Venus v2.12 has been released; it has lots of new features, improvements and bug-fixes. We had a spectacular afternoon at our office watching the thrilling speed skating performance by Lotte van Beek. Read about her and her performance on our blog. Let’s have a look behind the scenes at the International Broadcast Center in Pyeongchang, where they use Victron equipment. Also, don’t forget to check our list of updated documentation, training dates and events.
Release of Venus v2.12
We have released Venus OS version 2.12. which brings several new features, together with lots of small improvements and bug-fixes. Let's go through the highlights of this blog:
- Naming of VE.Direct devices
- Monitor SMA & Solar Edge PV Inverters
- Use digital inputs for alarm monitoring as well as pulse counting
- Increase the maximum number of connectable devices
- Distributed Voltage and Current Control
Updates have also been made for:
- ESS
- User interface
- ModbusTCP
- MQTT
- Developers & community
Updated documentation
In our weekly update you’ll find the following documents:
- Declaration of Conformity Phoenix Inverter VE.Direct 250VA – 1200VA
- Certificate G59-3-1 - MultiPlus and Quattro 3kVA, 5kVA, 8kVA, 10kVA and 15kVA (C)
- 12,8 Volt lithium iron phosphate batteries (D)
- MultiPlus Inverter/Charger 800VA - 5kVA (D)
- Blue Smart IP65 Charger 120V (D)
- Phoenix Inverter control VE.Direct (M)
- SmartSolar charge controller MPPT 75/10, 75/15, 100/15, 100/20 (M)
- SmartSolar charge controller MPPT 150-45 up to 150-100 & 250-60 up to 250-100 (M)
Take a look on our website for all of our documentation.
Training dates
Sign up for one of our training events and learn more about our products. The next training events, all of which are still accepting registration, will take place on:
- March 13th, Formación tecnico: Basico in Muchamiel, Spain
- March 20th, Formación tecnico: Monitorización in Muchamiel, Spain
- March 27th, Formación tecnico: Autoconsumo in Muchamiel, Spain
For more information about our training events visit Victron Professional.
Forthcoming exhibitions
Check our exhibition schedule online if you are interested in visiting an exhibition in your area during the coming months. The following exhibitions are scheduled:
- February 15th – February 18th, Beach & Boat Leipzig 2018 in Leipzig, Germany
- February 20th – February 22nd, GPEC Frankfurt 2017 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- February 21st – February 25th, Reise + Camping 2018 in Essen, Germany
NICE TO KNOW
Lotte’s passion powers her to the Olympics!
Lotte van Beek provided crowds of Victron staff at our office – together with millions of viewers around the globe – with some spectacular sport on Monday afternoon. In the thrilling Ladies 1500m Olympic Speed Skating event she finished just 0.9s behind the gold medal winning performance by team-mate Ireen Wust. We at Victron Energy share Lotte’s enthusiasm for speed skating – we are proud of her, and we are proud to be her sponsor.
The world is watching – Olympics without dropouts!
TV broadcast engineers know that when something can go wrong, it will. And because you only get one chance to transmit the latest Winter Olympic news, as it happens, you need the best engineers, using the most reliable equipment. We’re rather pleased to see that when Multi-Link and the best broadcast engineers in the world know they mustn’t fail – they depend on Victron to keep the shots rolling!