[RE-wrenches] Outback AGS & eq

Thu Feb 12 20:27:41 PST 2015

Hey guys,

For me this was a long,  long time ago….But I figured that I’d chime in on the subject.

Yes Technically if you do as Jay says it’ll work… There was one firmware version of the mate that this was changed (One of the early 4.?? versions) or fixed, then it was “re-fixed” shortly thereafter, as it was a feature that was unintended.

If you have the most recent Mate firmware revision (Mate2, Mate) it’ll work this way.   I do not know about the Mate3 as I left Outback shortly after the Mate 3 was released.

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From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of dan at foxfire-energy.com
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 4:07 PM
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Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback AGS & eq

Seems I was once told that (Depending on software revision), successful Switching from Manual to Auto depended on whether or not the system itself called for a start to begin with i.e. whether the start criteria was met in either AGS or a charge mode when the genny was started in manual. My problem was the customer just wanted to run the genset periodically to top off the batteries.. He would start the genny in manual (from the mate 2), and as soon as he kicked it into auto, the genny would shut down. As i recall, we found the smoking gun under timers.. If a clock was still running (Or stopped short) you could switch to auto and it would run out the clock. But if the timers were satisfied, AGS would shut down the genny.

Good Luck

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Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback AGS & eq
From: William Miller <william at millersolar.com<mailto:william at millersolar.com>>
Date: Thu, February 12, 2015 6:27 pm
To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org<mailto:re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>>
Mac:

Apparently so, but this operation is not supported. It supposedly works.

William

On Feb 12, 2015, at 3:18 PM, Mac Lewis <maclewis1 at gmail.com<mailto:maclewis1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi Jay & William,

Just so I understand, you can put the mate into auto right after the eq is enabled (not after eq has finished), and it will manage the generator?  Is that right?

Thanks

On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 10:45 AM, jay peltz <jay at asis.com<mailto:jay at asis.com>> wrote:
I"ve had clients do it for years with no problems that I know of.

jay

peltz power

On Feb 12, 2015, at 9:47 AM, <william at millersolar.com<mailto:william at millersolar.com>> wrote:

Friends:

I understood the generator had to be started and stopped manually.  I have a client who was using the sequence below to stop the generator automatically.  To have the generator stop automatically has a convenience factor, but I do like my clients to verify the cycle has accomplished the prescribed regimen, and walking away from the process does not accomplish that.

I spoke with Outback regarding the procedure of engaging the auto mode prior to completion of the EQ and the reply was that the system had not been engineered to operate this way so the results could not be guaranteed.

William

From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-<mailto:re->wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org<mailto:wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org>] On Behalf Of jay peltz
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 8:54 AM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback AGS & eq

Hi Mac

I don't think there is a global eq function.
Eq continues to be manual on inverters.

Gen to manual on
Initiate EQ
Gen to auto
Done

Jay
Peltz power.

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