Vrm Portal; Vrm Portal Introduction; Registering On Vrm; Datalogging To Vrm - Victron energy Color Control GX Manual

9. VRM Portal

9.1. VRM Portal Introduction

When connected to the internet, a GX device can be used in combination with the
which enables:
• Easy remote access to all statistics and systems status online
• Remote Console on VRM: access and configure your system as if you were standing besides it
• Remote Firmware updates of connected Solar Chargers and other Victron products.
• Use of the VRM App for iOS and
See Internet Connectivity chapter [13]

9.2. Registering on VRM

Instructions are in the VRM Portal Getting Started document.
Note that any system will need to first have been able to successfully send data to the VRM Portal. As long is there has been no
successful connection, it will not be possible to register the system to your VRM user account. In such case, refer to below
Troubleshooting section 5.7.

9.3. Datalogging to VRM

Data-logs are transmitted to the VRM Portal over the Internet, if it's available. All related settings are available in the VRM Online
Portal menu:
The transmission of the data logs has been designed to work also on bad internet connections. Lines of up to 70% permenant
packet loss are still sufficient to get the data out, even if delayed in some cases.
Adding an external storage device
When unable to transmit the logs, then the GX device will store them to non-volatile storage (ie. data is not lost on a power loss or
reboot).
The GX device has a buffer to store a couple of days worth of logs internally. To extend this period, insert a microSD card or USB
stick. You can see the internal storage status in the settings.
Note that, when inserting such storage device, any internally stored logs will automatically be transferred to the inserted stick: no
data is lost.
With or without an external storage device inserted, the GX Device will always keep trying to connect to the portal and transmit all
backlogged logs. That means that even with months worth of backlog, once it re-acquires an Internet connection, all of the
backlog is sent out. The data is sent in a compressed manner: sending a lot of backlogged data will use considerably less
bandwidth than than sending the data with a continuously available internet connection.
Storage device requirements
• MicroSD cards or USB flash drives must be formatted as FAT12, FAT16 or FAT32 file systems - and not exFAT or NTFS.
• SD and SDHC type microSD cards of 32 GB capacity and smaller are sold containing FAT12, FAT16 or FAT32. They can be
used without a problem, unless they are subsequently re-formatted to a different file system.
• SDXC type microSD cards which have greater than 32 GB capacity are often formatted with exFAT, and therefore cannot be
used with the CCGX without reformatting and possibly re-partitioning.
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Android.
for how to connect the device to the internet.
Victron Remote Management (VRM) portal,
VRM Portal