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    <p><font size="4">Hi, This system is not tied into Optics. Merchant
        Marine retiree and he did not see the value in that. If it ran
        on steam, he might have gone for it. <br>
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    <p><font size="4"> I will check the hub. It is the original hub (11
        years old).  I have a system of the same vintage (w/r to Hub)
        and it is displaying correctly. I'll bring a bunch of spare
        cables and see if that is the issue.  Thank you, Chris</font><br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/18/2022 8:15 AM, Mac Lewis wrote:<br>
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        <div dir="ltr">Hi Chris,
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          <div>What type of charge controller is it?  Older charge
            controllers seem to have issues interacting with the Mate 3s
            perfectly.  Oddly, many times it will report the data OK to
            OpticsRE.  Which Hub do you have?  Mate 3s needs to be
            paired to a Hub 10.3.  Also, you may try changing ports in
            the Hub and of course cables.</div>
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          <div>Good luck</div>
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          <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 6:10
            AM Christopher Warfel &lt;<a
              href="mailto:cwarfel@entech-engineering.com"
              moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">cwarfel@entech-engineering.com</a>&gt;
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              <p><font size="4">We are having our own issues with one
                  project that we just converted from a Mate2 that
                  failed to a Mate3S. The charge controller settings
                  contain none of the data that we have programmed in.
                  We have made 4 trips to the site on the recommendation
                  of Outback to try the sometimes really odd ideas on
                  how to troubleshoot from them. We initially went to
                  their forum to get better technical support, and they
                  directed us to submit a "trouble ticket" via their
                  website, which sent us on this goose chase.  My own
                  system is very similar to this customers and my Mate3S
                  displays properly.  Long story short, we have not been
                  able to get the display of this part of the device to
                  work properly.  We have sent 20 pictures to Outback to
                  show this and the person at the other end seems unable
                  to grasp that this is the issue.</font></p>
              <p><font size="4">Please remove this picture if you
                  respond to save file space.  <br>
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              <div>On 2/17/2022 1:49 PM, Dana Orzel wrote:<br>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span>My Mat3 goes blank on a
                      semi regular basis, I have not notated the
                      frequency. </span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Perhaps someone from
                      Outback who is on the list would care to comment?
                      Anyone from OutBack on this?</span></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Dana
                        Orzel                              Great Solar
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style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:navy"> </span><span
                        style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:green">Please
                        consider the environment before printing this
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> RE-wrenches <a
href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank"
                          moz-do-not-send="true">&lt;re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org&gt;</a>
                        <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nick A Lucchese<br>
                        <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 17, 2022 11:28
                        AM<br>
                        <b>To:</b> RE-wrenches <a
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                          target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">&lt;re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org&gt;</a><br>
                        <b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Mate3s hangups</p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">Hello again,</p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal">Perhaps it\u2019s something
                      different since you\u2019re saying \u201cfront panel looks
                      perfectly normal\u201d  but it\u2019s difficult for me to
                      think of any of my sites that don\u2019t experience the
                      Mate3-s freezing up from time to time requiring a
                      quick disconnect and reconnect of the Cat5 cables.
                      Some sites do seem more frequent than others but
                      overall I\u2019ve just come to accept this and be sure
                      to provide my clients with a tutorial of how to
                      fix when I walk them through the initial
                      commissioning instruction. I point out both places
                      to unplug and highlight the greater accessibility
                      of the 1st Mate port in the Hub versus on the back
                      of the Mate often attached to the wall.  Of course
                      nobody remembers when it happens six months down
                      the line either. I can also tell how often my
                      client actually pays attention since it\u2019s not
                      uncommon to show up at a site for something else
                      and discover a frozen Mate3-s. In general, I\u2019ve
                      just come to expect this and since it\u2019s always
                      fixed with a couple minute effort I don\u2019t see it
                      as being a major issue for the majority of my
                      customers.</p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal">As far as Hughesnet goes I also
                      have issues at those sites. No easy way around it.
                      Seems like Opticsre is slightly more stable than
                      the older Blue Ion 2.0 monitoring though. Next
                      time you speak with your favorite battery or
                      inverter manufacturer be sure to express your
                      dislike of this newer trend which does away with
                      integrated hardware for monitoring. I still have a
                      lot of \u201cold timers\u201d that can care less to have
                      their monitoring online and although it makes my
                      life easier the manufacturers need to accept that
                      there is a large part of the off grid world that
                      does not have reliable internet nor an age
                      demographic that cares to navigate this new world
                      of connectivity. There is no substitute for on
                      site monitoring hardware that displays battery
                      SOC. If an inexpensive Goal Zero can do it why
                      can\u2019t our favorite $20k batteries?</p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal">Enjoy your day, Nick</p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal">On Feb 16, 2022, at 11:23
                            AM, Kirk Herander &lt;<a
                              href="mailto:kirkh@vermont.solar"
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                              <p class="MsoNormal">I've had several
                                Mates go offline (refuse to send data)
                                to the host lately. Totally different
                                sites. The front panel looks perfectly
                                normal. But they can only be restored by
                                unplugging the Lan and Hub cables, then
                                a normal reboot will occur and OpticsRE 
                                is restored. Ideas???<br clear="all">
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