<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>Ray:</div><div><br></div><div>I have no reason to believe anyone has been meddling. No one knows the password. It does look like some serious glitch. </div><div><br></div><div>William</div><div><br>On Nov 10, 2016, at 6:25 PM, Ray Walters <<a href="mailto:ray@solarray.com">ray@solarray.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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It almost sounds like someone got in there and tried to reprogram
stuff themselves. Have you installed the proper anti-Gremlin
devices?<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">R.Ray Walters
CTO, Solarray, Inc
Nabcep Certified PV Installer,
Licensed Master Electrician
Solar Design Engineer
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/10/2016 12:34 PM, William Miller
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<div>I maintain an off-grid, 8 stack FX Outback system with 3
charge controllers. The system has been on line for about 6
years. It got upgraded about 7 months ago with 2 Mate3s.</div>
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<div>About a week ago the system shutdown, leaving the customer
without power. A maintenance worker started a generator and
power was restored. I did not hear about the situation for
several days.</div>
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<div>A maintenance supervisor was dispatched yesterday to work
with me over the telephone to see if we could restart the
system. The system would only run if the inverter output
breakers were all off. </div>
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<div>I examined the system via Optics. I was very surprised to
see that the system programming was absolutely scrambled.
This was so much so that even the stacking settings were
wrong. For example, inverter 2 was set as a Master, which we
all know will crash any system. Other settings were also
found with very random values.</div>
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<div>This system was running prior to last Friday, so the
stacking at least must have been right prior to the outage. I
am completely mystified as to how this could have happened. </div>
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<div>I am in conversation with Outback who is taking this
seriously. I have not heard back from them yet but I am
curious if anyone else has experienced this or anything
similar. I'd like to broaden my knowledge on this situation
to enhance my understanding and to share any findings with the
group.</div>
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<div>Thank you in advance for any input.</div>
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<div>William Miller</div>
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