====== Overview of available Assistants ======
Click on the thumbnails to see the full screenshot.
===== 1. Assistants related to Solar =====
Make sure to read [[https:... ring a solar system.
==== ESS Assistant ====
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For Energy Stor... cumentation]].
==== PV Inverter support ====
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Use this Ass
====== VEConfigure Assistants ======
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==== What are Assistants? ====
Think of Assistants as apps, as on a smart phone. Assistants are little applications that run inside a
ill automatically download the latest versions of Assistants. The procedure below explains how to connect to a... to receive an email update about new and updated Assistants.
===== Procedure =====
- First download the latest Assistants from the internet:
- Make sure your compute... ure3
- It will give a notification when new Assistants are available: {{ :assistants:veconfig3-assistant
st an example. The same procedure works for other Assistants as well. The used example refers to an Assistant ...
Note for three-phase and parallel systems: some Assistants need to be configured in in all Multis or Quattro... configuring.
==== Prerequisite ====
To work with Assistants, VE.Bus Multis, Inverters and Quattros must be lo... uter, connect to the Victron product and open the Assistants tab. Don't see the assistants tab? See [[:assista
nction: configure that in the master of L1.
==== Assistants ====
Assistants can be used to expand the potential configuration options of your system, and are required in some installation types. When using assistants with multiple units, some assistants are required to be loaded onto all units in the system individually, and
n of the software VE.Configure.
- Go to the tab Assistants: \\ {{:ac_coupling:add_assistant.png?nolink&}}
- Add one of the Assistants that regulate output frequency:
- [[ess:des... inverters/grid codes.
More information on adding Assistants is [[assistants:how_to_add_and_configure_an_assistant|here]].
====== 2. GX Devices & Fronius PV Inverters
sable the Virtual switch due to another necessary assistants then it is possible to use an alternative way.
=... use the the [[https://www.victronenergy.com/live/assistants:overview_of_available_assistants#deprecated_self-consumption_hub-2_v3_-_for_ac-coupled_systems| Self-consumpt... -consumption Hub-2 v3 assistant.
There are three assistants used:
- Generator start and stop, which is not
or 20.
===== Answer (new micro) =====
Use the [[assistants:self_consumption_hub-1|Self-consumption hub-1 Ass... tall this assistant, see the instructions here: [[assistants:how_to_add_and_configure_an_assistant|How to add ... roduct available? No problem, it is possible to [[assistants:start#how_can_i_play_around_with_assistants_without_using_real_hardware|go through the pages without configur
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==== Load and configure the Assistants ====
The next step is to load 3 assistants in the Multi.
1st assistant "programmable relay" to give the con... neral flag to ignore AC input 1
With these three assistants used together AC input 1 will be used (not ignore... output of the Multi, they can use the above three assistants, plus at the bottom position add the "PV Inverter
re and make sure it has downloaded all the latest Assistants.
- re-configure the system
This error can als... ; replace the broken one.
- Update firmware and Assistants of the inverter/chargers. And of the GX Device. \... ts|Update the Inverter/charger firmware]] - (2) [[assistants:how_to_update_an_assistant|Update the Assistants]] - (3) [[ccgx:firmware_updating|Update the GX Device firmwa
approximately 85 seconds per unit; and in case [[assistants:start|VEConfigure Assistants]] are used; ten it will take longer: writing an Assistants takes anything between a few and 40 seconds per un... guration. Some settings though, such as a changed Assistants configuration, will cause the inverter/charger to
====== Self-consumption hub-1 ======
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====... attro) and one or more VE.Direct chargers]]
* [[assistants:hub1_and_hub2_notes|]]
===== Frequently asked qu
on the ColorControl
2. Add and configure the assistants: 'General flag user' and 'Programmable relay'
... tings =====
To make it work add and configure the assistants: 'General flag user' and Programmable relay \\
Mo... u need to 2 instances of the 'Programmable relay' assistants. 1 to set the flag and 1 to clear the flag. \\
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y in the evening and night. Easy configuration in Assistants and on the Color Control GX.
- Advanced \\ Same... he PV Inverter Assistant to the list of installed Assistants in VEConfigure.
===== 4. Single vs multi phase in... istant. Instructions on how to add an Assistant [[assistants:how_to_add_and_configure_an_assistant|here]].
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