No, I did not, perhaps my search was too narrow, but thank you for finding it. That should take care of it. I found that the machine file needs to have the raspberrypi2 in it for the machine to do upgrades, appears that it I can fiddle with things and make both the machine name part happy and the update part too.
On Sat, Jun 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > Did you see this? > > > https://communityarchive.victronenergy.com/questions/47879/venus-os-permanent-hostname-change.html > > No idea if it works. > > -- > Russell Senior > [email protected] > > On 6/13/25 14:24, Chuck Hast wrote: > > Folks, > > I am using an RPi (several actually) to monitor solar powered sites. The > > charge controller, > > power shunts and other items talk to the RPi and it gathers it all for > > viewing and control. > > > > The devices are made by Victron, the firmware is a variant of Linux > called > > VenusOS. > > > > The issue is all of these devices give a network ID of raspberrypi2. That > > is OK on a > > mobile home or boat where you will have a solar power system and a small > > network, > > but in this case we have multiple mesh node sites that are solar powered, > > and all of > > the RPi devices have a hostname of raspberrypi2. > > > > I have gone in and changed the hosts, hostname, and saved both of them. > > After a > > reboot both show the new name but the machine still replies to > raspberrypi2 > > as the > > hostname. > > > > I have looked all through the code but cannot find where it is being > > overroad, > > any ideas? > > > > Here is the web site for the code: > > https://github.com/victronenergy/venus > > > > I have found the Victron great to be very good and providing open source > > code for > > the RPi to control solar power sites is a big plus. > > > > Best Regards > > > >
