Lenny's Modding the new Mini Gin Palace 2

[Northernraider]

You lost me at USB cables

He's saying that I saved his electrics

 

[lorger]

He's saying that I saved his electrics

That’s what I got from it too

 

[Barti Ddu]

Well I've got it all working and installed, once I got an adaptor and swapped the USB cables all was well.
The Orion XS shows up in devices & you can configure it but doesn't show on the local home screen but it does show on gui.v2 but you can only see that remotely as gui.v2 doesn't show on the local screen.

I was going to have a play with Node Red but some plonker didn't install Venus Large, I thought I had, trouble is I've got so many versions downloaded on my PC must have clicked on the wrong one, so that's a right pain to strip it all down to get at the SD card.
I have put a short USB extension lead in so may be able to do it via a USB stick.

Need to buy 3m of brown trunking, as I need about 7/8 inches for the cables in the back of the cupboard.
I fitted a Hella socket in the base and have my router plugged in at the moment.

The temperature controller that wasn't working, I got another one from Amazon that was the same, it was the instructions, they had crossed neg & pos. I had fitted the same one in Tam's van I checked that.

Had to get it all installed this week as I'm having an OP on my hand on Thursday, so that will stop play for a week or two.

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Well done for getting it all sorted out and working at last, and it does look very neatly installed, but what exactly do you get extra from the display that isn't already contained in the standard Victron Connect app?

 

[Bandos]

Hi Lenny, whats that temp reading say 13. ?

 

[Lenny HB]

Well done for getting it all sorted out and working at last, and it does look very neatly installed, but what exactly do you get extra from the display that isn't already contained in the standard Victron Connect app?

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Pain in the butt on your phone, you have to log into each device separately, need to be in Bluetooth range. When you have Venus.os running you can view from anywhere you have a network connection.

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[Lenny HB]

Hi Lenny, whats that temp reading say 13. ?

Rear of the fridge it controls the fans.

 

[WESTY66]

Pain in the butt on your phone, you have to log into each device separately, need to be in Bluetooth range. When you have Venus.os running you can view from anywhere you have a network connection.

Are you keeping the old screen display (lego blocks) on the Rasperry Pi?
My display is different on the cerbo, I think it’s summat to do with GUI mods, whatever that is

 

[Peavy]

Looks great! If I didn't have to work I would be doing stuff like this in my van I would never have enough!

 

[Lenny HB]

Are you keeping the old screen display (lego blocks) on the Rasperry Pi?
My display is different on the cerbo, I think it’s summat to do with GUI mods, whatever that is

No but as I said I need to get Node Red running then I can change it.

 

[WESTY66]

No but as I said I need to get Node Red running then I can change it.

but in the words of ultravox “it means nothing to me”
Genuine question, wouldn’t it be simpler just to get a cerboGX? Yeah they might cost a bit more, but it’d be in and done by now
It all looks good btw

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[WESTY66]

Looks great! If I didn't have to work I would be doing stuff like this in my van I would never have enough!

If I did stuff like this in my van, it’d be a pile of ashes by now

 

[MichaelT]

Well I've got it all working and installed, once I got an adaptor and swapped the USB cables all was well.
The Orion XS shows up in devices & you can configure it but doesn't show on the local home screen but it does show on gui.v2 but you can only see that remotely as gui.v2 doesn't show on the local screen.

I was going to have a play with Node Red but some plonker didn't install Venus Large, I thought I had, trouble is I've got so many versions downloaded on my PC must have clicked on the wrong one, so that's a right pain to strip it all down to get at the SD card.
I have put a short USB extension lead in so may be able to do it via a USB stick.

Need to buy 3m of brown trunking, as I need about 7/8 inches for the cables in the back of the cupboard.
I fitted a Hella socket in the base and have my router plugged in at the moment.

The temperature controller that wasn't working, I got another one from Amazon that was the same, it was the instructions, they had crossed neg & pos. I had fitted the same one in Tam's van I checked that.

Had to get it all installed this week as I'm having an OP on my hand on Thursday, so that will stop play for a week or two.

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I've got some brown trunking if you only need a small length , I'm at reliance in may

 

[Lenny HB]

but in the words of ultravox “it means nothing to me”
Genuine question, wouldn’t it be simpler just to get a cerboGX? Yeah they might cost a bit more, but it’d be in and done by now
It all looks good btw

Where is the fun in it, spend over £300 and no challenge to get it working sounds boring.

 

[WESTY66]

Where is the fun it, spend over £300 and no challenge to get it working sounds boring.

It’d be a bloody big challenge to me just to mount it somewhere

 

[Lenny HB]

I've got some brown trunking if you only need a small length , I'm at reliance in may

Thanks but it's only 6 quid for a length.

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[Lenny HB]

If I did stuff like this in my van, it’d be a pile of ashes by now

So true.

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

It’d be a bloody big challenge to me just to get it out of the box

 

[Barti Ddu]

Pain in the butt on your phone, you have to log into each device separately, need to be in Bluetooth range. When you have Venus.os running you can view from anywhere you have a network connection.

Not sure I understand why it's such a pain in the butt.

The screenshot above was taken earlier. I'm sat on the sofa in the front room. The van is on the drive. Phone connects effortlessly to everything by Bluetooth. All information is displayed together for all four Victron devices on the main Victron Connect splash screen. Only need to select individual devices if I want to faff about or change settings.

If the RasPi tinkering adds extra functionality then fair enough, otherwise I'm struggling to see what you've gained.

 

[WESTY66]

Hello my friend, trust you are keeping well?

 

[AdrianChen]

Well I've got it all working and installed, once I got an adaptor and swapped the USB cables all was well.
The Orion XS shows up in devices & you can configure it but doesn't show on the local home screen but it does show on gui.v2 but you can only see that remotely as gui.v2 doesn't show on the local screen.

I was going to have a play with Node Red but some plonker didn't install Venus Large, I thought I had, trouble is I've got so many versions downloaded on my PC must have clicked on the wrong one, so that's a right pain to strip it all down to get at the SD card.
I have put a short USB extension lead in so may be able to do it via a USB stick.

Need to buy 3m of brown trunking, as I need about 7/8 inches for the cables in the back of the cupboard.
I fitted a Hella socket in the base and have my router plugged in at the moment.

The temperature controller that wasn't working, I got another one from Amazon that was the same, it was the instructions, they had crossed neg & pos. I had fitted the same one in Tam's van I checked that.

Had to get it all installed this week as I'm having an OP on my hand on Thursday, so that will stop play for a week or two.

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Very nice - practical and professional finish.

So in your local screen menu under settings - display/language you have no option to choose v2 or classic?

Node red is good stuff - but you've done a lot already!

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[AdrianChen]

Are you keeping the old screen display (lego blocks) on the Rasperry Pi?
My display is different on the cerbo, I think it’s summat to do with GUI mods, whatever that is

So does yours look like lenny's only with more data, or like this

Which is Gui V2 - Lenny's is classic....

 

[AdrianChen]

Where is the fun in it, spend over £300 and no challenge to get it working sounds boring.

Can be around £180 I think - (Bimble solar sale), or the S for around £150. - I'd happily come and make it dificult for you!

On node red - can you change the console that appears on your screen? - Didn't know that I'll have to look, at the moment I have a separate "dashboard" for the stuff I've messed with....

 

[AdrianChen]

Not sure I understand why it's such a pain in the butt.

The screenshot above was taken earlier. I'm sat on the sofa in the front room. The van is on the drive. Phone connects effortlessly to everything by Bluetooth. All information is displayed together for all four Victron devices on the main Victron Connect splash screen. Only need to select individual devices if I want to faff about or change settings.

If the RasPi tinkering adds extra functionality then fair enough, otherwise I'm struggling to see what you've gained.

For me the van is 10 miles away, and bluetooth doesnt hack it! Also the Multiplus only shows on VRM. (because I spent the extra £££'s on a cerbo rather than a Pi and didn't buy the multi's bluetooth.)

So now I can sit in the office, check the van hasn't moved (GPS puck), look around on the Webcam, check the batteries and temps/soc etc.

Would be great to have it on the drive though......

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Hello my friend, trust you are keeping well?

All god thanks Ady (apart from heart attack)

 

[Lenny HB]

Not sure I understand why it's such a pain in the butt.

The screenshot above was taken earlier. I'm sat on the sofa in the front room. The van is on the drive. Phone connects effortlessly to everything by Bluetooth. All information is displayed together for all four Victron devices on the main Victron Connect splash screen. Only need to select individual devices if I want to faff about or change settings.

If the RasPi tinkering adds extra functionality then fair enough, otherwise I'm struggling to see what you've gained.

Victron Bluetooth is such a short range, I can pick it up by the window in the dinning room no chance in the lounge at the other end of the house.
Also you have to connect to each device separately to get all the info.

So in your local screen menu under settings - display/language you have no option to choose v2 or classic?

I can change it in settings on the local screen but gui.v2 only applies to remote on a Pi.

On node red - can you change the console that appears on your screen? - Didn't know that I'll have to look, at the moment I have a separate "dashboard" for the stuff I've messed with....

I get the impression you can, hope so that classic screen is very clunky.

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[Barriesimpson]

Mine would be blank !

Mine would be eating and drinking, because albeit I did have a profession, I am retired - so let me enjoy it

 

[WESTY66]

So does yours look like lenny's only with more data, or like this

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Which is Gui V2 - Lenny's is classic....

Yep I have the top display showing on my cerbo, I can have the bottom one if I choose though

 

[AdrianChen]

Victron Bluetooth is such a short range, I can pick it up by the window in the dinning room no chance in the lounge at the other end of the house.
Also you have to connect to each device separately to get all the info.

I can change it in settings on the local screen but gui.v2 only applies to remote on a Pi.

I get the impression you can, hope so that classic screen is very clunky.

Had a look - think you can locally in a browser pop in the dashboard address, but since the cerbo doesnt have a browser its not possible. but you could have a link on your phone or pad.

I really only used the dash because I could monitor what the results of my tinkering were without going to different screens in VRM/Connect, so for when were on the van I will setup a dash for the pad I have, since I tend to use that anyway....

 

[AdrianChen]

Yep I have the top display showing on my cerbo, I can have the bottom one if I choose though

You're using GUI v2, not gui Mods - you have the latest - Lenny HB will be able to catch up eventually when Fray Bentos get round to releasing the later versions for the PI!

 

[WESTY66]

You're using GUI v2, not gui Mods - you have the latest - Lenny HB will be able to catch up eventually when Fray Bentos get round to releasing the later versions for the PI!

He’s always playing catch up to me took him 3 years to get a Carthago, and then he got one with steering wheel on wrong side, not be long before Germany is his favourite country

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