UPDATE 2025-02-05: v3.60~24 is available for public beta testing
Good morning
There is a new series going into public testing: v3.60~x.
Change log below, first please make yourself aware with the beta testing instructions:
Instructions 1 of 3: Venus OS beta testing & how to join/install
In case you don’t know what this message is about, please start with reading this link, which explains the Venus OS beta program. Venus OS is the software running on all our GX devices, such as the Cerbo GX.
Instructions 2 of 3: How to report an issue?
Before posting, please check if your issue already exists, in which case please contribute by replying to that issue or up-voting it.
Only once you are sure its a new possible issue, start a new topic.
Lastly, before posting, preferably first revert to the latest official release, to double check if the issue you’re seeing was present there as well. Regressions require a different treatment than other issues and bugs. And let us know if you did that, and what the difference is. A perfect report contains:
- How its expected to work
- How it doesn’t work as expected
- Details on the system
- What you’ve already tried to make sure its not a setting or other issue.
Please take note that that this works quite differently than it used to do on the old version of Community:
- For a new issue, open a new topic. Instead of adding a new reply at the bottom.
- To add to an already open issue, aka topic, reply to that. Or just upvote it if you have the same issue. This will help us a lot in determining its importance and manage our priorities.
Instructions 3 of 3: using Node-RED, Kevin’s GuiMods or other add-ons?
In case you are running Node-RED or SignalK, then please at least say so in your bug report.
Kevin’s GuiMods and other 3rd party add-ons: don’t report your gui issues here. Please do it elsewhere instead; and make sure to check out the related issue tracker first.
Changes made by us can cause a compatibility issue with the GuiMods; and these betas report pages are for official firmware only.
Change log
v3.60~25
- Tank inputs on Cerbo GX, Ekrano GX GX Tank 140: Increase margin on analog input open circuit detection, fixes tanks showing an “Open circuit” alarm while all that happened was a sensor that is a bit overshooting / out of range.
- Login page for gui-v2: fix iOS zoom in on page.
- Various other small fixes
Developers
- drop support for qt4 in the SDK, since it is no longer used nor included in Venus OS
v3.60~22, 23 and 24
ESS
- fix issue in peakshaving feature in combination with the Self-consumption from battery setting set to Only critical loads
- fix problem where loads were not powered from PV when ESS mode is optimised with minsoc=100%, unless the battery actually reached 100%. Thanks to @nickdb. (introduced in previous beta version)
Managed batteries:
- Add support for Soluna batteries
Genset start/stop:
- genset start/stop: add a new alarm feature “Detect generator at DC”
- When the setting is enabled, an alarm will be triggered if the DC current read by the genset has not been above 5A once for 300s. As soon as the current has been above 5A once, the genset is considered running properly, until it is stopped again.
- Only visible for digitally connected DC gensets, such as Fischer Panda and Hatz.
- Here is a screenshot of the new setting and the new alarm:
Venus OS Large / Signal K server
- signalk-venus-plugin v1.42 → v1.43
- Update of signalk-venus-plugin to 1.43
- fix: virtual devices cause dbus connections to stop updating
feature: add configuration to ignore everything from specific devices - Release v2.13.0 · SignalK/signalk-server · GitHub
Modifications:
- gui-v1: Add log entry if loading QML files failed, more specifically gui-v1 now reports to the console if an error occurred during initial parsing. This won’t catch errors in pages which are loaded later on, for example the overviews. But does catch errors in components; and allows add-ons like gui-mods to be more robust/foolproof.
v3.60~21
- ESS: fix issue where MPPTs stop generating when minimum SOC is set to 100%.
- DSE Genset start/stop integration: support for more models, including DSE7320 and DSE7320 MKII. We now support all applicable DSE models. The range not support is the DSE8000 range, which is a more advanced range used for paralleling gensets.
- Remote firmware updates: fix issue where only one VE.Direct device (mppt, battery monitor, smartshunt) was found when scanning; as was as improve the status indication as visible on the VRM Portal
Venus OS Large / Node-RED
- node-red-contrib-victron 1.6.15
- Fix issue preventing virtual GPS device from functioning
- Update services: Added several extra paths to the acsystem and acload nodes
- Make temperature optional for virtual batteries
- Update dependencies
- Update documentation
- Add ability to assign single phase virtual PV inverter to any of L1-L3 phases
v3.60~18, ~19 and ~20
- gui-v1 underwater improvements (built against a newer version of the graphics library)
- PV Inverter zero-feed-in
- Fix problem with Zero-feed in limit stuck at 1064 W for Solaredge SE 66.6 K
- Fix issue in SMA limiter, especially related to TriPower inverters.
- With above two changes, all known issues of this new feature (see below in the changelog for details) are now fixed: feedback welcome!
- Remote Firmware updates over VRM
- Significantly increase the speed of scanning devices for firmware updates. On a simple test system with a Cerbo GX and one of each device, scan time was reduced from 44 seconds to 16 seconds.
- gui-v2
- Complete re-layout of the settings menu
- Add language Zuid-Afrikaans
- Change the number of decimals for the tank sensor empty / full settings, in a future update we’ll make sure that the sensor value field shows the same number of decimals.
- Fix issue related to GPS device instance display
- Fix Maximum ESS Grid Feed-in could be set to -1
- Add confirmation dialog to Generator Settings auto start functionality
- Do not show generator control cards when generator is disabled
- Add missing ESS menu to RS System Page
v3.60~17
- gui-v1 Remote Console improvements (feedback wanted! both when having issues, but also its great to hear that Remote Console, Classic UI aka gui-v1, works well for you).
Venus OS Large
- node-red-contrib-victron v1.6.12
- Add support for a virtual GPS
- Add
/Connected
to virtual pv inverter - Add text representation for tank level
- Library and documentation update
v3.60~16
- gui-v1: various small improvements regarding connection stability and handling first key stroke and mouse event
v3.60~12 till v3.60~15
Multi RS:
- Fix spurious grid lost alarm
New UI
- For systems having a second VE.Bus System, connected using an MK3-USB, DVCC parameters may now optionally control all systems. A new setting has been added to enable this; disabled by default.
- Hide phase data for vebus inverters with no valid AC inputs
- Hide equalization, state of charge and active input settings for non-multi vebus inverters
- Fix Device type page titles
- Add a watchdog timer to detect crashed WASM and trigger reload (WASM only).
- Add position setting for energy meters proxying for EV chargers
- Clip GradientListView to avoid out-of-geometry delegates stealing clicks
- Fix bugs in generator state display
- Fix spinbox buttons display in disabled state
- Hide minsoc control if battery is kept at 100%
- Add scheduled charging controls for RS devices
- Add a breadcrumb navigation header in Settings pages
- Update translations
DVCC
- Add Sunwoda battery support
Venus OS Large / Node-RED
- node-red-contrib-victron v1.6.4 → v1.6.11
v3.60~11
- Small internal change related to Cerbo GX MK2 VE.Can Port 2 status reporting
v3.60~9
- Change the (per v3.60 newly introduced, see below) PV Inverter limiting behaviour for SMA inverters. The algorithm no longer auto-enables the feature on the SMA inverter, and therefore it is now necessary, if you want to use this feature, enable External limiting via Modbus TCP in the SMA settings. The GX will now not show the limiting option in its settings unless the SMA is configured for External limiting. Fixes error 10120 being raised on the SMA inverter.
- A few small further improvements to the Cerbo GX MK2 VE.Can port 2 software improvement.
- New UI: Fix virtual keyboard no longer working - this was broking earlier during v3.60 betas.
v3.60~8
- Fix Cerbo GX MK2 VE.Can 2 port failing after some time on a certain percentage of units, especially when running the New UI (gui-v2)
- Fix genset start/stop not working always, bug was introduced earlier during v3.60 development
- Fix Multi RS grid lost alarm; that alarm mechanism is now configured with the common Settings → System setup → Monitor for grid failure setting.
gui-v2
- Respect access level in various device list controls
- Fix generator start/stop conditions battery monitor selection menu
- Add control card for EV Charger
- Add support for Utilization reporting for Alternator (visible for those alternator controllers that transmit that data)
- Use Slider control for RS ESS min-soc setting
- Show active SOC limit on ESS subpage
- Move ESS menu to Inverter/Charger page
- Fix listing of PV inverters on the system
- Increase tank sensor value limits precision (when full and empty) to 3 decimal places
and the step size to 0.005 - Add connectivity icons for WiFi and GSM
NMEA2000-out
- N2K-out: add VREGs for AC in/out current to VE.Bus sender
v3.60~5, 6 and 7
New UI aka gui-v2:
- Fix the max gauge range setting for AC input 2 current gauge
- Fix bug wrt input current limit control for External transfer switch type systems; the controls page showed a second input current limit setting while there is only one.
ModbusTCP:
- Add 32-bit registers for a number of services that have outgrown their 16-bit values
- Battery DC power, register 256. Used to be limited to 32kW.
- Solar charger PV power, register 792. Used to be limited to 6553.5kW.
- Generator power, registers [3230-3235]. Used to be limited to 32kW per phase.
- AC load power, registers [3924-3929]. Used to be limited to 32kW per phase.
Venus OS Large - Node-RED
- Victron pallette, node-red-contrib-victron v1.6.3
- Update enum of inverter mode
- Bump in underlying libraries
- Update documentation
v.3.52 → v3.60~4
General:
- VE.Bus inverter/chargers: add kWh counter mechanism for external transfer switch based systems.
- Fix EVCS firmware update not working via VRM now and then showing error 1302
PV Inverter integration:
- Re-add the new setting and feature that was also tested in the v3.50 beta series for a while: PV Limiting support for PV-inverters other than Fronius and ABB/Fimer, who were always supported.
- Note that the setting is only available in gui-v1 at the moment, it will be added to gui-v2 shortly.
- Details:
- This setting shows only for PV Inverters other than Fronius and ABB/Fimer. For Fronius and ABB/Fimer nothing changes: PV limiting remains always enabled as in the past.
- The setting shows up for any PV-inverter that advertises the limiting ability through the SunSpec protocol.
- The setting also shows up for some SolarEdge inverters. SolarEdge use their own proprietary limiting protocol.
- This feature will interfere with proper operation in a SolarEdge/SMA system with an energy meter. Leave it disabled in such systems.
- This setting defaults to Off. The objective is to avoid silently/unexpectedly enable the limiter on a running system when Venus OS is updated.
- Note that enabling this setting only makes the GX “limiting aware” for the said PV Inverter. Thereafter, to actually enable limiting, either Disable the feed-in of excess AC-coupled PV in Settings → ESS, or use Dynamic ESS.
- For Fronius and ABB/Fimer, nothing changes. PV-limiting support remains enabled and there is no setting for it.
- Compared to the version last in v3.50 (v3.50-42):
- Fix bug that caused support for limiting to not be indicated (introduced in venus 3.50~40)
- Fix bug that required a reboot after disabling the limiter
New UI aka gui-v2:
- Show multi-phase solar inverter output in watts not amps
- Fix bug in Bluetooth sensor configuration menu that could cause sensors to no longer show in a webbrowser until restarting the browser.
- Update translations.
Multi RS:
- Fix grid-lost alarm showing even though disabling in Settings → System
- Add Multi RS specifics to GX genset start/stop feature:
- Warm-up and Cool-down support (ignore AC input to allow the generator to warm-up or cool-down without a load)
- Start/stop conditions on Inverter overload, Inverter temperature, AC load
- Fix various smaller issues
Modbus-TCP:
- Add register for Multi RS ESS Active SocLimit
- This is the actual minimum SOC the system is using, it can be different from the Minimum SOC setting if BatteryLife is active
- register 4926, uint16
- Add registers for AC input current limits for RS-systems
- Register 4940: AC input current limit for AC-in-1
- Register 4941: AC input current limit for AC-in-2 (for future models)
- Register 4942: AC input current limit at the meter
Managed batteries:
- Reword high battery voltage alarm into High cell voltage alarm since that better indicates the issue. In 99.999% of situations this indicates an imbalance issue in a battery/bms combination that apparently doesn’t automatically handle this in way while preventing high cell voltage alarms/situations, consult your battery documentation on how to restore cell balance.
Venus OS Large - Node-RED:
- update victron node pallette to v1.6.2
- update vrm node
- update Node-RED from v3.1.10 to v3.1.13
Venus OS Large - Signal K Server:
- update signal k server from v2.11.0 to v2.12.0. Change log.
- update venus-signalk-plugin from v1.41.0 to v1.42.0. Change log.