Engine integration

Hi all,

In the latest release (see attached image), I noticed there’s now an engine integration feature available.

My engine and Cerbo are both connected to the NMEA 2000 (N2K) network, and I can already see the engine/battery data on my Raymarine Axiom chartplotter.

How can I get this N2K engine data to show up on the Cerbo GX and in the VRM portal?
Is any additional configuration needed?

Thanks in advance!

The boat page picks up info from an electric motor, but you will not have an electric motor in your devices. The way I have populated my boat page is load the large image, activate Node-RED and create a virtual motor. Then I read in the required info into Node-RED such as engine rpm and output that to the virtual motor. The boat page then picks up my diesel engine rpm.

There is info in the V3.60 slide pack.

Creating a digital twin seems like an interesting and promising solution. I have lots of sensors—maybe I should build a digital twin of the yacht as well! :wink: I’ll need to read up on how and what kind of data can be displayed locally on the Cerbo and what can be viewed remotely via VRM.

After learning some lessons from (#46 Data partition full), I’m wondering: how much can I really load onto the Cerbo? Would it be possible to run Node-RED alongside the standard Victron software?

There are people who run Node-RED on a separate unit such as a Raspberry Pi and transfer info with the Cerbo rather than on the Cerbo but that is outside my knowledge. There are posts in the Modifications Section on this such as the one below if searched for

That only works with NMEA2000 data though, yes?

In theory it should also be possible with CANopen data (e.g. from the SEVCON motor controllers which are widely used) but Victron don’t support this… :frowning:

(unless this can be done somehow using Node Red?)