Bringing IP22 into Venus.OS?

Hi,

On my off-grid test rig I have (so far) a SmartShunt, a 12/250 inverter and they both connect via VE.Direct to my RPi / Venus.OS (with TFT touch display) and they can all be seen via VictronConnect on my PC or Phone, VRM and also the dedicated / kiosk tablet app (all very swish I must say) and all seems to work as expected. :wink:

But I also have IP65 and IP22 chargers and was wondering if there is a way to get them integrated into the Venus.OS system please?

As you are aware from our discussion elsewhere it’s possible to get them partly into Venus OS on an RPI as shown here:
https://communityarchive.victronenergy.com/questions/226131/bluesmart-ip22-charger-and-vedirect.html
What is missing for me is getting the charger to show on the Overview page of the Remote Console or the similar page on the local display.
I guess this needs an addition to the device library, does anyone know where one might be available and how to add it in?

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I am in the same situation.
after the hack I can see the IP22 in the device list with the correct data but nothing appear on the main overview page.
any news about that?

I don’t have any news but then my Victron based Off-Grid test rig has temporarily stall, partly because of the poor weather we have been having.

I think one reason why the IP22 doesn’t appear is because it isn’t officially supported in that way.

yes agree,
I’m trying to write a driver to show the IP22 as a grid/shore meter.
I have some issues cause the IP22 miss the AC input part measurement

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I wrote a driver for it GitHub - mebitek/ChargerMeter: Venus OS script to integrate your victron charger into gui-v2
But I’m not sure about the values, could you please test it?