My equipment.
3 SOK budget server batteries no external communication
Schneider xw-pro only speaks Schneiderese.
2 EG4 charge controllers. Talk but not to the other pieces.
My solar equipment lacks compatible communications. The batteries have BT communication limited to the bms for troubleshooting only.
From reading on the forum the victron shunt based options are a good solution. Also they are recommended on the Current Connected page for their budget batteries.
I'm only looking for SOC of the batteries once I am up and running. Faulted equipment would be nice too. There are programmable contacts on the Schneider. Probably on the EG4's also. SOC is my main concern, the rest would be nice but not absolutely necessary at the moment. But to have it all would be wonderful.
I'd like to see this in the house 40 ft away. There is a fairly strong wifi signal at one end of the container. The container shields all wifi communication.
It's really hot both in and outside of the container. 110 today. But I can drill holes in it and mount antennas of some sort.
Is either one of the two victron devices easier to get talking across wifi to a phone, pad or laptop where hopefully I could load the Victron app to monitor to get SOC? I'd like the screen of the one so while I am at the equipment it is easier to access. But I am not familiar enough to know if I will be sacrificing something that would make communications much easier by choosing the one with the screen.
More questions...
Does the Victron's software load on windows 7 as well as 11? Does it load on linux. I use linux lite.
Any advice on which of the two shunts to buy and/or what to look into as far as interfacing with wifi and software to display the results?
Is there a better way other that does not involve a jackhammer, conduit and cat 5 cable to get a integrated solution?
Thanks in advance for the help.
I am on starlink and there is reception for it's router at the outside of one end of the shipping container. I have extra old computers, wifi routers, pads, arduino's and a couple of versions of RP's.
I don't have a cat5 cable out to the container yet. Because of the work involved. I'd like to figure out a wifi method of communication for the present.
Are both of Victrons shunt solution about the same for communication and the real difference is the screen?
3 SOK budget server batteries no external communication
Schneider xw-pro only speaks Schneiderese.
2 EG4 charge controllers. Talk but not to the other pieces.
My solar equipment lacks compatible communications. The batteries have BT communication limited to the bms for troubleshooting only.
From reading on the forum the victron shunt based options are a good solution. Also they are recommended on the Current Connected page for their budget batteries.
I'm only looking for SOC of the batteries once I am up and running. Faulted equipment would be nice too. There are programmable contacts on the Schneider. Probably on the EG4's also. SOC is my main concern, the rest would be nice but not absolutely necessary at the moment. But to have it all would be wonderful.
I'd like to see this in the house 40 ft away. There is a fairly strong wifi signal at one end of the container. The container shields all wifi communication.
It's really hot both in and outside of the container. 110 today. But I can drill holes in it and mount antennas of some sort.
Is either one of the two victron devices easier to get talking across wifi to a phone, pad or laptop where hopefully I could load the Victron app to monitor to get SOC? I'd like the screen of the one so while I am at the equipment it is easier to access. But I am not familiar enough to know if I will be sacrificing something that would make communications much easier by choosing the one with the screen.
More questions...
Does the Victron's software load on windows 7 as well as 11? Does it load on linux. I use linux lite.
Any advice on which of the two shunts to buy and/or what to look into as far as interfacing with wifi and software to display the results?
Is there a better way other that does not involve a jackhammer, conduit and cat 5 cable to get a integrated solution?
Thanks in advance for the help.
I am on starlink and there is reception for it's router at the outside of one end of the shipping container. I have extra old computers, wifi routers, pads, arduino's and a couple of versions of RP's.
I don't have a cat5 cable out to the container yet. Because of the work involved. I'd like to figure out a wifi method of communication for the present.
Are both of Victrons shunt solution about the same for communication and the real difference is the screen?
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