Broadcasting generator data on the VE.Can network

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Hello,

I have a Cerbo GX setup with Venus OS large with two generators connected using Modbus TCP - I can see them in VRM, and they show up on the dbus (using dbus-spy). NMEA2000-out is enabled.

Now I would like to use a third party device to get my installation data from the Cerbo using VE.Can, but it seems like the generator data is not being broadcast on the CAN bus. The other data like battery (which is on the BMS-CAN) and inverter information (connected through VE.Bus) does show up. Is there any way to make the Cerbo also broadcast the generator data?

Thanks!

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short answer is probably No.
Longer answer you could possibly do a custom implementation to get the data out, but not sure on this.

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Hi @Ddis, I can confirm, we do not support forwarding generators to the CAN bus via our NMEA2000-out feature, sorry.

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Hi Philipp, thanks for the heads up.

Is it possible to send data over VE.Can using a custom script/implementation? I see all the data I want transmitted in VRM and over MQTT, so is there a way to get the Cerbo to transmit custom CAN messages?

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What would that custom implementation entail, could you nudge me in the right direction where to look? I have the data I want on the dbus, is there a way to send CAN bus messages from the Cerbo containing custom data?