Sorry i’m new to Victron and Node-Red. I have a dual Orion XS plugged on the alternator to recharge a 800AH set of battery, all that connected to a CerboGX.
I’d like to be able to:
add a switch (using an input IO of the GX IO Extender) to be able to manually stop or lower the input current of the Orions (or maybe turn one down)
add a programmatic delay before the OrionXS start charging the battery when I turn the car ON
I know, some of this can be done in the Orion config (or via the Cerbo screen).
So, my question is not about why or how… I can use the custom Control to change the settings/ChargeCurrentLimit or other Orion parameters.
My question is about the DC - DC control and other DC something nodes… It seems they are not meant to control the Orion XS ? Is there anything else i’m missing ? Is the only solution using the Custom nodes ?
As a side question, is there a way to list all the nodes that actually have a device connected to ? Or is there a list of the mapping of the Victron products and the related nodes ?
Thanks for getting back to me so fast…I’m trying to turn the Orion Off. Is this possible via the Custom Control or should I set the current limit to 0?
hummm, that I don’t know… not sure what you expect, but if it is preventing the orion to charge the battery, setting it 0 should do… but it will still use a little current to stay live.
and by the way, I created a virtual switch that actually set the amount of Amps I want the orion to charge… I used a slider but it could just be an on/off by setting value to 0 or 50…
