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skylla-i nmea2000 interface + venus gx

Have skylla-i interfaced to nmea2000 bus on boat - wia its Ve.can port - all good and working.

However not all PGNs are displayable of MFDs - and to enable remote monitoring via victron cloud etc - i wish to add a Venus GX.


Q: can the venus gx be added to the system by plugging it onto nmea2000 bus directly?
or does the skylla need to connect to venus gx ve.can port, and then the second can port of GX connect onto nmea2000 bus?
is there any advantage or disadvantage in either of above connection methods?

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mvader (Victron Energy) answered ·

Hi @sunnycoastgreg, adding a Venus GX will not increase the amount of PGNs or data available from the Skylla-i. Venus GX is not "enriching" the information or anything like that.


Connection will indeed be that the Venus GX is plugged onto the NMEA2000 network.





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thx for fast response and this clarification - i did read the venus GX manual, however the diagrams show it connected ”between” the skylla and nmea bus. (although cerbo manual shows it the other way .. hence my confusion/questions)

My MFDs will not display “all” of the available PGNs from skylla (using the victron nmea PGN document - and then cross referencing MFD PGN support)

Q: hence I was expecting that with addition of venus GX :
- would allow display of ALL the PGNs?
eg the ac power, charger state etc
- control of mains power input level (in lieu of the dedicated control panel) ?
- access via VRM.... ?

.. just checking the “additional value” i would get by adding a venus GX onto the nmea bus - before I purchase

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