Battery monitor that connects to wifi

howardwheeler wrote:
Does anyone know of a battery monitor like my Xantrex Linklite that will connect to Wifi? I know Victron has bluetooth shunts and monitors but i see no WiFi.

Howard,

The Trimetric series from Bogart Engineering has a WiFi model to connect to their battery monitors.

Matt

Thank you! I'll look into that.

Victron battery monitors and PV controllers will connect to WiFi but you'll need to add a Raspberry Pi running Victron Venus software or add a Cerbo GX unit to do it.
Bruce

I have the Cerbo. It’s not difficult to install. I added WiFi to the RV as an additional line in my t-mobile account and bought their WiFi device on the payment plan. If I had bought other Victron equipment I would have more information. But I didn’t realize that adding on a little at a time. I have the battery monitor and the MPPT controller.

Following......
Been looking for a while now. Nothing that suits my needs just yet hope someone has a solution for the OP and myself.
Sure would be nice to have a simple battery voltage monitor that broadcasts a WiFi signal to my local LAN. Found several that do their own priority RF connections and or short range Bluetooth but nothing that can be accessed remotely via WiFi that acts as a AP and broadcasts to my Local LAN.

Researched both the Trimetric and Victron WiFi enabled stuff. No go, still looking for a suitable solution. A conversation with Bogart Trimetric said my "OLD" 2025 unit was obsolete they REQUIRE a 2030 with updated software. The Victron "solution" is way expensive, requires internet and a cloud login. Yes there is a difference between WiFi and internet. One of my local LANs never sees the internet, too many hackers! No way do I desire the "cloud" looking at all my devices.

Continuing to look for a solution

The trimetric might work but I notice it doesn’t seem to read anything in amphours like my Linklite. My LinkLite gives volts amps in and out at a given time and amp hours used over time or put in over time. Am I missing something?

KJINTF wrote:
The Victron "solution" is way expensive, requires internet and a cloud login.

A Raspberry Pi is $35, the cable between the Victron battery monitor and the Pi is $25. I can access the battery monitor remote console over my local subnet without using the cloud access. It's not anywhere as robust as the VM portal but it gives basic info. Here's a link to what the remote console looks like:


Here's a link to the free Venus software for Raspberry Pi:
https://github.com/victronenergy/venus/wiki/raspberrypi-install-venus-image

Buce

Bruce
Thanks for the info - Looks and sounds like a possible solution
Is the cable you are referencing the VE Bus to USB cable?
I have the Victron Bluetooth Smart Shunt
Busy today but will look into it tomorrow first thing
Thanks again

Yup, looks like it went up from when I bought them:
Amazon Linky

Bruce