GX Dashboard shows EVCS instead of VM-3P75CT L1/L2/L3 bubbles

Q&A and troubleshooting
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As far as I know there are plans to make the VRM dashboard more … let’s say flexible.
But I don’t think there is a roadmap for that.

That’s normal.

I would give it some time, also a reboot of the GX device might help.

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Thanks Matthias, I appreciate you taking the time to explain it. That clears up the behaviour regarding the AC Load dashboard limitations and the duplicate device entries.

Regarding the phantom EVCS tile, it has now been more than 24 hours. I’ve also rebooted the Cerbo GX several times during my troubleshooting, but the EVCS tile is still present. I’ll leave it for a bit longer and see if it eventually disappears.

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You’re right that you’re not the only one wanting to use the VM-3P75CT to monitor multiple independent loads.; it’s not possible using the default victron tooling, but I have writen a driver for the VM-3P75CT that splits it’s 3 differnt phase readings into 3 different virtual meters that are then added in ac loads.
But if these loads aren’t a heat pump, solar invertor or ev charger you won’t see them separately on VRM (yet?)

Give me a ping if you’re intrested, I don’t have access to it now but can put it on github somewhere next week if there is intrest.

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Thanks, that’s very interesting.

If I understand correctly, your driver creates three virtual AC Load meters on the Cerbo, but the current VRM dashboard still combines them into a single AC Loads tile?

I’m currently trying to monitor three independent loads (house, shed 1 and shed 2), so I’d definitely be interested in having a look if you decide to publish it on GitHub.

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Hi Matthias,

A quick update.

The phantom EVCS tile did not disappear automatically, even after about 3 days, and I had rebooted the Cerbo GX several times during that period.

I tried a number of different things while troubleshooting, but what finally resolved it was:

  1. Changing the VM-3P75CT role from AC Load to EV Charger.
  2. Waiting for the EVCS tile to fully populate.
  3. Changing the role back to AC Load.

After that, the phantom EVCS tile disappeared immediately.

Regarding the AC Loads bubbles, I now understand that the current behaviour is by design. I’ll look forward to seeing support for separate L1, L2 and L3 bubbles in a future enhancement.

Thanks again for all your help.

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In 90 % of the cases it is caused by cables, (home made?) Ground loops can also have influence, make shure ground loops are broken.