Bilge pump, Bilge alarm, Burglar alarm, Smoke alarm, Fire alarm, CO2 alarm, and Generator (running \/ not running).<\/p>\n

Besides alarms, you can also wire the input to the pulse-output of a pump. For example a water pump; monitoring cubic meters pumped.<\/p>\n

Detailed information about available settings and how to set it up will be added later today to the Venus GX manual<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Increase the maximum number of connectable devices<\/h3>\n

This is going to be a half announcement; any marketeer would tell me not to do this, but I’ll do it anyway: in Venus v2.12 we have done various changes that increase the maximum number of connectable VE.Direct devices. Previously, the maximum for the CCGX was 5 devices, and for the Venus GX it was 6. Now its more, at least 8 for both device types. And hopefully (much) more. We are still completing tests to determine the new maximum.<\/p>\n

DVCC – Distributed Voltage and Current Control<\/h3>\n

This is a new set of features which can be enabled and disabled under Settings -> System Setup. When enabled, the CCGX \/ Venus GX takes a more central role in the Victron system, which brings a series of changes and improvements. Most importantly:<\/p>\n