I understand the Orion XS has an internal temperature sensor it uses to derate its current output when it rises above a specific temperature. As a precaution, I’ve installed several 120mm fans connected to a relay on the Cerbo GX which I manually switch on to keep the charger cool. It would be grea…

I haven’t had a chance to check out the Orion XS yet. A mate of mine was planning to get one, but instead we ended up using the Bluetti alternator DC-DC charger along with a 100/50 MPPT. From what I’ve heard, the Orion XS only delivers around 30A of charge, which makes it less appealing, especially …

Looks like there’s a Node-Red node available for monitoring the state of the OrionXS. See https://github.com/victronenergy/node-red-contrib-victron/wiki/Available-nodes#dcdc In particular: /Dc/0/Temperature (Degrees celsius), dbus path: /Dc/0/Temperature, type float Next time I’m at the boat, I’l…

You could even feed it into a Virtual temperature sensor when V3.60 is released and then it will be available on the gui as any other temperature sensor.

Would this require node red still or is that internal temperature going to be a “virtual sensor” in the upcoming release? Are there pre-release notes available?

Sounds good! And to confirm, the float value from /Dc/0/Temperature of the DCDC input corresponds with the OrionXS internal temperature?

No that is battery temperature. The internal temp is not available. What you could try is make a flow that looks at output voltage and current & when too low engage the dan. Thats the best I can offer at the moment.

Can the internal temperature be made available? I’d like to submit this as a feature request.

Configure Cerbo GX to trigger relay upon Orion XS internal temp / charge status?

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pwfarnell 22 May 2025 21:26 6

The Virtual temperature sensor is created in Node Red and populated with a value in Node Red. It then becomes a device in the GX same as any other temperature sensor.

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Configure Cerbo GX to trigger relay upon Orion XS internal temp / charge status?

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