A Complete Guide to Victron Remote Monitoring with Insytly

If you manage remote assets powered by solar, you likely trust Victron Energy for its high-quality components. Their SmartShunts and MPPT solar controllers are industry benchmarks, providing rich, reliable data. The challenge, however, is that this often leads to a disconnected workflow; you have one app for your power data, and another for everything else.

This creates a crucial question for fleet managers: how do you achieve effective Victron remote monitoring while also managing your asset’s location, security, and other critical systems?

The answer is to create a single, unified command center. By integrating your Victron system with the Insytly platform, you can combine best-in-class power data with comprehensive fleet management and control.

Why a Unified Platform is Better for Victron Remote Monitoring

By connecting your Victron devices to an Insytly IY-HUB2, you move beyond just logging data. You create a “single pane of glass” where you can:

• See Everything in One Place: View your detailed Victron data (like State of Charge and Solar Yield) right next to your other critical asset data like GPS location, temperature, and other third-party sensor inputs.
• Enable True Fleet Management: Use Insytly’s Mission Control and Device Comparison tools to benchmark the power performance of multiple Victron-equipped assets against each other. Finally, you can easily see why one solar asset is outperforming another.

Take Action Based on Data: True Victron remote monitoring is about more than just data – it’s about control. See a low State of Charge from your SmartShunt? Use the Insytly Relay Module to remotely turn off a non-essential load to conserve power.

How the VE.Direct Integration Works

Connecting your equipment is a simple, plug-and-play process. All you need is an Insytly IY-HUB2 and a standard Victron VE.Direct cable (which we provide too!).

The IY-HUB2 features two dedicated VE.Direct integration ports. You simply connect your Victron SmartShunt, MPPT, or BMV directly to one of these ports. Once the IY-HUB2 reports to our platform, the Victron data will automatically appear on your dashboard, ready to be added to your custom graphs and gauges.

There’s no complex software configuration or programming required. It just works.

What Data Can You Monitor?

Once connected, you can monitor your Victron SmartShunt remotely and see key metrics like:

• Battery State of Charge (%)
• Real-time Current (A)
• Time-to-Go
• And more…

For Victron MPPT monitoring, you can track:

• Solar Yield (kWh)
• Real-time Solar Power (W)
• Panel Voltage (V)
• And more…

This data becomes part of your Insytly ecosystem, meaning you can set custom alerts on it, view its history, and compare it across your fleet, all from one platform. This is in combination with all the other features that Insytly provides such as remote switching and rebooting, GPS location tracking, and more.

The Best of Both Worlds – Victron Remote Monitoring + Insytly

You don’t have to give up the detailed data you love from Victron to get the fleet-level control you need from Insytly. By using them together, you create a truly comprehensive and unbeatable solution for managing your remote assets.

You get world-class power components feeding their data into a world-class remote management platform.

Ready to unify your Victron remote monitoring? Visit our website to schedule a demo and see how Insytly can become the command center for your entire fleet.