[RE-wrenches] Outback inverter firmware mismatch

[frenergy]

Besides all the good info from Mac, there may be something to gain from 
following OB's sequence procedure for a proper complete system (all 
devices) shutdown and reboot.

Bill

Feather River Solar Electric
Bill Battagin, Owner
4291 Nelson St.
Taylorsville, CA 95983
530.284.7849
CA Lic 874049
www.frenergy.net

On 6/4/2019 4:04 PM, Bruce Geddes wrote:
>
> Don’t know about Radian but I had this issue with a dual stack VFXR 
> system.  After five visits to site (3 hours drive one way) Tech 
> support eventually told me there had been a bad batch of comms boards 
> on FXR’s but I had already swapped inverters out for VFX’s at last 
> visit and issue ceased. Definitely some sort of comms glitch causing 
> the Mate3 to loose info on devices.
>
> Best of luck from down under.
>
> Bruce Geddes
>
> PowerOn
>
> *From:*RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] 
> *On Behalf Of *Mac Lewis
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 4 June 2019 3:00 p.m.
> *To:* RE-wrenches
> *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback inverter firmware mismatch
>
> William,
>
> We have experienced this same issue on various Outback systems, mainly 
> on multi-stack fxr systems.  I can't say I know or understand why this 
> happens. To me, it makes sense that it's a communication error of some 
> kind. What I've done with success:
>
> 1. Update all firmware, Mate, devices etc.
>
> 2. If a certain device (s) seems to have an issue, replace cables.
>
> 3. Apply terminal grease to all devices connections and Hub connections.
>
> So far, this approach has worked, but will eat a lot of man hours.
>
> Good luck, and please let us know if you find anything deeper out 
> about this.
>
> On Mon, Jun 3, 2019, 8:49 PM William Miller <william at millersolar.com 
> <mailto:william at millersolar.com>> wrote:
>
>     Friends:
>
>     As part of my ongoing love/hate relationship with Outback, I have
>     been occasionally receiving “Inverter firmware mismatch” warnings
>     on some Radian systems. The firmware has not been changed.
>
>     I was told it was bad data cables. I replaced all cables on one
>     system only to receive more of the same warnings. Then, suddenly
>     the error warnings quit.
>
>     Now today another system is experiencing the same warnings.
>
>     Does anyone know what this means and how to fix it?
>
>     Thanks in advance.
>
>     William
>
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