The software we run on our own Victron systems, for yours: smart plugs and lights on the Victron Switches panel, a glass touchscreen dashboard, a phone-friendly web page and a Boat & RV chartplotter dashboard. Install it from your phone with a USB stick, or from a computer with one command.
Wyze plugs, Philips Hue, Govee lights and TP-Link Kasa / Tapo switches show up on the GX's own Switches panel: on, off and dimming from the touchscreen, Remote Console or VRM. Set them up from the touchscreen or from your phone at https://<GX>:8090.
A glass-style live dashboard on the Overview and Brief tabs of the GX touchscreen (Ekrano GX, GX Touch): power flows, battery, shore, solar and loads with the last hour of history. The same dashboard opens in any browser on your network.
A MESSX page for Garmin, Raymarine, Navico (B&G, Simrad, Lowrance) and Furuno screens connected to the GX: tanks, batteries, charging and navigation in boat or RV mode with night colours. Each screen is managed from the smart devices menu.
$99per GX device, every 3 months
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Pick one. Both put the same software on the GX; it survives Venus OS firmware updates.
venus-data-messx.tar.gz..tar.gz.https://<GX address>:8090 on your phone (same Wi-Fi) to add your plugs and lights. Your browser warns once about the GX's own certificate: that is expected.venus.local is not found.
ssh root@venus.local "curl -fsSL https://messx.io/gx-install.sh | sh -s YOUR-KEY"
https://<GX address>:8090.Useful later, over SSH: python3 /data/messx/licence/messx_licence.py status shows the licence as the GX sees it; sh /data/messx/pkg/uninstall.sh removes everything.
Victron GX devices with Venus OS v3.70 or newer. We build and test on the Ekrano GX (v3.85). The touchscreen dashboard needs a GX with a screen (Ekrano GX, or a Cerbo GX with GX Touch); the web pages, smart devices and chartplotter dashboard work without one. Older firmware: update Venus OS first.
Nothing at first. The GX keeps its last signed licence answer and keeps MESSX running until 14 days after the date you are paid up to. As soon as it is online again it checks in and carries on.
Only MESSX: its smart-device switches, web page, dashboards and chartplotter page. The GX puts its own Victron start page back. Your Victron system keeps running exactly as before. Renew, and the GX switches MESSX back on at its next check-in (within 6 hours, or straight away with a reboot).
Automatically. When we release a new version, each GX with a paid-up licence picks it up at its next check-in (within 6 hours), checks that the download is exactly the version messx.io signed, installs it and restarts the MESSX parts (the touchscreen restarts once if its dashboard changed). Your settings, accounts and devices stay as they are. If an install fails, the GX puts the previous version back by itself. Prefer to update by hand? Over SSH: python3 /data/messx/licence/messx_licence.py updates off, and later … update to install the newest version.
Under "Your licence", free the old device's slot, then install on the new GX with the same key. To add devices, use the billing page or buy another licence.
At each check-in: your licence key, the GX's Victron unique id, model, serial number, host name and firmware / MESSX versions. Nothing about your energy data, your devices, accounts or passwords leaves the GX for the licence. See our privacy policy.
Over SSH: sh /data/messx/pkg/uninstall.sh (add --purge to delete its settings too). Take the USB stick out of the GX, or it installs again at the next restart.
MESSX grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to install and use MESSX GX Integrations on the number of Victron GX devices your licence covers, for as long as your subscription is paid. The software stays the property of MESSX; you may not resell, share your key, or copy the software to devices it does not cover.
The subscription is charged in advance every 3 months per GX device, through Stripe, until you cancel. Cancelling stops the next renewal; the current quarter runs to its end. Fees already paid are not refunded except where the law requires it or MESSX agrees in writing.
Each GX contacts messx.io to confirm the licence. If it cannot confirm a paid licence for more than 14 days past the paid-up date, the software turns itself off until the licence is renewed.
The integrations talk to products and services made by others (Victron Energy, Wyze, Signify / Philips Hue, Govee, TP-Link, chartplotter makers). They can change or stop their products or services at any time, which may stop an integration from working. MESSX is not affiliated with or endorsed by those companies; their names are used only to say what the software works with.
The software is a convenience and monitoring tool. It is not a safety device, does not replace fuses, breakers, battery protection or Victron's own controls, and must not be relied on to switch anything off in an emergency.
The software is provided "as is". To the extent the law allows, MESSX gives no warranty and is not liable for indirect or consequential loss; its total liability is limited to the fees you paid in the 3 months before the claim.
Questions: info@messx.io · (206) 459-6392