5. System schematics
There are four main different configurations
possible:
• VGR with BMV and/or VE.Bus
• VGR with BMV and/or VE.Bus and IO Extender
• VER with BMV
• VER with VE.Bus
10. Text messaging
Send message to VGR: Reply message:
info System state: inverter
Alarms: none
Warnings: none
DC: 48.97V 16.71A in
AC in: 0.0V 0.0A 0.0Hz
AC out: 229.9V 3.8A 60Hz
Battery: 26.6V, -017A
Level: 98%, -8Ah
TTG: 240h
Information from BMV
Information from Multi
11. Text messaging – IO Extender
Send message to VGR:
Showing the IO Extender status
Reply message:
io IO
OUT1: open
OUT2: open
IN1: open
IN2: open
IN3: closed
Temperature: 39C/102F
12. Text messaging – IO Extender
Send message to VGR:
Closing one of the two contacts. To
start, for example, a generator.
Reply message:
output 1 closed IO
OUT1: open
OUT2: closed
IN1: open
IN2: open
IN3: closed
Temperature: 39C/102F
13. Text messaging – gsm network status
Send message to VGR: Reply message:
gsm GSM
imei: 354662030005820
sim: OK
signal: -67dB
ber: 0
network: home (Vodafone ES)
SMS from: +31646077489
60dB is full signal
113dB is no signal
14. Online portal
The Victron Global Remote can log information to our online portal.
Necessary: a working internet connection:
• Victron Global Remote: GPRS
• Victron Ethernet Remote: Ethernet / LAN
16. Online portal: GPRS
Get the GPRS status: Reply message:
gprs GPRS
user: vodafone
pass: vodafone
apn: office.vodafone.nl
state: connected
ip: 109.32.239.49
Necessary to log information
to the website
Victron Global Remote2: A GPRS Connection is necessary to send the
information to the online database.
Victron Ethernet Remote: It will send the information via the LAN. The
LAN needs to have internet access.
17. Online portal: GPRS configuration
To configure GPRS, you need the following information from your telecom
provider:
APN Required
Username Optional
Password Optional
Proxy address and port Optional
To find this information, you can also search Google. For example search for
“GPRS Vodafone APN”. After looking around you will find the following
information:
APN: live.vodafone.com
Username: vodafone
Password: vodafone
18. Online portal: GPRS Configuration
Configuration with APN only: Reply message:
gprs apn live.vodafone.com on GPRS
user: username
pass: password
apn: live.vodafone.com
state: connected
ip: 109.32.239.49
Configuration with APN and user Reply message:
gprs apn live.vodafone.com user
vodafone pass vodafone on
GPRS
user: vodafone
pass: vodafone
apn: live.vodafone.com
state: connected
ip: 109.32.239.49
19. Online portal: GPRS Configuration
Some providers also use a proxy. One example is KPN in the
Netherlands.
Configuration with proxy: Reply message:
gprs apn portalmmm.nl proxy
10.10.100.20 port 5080 on
GPRS
user: username
pass: password
apn: portalmmm.nl
proxy: 10.10.100.20
port: 5080
state: connected
ip: 109.32.239.49
To remove the proxy configuration:
gprs proxy # GPRS
user: username
pass: password
apn: portalmmm.nl
state: connecting
20. Online portal: log interval
Send message to VGR:
Log interval configuration. And info
when the last data was pushed to
the database
(https://vrm.victronenergy.com)
Very useful to check of the gprs
connection is OK!
Reply message:
log LOG
Period: 5min
Extra: off
Last log: 1 minutes 3 seconds ago
21. VGR Configure software
- Necessary to configure Victron Ethernet Remote,
since you cannot send text messages to it, unless
you put a sim-card in the Ethernet Remote.
- Available for download on our website
26. Remote VEConfigure
• Change VEConfigure settings over the air
• Can be done with the Victron Global Remote 2 and the Victron
Ethernet Remote
• This is not possible with old Global Remote’s (“Victron Global
Remote”)
• Make sure to use the latest version of VEConfigure2
• See also the manual on our website at the VGR and VER pages:
“Manual – Remote VEConfigure”.
27. Remote VEConfigure – procedure example
1. Read settings
2. Go to the VRM website and download the .VSC
file
3. Change the settings in VEConfigure
4. Upload them back to the website
veconf read
Veconf in progress…
Reading .vsc for dev 1 is succeeded
28. Remote VEConfigure – procedure example
5. Write settings
Finished! Now the VE.Bus system has been
updated with the new settings made.
veconf write
Veconf in progress…
Writing .vsc for dev 1 succeeded
29. Remote VEConfigure – procedure example
How can we found out how many devices are in a
system?
veconf devnum
Number of devs is 1!