For those looking to learn about DESS and Node-RED, I am sharing my hybrid dess trade flow, as-is, very alpha ‘work_in_progress’ but still interesting for those seeking some examples on how to get things done with Node-RED, DESS, VRM-API etcetera. Sorry can’t offer too much help with it but at least…

After some serious refactoring, things are starting to get together quite nicely: [image] …flow deleted… ← these are the more generic parts of the flow, lefthand side of the screenshot

I wonder how long it will take, if ever, for somebody to come by and actually take a good look and realize what they can do with it.

I really like the boolean libraries, such as ‘node-red-contrib-boolean-logic-ultimate’. Makes it so much easier to conceptualize these workflows. …flow deleted… [image] Hooks straight into the previous one

[image] [image] [image] being very royal with link nodes for clarity: [image] [image]

[image] using virtual pv inverter to subtract ac charger power from grid power (in work) …flow deleted…

here is v0.2: [image] install node-red-contrib-boolean-logic install node-red-contrib-boolean-logic-ultimate install all you need for node-red dess do not import the node-redd-dess json (a slightly modified one is included) search for all ids and tokens in provided upcycle_…_v0.2.json marked wit…

[image] Jan: Some setting: hardware related stuff will need to be inspected and adjusted of course no need to get ‘spooked’ by the complexity of the flows, 90% in there is for monitoring, debugging and testing purposes: what I build to learn myself. purely the functional part will be, in th…

v0.3 [image] [image] DESS not honoring "zero sell to grid" today ? (2025-05-10 + 2025-06-16) DESS One of many ways to get my way anyway (actually the first thing I tried) is to keep setting com.victronenergy.hub4(0)/Overrid…

:exploding_head: None of my flows are this big or complex.

Over 80% is for monitoring and debugging, the core logic itself is much smaller. I try not to ‘hide’ any flow logic in function nodes or context (flow, global) variables to keep sight of what is going on. It’s a toolkit more than anything else, I keep in mind I want other people to be able to use it…

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UpCycleElectric (Jan) 22 June 2025 21:41 12

I uploaded a small part of the flow specifically to set ‘keep batteries charged’ in another topic: Another Strange DESS behaviour - #10 by UpCycleElectric

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