Hi Allan,
So once the customer has done this, it never happens again?
jay
peltz power
On Dec 17, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Allan Sindelar wrote:
Wrenches,
On the issue of Outback Mates failing to control the AGS function
properly, I forwarded a few of the recent posts to one of our off-
grid clients who has a two-year-old quad-stack with 4.4kW PV and a
20kW Onan generator with two-wire start. This client is very sharp.
He sent a description of the solution that worked for him. He has
not swapped his Mate for a newer one.
Allan at PosE
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From:
I assumed that it was a software bug, so I did my best to force the
software to “rethink.” First, I tried unplugging the Mate and
plugging it back in. That did not work. Then I did this, and it
has been working fine since:
1. put generator AGS in manual-off;
2. reset the setpoints away from where they were, including setting
the 2 minute point above where the batteries were currently sitting
so I could monitor whether the auto-start was working;
3. put AGS to “auto” – exit with “okay”;
4. found that the generator started properly;
5. let the generator run till it turned off by itself;
6. reset the setpoints back to the settings I actually wanted them at;
7. turn off AGS and turn AGS back on.
Also, on the various AGS pages, even if a setting is what I want it
to be, I always hit “okay” instead of just moving past it.
Seems that Outback ought to test my simple fix and if it works
consistently, put out at least a bulletin on it. But of course, we
still don’t know how it got stuck in that bug.
-fred
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From: Allan Sindelar [mailto:al...@positiveenergysolar.com]
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