[RE-wrenches] Mixing Outback 100 series C with old FX system

[John Blittersdorf]

William, I don’t think the fm100 will be visible unless you reboot the
whole system with inverter attached to port 1 of hub, mate3s attached to
mate terminal in hub and fm100 plugged into port 2 of hub.  I’ve done this
numerous times and you can program the fm 100.  However, I have never left
an fm100 without a mate3.  Not sure if the charge controller will just keep
running blind when you unplug the mate 3s.  You could try it and see if if
it shows charging on a trimetric or with a clamp meter.  Yes, a mate3s and
fm100 and hub is quite a financial bite when just looking for higher
voltage or higher amperage controller.

John Blittersdorf



On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 10:11 AM Bradley Bassett <bbassett2 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think there is a jumper in the FM100 that will allow the Mate3s to
> communicate with it. I don't remember off hand where it is and am not at a
> computer with that info, but maybe this will prompt a look at the manual to
> see if they mention it.
>
> Brad
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 11:11 PM William Miller <william at millersolar.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Friends:
>>
>>
>>
>> I installed a Flexmax 100 today in a dual FX system circa 2003.  The
>> system has an oval Mate and it is no surprise the old Mate does not
>> communicate with the FM100 as this was made clear from the literature.
>>
>>
>>
>> I plugged in a new Mate3S directly into the FM100 hoping to connect and
>> see data, but alas, the display was almost entirely blank.  It only showed
>> the battery voltage which was 500 volts, which I guess is a promotion.
>>
>>
>>
>> I then tried plugging the FM100 into a Hub 10.3 and then into the
>> Mate3S.  Still no display.
>>
>>
>>
>> I’d like to field-check the FM100 with a Mate3 or 3S but don’t know how.
>> It used to be you could plug an MX60 into a Mate and get some semblance of
>> normality displayed.  Can I swap out the old hub with a 10.3 with the
>> inverters connected and get FM100 data?  Any ideas out there?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advanced.
>>
>>
>>
>> William
>>
>>
>>
>> PS:  The FM100 is charging so that is not an issue.
>>
>>
>>
>> Wm
>>
>>
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