Can someone please explain to me how I implement this feature? I can’t seem to find where this can be configured.
" * Add ability to assign single phase virtual PV inverter to any of L1-L3 phases"
Currently on V3.60~39 with node-red-contrib-victron 1.6.17
Hello.
Using VenusOS 3.60~78 and facing the same kind of problem…
@victronenergy/node-red-contrib-victron version 1.6.28
I have a 3-phases Multiplus-II system with 2 single phase AC PV inverters, repectively on L2 and L3.
Using virtual PV-Inverters in NodeRed to get values (A, V, W, Wh, …) from existing KNX power meters (and possibly an RS-485 gateway in the future) into Venus OS, I see no way to set a given virtual PV inverter to a given phase.
Current work-around is to use one 3-phases virtual PV inverter in NodeRed, but this is not clean and limits future functionalities (like using NodeRed to selectively throttle or shut down PV inverters individually).
Thanks for a future fix.
By the way, virtual devices are a great new feature in NodeRed !
Much better than using a hacked Python script to create device on the DBus.
" * Add ability to assign single phase virtual PV inverter to any of L1-L3 phases"
On feat: Add ability to assign single phase virtual PV inverter to any of L1-L3 phases by podarok · Pull Request #212 · victronenergy/node-red-contrib-victron · GitHub there is some more info.
And tagging @podarok here as he knows most about that feature.
It depends from your seup
e.g. In my case - I have all inverters on phase 3, so I need PV inverter to be working on phase 3 too, and I don’t need L1/2 displayed across VRM/Venus cards and device stats.
Changing virtual PV to one phase makes it working with better UX
@podarok
Hi Andrii.
Unfortunately, I still do not see the option to select a phase when creating a virtual PV inverter in NodeRed :
This is what I get with Venus OS 3.60~84 and the latest " victronenergy/node-red-contrib-victron" version 1.6.31.
So, the nice image from this link :
… is NOT what we get.
Maybe a missing “commit” or “merge to master” somewhere ?
By the way : I tested with “AC Input 1”, “AC Input 2”, “AC Output”, it is the same issue.
Thanks for the help.
Rgds.
This is because we are dreamers, while Victron guys - pragmatics )))
We dream for flexibility, but Victron puts everything into concrete )))))))))
Yeah, on a screenshot you see my variation of change before it was accepted into victron library with some modifications from @dfaber
If you have no skills to modify or re-apply my change - use 3 phase version of virtual PV and feed respective phase with proper data.
