We recently had a customer replace their mate. Not all the settings are retained in the FX units - many of the generator start settings were lost in the swap, causing a service call for reprogramming...
-Glenn -----Original Message----- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Darren Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 20:40 To: k...@vtsolar.com; RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Mate remote programming Outback equipment store their own configuration settings, the MATE is just an input and display device. The MATE only can program the devices it's connected to. Cheers Darren "Kirk Herander, VSE" <k...@vtsolar.com> wrote: >Hello Group, > > > >I have a customer who wants to bring their Mate to my shop for programming. >I have a GVFX3524 in my shop. His inverter is a VFX2812. Will I be able >to plug his Mate into my inverter, program it for his inverter, and >then have him take it home and plug it into his inverter and have the >parameters transfer somehow to his inverter? I suspect the answer is >no, but thought I'd check. I assume that the FX parameters are not >stored in the Mate but in the FX itself, hence "you can't get there >from here", as the old saying goes. > > > >Kirk Herander > >Vermont Solar Engineering > >802.863.1202 > >NABCEP(tm) Certified Solar Installer > >NYSERDA-eligible Installer > >VT Solar Incentive Program Partner > > > > >_______________________________________________ >List sponsored by Home Power magazine > >List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > >Options & settings: >http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > >List-Archive: >http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > >List rules & etiquette: >www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > >Check out participant bios: >www.members.re-wrenches.org > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
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