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I’ve just started trying to configure my new system and having the same issue so you’re not alone. It simply won’t let me complete the configuration and jumps back to the start page. (Site ID 919609).

Okay, at least I am not alone. Have you received any further feedback from Victron?

No nothing yet.

@dfaber can you help??

Hi @Buddinski88 & @Chris_Roberts ,

We’re looking into it! Expecting it to be fixed tomorrow, don’t have a clear cause yet.

With kind regards,

Jarco

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Hi Jarco, thank you very much for the reply. If you need any further information, let me know :slight_smile:

Mind sharing the vrm id this is about? (The nr in the url).

Morning @Buddinski88 & @Chris_Roberts ,

The DESS configuration loop should be fixed, sorry for the inconvenience!

Please do let me know if something’s still not working as expected :slight_smile:

With kind regards,

Jarco

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Hi Jacro,

Awesome. I just finished setting it up without any problems :ok_hand:

Thank you so much, and best regards,
Bastian

Thanks Jarco. All sorted.

Chris

good morning,

I found no way to DM you, so here is my vrm ID: 742544

In fact I stopped the DESS-experiment today, because I can’t understand the decisions made by the system. I attached the forecast for today.

My settings are / were:

Can you sell energy back to the grid? Yes

Maximum import power 15 kW

Maximum export power 5 kW

Operating mode Green mode

Battery energy capacity 32 kWh

Maximum discharge power 30 kW

Maximum charge power 30 kW

Battery costs 0.05 €/kWh

Buy prices fixed

00:00 - 05:00 € 0.175

05:00 - 23:59 € 0.275

Sell prices type dynamic

Energy provider country: Germany

greetings

Christian

What does the next day’s prices and forecast look like? Always include the next day on your posts for clarity.

I would understand this grid charging behavior if the next day would have a spike in the spot prices and your solar production is not sufficient to 100% top up the battery today from the sun.

I got the octopus go tariff here in germany, so my prices are always the same:

5:00 - 24:00 27,5 ct
0:00 - 5:00 17,5 ct

the solar forecast for the day shown was big enough to get to the next low price zone in the night. next day’s solar forecast wasn’t great, but the right behavior would have been, to wait for the low prices in the night, and not to charge in the high price hours.

In addition, the system sold 1 kWh to the grid at 7:00 (little turquoise), to buy it back at 9:00.

I have configurate the following things:

The result:

How can I permanently switch off the battery balancing?

Same here. It will not disable.

I have a Victron system (3× MultiPlus II with Cerbo and Cegasa batteries) along with two PV systems (Fronius and SMA, 9.46 kWp). When I enable dynamic settings, the battery charges from the grid at the scheduled times, but the PV system no longer feeds into the grid—it seems to be curtailed.

How does Victron handle this, and how can I change it? The PV system should still be allowed to export power, but the battery storage should not.

I have got a single phase Multiplus 3000 GX with 9.6 kWh Pylontech batteries. Just two weeks ago I configured the sell price in the DESS settings. Since then nearly every morning between 5 and 8 the multiplus drains the battery nearly to 20 % SOC.
Hence there is often no sufficient energy to support any loads that are bigger than the actual PV power. So power from the grid is fed in.

How can I limit this? I would eager maintain the battery SOC and sell the PV surplus during the day to the grid (less inverter losses).

installation ID 754672