Venus OS 3.51 and 3.52 current limit issues - setting greyed out after input change on Quattro 2 48/5000

Hello,
after updating to 3.51 i noticed a strange phenomenon regarding the input current limit settings on the Venus OS UI.

On my three quattros i’ve set the function “override by remote” for the input current limit. It is actived for both inputs.

If i switch form grid to generator i can adjust the input current limit and it works as intended. If i now disconnect the generator and switch back to grid supply, BOTH input current limit settings for grid and generator are greyed out and cannot be changed anymore. Venus OS states that they are fixed in the system configuration.

The only way to fix it for now is to restart the cerbo gx. After a restart it works again properly as long as i do not perform a change of input. If i change to generator and back the issue manifests again.

System configuration is three-phase ESS with three Quattro II 48/5000 and a Cerbo GX.

With older firmware - i.e. 3.3.x or 3.4.x everything works fine. With 3.51, as well as 3.52 there are the discribed issues.

Does anyone else have this problem?

Thanks very much in advance!

Hi @Christian82 thank you for the report.

New UI or Classic UI?

Matthijs

Sorry - forgot to mention - New UI. But i must say i didn´t try it under 3.51/3.52 with the Classic UI.

Christian

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Does anybody else have this problem? Also - i run firmware v498 on my Quattro II. Didn´t change that because it worked before.

A really nice feature would be a “start charging” and “end charging” function in the UI under the generator section. But still start charging by default if a generator is being connected as it is behaving by now. The “end charging” in a way that it ramps back down the power within a few seconds before stopping.

Background:
If i connect to the generator, the Quattros sync and then slowly ramp up the power to the desired value. Now if i decide to stop charging let´s say at 80% then i at the moment (mis)use the input current limit to “tame down” the power a bit before i break the generator connection. When finished i restore the input current limit back to lets say 16A for the next run.

Without that i would have to open the contactor while charging at 10.000 watts power which altough working is not the most ideal way at least in my opinion. :zap:

In case im overlooking something and can´t see the forest for the trees i´m open for suggestions of course. :sweat_smile:

I have an update on this issue - i did a test today and found out that the settings for the input current limit do only appear to be “greyed out” if i disconnect the generator and connect back to the grid. Disconnecting AC 2 (Grid) and changeover to AC 1 (Gen.) does apparently not trigger the issue.

This time i charged the batteries all the way up into absorption and then disconnected the generator without fiddling around on the current limit. Makes no difference - settings get greyed out.

Also i found out another way to “reset” the problem. Manually triggering a re-detection of the VE.Bus system does also make the settings available again. Sorry - forgot to try this bevore - did only try the restart-way.

Perhaps this helps.

And my question again - could this have something to do with my (relatively) old firmware v498 on the quattros. Could a fireware update possibly solve this? I´m a bit hesitant because everything else works fine and this worked too before switching to Venus OS 3.5x and GUI 2.0. :confused: