Battery monitor that connects to wifi
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.
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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
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