VRM GUI modification

[BOBATO (Eric)]

Have some Victron devices on my boat.
Cerbo GX, ET112, Skylla IP65, Orion XS, Phoenix inverter, BMV-712
Question about the VRM GUI:

• How do I get rid of the “Essential loads” tile?
  I don’t have an inverter/charger so no separate “Essential loads” output.

• Can the name of the device as shown in the GUI be changed?
  For example, I had to setup the Orion XS as “Alternator charging the main battery” just to be able to change the charging current with NodeRED.
  Now it shows as “Alternator” and I would prefer to have it as “Orion XS”.
  It’s the “standard” Victron setup I have, alternator → AGM starterbattery → Orion XS → LiFePO4 housebank

[M_Lange (Matthias Lange - DE)]

@BOBATO

How do I get rid of the “Essential loads” tile?
I don’t have an inverter/charger so no separate “Essential loads” output.

Settings → System-Setup → AC System → Position of AC loads

@BOBATO

Now it shows as “Alternator” and I would prefer to have it as “Orion XS”.
It’s the “standard” Victron setup I have, alternator → AGM starterbattery → Orion XS → LiFePO4 housebank

But the energy is coming from the alternator so IMO alternator is the correct name.

[BOBATO (Eric)]

Thanks Matthias, selecting “AC output only” on the “Position of AC loads” page fixed it.

@M_Lange

But the energy is coming from the alternator so IMO alternator is the correct name.

Not necessarily…
When the Skylla IP65 is charging the battery the Alternator tile is showing the charge wattage while the real alternator is doing nothing.