Victron Cerbo-GX: How to Control Without A Screen
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2022
- Some customers may opt out of buying the touchscreen for a Victron Cerbo-GX or choose not to walk up to the screen. While the touchscreen is the easiest to setup and control the Cerbo with, you can also go without it. In this video we show how to connect a phone to the Cerbo GX without the touchscreen. It's a bit tricky of a process!
Links to products shown in video:
Cerbo-GX Kit With Screen: www.currentconnected.com/prod...
Cerbo-GX (Standalone): www.currentconnected.com/prod...
Touchscreen for Cerbo: www.currentconnected.com/prod... - Věda a technologie
My mum & dad were both born in 1934. They are just laughing and looking at me in confusion at why I would, "...waste my time with this stuff ?". They kind of make a fair point. Thanks for the explanation.
Heaven has waited for them past 20 years what are they still doing
I really like my Multiplus 2 and just bought a Cerbo, but don't want to buy the screen. This really helped me out, thank you
Awesome, thanks for the clear concise instructions.
perfect, answered all my questions with clear statements
Thanks, great help, clear and concise! Of course it’s dead easy when you know how 😅, and NOW after watching this, I do.
Thanks for the short introduction
Thank you!
Thank you so much, everything is now very clear 🙏
Glad it helped!
This actually helped a lot. Thank you so much. Greetings from Germany 🙌🏻
Hi, hast du es genauso wie im betreffenden Video gemacht? Ich bekomme es leider nicht hin. Grüße MM
@@martinmuster4291 hi, ja genau wie im Video. Hab auch noch einen zweiten im Betrieb, ging auch problemlos.
Really helped me too. I am an IT pro but I was thinking if I still need the screen. I obviously don’t. 👍
I finally got everything setup, but when I hooked up to shre power it showed unknown source with no readings, so after about 15 minutes of going through settings I found what I was looking for; Victron inverter, settings,unknown to shore. The light bulb came on, checked my display and there it was Shore power with my A/c volts -ad duh, I felt so stupid. Bottom line it works great with my Victron multi plus II inverter,three battle born batteries, Victron solar 100/30, smartshunt, renogy 400 watts solar panels, victron cerbo gx. Thanks for your video it helped.
I am currently building out a campervan with a Victron system. I am using the Victron Tank 140. Do the tank levels show up on the iphone app?
Can I connect the Cerbo GX to a tablet via a cable and program the multipluss II and be able to monitor it as well. I can connect my PC via CATV and program and can use iphone to have the victron monitor etc. but wondering if I got a tablet and left it by the inverter on a wall that I can monitor, turn on and off etc. AND program the inverter too?
Great stuff Nate. Any ideas on bets way to measure and record incoming AC shore power? I’d like to be able to data log the AC input so I could go back and get concrete info on any issues. Thx
I purchased an android tablet to use with the cerbo GX and have it handy by the power wall. When I connect remote the control comes up but it's size is not full screen or so. It only fills a portion of the page. Is there a way to enlarge it etc. to fill the tab or screen?
Can I just use my iPad the same way? Great stuff thanks
how do you add shortcuts for inputs 30amp 50amp ect
Connecting to "my" wifi, is it safe to assume it will have the same effect if I just plug in the Ethernet adapter? (provided they are on the same network / Vlan)?
Nice video. Thanks for sharing. Do you know how to get the Cerbo GX to recognise Renogy Smart Batteries?
I'm not familiar with the batteries, would it be anything more than a SmartShunt?
@@CurrentConnected My shunt hasn't arrived yet, but I reckon it will
And with a network cable to my router…..in my camper, will i have the same screen?
I believe you can monitor your Victron set up from half way round the world on your phone using the Cerbo GX. But if your Cerbo GX has no local WiFi Connection how does that work?
Any chance you could do a video hooking up with LTE dongle ?
We will soon. The difficult part of the LTE dongle is the SIM card.
@@CurrentConnected soon is how many month?😅
Is there a way to connect via Bluetooth instead of WiFi for the control screen? If I’m in a vehicle with Wireless CarPlay/Android, it’s a pain to break from something being served to the vehicle by the phone’s WiFi, to change to another WiFi connection.
No, it supports WiFi only. Bluetooth is only for device discovery and bluetooth protocol does not support a high enough data rate for this application.
I have tried it both on my Iphone and Android but both with no luck I get the message rotate your screen but then the message I need to enable Remote Lan Access, and also this site is not protected in a notification on the top.
It requires restarting the Cerbo after turning on remote console access.
@3:35 did not work for me on my tablet .. and it has wifi built in ...
We have a 2bdr home using 800-1000kwh monthly. What panels, inverters, batteries, etc., would we need in a good setup? Thanks!
Hello Linda, just wondering how you could be using that much power? Your best option is to get a grid tied system to offset some of that.
One trouble I had:
Since my "local WiFi" temporarily had no internet access the cerbo did not connect to it.
I wish this worked!
What problem do you seem to be having with it? Maybe we can help?
How good are victron inverters... It looks like the touch screen would be better..
Victron inverters are awesome. The touch screen is far better, but some customers opt out of the ~$200 expense because they already have a smartphone. Additionally if you already have the screen but aren't in the same location as the screen but within range (somewhere in the same LAN), you can use your phone in addition to the screen.
You can connect a slightly cheaper aftermarket screen as long as it has touch input and an HDMI input to plug into from the Cerbo GX. There are a number of different ones available, there's a bit of info on doing this on the Victron community forums.
Confusing indeed. Why can't it just be like every other Wi-Fi or Bluetooth device?
What a mind Fxxx! but thanks.
How does someone find it hard?
You dont even need to do anything other than opening the victron connect app??
Confusing as hell
That's why we made this video as a service to our customers!
@@CurrentConnected And we thank you, sir! Most appreciated! Can't wait to set mine up.
What mess. I thought I knew networking but this is beyond complicated. Had to watch and replay the video several times and restart the phone and Cerbo. Will have to write down the specific instructions to duplicate this procedure. Must be a way for Victron to clean this up.
Just use a screen, that's the easiest way.