Description
The Victron Color Control GX (CCGX) provides intuitive control and monitoring for all products connected to it. The list of Victron products that can be connected is endless: Inverters, Multis, Quattros, all our latest MPPT solar chargers, BMV-700, BMV-600, Lynx Ion + Shunt and more.
Victron Colour Control GX in our solar shop
VRM Portal
Besides monitoring and controlling products on the Victron Control GX, the information is also forwarded to our free remote monitoring website: the Victron Online Portal.
Future functionality
The CCGX has endless possibilities. To implement all our ideas and wishes will take years. Functions marked with ‘Future function’ will become available later on, as a firmware update. Firmware updates are free of charge, as with all Victron products. Updating the product is easy: the CCGX will update itself automatically, as long as it is connected to the internet. Manual updates can be done with a USB stick and microSD cards.
Supported products
- Multis and Quattros, including split-phase and three phase systems. Monitoring and control (on/off and current limiter). Changing settings is not yet available.
- BlueSolar MPPT 150/70 and the MPPT 150/85. Current solar output is visible on the overview screen, and all parameters are logged to the VRM online portal. Note that the VRM App has a nice overview showing data of the BlueSolar MPPT 150/70 as well. When multiple BlueSolar MPPTs with VE.Can are used in parallel, the Color Control will show all information as one. See also our blog-post about synchronizing multiple MPPT 150/70 solar chargers.
- BlueSolar MPPT Solar Chargers with a VE.Direct port (70/15, 75/15, 100/15, 100/30, 75/50, 100/50, 150/35) can be connected to the VE.Direct on the CCGX. Connecting multiple at the same time is possible. They will all appear as a separate Solar Charger in the device list.
- BMV-700 family can be connected directly to the VE.Direct ports on the CCGX. Use the VE.Direct Cable for this.
- BMV-600 family can be connected to the VE.Direct on the CCGX. Use the VE.Direct to BMV60xS cable for that.
- Lynx Ion + Shunt
- Lynx Shunt VE.Can
- Skylla-i
- NMEA2000 tank-sensors
USB GPS can be connected to the USB port. Location and speed will be visible on the display, and the data is sent to the VRM Portal for tracking purposes. The map on VRM will show the latest position.
WiFi USB. Note that there are more options for products which use the VE.Direct ports, such as BMVs and small MPPTs. They can also be connected through USB, useful when more than two products need to be connected. Use an off-the-shelf USB-hub, and the VE.Direct to USB interface, ASS030530000.
Other highlights of the Victron Control GX
- When connected to the internet, the CCGX will update itself automatically when there is a new software version available.
- Multiple languages: English, Chinese, German, Italian, Spanish, French, Swedish and Dutch.
- Use the CCGX as a Modbus-TCP gateway to all connected Victron products. See our ModbusTCP FAQ for more information. Notes for existing VGR2 and VER users
- Opposite to the Victron Global Remote 2 (VGR2) and Victron Ethernet Remote (VER), the CCGX stores all data locally during network interruptions. As soon as the connection to the VRM Online Portal is restored, it will automatically send all backlogged data to the portal. Data can then be analyzed on https://vrm.victronenergy.com.
- Remote VEConfigure is not yet supported by the CCGX. This functionality is expected in 2015 Q1. It will be even better than the VGR2 and VER: it will include support for changing Assistants and their settings.
- The local website, as present on the VER, is not yet supported.
- The Victron Color Control GX has no internal GPRS modem: you cannot insert a sim-card into the CCGX. Use an off-the-shelf GPRS or 3G router instead.
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Victron Energy B.V. designs and sells power solutions for automotive, industrial, marine, mobility, off-grid, and telecom markets. Its products include inverters, chargers, inverter/chargers, isolation transformers, autotransformers, battery monitors, batteries, panels and system monitoring products, DC distribution systems, transfer switches, cables, battery isolators and combiners, DC/DC converters, battery protection products, multipower products, solar products, solar charge controllers, and solar inverters and panels. The Company was founded in 1975 and is based in Almere Haven, the Netherlands. Join our ZERO Home Bills Community. The BEST Off-Grid Solar Products from Victron Energy at BEST Prices for ZERO Home Bills on ZEROhomebills.com by Solaranna.
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Related links to the Victron Colour Control GX :
The NetherlandsVictron Energy, based in the Netherlands, have been manufacturing power conversion equipment since 1975 and become well known around the world for producing reliable off-grid battery inverter/chargers, inverters and a wide range of quality, affordable solar controllers.An inverter/charger would convert the AC power from the generator (wind, solar and hydro) to charge the DC battery bank. An off grid inverter/charger would be converting the power in both directions, from AC to DC to charge the battery from the AC generator, and converting the DC power from the battery to AC for your appliances.
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Internal Multi and Quattro anti-islanding isolation relay is not redundant and that is the main problem with implementation in most part of the word, not speed. AFAIK only in UK is not mandatory to have redundancy, hence two independent disconnecting relays.
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