Add a battery to an existing system

Last modified: 11 Jun 2025

Simply connect the battery on site and all battery data will be imported automatically.

Prerequisites

• You set up a system, including its data logger/data source. See Set up a new system and Data sources / data logger.

Steps

• Connect your battery on site.

All available battery data is now imported automatically into VCOM and your battery device appears in the Other devices overview. See Other devices.

Further actions

• Visualize basic battery data.

• Set up battery alarms

• Analysis: display measured values from batteries.

• Reports: display battery-related charts.

• BATTERY MONITORING ONLY Create a subsystem for your battery inverters and add the information which inverters belong to which battery unit. See Add a battery as subsystem and Assign a battery unit to a battery inverter input.

Note

If you want to add a stand-alone battery to VCOM, you also must set up a main system, including a data logger/data source, and add the battery as a subsystem.