February 10th, 2023
MPPT sizing calculator - new features

Recently a couple of new interesting features have been added to the MPPT sizing calculator.

When calculating (bottom right in the picture) you can now:

  • Filter the results on MPPT features like 'Bluetooth', 'VE.Can', integrated 'inverter' or 'AC charger'.
  • Connection type 'terminals' or 'M…
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January 30th, 2023
EV Charging station fw v1.24 - VictronConnect integration and Scheduled Charging

Hi all,

Long awaited and finally finished; EV Charging Station firmware v1.24 has been officially released.

New features like the scheduler and Bluetooth support (thus VictronConnect integration) have been implemented, along with some other improvements and bug fixes.

See the chan…

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January 18th, 2023
VictronConnect v5.81 - Instant read-out for Smart Orion and more

Change log:

  • Add "Keep SOC on reset" feature to SmartShunt & BMV-712: until now, the state of charger percentage in our BMVs and SmartShunts would be lost when losing power. Now that is finally solved, with the new setting a unit will -finally!- remember its last SOC. For newly manufactured …
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January 17th, 2023
VE.Bus firmware v501 - fix issue with backup generators in an ESS system

Good day,

Today we released a new firmware version for our inverter/chargers such as the MultiPlus-II and Quattro series, VE.Bus firmware v501.

It fixes a long standing issue where our Quattros, when configured with a grid-code for ESS, would - sometimes - not accept an AC generator on its input.…

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December 14th, 2022
RS firmware v1.11 - generator support and more

Today we released firmware version v1.11 for all RS products, being the Multi RS, Inverter RS as well as both MPPT RS models.

The most important changes all concern the Multi RS, and are:

  • Add support for using a generator as AC source: the inverter has an increased tolerance for irreg…
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December 14th, 2022
VictronConnect v5.80 - No more mandatory firmware updates

Today we released a new version of our VictronConnect App. The highlights:

  • It no longer requires a product to be updated to the latest firmware for being able to see and modify the settings. This is the last step in a series of changes made over time to get …
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December 14th, 2022
BMV-712 and SmartShunt: remember SOC while off

2023-12-14

The BMV-712 and the SmartShunt have gotten a great improvement. They will now regularly store the state of charge to memory, and resume from there after losing power.

This fixes the common issue on vans, boats and many other systems that are regularly shut down while not in use: w…

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November 28th, 2022
Smart Lithium batteries: increased max. number of batteries in a system

2022-11-28

The maximum limits as until now documented in datasheet and manual have been, on purpose, conservative. After having more experience, and more time spent on testing in R&D, we are confident to be able to increase the maximum system sizes.

The rule was max. 5 batteries, or max. 5 …

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July 14th, 2022
Various operational improvements, new products and more news

Our main priority and day to day focus continues to be product availability. Which means overcoming component shortages as well as scaling up production and logistics to handle the continued growth. It is going fairly well, though with some exceptions: we have been unable to meet the (exceptional) …

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April 20th, 2022
New features VRM, Intersolar 2022 and more

Please note that Victron Energy will be closed on Monday April 18th for Easter

 

Victron Remote Management has been updated with some great new feature; controls on the dashboard and dark mode - check them out.
Let's meet at the Intersolar Europe 2022 in Munich so we can show …

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February 18th, 2022
Update on product availability, release Venus OS v2.80 and more

To start, an update on product availability. Overall, considering the circumstances, it is going rather well despite the continued serious and sudden shortages of components in production and logistics.
 
In most cases we have been able to keep the production lines running without interruption. …

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January 21st, 2022
Victron Energy News Update

In this newsletter there is a blog post about Haitian Installers 509Solar helping the largest electrical retail store keeping their lights on; and one about Gijsels BV - a prominent Generator Hire company in Belgium.
 
Don't forget to check our list of updated documents and c…

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