My Mods on Venus OS (Main Screen, Truma, Shelly, Weather...)

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itsme asked Feb 5, '24

My Mods on Venus OS (Main Screen, Truma, Shelly, Weather...)

I use a RaspberryPi 3B+ with a 7 inch Touchscreen in my RV / Motorhome.

I think everyone knows the fantastic work of Kevin Windrem with his GUI Mods and like them as I do...

But I needed more. I wanted compressed information on one screen with less colors. I also need control of my heating (Truma) and lights (Shelly) and so I started my own modifications to the GUI (based on the GUI mods).

And this is the result:

I've created an app for my smartphone to control everything from everywhere as well:

... a BIG Data display that I clip behind the window so I can see the data when I'm sitting outside under the marquee/sunblind:

I've created a short video with the actual modifications of the GUI (part one).

https://youtu.be/JvIKf1ds3gI

Hope you enjoy it...

cerbo gx Raspberry Pi modifications gui mods shelly implimentation

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Cerbo GX product page

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Cerbo GX & GX Touch datasheet

Cerbo GX Manual

Venus root access document

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Answer 1 · 2024-02-05T14:50:34Z

nebulight answered · Feb 05 at 02:50 PM

wow, I'm sure the RV market would love that Truma option! Great work!

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Answer 2 · 2024-02-05T16:47:04Z

matteburk answered · Feb 05 at 04:47 PM

My gooooood! Shellys And Truma.... Me want!!!!!

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Answer 3 · 2024-02-05T20:55:35Z

rock2ya answered · Feb 05 at 08:55 PM

that's some awesome work you did there

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Answer 4 · 2024-02-06T07:25:56Z

grsh answered · Feb 06 at 07:25 AM

wow great work @ItsMe.
I also have a Victron system and want to implement my Truma Combi D4E. How did you get everything working?

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Answer 5 · 2024-02-06T13:53:20Z

shmobile answered · Feb 06 at 01:53 PM

Really great solution, congrats !

Would you provide the code of your venus solution and the mobile app you've developed?

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Answer 6 · 2024-02-06T18:44:16Z

xavier-64 answered · Feb 06 at 06:44 PM

Hello,

Good !!
I've also start last week some tests and drafts.... I'm still far from your version....

RV side panel

From truck side ruck

I've spent some time with the station_pump icon not available with embedded awesome font ....
I will perhaps check on victron node-red wed site to find something...

The Mobile app is a good point !!!

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Answer 7 · 2024-02-07T08:34:00Z

itsme answered · Feb 07 at 08:34 AM

Thank you for your comments here and on the other platforms so far. I'll make tutorials/workshops, so that every user will be able to do this byself.

By the way... I'm working on a new project, but this will take some time, because there are some technical challenges...

Teaser ;-)

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itsme commented · Feb 09 at 01:45 PM

technical challenges solved...

no leveling, just fresh air ;-)

Full control of the MaxxFan Deluxe (just one way)

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nebulight itsme commented · Feb 09 at 02:33 PM

wow this is FANtastic. I’ll see myself out…

Jokes aside this is really cool. I don’t have a Truma but I DO have a maxxfan. I’d love to build this into my van. Any chance you want to build an integration for a houghton air conditioner???

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matteburk commented · Feb 07 at 11:36 AM

Hmmmm Looks like some level control of the RV??? Nice with the tutorials! Thanx!

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grsh commented · Feb 08 at 02:50 PM

cant wait to get this running in my van !!!

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Answer 8 · 2024-02-07T09:52:50Z

xavier-64 answered · Feb 07 at 09:52 AM

Hello,
You are using 1 PI and 1 cerbo GX with your system ? (2 hardware system)
I4ve look at the video, really good job !
Xavier

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itsme commented · Feb 07 at 09:56 AM

No, just one RPi 3B+

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Answer 9 · 2024-02-07T12:19:14Z

Christian Lindermann answered · Feb 07 at 12:19 PM

Oh wow, Truma integrated into the Victron universe. A dream becomes true :-)
Both thumbs up!

I'm looking forward to the tutorials

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Answer 10 · 2024-02-08T16:47:02Z

mxcamper answered · Feb 08 at 04:47 PM

I would also be very happy if the individual steps for setup were shown here.

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Answer 11 · 2024-02-09T16:49:44Z

matteburk answered · Feb 09 at 04:49 PM

While you have your pants down, make a Sonos Page or a Spotify with airplay..... @ItsMe

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Answer 12 · 2024-02-09T19:42:52Z

sarah1331 answered · Feb 09 at 07:42 PM

@ItsMe would love the truma screen can you explained how you interface with it ? Tin CI ? Will it overwrite the inet plus panel ?

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itsme commented · Feb 12 at 01:24 PM

I'll explain it in detail soon. Did you mean CP Plus instead of iNet plus? The communication is between Cerbo, a LIN-TI-CI controller, MQTT and the CP-Plus

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sarah1331 itsme commented · Feb 17 at 07:19 PM

yes sorry cp plus

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Answer 13 · 2024-02-27T18:31:03Z

matteburk answered · Feb 27 at 06:31 PM

Any Progress in the tutorials @ItsMe ? :)

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itsme commented · Feb 28 at 05:42 AM

yes, of course... a lot of work to script, create the overviews, recordings, cutting, voiceover,...

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matteburk itsme commented · Feb 28 at 08:22 AM

Nice!

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Answer 14 · 2024-03-03T18:21:27Z

anakin answered · Mar 03 at 06:21 PM

Very god job!

What screen are you using?

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itsme commented · Mar 04 at 09:48 AM

Different ones... on my productive system in my RV, I have a Raspberry Pi 7" Screen. On my dev-version a 3rd party 7" HDMI. You can also use the standard 5" or 7" from Victron

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Answer 15 · 2024-03-08T08:16:01Z

honu answered · Mar 08 at 08:16 AM

Hello,

On your DC System, do you have a smartshunt or is the power value deducted by the Cerbo ?
I'm usint a BMV 712 to evaluate my DC load .. and i recently connected an MPPT on this DC circuit... the value reported now is completly wrong ... even if the BMV712 report the correct one.

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itsme commented · Mar 08 at 08:27 AM

In my productive system I have a BMV 712 as well. In my development system I use a smartshunt.

What do you mean with "completly wrong"? What is shown?

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honu itsme commented · Mar 09 at 01:08 PM

Allright ... i'm dumb... i checked all settings and cabling.. wll was right ..; then today i just seen that the BMV712 was not in the device list of the CErbo anymore => There was a wire cut on the ve.direct cable between BMV712 => Cerbo,n this is now fixed and the value reported by the Cerbo is now the good one ... !!!

Sometime i feel so dumb to have omited an obvious thing to test.µ
Sorry for all the hassle guys.

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jaymusician commented · Mar 08 at 05:22 PM

If your MPPT controller is a Victron model and it's connected to the GX device (usually via VE.direct cable), then the solar output is automatically deducted from the DC wattage. Otherwise you would need to connect another shunt between your battery and MPPT controller to isolate its output, along with some extra config in the software.

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honu jaymusician commented · Mar 09 at 11:24 AM

It is a victron and it is connected to a ve.direct cerbo conenctor and correctly reported in the cerbo display.

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Answer 16 · 2024-03-13T02:28:05Z

Ben Isikoff answered · Mar 13 at 02:28 AM

VICTRON HIRE THIS MAN!

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Answer 17 · 2024-03-18T19:18:32Z

matteburk answered · Mar 18 at 07:18 PM

My own designed 3d printed LinBox is as ready as it can be !

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itsme commented · Mar 18 at 07:35 PM

Awesome, Matt! Double Thumbs up! I'm working hard on the tutorials...

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