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Fronius Inverter does not appear on VRM portal, why ?

Hi,

The Fronius inverter is shown on the Venus but not on the VRM portal or it does in advanded but now in the overview 1623744509498.png

Above shows the Fronius and VRM portal below doesnt show it :

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but in theVRM portal i see following in Advanced :

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and here it's not shown :

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What could be the reason ?

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Guy Stewart (Victron Community Manager) answered ·

Hi all,

Thanks for the reports.

There is a known issue of PV inverters not showing correctly in VRM when on a phase other than L1, or 3 phase.

The VRM team is aware and has an open issue for it, so it will be fixed, but I don't have any idea of the timeline. Unfortunately it is not a quick solution.

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peternielsen answered ·

No one is running in this issue, where do i report this issue ? @Guy Stewart (Victron Community Manager) any idea ?

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slowdown answered ·

same Problem using a SMA-SB2.0! I also have a Tank-Sensor in the Devicelist with the same ID (20) as th PV-Inverter. The Tank-Sensor is not needed but i cannot delete it. Possibly this is the reason?

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peternielsen avatar image peternielsen commented ·

Yeah same here, i don't know why Victron is not acknowledging this is a bug. Should be a simple bug to solve, probably just in the UI.

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hansi answered ·

I have the same installation.

First inverter set at AC1 out on L1, 2nd inverter set at AC1 in on L2. Both are showed on the Remote Console. But only the first at the VRM Portal.

If I put the 2nd inverter in the settings on L1, it will appear on the Portal as well.

But then you will get wrong datas of the AC loads at the Console and the Portal.

So, it is not a solution.

I think, there is a software problem on the Portal which has to be solved by VE.

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peternielsen answered ·

Anyone know where I can report issues on the vrm portal?

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peternielsen answered ·

Since it's @slowdown and me that is experiencing this there must be something different in our case since we can't see the PV inverter in VRM portal.

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slowdown answered ·

After a few tries I found a workaround. If I set the PV inverter to the same phase as the MP-II in VGR, now I can see the inverter in the VRM-dashboard. I'll watch that, physical the SMA inverter is on a different phase. I don't know if that will cause other problems.

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peternielsen answered ·

I will try again, @mvader (Victron Energy) do you know if it's a bug or by intention that we can't see Fronius on the VRM ?

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mvader (Victron Energy) avatar image mvader (Victron Energy) ♦♦ commented ·
Hi Peter, I'm not 100% sure.



thank you for raising this: I'll look into this.

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peternielsen avatar image peternielsen mvader (Victron Energy) ♦♦ commented ·
thank you, looking forward hearing from you.
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adahmen avatar image adahmen peternielsen commented ·

@mvader (Victron Energy) or @Guy Stewart (Victron Community Manager)

I have exactly the same issue. My PV inverter (SMA in L3) is not visible on the dashboard - but all data is available in the advanced view.

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ole-dssd answered ·

Hi Peter, I have the some problem with MP on L1 and Fronius in L2. Is there a solution? Which Smartmeter did you use?


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adahmen answered ·

I have a similar problem (as the one that was reported here):

https://community.victronenergy.com/questions/128115/pv-inverter-disappears-in-vrm-dashboard-after-chan.html?childToView=128129#answer-128129

Everything was fine until I changed the PV Inverter from L1 to L3 (L3 is the correct one).

@mvader (Victron Energy) : Is this the same type of bug?
If useful, I can give you my VRM installation ID

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christian-boden answered ·

I have the same problem in an installation with 1 MultiPlus-II at L1 and 2 Fronius Primo at L2+L3.

The CerboGX (with Touch) shows everything perfect, but in VRM there are mistakes...

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I hoped to save the problem by resetting the Cerbo (with that special file on USB-disc) and setting up the complete System. No way...

At first i saw the inverters, also in VRM and the device list. But then they disappeared.... maybe by changing the phase L1 > L2/3


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peternielsen answered ·

I guess Victron doesn't care about this. @mvader (Victron Energy) you promised to follow up on this but never did ? Why is this issue so hard to solve or why don't you want to solve it ?

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frederic answered ·

Same problem. MP on L1 and SMA on L3, data can be seen in the remote console, but no appearance in VRM. @mvader (Victron Energy) , can a solution be made for this phase issue?


Thanks

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Meine_Energiewende answered ·

and another: MP2 on L1 and Fronius on L3. Remote Console is fine, but nothing on VRM.

Jens

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adahmen answered ·

Same problem for me - SMA on L3 --> Remote console and VRM Advanced view okay, but no SMA on VRM Dashboard

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getacca answered ·

Same problem for me - SMA on L2 --> Remote console and VRM Advanced view okay, but no SMA on VRM Dashboard.

Please fix the problem. In Germany, due to the unbalanced load rule, it is not possible to connect more than 4.6 kW to one phase.


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getacca answered ·

Is there an update now? I will add another SMA inverter in the next few weeks. I look forward to further developing the topic.

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peternielsen answered ·

Finally the Fronius inverter is now shown on the VRM portal together with the total solar output !

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h-m-heating answered ·

Now it all works

For the Fronius Gen24

The solution is to configure SunSpec support on the PV-inverter.

In the Fronius Gen24

API needs to have been Selected

  • Log into the Fronius web interface. Select Finish
  • Communication
  • Go to the Modbus tab
  • Set Data export via Modbus to tcp.
  • set Sunspec Model Type to int + SF

Thanks

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