I have ungraded by Cerbo GX to v3.60~84 and it is not being detected anymore on my B&G MFD device, I can see my SmartShunt and MPPT devices and read data from them, but I cannot now read any of the data from my Quattro, like shore power V and A, Generator, Inverter status etc.
I started Signal K and it can see the values from my NMEA2000 system as normal, depths, GPS speed, wind etc.
Looks like the Cerbo is not publishing the data onto the NMEA bus correctly.
This was working on the release V3.60~80 which I had loaded previously.
It is the N2K data from the Quattro via the Cerbo Gx I cannot see anymore in my B&G, the marine HTML 5 screen does not work as it requires an ethernet connection, so I created a dashboard that shows some of the Victron data, I can see the SOC, battery voltage and current from my Smartshunt, as well as data from the solar blue, but the Quattro data such as status, and the inputs are missing. I have rescanned the devices in the Zeus 3 but the Cerbo or Quattro are not showing, the other Victron devices do.
All devices are on the latest software level, and this was working with the release I installed in early May, I skipped the last one, or two, as I am sailing and have limited internet access.
I donât use Signal K but started it to see if the Quattroâs data was available, which it was, I can see the data on the Cerboâs touch screen anyway.
We canât reproduce it here, data from Multis/Quattros is transmitted properly on our test systems.
And we briefly looked into it remotely on your system, where after some restarting the data came out properly.
For any further diagnosis, this is probably best done when not under sail, and youâll then have to disable all modifications, including signalk.
And actually that is something youâll have to try anyway yourself: disable all modifications, make sure the rootfs is reported as being âcleanâ in the Settings â General â Modifications checks menu.
I will do a rebuild of the Cerbo once I am in a suitable location, or at the weekend when we will be back at our base near Pula.
I donât use SignalK but do have a few NodeRed flows and a dashboard to show voltage values from the two starter batteries, I cannot find a way of displaying these via the Cerbo.
When V3.60 is released you can create a virtual battery in Node-RED, which the Cerbo sees the same as any other battery monitor. I am using the beta version helping out with testing and have 2 virtual batteries set up for easy display on the battery page, âCell Varianceâ is the min/ max cell voltage difference on the lithium house bank and the starter battery is also a virtual battery. The voltage source is the aux voltage measurement from a SmartShunt in DC Load service which is not reported as a battery voltage.
I already use the additional sensor of my Smartshunt for one starter battery, but I have additional monitors using a Esp32 device with an ADC to monitor the other starter battery, the generator battery and bow thruster batteries, currently this sends MQTT messages which i decode in Node Red and show on a dashboard.
These are not part of the main Victron setup which manages my domestic batteries, but I would like to be able to show each battery state on a separate screen on my Cerbo screen, VRM etc, similarly to the tanks and my Ruuvi devices, ideally by using the MQTT messages.
Not sure this is possible without buying more SmartShunts, my ESP32 and ADC device cost about ÂŁ20 and is connected to my boatâs ethernet network, no contest on price performance ratio.
As you already have them in Node-RED then I was just pointing out a way to get them into the Cerbo and VRM as mainstream batteries so no need to use the Node-RED dashboard.
I reinstalled v3.55 from a backup I had via a USB stick, then downloaded the latest beta.
This appears to have worked, I now have the Cerbo device showing again in the device list of the Zeus and instrument dashboard shows the state of the fuel and water tank etc using the Victrkn data.
Many thanks for you help.
Now to see if I can get the extra 3 battery states I monitor from Node Red into the Cerbo as suggested by pwfarnell, it would be nice to have them showing on my Touch Display, instead of having to use my tablet or mobile to check them.
Create a virtual node of type battery then add a battery control node linked to the voltage of the virtual battery which receives the source of the voltage.
At one point all the N2K data via the Cerbo was missing, this included tanks and Ruuvi devices, if I did a device search on the Zeus the Cerbo was missing.
Once I rebuilt the Cerbo I did a device search in on the Zeus and the Cerbo appeared again as did the Quattro. See pictures of the device list when all is working.
If I am understanding the system correctly the Cerbo GX acts as a gateway between the N2K network and the Victron networks, so if this is not detected after a restart of the Zeus, and all the rest of the B&G kit, I loose access to the Victron data.
I cannot get the web page up, it is working if I check using a web browser, but this appears to be an issue with the Zeus not your system, it keeps dropping the ethernet IP address from my router, I think it wants to be the DHCP server and if not goes into a sulk. Other users have had similar conflicts from comments on forums.
Most of the time the web page is not even presented, when it is the page times out with a server not found message.
I had everything running as per my previous email and all Victron devices were showing in the Zeus device list as expected.
I then powered off my navigation equipment, and powered it back on, the Victron devices had gone, and a scan on the Zeus found nothing.
I restarted the Cerbo Gx, and a few minutes after it had come back up the Zeus reported them again. I did not have to rescanned on the Zeus, they automatically reappeared.
Ran this test a couple of times, consistent results.
So it seems that the Zeus cannot see the Victron devices until the Cerbo sends out suitable âI am hereâ messages.
I donât have the kit to trap the N2K messages on board to see what gets sent to update the Zeus.
