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Retrieve your Victron battery data via the VRM portal vrm.victronenergy.com. You need a free user access token.

Supported features

  • Battery control: External control of home battery charging and discharging via evcc.

Usage areas

  • Battery

Parameters

NameDescriptionValueLevel
tokenVRM tokenoptional
siteSite IDoptional
instanceBattery instance IDoptional
capacity [kWh]Battery capacity
Example: 50
optional
minsoc [%]Minimum charge

Lower limit as configured on the battery system. Used by optimizer.

Default: 0
Example: 25
optional
maxsoc [%]Maximum charge

Upper limit as configured on the battery system. Used by optimizer and, on some devices, for grid charging.

Default: 100
Example: 95
optional
maxchargepower [W]Maximum charge power

Highest power the battery system can charge with. The optimizer plans with charging up to this power. Some devices also use it as grid charging power.

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maxdischargepower [W]Maximum discharge power

Highest power the battery system can discharge with. The optimizer plans with discharging up to this power. Smart mode assumes the battery supplies at most this power to vehicle charging.

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Configuration example for evcc.yaml

If you don't want to configure via the UI, you can alternatively use this YAML block.

meters:
- name: my_battery
type: template
template: victron-vrm
usage: battery
token: # VRM token
site: # Site ID
instance: # Battery instance ID
capacity: 50 # Battery capacity (kWh), optional
minsoc: 0 # Minimum charge (%), Lower limit as configured on the battery system. Used by optimizer. (optional)
maxsoc: 100 # Maximum charge (%), Upper limit as configured on the battery system. Used by optimizer and, on some devices, for grid charging. (optional)
maxchargepower: # Maximum charge power (W), Highest power the battery system can charge with. The optimizer plans with charging up to this power. Some devices also use it as grid charging power. (optional)
maxdischargepower: # Maximum discharge power (W), Highest power the battery system can discharge with. The optimizer plans with discharging up to this power. Smart mode assumes the battery supplies at most this power to vehicle charging. (optional)