2023-05-28, 07:25 PM
Venus OS is a system for managing, configuring and monitoring Victron installations. It provides
- a UI for configuring and monitoring the connected Victron equipment
- connectivity to VRM - Victron Remote Monitoring, their cloud monitoring solution
- remote connection for monitoring your installation (think "how is my off grid energy system doing", not only on boats), remote access to the user interface so you can change configuration, turn chargers on/off etc remotely
- remote access to detailed equipment configuration
- (remote) firmware updates
- remote ssh level access to the system
- HTML5 app customised for running on modern MFDs, allowing monitoring and configuring stuff on plotters
- N2K connectivity for Victron devices
Yes, it runs on a version of Linux, but that is quite beside the point. Do you honestly really really care about the exact Linux version? Except when it causes incompatibilities = trouble....
Yes, Influxdb & Grafana are a powerful combo. But it is 100% diy - VRM is end user friendly, you don't need to configure much if anything after connecting your installation to it. I love fiddling with Grafana dashboards, but not everybody does.
Venus OS can optionally run also Signal K and Node-RED. The Node-RED has custom nodes for interacting with Victron stuff.
Venus is a complete, pretty complex software system, starting from the operating system level. I don't think it is realistic to add it to an OpenPlotter system anytime soon.
- a UI for configuring and monitoring the connected Victron equipment
- connectivity to VRM - Victron Remote Monitoring, their cloud monitoring solution
- remote connection for monitoring your installation (think "how is my off grid energy system doing", not only on boats), remote access to the user interface so you can change configuration, turn chargers on/off etc remotely
- remote access to detailed equipment configuration
- (remote) firmware updates
- remote ssh level access to the system
- HTML5 app customised for running on modern MFDs, allowing monitoring and configuring stuff on plotters
- N2K connectivity for Victron devices
Yes, it runs on a version of Linux, but that is quite beside the point. Do you honestly really really care about the exact Linux version? Except when it causes incompatibilities = trouble....
Yes, Influxdb & Grafana are a powerful combo. But it is 100% diy - VRM is end user friendly, you don't need to configure much if anything after connecting your installation to it. I love fiddling with Grafana dashboards, but not everybody does.
Venus OS can optionally run also Signal K and Node-RED. The Node-RED has custom nodes for interacting with Victron stuff.
Venus is a complete, pretty complex software system, starting from the operating system level. I don't think it is realistic to add it to an OpenPlotter system anytime soon.