Hi, congratulations for the video, it's very clear. a question why I can't see the classic interface? even if I change the interface it always remains the New one....
Got it working perfectly! One little thing, I want to leave the screen stay on always, can I set that in the app? I installed another app to sort that, but I rebooted, and the Victron app starts right away, and I cannot get to the default startscreen anymore to start the other app
Many thanks for posting this. I'm about to start a custom canal boat project that will be fully Victron and this gives me an interesting option to display GX-based data. Can I please confirm that Victron supports this concept - a third-party Wi-Fi GX display - more-or-less (that is, they are not likely to do something in software that will kill the capability)..? What would the minimum hardware requirements for the tablet (processor and memory)..? That is, can I use a reasonably old and low-end tablet that I have spare, or does it need to be relatively new and decent hardware...
I have just completed this on a Samsung S22 Ultra phone. Works brilliantly when both devices on the exact same WiFi network. Because it is a mobile installation (i.e. in my vehicle where there is no consistent WiFi to share on both devices) I'm wondering it I can do the following >>> Use a USB-C to HDMI cable adapter and connect the Cerbo GX direct the HDMI outlet and receive the same experience as a Touch 50 or 70 when WiFi is not available????
Hello, won't work, the Android basically run a software that connect to GX unit via Wi-Fi, so HDMI won't help. Try to extend wireless power, using a Ubiquity AP.
Thanks for the great explanation. My Cerbo GX is connected via ethernet cable to my RV wifi travel router. Will my android tablet find the GX device connected this way? Thanks.
If you connect Android tablet to RV wifi...will work. The ideea is to be in same subnet and same ip class. Example 192.168.1.1 (router), 192.168.1.2 (Cerbo), 192.168.1.99 (Android)
Thanks works perfect on the A9 tablet I brought for this. Is it possible to dual boot on the device? Lets say i want to use the tablet for normal browsing the internet I reboot back into android software and then when I am done reboot back into Victron software.
Thanks a lot. Because of continuation of stopping support for older tablets we have at home several to be used to. The most suitable Asus Nexus 7 does not work as your step by step shows. Unable having the screen where to activate qr code scanner. Marshmallow, android 6 is installed
To use a QR code on a reset device, tap 6 times on the welcome screen to invoke the QR code reader, if not work you have in description link to app, try to install manually from sd.
@@thecstechvideos I responded to a comment about an E in display. Please explain to me how this is going to function with a very low refresh rate. The animations used to show the electrons moving a faster than the refresh rate so the screen will continually flash.
Amazing, great video. Do you think it would display on an old Android phone (Pixel 7 Pro) or would the display not be big enough? Just in your opinion?
Dies this also work if your cerbo GX is running the old gui? This is obviously the the gui 2.0 but my cerbo is running old gui and I don’t wanna change. Have old iPads but no android but if that works with the old gui installed I am gonna get tomorrow a cheap android tablet as I exactly need that.
Answer question myself: you need the GX device running the new gui with version 3.5 or later…sucks as I don‘t like the new gui as I cannot integrate my BMS as other stuff which is possible by gui mods and other adaption not possible in the new gui. A shame.
@@thecstechvideos I need the victron large and additional external add-ons that eg translates the MQTT output into what victron understands. And this add-on only work with old gui and the old platform. The new GUI with its new platform cannot be modified by 3rd party developer.
Hi i have a question i got all the steps but the app cant find my cerbo it only find ip adress but dont see the serial number of my cerbo thats why its not connecting and get error
Would this Amazon listing, "Samsung Galaxy Tab A9 (SM-X110), 64GB 4GB RAM, WiFi Only, International Version (15W Wall Charger Bundle) (Gray)" be a good choice and able to configure as in this video with camera and QR code? None of the older tablets a friend gave me have worked but I've never owned Android anything so I'm a little lost here.
Hi Claudio, where did you find the QR code you scanned? I assumed it was the QR code of the cerbo. When I scanned mine, I received an error message stating, “Ask your IT admin for the correct code.” What’s going on?
If I scan the QR Code the Tablet want to set up a company account. I think there is something wrong here. Can you show the website where the code is located?
Ive tried to gat this to work for me. I have a samsung a10 tablet with the qr code software installed. I keep getting a an "Error Loading Web". I get it after i scan the cerbo qr code. Any help on this???
Is this a official solution from Victron? I couldn’t find anything about it in their website. Just wondering about the QR code and what it is really doing
Is ok, see on their community QR! Is not a scam, don’t worry :)
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@@thecstechvideos I found it.... you might should have linked it as sharing a code like this can give you some possibilities to load the tablet with other stuff as well. Anyway, I installed it and it was working like a charm. There are just one app I miss in my cheap Lenovo tablet, but I can survive beeing without this. Thank you very much for sharing
@@UKsystemsbut then it will not work on old IOS means not on old iPads as apple phased them out and is not publishing software that tun on the old iOS anymore.
Hi, i follow, your instruction, however, when i went to connect to my cerbo, it didnot appear when i scanned, so i entered manually the IP, now, i seem to have a 404 Not found message and my screen seems to be locked... any suggestions how to re try... or reverse
Hi , me again, i got to reboot and re wiped the tablet and re loaded etc... however, but i am still having issue trying to connect to cerbo gx... it doesnt auto show my IP... any suggestions
I would recommend a cheap tablet where possible simply because if it’s going to cost more than 2 to 300 where I am I could simply get another Victron display and HDMI splitter and USB and HDMI fibreoptic and simply run a cable for the other display
It’s easy to do a semi similar thing with Apple, but it is very different. You would use a kiosk app, and use guided access to lock the device on the kiosk app. The kiosk app is like a web browser without the navigation bar. You can lock it into one web address. In this case, you just put in the IP address of the GX device and program the kiosk app to lock the iPad onto that address. I do this on my installs and it works well.
@@thecstechvideos yes, I know. But since I listen to the videos during work and I don't watch the videos, I also seldom read descriptions. At home then after all the issues, I went on the community forum and understood why. Came back here and it was in the description; not in the video itself.
There's no need to apologize for your English; it was perfect. Great video!
Dude your English is perfect. I understand everything.
Your English is very good… I understood you very well listening at double speed
awesome. Keep up the great videos
I wish I knew this before buying a touch 70!
Thanks for sharing
Hehe, touch is touch, is always connected to power, is in fixed location, so don't be sorry :)
It works perfectly. Just did an install on an old Samsung 7” tablet and it works. Thanks a lot for sharing this. 😃👍
This is awesome. I was waiting for this one.
Thank you so much for this amazing video your English is amazing thank you for sharing your expertise we all appreciate you
Hehe, thanks!
This is amazing this is exactly what I needed. Thank you for making my build better
Thanks from Portugal, great video and now going through my cabinets to search for an old, forgotten tablet that must be around somewhere.
Well... your English is better then my Romanian 😁Thanks for the video. This is something I was looking for!
Hehehe, that was a good one :)
Hi there, thank you for this video and your English is very good indeed.
Your English is perfect!
Thanks very much, very helpful 👍
Thank you and good job
Thank you for this info! Very nice....
Hi, congratulations for the video, it's very clear. a question why I can't see the classic interface? even if I change the interface it always remains the New one....
On tablet only new interface will show. Old UI will be on screen.
Got it working perfectly! One little thing, I want to leave the screen stay on always, can I set that in the app? I installed another app to sort that, but I rebooted, and the Victron app starts right away, and I cannot get to the default startscreen anymore to start the other app
Yes, you can. Just press left side for hidden menu and from there just select always on display.
Ik feel stupid. You mentioned it in de vid
Working!
Many thanks for posting this. I'm about to start a custom canal boat project that will be fully Victron and this gives me an interesting option to display GX-based data. Can I please confirm that Victron supports this concept - a third-party Wi-Fi GX display - more-or-less (that is, they are not likely to do something in software that will kill the capability)..? What would the minimum hardware requirements for the tablet (processor and memory)..? That is, can I use a reasonably old and low-end tablet that I have spare, or does it need to be relatively new and decent hardware...
Thank you for this video. Is it possible do such things as turn off/on a Victron inverter or set the ac current limits from the tablet? Thanks again.
Act as a GX display, so you can do all that.
@@thecstechvideosGreat to know, thanks again.
I have just completed this on a Samsung S22 Ultra phone. Works brilliantly when both devices on the exact same WiFi network. Because it is a mobile installation (i.e. in my vehicle where there is no consistent WiFi to share on both devices) I'm wondering it I can do the following >>> Use a USB-C to HDMI cable adapter and connect the Cerbo GX direct the HDMI outlet and receive the same experience as a Touch 50 or 70 when WiFi is not available????
Hello, won't work, the Android basically run a software that connect to GX unit via Wi-Fi, so HDMI won't help. Try to extend wireless power, using a Ubiquity AP.
I did a local connection with the pi venus with a cable. No need wifi or internet ! Thanks !!!
Yes, if the GX device or PI is in the same network will work.
Very helpful thankyou
Thanks for the great explanation. My Cerbo GX is connected via ethernet cable to my RV wifi travel router. Will my android tablet find the GX device connected this way? Thanks.
If you connect Android tablet to RV wifi...will work. The ideea is to be in same subnet and same ip class. Example 192.168.1.1 (router), 192.168.1.2 (Cerbo), 192.168.1.99 (Android)
Thanks works perfect on the A9 tablet I brought for this. Is it possible to dual boot on the device? Lets say i want to use the tablet for normal browsing the internet I reboot back into android software and then when I am done reboot back into Victron software.
Nope. If you want to use Android, you can open Victron on browser :)
Don't apologize for your English, it's fine, I could not speak any Romanian so you're 1000 times better then me 👍👍😂😂
Hehe, thank you! This words give me power :)
Thanks a lot. Because of continuation of stopping support for older tablets we have at home several to be used to. The most suitable Asus Nexus 7 does not work as your step by step shows. Unable having the screen where to activate qr code scanner. Marshmallow, android 6 is installed
To use a QR code on a reset device, tap 6 times on the welcome screen to invoke the QR code reader, if not work you have in description link to app, try to install manually from sd.
can you do this with an E Ink tablet? lower energy consumption and in addition there is no need for a quick refresh.
Only on android for now :) Who knows what's cooking Victron
@@thecstechvideos multam de raspuns , e super , tableta e onyx boox si are android
If it runs android but I would not recommend this only because of some of the animations Victor uses may require this refresh rate
@@UKsystems mate, if you have an old android tablet that run nothing, you will find this a revolution :) just try it!
@@thecstechvideos I responded to a comment about an E in display. Please explain to me how this is going to function with a very low refresh rate. The animations used to show the electrons moving a faster than the refresh rate so the screen will continually flash.
Amazing, great video. Do you think it would display on an old Android phone (Pixel 7 Pro) or would the display not be big enough? Just in your opinion?
For home, is small. For RV is ok. You can buy from Ebay a used tablet whit bigger screen and enjoy ne UI :)
Is there a way to disable lock to app mode?
Would this work with a raspberry pi running Venus os ?
hello and many thanks from France. Do you know if it is possible to use ethernet instead of wifi ? Thank you 😃👍
What tablet you have whit Ethernet? I need one :)
for android there are OTG ethernet options. so could be set up as a wired LAN.
Dies this also work if your cerbo GX is running the old gui? This is obviously the the gui 2.0 but my cerbo is running old gui and I don’t wanna change. Have old iPads but no android but if that works with the old gui installed I am gonna get tomorrow a cheap android tablet as I exactly need that.
Answer question myself: you need the GX device running the new gui with version 3.5 or later…sucks as I don‘t like the new gui as I cannot integrate my BMS as other stuff which is possible by gui mods and other adaption not possible in the new gui. A shame.
What do you mean you can’t integrate your BMS? Is same software but a new UI. Rest is still the same!
@@thecstechvideos I need the victron large and additional external add-ons that eg translates the MQTT output into what victron understands. And this add-on only work with old gui and the old platform. The new GUI with its new platform cannot be modified by 3rd party developer.
not yet... :)
What is the best size tablet to use
10-12"
Hi i have a question i got all the steps but the app cant find my cerbo it only find ip adress but dont see the serial number of my cerbo thats why its not connecting and get error
Update the Cerbo to latest firmware and try again.
Would this Amazon listing, "Samsung Galaxy Tab A9 (SM-X110), 64GB 4GB RAM, WiFi Only, International Version (15W Wall Charger Bundle) (Gray)" be a good choice and able to configure as in this video with camera and QR code? None of the older tablets a friend gave me have worked but I've never owned Android anything so I'm a little lost here.
Sure, A9 is more than ok!
will this work if tab and cerbo on cerbo venus wifi network ?
Yes
Do you try install it on Huawei matepad ?
Not yet.
Hi Claudio, where did you find the QR code you scanned?
I assumed it was the QR code of the cerbo. When I scanned mine, I received an error message stating, “Ask your IT admin for the correct code.” What’s going on?
Check description, there is a video time code that brings you to QR code
If I scan the QR Code the Tablet want to set up a company account. I think there is something wrong here. Can you show the website where the code is located?
Sure, check Victron official page (community.victronenergy.com/t/new-use-an-android-tablet-as-dedicated-gx-wi-fi-display-beta/8575)
Ive tried to gat this to work for me. I have a samsung a10 tablet with the qr code software installed. I keep getting a an "Error Loading Web". I get it after i scan the cerbo qr code. Any help on this???
Check video description, QR code there.
Is this a official solution from Victron? I couldn’t find anything about it in their website. Just wondering about the QR code and what it is really doing
Is ok, see on their community QR! Is not a scam, don’t worry :)
@@thecstechvideos I found it.... you might should have linked it as sharing a code like this can give you some possibilities to load the tablet with other stuff as well. Anyway, I installed it and it was working like a charm. There are just one app I miss in my cheap Lenovo tablet, but I can survive beeing without this. Thank you very much for sharing
Thanks.
Is this available on Apple IOS?
No, iOS is a closed system
If it does well, they will probably put it on the App Store
@@UKsystemsbut then it will not work on old IOS means not on old iPads as apple phased them out and is not publishing software that tun on the old iOS anymore.
@@chrisr819 you can install software onto an iPad through USB
Who wrote this software? I can’t find it on the victron site. I’d need more information before I could rely on it
Don't worry is not malware :) is made by Victron, you can check also on Victron Community about it. So is safe if that concern you.
Ohh I see my comments are not welcome here. Why delete the link to the community post that I posted earlier?
@@NunoLeitaoTheEpiq UA-cam does not allow links they will periodically remove them after they are flagged for manual review
They generally put this kind of thing on GitHub sometimes like they did with Venus OS
So dumb question, basically tablet will fully replace expensive Victron touch screen?
Yes
can it work with a venos raspberry pi
Yes
Hi, i follow, your instruction, however, when i went to connect to my cerbo, it didnot appear when i scanned, so i entered manually the IP, now, i seem to have a 404 Not found message and my screen seems to be locked... any suggestions how to re try... or reverse
1. Be sure you have latest beta 3.5
2. Tablet must be on same network as your cerbo and should work
Hi , me again, i got to reboot and re wiped the tablet and re loaded etc... however, but i am still having issue trying to connect to cerbo gx... it doesnt auto show my IP...
any suggestions
I think is working now for you also since 3.5 is officially released.
Did not know you can do that on an Android tablet
I would recommend a cheap tablet where possible simply because if it’s going to cost more than 2 to 300 where I am I could simply get another Victron display and HDMI splitter and USB and HDMI fibreoptic and simply run a cable for the other display
A Samsung A9 is 9" and is cheaper than the Victron display which is 5"... not sure what the cheat would bring
@ I can get the fixed on display for £70
@@UKsystems I picked up a fixed 7" from Ali for under $50 AU works perfect.
Great vid dude.
Am I right in thinking you've used a $1,500 tablet as a GX display? Seems a little overkill?
Was 200 euros :))
Thanks! Where do you find or how can I get the QR code?
Look full video, qr is there.
Hello Claudio, how many tablets can be connected to a GX device?
5-10 will work perfectly :)
What about apple products?
Apple is a close system so I think we need to be used whit Android :)
It’s easy to do a semi similar thing with Apple, but it is very different. You would use a kiosk app, and use guided access to lock the device on the kiosk app.
The kiosk app is like a web browser without the navigation bar. You can lock it into one web address. In this case, you just put in the IP address of the GX device and program the kiosk app to lock the iPad onto that address. I do this on my installs and it works well.
apple is the cr*p. keep safetydistance from that jail.
Your English is ok, try speaking slower, it's not a race and makes it easier to follow.
I get "error loading web" and then 404 not found (nginx/1 16.1 :)
Update android and be sure you are in lates beta
@@thecstechvideos thanks
Update your GX to the beta version.
Its in the video description but its not mentioned. It took me 2 hours to understand that 🤣
@@NunoLeitaoTheEpiq in description was something like this :) "•A GX device running Venus OS firmware version 3.50 or later (currently in beta)"
@@thecstechvideos yes, I know. But since I listen to the videos during work and I don't watch the videos, I also seldom read descriptions. At home then after all the issues, I went on the community forum and understood why. Came back here and it was in the description; not in the video itself.