Jay, Don't know yet. This was a recent fix. Allan -----Original Message-----
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 -----Original Message----- 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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