Adding a second charge controller to the venus os on Pi.

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Bill asked Mar 12, '19

Adding a second charge controller to the venus os on Pi.

I cannot seem to get my RPI GX to recognise my second Victron controller. My 110/50 connected just fine with the USB to VE.direct connection. My 75/15 connected the same way is not seen.

I tried powering down the RPI then replugging in the second controller. Plugged in the power, no second controller. I looked at the webconsole setup choices, looked at the gui. Not seeing anything.

Is there something I need to do to make it see the second CC? I see nothing in the VGX manual, boy is that pdf sparse.

Ideas? Tried unplugging it when there was power to the RPGX and nothing changed.

-Bill

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Answer 1 · 2019-03-12T21:02:15Z

markus answered · Mar 12, 2019 at 09:02 PM

They don't show up in the device list?

On the main page, the PV power of the 2 controllers get summed up to a common PV power value.

Regards,

Markus

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markus ♦♦ commented · Mar 12, 2019 at 09:43 PM

In case they don't show up in device list, try to exchange Ve.direct USB cables.

Maybe you can diagnose, if the problem is the cable or the charger.

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Bill commented · Mar 14, 2019 at 12:11 AM

No, just the 100/50 is on the device list. the 75/15 is not listed anywhere in VRM or in the settings on the local device.

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