Victron Venus InfluxDB monitor

This is a simple python tool to export Victron Venus data to an InfluxDb https://www.influxdata.com/time-series-platform/influxdb/ for monitoring purposes. Docker Usage

docker run -d \ 
    -e INFLUXDB=<hostname/IP of InfluxDB server - default=localhost> \ 
    -e INFLUXPORT=<port InfluxDB is running on - default=8086> \ 
    -e VENUS=<hostname/IP of Venus Device - default=192.168.1.2> \
    -e VENUSPORT=<ModbusTCP port on Venus device - default=502> \
    -e UNITID=<Modbus ID of Venus Device - default=100> \
    alexcpu/VictronVenus-InfluxDB

Please replace user variables in the above command defined by <> with the correct values. Environment variables can be excluded if the defaults are suitable.

Docker Example

docker run -d \ 
    -e INFLUXDB=192.168.1.50 \ 
    -e VENUS=192.168.1.200 \
    alexcpu/VictronVenus-InfluxDB

Command Line Usage:

./venus.py [inverter IP]

In addition, you can specify additional flags to customize the tool:

• --influxdb specifies the IP or hostname of the InfluxDb (default localhost)
• --influxport specifies the port InfluxDb is running on (default 8086)
• --unitid specifies the ModBus ID used by the inverter (default 100)
• --port specifies the ModBus TCP port to connect to (default 502)
• -d or --debug activates debug logging