You're using an inverter, you say?

[ntsqd]

Ah! A USB comms connection makes a lot of sense.

I'd guess that the Victron software probably doesn't have such a function. At best you might be able to hi-jack something it does have to do that, but I'd expect that to be not be terribly robust.

 

[e9999]

I don't remember exactly how they work but there were some alerts you could set on the Victron PC software. I think I may have had it send me an email or a text when a battery was low, I forgot. That could help some in a blackout situation with a computer running on an outside battery.


added: well, of course the alert messaging etc would require that the PC can actually communicate with the outside world during the blackout...

 

[FrazzledHunter]

^ 1500 Ah? That's not large, that's gigantic! Are you aiming for a week of running on battery? My workstation with a monitor is using something like 100-150W average IIRC. I can usually last about a work day on a typical 13V 100Ah battery.

Oops. I meant 1500Wh. I know the difference. It's a Goal Zero Yeti 1500X I was talking about.
Note to self: avoid replies using cell phone.

 

[e9999]

I am looking around and am seeing some newer power stations that seem to have many of the UPS features with pure sine inverter waveform and are surprisingly inexpensive. Well, inexpensive as long as they are only sized for running a computer for a bit, that is. I'm tempted... Unfortunately, when it comes to running a kitchen fridge the really small power stations may be overly challenged.