What device is the best to monitor basic information about battery and remaining power without spending a lot of money on the Victron color control GX? Will the Ve.bus smart dongle be an good option to link to the Multiplus II to view information on your phone or tablet? Or is there better options that is not too expensive?
Raspi going headless is cheap way of doing it. Then you can monitor from anywhere, WiFi
VRM portal.
A BMV 712: battery monitor with bluetooth
But you don't tell what kind of system you have: other options might be better / cheaper / easier
This might also work:
https://www.victronenergy.com/accessories/ve-bus-smart-dongle
I have a MultiPlus II 48/3000 inverter charger with 4 x 200ah Gel AGM batteries. I bought the MK-3 USB (VE.Bus to USB) to do the necessary setup. I am looking for something to give me basic information on the running of the system without having to connect my notebook to the MK3 - USB every time.
anoyingly adding a new cebro gx with bluetooth and wifi still donest let you connect to the multiplus with victron connect, this seems a bit silly really given it can connect via the same bus you have to use if using a mk3, like you while i have a mk3 you cant see the device using vicron connect with out directly connecting to it.
it would seem to me connecting to a wifi device like a cebro you shoudl also from there also be able to see all the ve.bus devices connected to that cerbo with victron connect with out having to use remote console or vrm, vicron connect gives a far better visual view of the multiplus.
Hi Ettienne
You can run the CCGX firmware on the relatively inexpensive Raspberry Pi - see https://www.victronenergy.com/live/open_source:ccgx:installing_ccgx_func_on_raspberry_pi
