The title is the question. I had to do a settingchange on my mppt's but i could not connect to them with victron connect without updating the firmware first which was a bit annoying i must say. Luckily i had internet available but i can imagen situations i wouldn't have internet. In that case i could not have made the changes. Why the firmware needs to connect with victron connect? What if i just don't want to update?
In the release notes against each product impacted, there is one of three categories, no firmeware update, optional firmeware update, mandated firmware update.
If an update of Victron Connect has triggered a mandated firmeware update and you are unable or not wanting the update, you can always revert back to an earlier release of Victron Connect
To do a firmeware update you do not need internet access. All the latest firmeware versions needed and work with the Version Of Victron connect on your device, are already on teh device and stored within the Victron Connect app.
If you have a working system and do not need any new features than do not upgrade Victron Connect, or be aware that in doing so you may need to do firmeware updates so that those features can work.
Hope that helps.
Hi all, I have some good news on this: we have recently changed our policy around making firmware updates mandatory.
It used to be that, when in doubt, we'd made the update a forced one. And especially the Bluetooth interface in a Victron product: force update that to the latest one always. Which from interoperability point of view has certain advantages.
The new policy: don't do any force updating, unless really necessary. And recently we did again decide to make the update of the bluetooth controller are forced one. Reason being that in that firmware was a fix for a bug that caused (some) people to have to power cycle their SmartShunt, or SolarCharger for getting its bluetooth working again. And user having to power cycle such a hard-wired device is so invasive, and complex for many non-technical people, that I decided to force that update through. And yes I know its annoying.
With regards to making configuration changes in the settings, also there we used to be rather strict, same thing - interoperability. And decided to relax that, and instead spend more time on making sure VictronConnect works with multiple versions. EDIT: for now, its still necessary to update to the latest version to be able to change settings. To allow earlier versions needs work - which is on the list.
And as such, slow development a bit - but there is no way around this anymore.
Hope this bit of inside info helps - have a good day/evening. Matthijs
You dont need an internet connection. The updates are stored within Victron Connect app.
Right. And one needs the victronconnect app to adjust the mppt. But do you mean that i have to disconnect internet first to avoid the mandatory firmware?
It is not practical to be forced updating a mppt for only changing the floatvoltage. As a developer you got to have the purpose of the user in mind. The mppt works as a charm and the update is not of immediately need. Or should not even be if the earlier update was ok enough which it was. This is like bill gates forcing you to use a new os which he doesn't. At least not as fast as i have to do now with new firmware for my mppt's. There should be a workaround the forced updates.
I have run into a forced update several times. It's generally when I'm in a hurry to do something quickly and I have to wait for the update.
We should have the choice of updating or not.
