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Table of Contents
GX product family
Introduction
A Venus-device is the communication-centre of your installation. It connects the components together and ensures they are working in harmony. Monitoring of live data, and changing settings is performed via our free-to-use Victron Remote Management Portal, VRM).
The GX product family consists of the different Venus-devices; each suitable for their own best type of system. And besides that the accessories. Which can be used to extend the functionality.
The Venus devices are:
- Color Control GX
- Venus GX
- Octo GX - The Octo GX is the best fit for installations that have many MPPT Solar Chargers, as it has 10 VE.Direct ports
- CANvu GX - The CANvu GX is best used when IP67 rating is a must.
Available accessories
- GX GSM - A cellular modem, connects to Venus-device via USB and takes a simcard
- Energy Meters - Measures PV Inverter Output for types of PV Inverters that cannot be read-out directly. And used as a grid meter in an Energy Storage System (ESS).
- VE.Can resistive tank sender adapter The VE.Can resistive tank sender adapter allows a standard resistive tank level sender to connect to the Venus-device.
Comparison table
User interface | CCGX | Venus GX | Octo GX | CANvu GX |
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Display | LCD Display & 7 buttons | no display | no display | 4.3“ touch |
Remote Console | yes | |||
Buzzer | yes | yes | no | ? |
Documentation | CCGX | Venus GX | Octo GX | CANvu GX |
Manual | CCGX manual | VGX manual | OGX manual | CANvu manual |
Product detail page | ||||
Victron comm. ports | CCGX | Venus GX | Octo GX | CANvu GX |
VE.Direct ports | 2 (1) | 10 (1) | 3 (1) | |
VE.Can | 2 paralleled RJ45 sockets – isolated | |||
VE.Bus | 2 paralleled RJ45 sockets – isolated | |||
Non Victron-products | CCGX | Venus GX | Octo GX | CANvu GX |
Canbus-BMS batteries | Many battery brands. See here for details | |||
Fronius PV Inverters | See here for details | |||
SMA PV Inverters | See here for details | |||
Communication | CCGX | Venus GX | Octo GX | CANvu GX |
USB | 2 USB Host ports – not isolated | 1 USB Host port - not isolated | ||
Ethernet | 10/100 RJ45 socket - isolated except shield | 1 port. isolation? | ||
WiFi | optional (2) | built-in, but see (3) | built-in, external antenna (11) | optional (2) |
Bluetooth Smart | no | |||
Micro SDcard slot | SDHC cards up to max. of 32GB. (5) | no | ||
Second CAN-bus port | no | yes - non-isolated | yes - non-isolated | yes - non-isolated |
RS485 | no | no | yes - non-isolated | no |
IO | CCGX | Venus GX | Octo GX | CANvu GX |
Programmable relay (7) | 1x NO | 1x NO / NC (8) | 1x NO / NC | |
Resistive tank level inputs | no | 3 (9) | no | |
Temperature measurements | no | 2 (10) | no | |
Digital Inputs | no | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Accessories | CCGX | Venus GX | Octo GX | CANvu GX |
Compatibility | Compatible with GX Product Family Accessories | |||
Other | CCGX | Venus GX | Octo GX | CANvu GX |
Mounting | Panel Integration | Hangers for screws | DIN Rail (35mm) | Panel |
Outer dimensions ( h x w x d ) | 130 x 120 x 28 mm | 45 x 143 x 96 mm | 61 x 108 x 90 mm | ? |
Operating temperature | -20 to +50°C | ? | ||
Standards | CCGX | Venus GX | Octo GX | CANvu GX |
Safety | EN 60950 | ? | ? | |
EMC | EN 61000-6-3, EN 55014-1, EN 61000-6-2, EN 61000-6-1, EN 55014-2 | |||
Automotive | E4-10R-053535 | In progress | ? | ? |
Notes:
- The maximum number of VE.Direct devices: on a CCGX is 5 (2 normal and 3 via USB). On a Venus GX is 6 (2 normal, and 4 via USB). On a Octo GX is 10 (10 normal, no USB). VE.Direct ports on a Venus-device are isolated.
- Though the CCGX has no built-in WiFi it can easily be added by attaching a USB-WiFi dongle. See CCGX Manual, section 1.4.2 for details.
- The built-in WiFi in the Venus GX has a very low signal strength - unfortunately. The strength is sufficient for connecting to a phone, tablet or laptop in order to access setup and monitoring. But to connect the Venus GX to the internet either use the built-in Ethernet port or add a USB-WiFi dongle. See CCGX Manual, section 1.4.2 for details. Make sure the Venus GX is running v2.06 or later - the first shipment of Venus GX units ran v2.05.
- Though the hardware of the Venus GX and Octo GX have a Bluetooth Smart chipset inside; it doesn't work properly and they are unfixable. Bluetooth Smart for Venus-devices is comingl but not using those built-in chipsets.
- Larger SD memory cards (SDXC) are not supported. SD cards can be used for two purposes:
- Logging data, see this section in the ccgx manual for details.
- Updating firmware, see this section in the ccgx manual for detials.
- The second CANbus port is accessible via the GND, CAN-H and CAN-L terminals. Note that the port is not Isolated. See Settings → Services for configuring that port.
- The programmable relay can be set to act as an alarm relay, automatic genset start stop, or an on/off switch, and is controlled via the GUI and/or ModbusTCP.
- In the Venus GX hardware there are two relays - at present only one of them is available for use.
- The tank level inputs are resistive and should be connected to a resistive tank sender. Victron does not supply tank senders. The tank level ports can each be configured to work with either European (0 - 180 Ohm); or US tank senders (240 - 30 Ohm).
- The Venus GX has two temperature terminals which can be used to measure & monitor all kinds of temperature-inputs. Temperature senders are not included. The required sensor is ASS000001000 - Temperature Sensor QUA/PMP/Venus GX. (Note that this is not the same as the BMV temperature accessory.)
- Octo GX comes with a small Wifi antenna. It is possible to replace it by any other Wifi antenna having a RP-SMA connector.
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