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Venus GX - one or two USB host ports?

I'm looking at the tech specs of a Venus GX which say there are two USB host ports. Looking at the Venus GX "high quality photos", there seems to be only one. So which one is it?

Venus GX - VGX
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Stefanie (Victron Energy Staff) answered ·

@PetaJoule

The Venus GX has two USB ports, one on the front side, the other on the back side where the terminal block sits.

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klim8skeptic answered ·

My Venus has 2 usb ports. Both are fully functional, 1 has a usb to ve direct cable, the other 1 has a usb BT dongle in it.

1 is on the top face, the other 1 is on the bottom face. Orientation re screen printing.

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petajoule answered ·

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Ok, thank you. So you are saying, that the USB sits on the top side (in the picture), which is never photographed in Victron material or elsewhere, and also there is no print "USB" as it is for the other one (bottom side)?

Good job Victron. Thank you community.


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But filmed (at 0:58 seconds):

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petajoule avatar image petajoule Stefanie (Victron Energy Staff) ♦♦ commented ·

"The truth is out there". Yeah. So 3-4 seconds in some movie (and shown in a different context) is - I hope - not a justification for the omission(s) I pointed out.

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klim8skeptic avatar image klim8skeptic ♦ commented ·

The Venus GX manual has been available for quite some time should you google it.

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petajoule avatar image petajoule klim8skeptic ♦ commented ·
Yeah, great and it also does not contain any view of the ominous VenusGX north.
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