Easy way to upgrade multiplus GX II 3000 -> 5000

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First of all, if this is not the right category, then sorry please move it :slight_smile:

I am planning on upgrading my small home battery setup, at the moment it is a single pylontech 5000 with a victron multiplus II GX 48 3000w unit.
I want to move to a 5000 watt multiplus 2 GX, adding another pylontech 5000 while at at.

I am wondering if there is an easy way to transfer all my current settings / data. I have NodeRed running on the internal GX device, ESS is running (using DESS). Battery settings have been adjusted slightly and a lot of other small changes.

I am trying to figure out if it is possible to transfer all of this to the new device or if i basically have to start from scratch, going through VE-Configure, setting region, adding ESS assistant etc. Then reconfiguring node-red … you get what i mean :slight_smile:

I have looked around on the forum a bit but have not found much about this, might be search terms. If there is topics related to this please let me know!

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There is an inverter backup and restore feature under test in the beta Venus OS. Don’t believe it is possible for Nodered or the Venus OS yet.

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In Node-Red I would export a JSON file containing all flows and make a list of your palette containing all versions. You can import the JSON in your empty Node-Red afterwards. Make sure to do IP-adress reservation for your your new GX device in your router if you use the MQTT broker in the GX for example. Besides that it is best to just write the settings down. It is’t too hard to configure a new system. And a backup on paper is always handy…

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While exporting and import FLOWs with json, NodeRed will add all blocks even those that you did’nt install and will reenable them as soon as you install proper palettes.

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Thanks for te reply’s i will copy the json file from node-red, seems like the most easy way.
For the beta backup and restore, is there any documentation for that feature? I am wondering if this will cause issues if it gets restored on a device with different specs. This is my main concern.
I also have been thinking of downloading the VE configure file from the VRM portal and restoring that to the new inverter but i think it might be wise to just configure it as a new one in the end.

Bit more work but propably cleaner.

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The VE configure file will not be accepted by a different product. I tried it once…