News overview
Venus v2.08 released
August 15th, 2017

Venus v2.08 - Fixes Energy Meter ET340 bug

We have released Venus v2.08. First let us explain what Venus is. Venus is the name of the software that runs on both the Venus GX and the Color Control GX. This software update is available for both devices. So, Venus is software, and the Venus GX is hardware. All Color Control GX-es and Venus GX-es that are part of an ESS install and which are using the ET340 meter must be updated to this version. V2.08 has only two changes.

 

SmartSolar MPPTs with Bluetooth Smart built-in.

The following SmartSolar MPPTs now also have Bluetooth Smart built-in:

Read more about these SmartSolar MPPTs.

 

Updated documentation

In our weekly update you will find the following document:

Take a look on our website for all of our documentation.  

 

Victron training

Sign up for one of our training events and learn more about our products. You can still register for the next training events:

  • August 23rd, Basic Victron Energy training in Adelaide, Australia
  • August 24th, Advanced Victron Energy training in Adelaide, Australia
  • August 31st - September 1st, Victron Energy Solar and Storage Systems. Products update and Authorised installer training in Johannesburg, South Africa

For more information about our training events go to Victron Professional.

 

Forthcoming exhibitions

Just click here when you are interested in visiting an exhibition in your area in the coming months. The following exhibitions are scheduled:

  • August 22nd – August 24th, Intersolar South America in Sao Paulo, Brasil
  • August 26th – September 3rd, Caravan Salon Düsseldorf 2017 in Düsseldorf, Germany
  • August 29th – September 3rd, HISWA te water in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

NICE TO KNOW

 

Illuminating Burkina Faso

A group of teachers and students from the French High School Iscles Manosque have installed lighting and electricity in two remote schools in Burkina Faso. This project will not only change the lives of the French students but also the lives of the children who benefit from having light and electricity installed.

 

Solar Panels - the quiet sailing solution

Gordon’s yacht Tantina II was designed by J. Francis Jones as a cruiser racer under the old RORC 7TM rule and won Yachting World’s design competition in the year she was built - in 1961.  All wood, but substantially upgraded from her early days, she is 31 ft overall, sloop rigged and fast for her size. Gordon has sailed her from the Shetland Isles to Europe and even one trip to the Azores.

We hope Gordon’s end user article helps and encourages others to fit a simple solar, quiet energy solution to their own vessels.