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

[Ray]

We use the FM 100, but not Outback inverters.  We have one Mate 3 meter 
on the truck, we use it to program the controller, and then pull the 
meter. It holds all its programming, and this saves the customer 
$600.00.  They can monitor with the amp hr meter (Magnum or Trimetric)

Its not the best solution, and I find it annoying that Outback's most 
expensive controller does not have an onboard screen like the much lower 
cost little FMs.

Ray Walters
Remote Solar
303 505-8760

On 10/19/20 12:55 PM, Jay wrote:
> On page 71 there is a small note about hooking up a FNDC without an 
> inverter.
>
> It might be what Brad was mentioning.
>
> Jay
>
>
>> On Oct 19, 2020, at 12:48 PM, Dan Fink <danbob88 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Maybe Brad is referring to the GFDI jumper or the RSS jumper? I don't 
>> know of a jumper to activate comms with the Mate 3S.
>>
>> The former is for bonding and you remove it if you use an external 
>> GFDI, like a Midnite GFCI in a Midnite MNDC enclosure. It's the 
>> little black wire with 2 red spade connectors under the terminal block.
>>
>> The RSS jumper you have to make out of a scrap of wire to DIS-able 
>> the Flexmax 100 internal RSS trigger. It goes between the yellow and 
>> purple terminal blocks. If you don't install it, the CC assumes the 
>> RSS has been activated. I love this one for my students, when their 
>> homework before lab class is to *thoroughly* read the instructions 
>> and make notes! I can easily tell if they actually did LOL.
>>
>> Dan Fink
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>> On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 8:11 AM Bradley Bassett <bbassett2 at gmail.com 
>> <mailto: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
>>
>>
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