Raspberry PI and Venus OS

[Driventemple]

How your screen is power will not affect accessing the screen above. Is your screen a touch screen, and have you set up a VRM account?

Yes, it is a touch screen and that screenshot was grabbed using my VRM account on my PC with Remote Console.

 

[Two on Tour]

Yes, it is a touch screen and that screenshot was grabbed using my VRM account on my PC with Remote Console.

I'll PM you my mobile number as it will be quicker and easier that typing how to access the menus.

 

[Two on Tour]

Every time someone updates this post, I fancy getting a Pi.

What size RAM is sufficient for running Venus and van related stuff?

I'm running a 4B with 4gb of memory and it is happy running all the Victron gear plus the Mopeka sensors and the temperature sensors.

 

[Guigsy]

Power draw matters. The 3b still has the lowest idle and average power requirements. I'm considering putting a Home Assistant node in the van, and a 3b would be my choice. It's going to be slow compared to a 4, but it's fast enough. And will save quite a few Ah per day.

Edit: Is the Zero2 supported? It's nearly as quick as a 3b but more efficient. Issue is, low RAM.

 

[Two on Tour]

Edit: Is the Zero2 supported? It's nearly as quick as a 3b but more efficient. Issue is, low RAM.

Yes the Zero 2 W is supported.

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[TheBig1]

can venus be run on an orange pi or even better a linux powered NUC?

 

[Guigsy]

can venus be run on an orange pi or even better a linux powered NUC?

Yes. But instead of running a dedicated image OS, you'd have to use a generic Linux distro and install the Venus packages.

The new N100 is supposed to be very energy efficient (I use one in my house for Home Assistant), but I'm not sure if it's compatible to a Pi 3b.

Do you really want to lose ~20Ah per day just to run a monitor?

 

[Lenny HB]

I have no intention at present of upgrading my 4B to a 5 as the 4B does all I need and is fast enough for the Venus OS, plus the 5 is more power hungry as said the 5 is yet to have VenusOS support.
I have had no issues with the Bluetooth range on my 4B.

Is it worth upgrading my 3B to a 4B?

 

[Guigsy]

Is it worth upgrading my 3B to a 4B?

It's faster. It made Home Assistant much more snappy (before I swapped again to an N100). But it'll also use literally twice the energy.

 

[Two on Tour]

Do you really want to lose ~20Ah per day just to run a monitor?

A bit of an over estimate there, .......... a Pi3B with the display active draws 750ma and the monitor asleep which it will be for the most part through the day and night it will draw only a few milliamps.

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[Two on Tour]

Is it worth upgrading my 3B to a 4B?

Yes, as Guigsy says, it's much fast than the 3B.