Victron VenusOS & Raspberry Pi | Install Relay Board and setup

Cerbo GX does allow you to connect Relays and use automations to trigger them. Since the Raspberry Pi is limited to its USB interfaces I want to try a Relay Board to connect to the Raspberry Pi and see if it works with VenusOS and what we need to configure.


Copy & Paste Commands:
1. Command:
mv /etc/venus/gpio_list /etc/venus/gpio_list.old

then you can create the new file with:
2. Command:
nano /etc/venus/gpio_list

And you should then copy the entire script from the user "itsme" he/she posted in a previous post under the same link! (copy the "code" and with right click in putty you can paste it) – link below
Then do the following to save the newly created file.


Instruction Source:
https://community.victronenergy.com/q...

Victron VRM Portal: https://vrm.victronenergy.com/
Victron Professional: https://professional.victronenergy.com/



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Timecodes
00:00 - Intro
01:00 - Two steps needed
02:59 - 1. Step: Connect Hardware
05:24 - 2. Step: Software (VenusOS) configuration
09:15 - It works!
10:29 - Configure VenusOS display to 4 Relays
12:32 - Outro