[RE-wrenches] GSCM-mini with Honda EM5000SX

Fri Mar 1 10:48:52 PST 2013

You need the line and neutral from the generator connected to pin 9 & 10 or the GSCM does not know if the generator is running or not.

Larry Crutcher
Starlight Solar Power Systems

On Mar 1, 2013, at 10:30 AM, SunHarvest wrote:

I've installed a GSCM-mini (interfaced with a Honda EM500SX w/manual remote start box) according to the attached schematic provided by Mr. Kendall of Atkinson. The unit is not functioning properly. It seems that the GSCM-mini is not recognizing that the generator is running.

Here are the results of my troubleshooting:

Start LED (yellow) on GSCM-mini blinks once every 5 seconds to indicate it is ready.

When starting the generator using the MATE3 from either the manual Generator Status Menu, or using the auto 2 minute Voltage Start - 
Generator starts OK, MATE enters RUN mode, no faults listed on MATE, AC IN shows USE AGS, i.e., everything looks OK. But when I press the OFF button on the Gen Status screen the STATUS goes to OFF but the generator will not shut off...until...

At the time of manual start the GSCM begins going through the cycle of trying to start the genny then goes into a Lockout Fault Condition:
Start LED goes to solid yellow, K1 light comes on, generator starts, K1 light goes off for 40 seconds, yellow Start light is solid, K1 comes back on for 20 seconds, cycle repeats 3 times, K2 light comes on for 5 seconds, Gen Hz LED Fault blinks twice repeatedly, Fault LED (terminal 12) comes on solid, GSCM enters (Max Crank) Lockout Fault, ...then the generator shuts off.

Seems the GSCM is not registering a Valid Run Condition. So, either the schematic for the 4000SX is not applicable for the 5000SX or the red wire I connected to terminal 8 (as shown in the schematic, needs to actually go to terminals 9&10, or I need to run a wire from the Pilot LED on the manual remote start box to terminal 8 on the GSCM...

Any experience with this scenario?

Thanksalot,

Eric Stikes
SunHarvest Solar
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