Matt Gross
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This thread is heavy Batrium. If there is anothe forum that is more suited for Batrium questions, please let me know.
I'm looking to upgrade my BMS and Batrium was always off my list as you needed to buy the watchmon, plus the expansion board, plus the cells mons for how I'd want to run it. However with the new Watchmon4 with the two FETS, for my application I'd no longer need the expansion board so it's a bit more appealing.I just saw with the latest release that the Batrium can now control the Victron inverter through the color control unit. This is pretty interesting as my current BMS doesn't have anyway to control the inverter/charger. My installation has the following:
Charging sources:
MPPT 30A controller
Alternator through starting battery and battery connector contactor (with manual switch and only used for emergencies)
Shore power through Magnum Inverter/Charger
Loads:
DC Loads through fuse panel
AC Loads though Magnum Inverter Charger
I'm was thinking about upgrading to a Victron Inverter Charger as that has manual relays for controller the charger and inverter functions so I could wire that up to my current BMS(you can see here:https://www.victronenergy.com/uploa...battery-systems-to-Multis-and-Quattros-EN.pdf) However I saw that you can connect the batrium to Victron's CanBus. I'm not sure if that's going to be available on the WatchMon4 or not, but that's a really nice feature that made me think about what else can the batrium do with the Victron Color Control? Can it disable and enable both the inverter and charger?I was thinking about upgrading my solar controller to a victron, but my current MPPT has a shunt hooked up to the monitor so it's my MPPT remote and battery monitor. So if I upgrade my MPPT, I'll lose my battery monitor. The obvious choice was to go with a victron battery monitor to integrate into the color control. However if the batrium can talk to the CCGX, is it possible to send battery SOC to it as well? Can it do anything with the MPPT data for logging/display?
I'm not a programmer, but I know that the Victron Venus GX OS is open source. I know the Batrium team is small, but curious if there are any future plans for further development with Victron products?
Here would be my proposed setup for the Batrium (if it would work). Getting the Battery SOC from the Batrium to the CCGX would be fantastic.
I'm looking to upgrade my BMS and Batrium was always off my list as you needed to buy the watchmon, plus the expansion board, plus the cells mons for how I'd want to run it. However with the new Watchmon4 with the two FETS, for my application I'd no longer need the expansion board so it's a bit more appealing.I just saw with the latest release that the Batrium can now control the Victron inverter through the color control unit. This is pretty interesting as my current BMS doesn't have anyway to control the inverter/charger. My installation has the following:
Charging sources:
MPPT 30A controller
Alternator through starting battery and battery connector contactor (with manual switch and only used for emergencies)
Shore power through Magnum Inverter/Charger
Loads:
DC Loads through fuse panel
AC Loads though Magnum Inverter Charger
I'm was thinking about upgrading to a Victron Inverter Charger as that has manual relays for controller the charger and inverter functions so I could wire that up to my current BMS(you can see here:https://www.victronenergy.com/uploa...battery-systems-to-Multis-and-Quattros-EN.pdf) However I saw that you can connect the batrium to Victron's CanBus. I'm not sure if that's going to be available on the WatchMon4 or not, but that's a really nice feature that made me think about what else can the batrium do with the Victron Color Control? Can it disable and enable both the inverter and charger?I was thinking about upgrading my solar controller to a victron, but my current MPPT has a shunt hooked up to the monitor so it's my MPPT remote and battery monitor. So if I upgrade my MPPT, I'll lose my battery monitor. The obvious choice was to go with a victron battery monitor to integrate into the color control. However if the batrium can talk to the CCGX, is it possible to send battery SOC to it as well? Can it do anything with the MPPT data for logging/display?
I'm not a programmer, but I know that the Victron Venus GX OS is open source. I know the Batrium team is small, but curious if there are any future plans for further development with Victron products?
Here would be my proposed setup for the Batrium (if it would work). Getting the Battery SOC from the Batrium to the CCGX would be fantastic.