Victron Energy GX User Manual
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Victron GX product range
Introduction
GX products are Victron's state-of-the-art monitoring solution. The family consists of the different GX
products, and their accessories.
The GX-device lies at the heart of the system - providing monitoring, and operating as the
communication-centre of your installation. All the other system-components - such as
inverter/chargers, solar chargers, and batteries - are connected to it. Monitoring can be carried out
locally and remotely - via our free-to-use Victron Remote Management portal (VRM). The GX-device
also provides Remote firmware updates and allows inverter/charger settings to be changed remotely.
The GX Family consists of these models:
Cerbo GX - Our newly released GX product.
Color Control GX - Our first released GX product, the CCGX has a display and buttons.
Venus GX - The Venus GX has more analog and digital IO, no LCD and is more cost effective
than the CCGX.
CANvu GX - The CANvu GX is best for harsh environments - when its IP67 rating and touch LCD
is a must.
Octo GX - The Octo GX is particularly suited to medium size installations which have many MPPT
Solar Chargers, as it has 10 VE.Direct ports.
Maxi GX - Compared to the other GX devices, the Maxi GX has most CPU power and most
VE.Direct ports: 25. This is the GX device to use for large systems with many VE.Direct MPPT
Solar Chargers.
Lastly, there is a GX device built into our MultiPlus-II GX and EasySolar-II GX Inverter/chargers.
Available accessories
GX Touch 50 - Touch screen display accessory for the Cerbo GX
GX GSM - A 2G and 3G cellular modem. It connects to GX device via USB, and takes a simcard
GX LTE 4G - A 2G, 3G and 4G cellular modem. It connects to GX device via USB and takes a
simcard
WiFi USB sticks
Energy Meters - Measures PV Inverter Output where PV Inverters cannot be read-out directly.
Also used as a grid meter in an Energy Storage System (ESS).
VE.Can resistive tank sender adapter Allows a standard resistive tank-level sender to be
connected to the GX device.
Comparison table
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MultiPlus-II
User interface Cerbo GX CCGX Venus GX Octo GX CANvu GX Maxi GX
GX and
EasySolar-II
GX
Appearance
Display
GX
Touch 50
optional touch display
(16)
480 x 272 LCD
Display & 7
buttons
no display no display
4.3“ touchscreen
2×16 character display
800×480
Remote Console yes
Buzzer yes yes yes no yes no
Documentation Cerbo GX CCGX Venus GX Octo GX CANvu GX Maxi GX
Manual Cerbo GX manual CCGX manual VGX manual OGX manual CANvu manual
Product detail
page
Victron comm.
ports
VE.Direct ports
(always isolated)
VE.Bus
(always isolated)
page page page page page page page
Cerbo GX CCGX Venus GX Octo GX
(1)
3
(1)
2
10
(1)
CANvu GX
(1)
3
2 paralleled RJ45 sockets 1 RJ45 socket
VE.Can yes - non isolated 2 paralleled RJ45 sockets – isolated
Other
communication
USB
Ethernet 10/100 RJ45 socket - isolated except shield
WiFi built-in
Bluetooth Smart
Micro SDcard
slot
Cerbo GX CCGX Venus GX Octo GX CANvu GX Maxi GX
2 USB Host ports
& 1 power only port
(17)
yes
SDHC cards up to max. of 32GB.
(20)
2 USB Host ports 1 USB Host port
optional
(2)
built-in, but
(3)
see
built-in,
external
antenna
10/100 RJ45
(11)
socket
optional
(12)
no
(5)
no yes no
Maxi GX
manual
(12)
Maxi GX
25 1
no
10/100 RJ45 socket
(2)
no built-in
Second CAN-bus
port
(also features
BMS-Can
(18)
)
BMS-Can port
(15)
no no
yes no
Built-in RS485 no no no
IO Cerbo GX CCGX Venus GX Octo GX
Programmable
(7)
relay
Resistive tank
level inputs
2 x NO/NC
(8)
(9)
4
1 x NO
no
yes - non-
isolated
1 x NO/NC
(9)
3
(8)
yes - non-
isolated
yes - non-
isolated
1x NO / NC
no no no
no no
(12)
CANvu GX
Maxi GX
2x NO / NC
no
yes
(8)
MultiPlus-II
GX and
EasySolar-II
GX
MultiPlus-II GX
manual
MultiPlus-II
GX and
EasySolar-II
GX
2 paralleled
RJ45 sockets
(14)
MultiPlus-II
GX and
EasySolar-II
GX
(14)
MultiPlus-II
GX and
EasySolar-II
GX
n/a
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