Hi Howie, Having installed a half dozen Radians so far I have gotten comfortable fairly quickly with the Mate3. It is much more intuitive than the original Mate and uses a touch pad similar to an Ipod. I have had an issue a couple of times not being well grounded and the touch pad was a bit buggy then, but overall the Mate3 is quite an improvement over it's predecessor. The screen interface showing the FNDC is similar to the Mate2. I do think that everyone has varying degrees of intuitiveness about remotes and on a scale of 1 to 10 I am probably a 6 at best, and yet I found the Mate3 easy to maneuver and program. I am now using one on my own system. Just one mans opinion, of course.....
Daryl > Howdy folks, > > Having used, been abused by, and spending countless hours attempting to > talk through clients over the phone through the elegant menu structure of > the Outback Mate2 since it was first released, I'm very interested in > hearing people's experience with the Mate 3 and whether it is worth the > added money to include it in a system for clients, particularly that are > challenged by a simple on/off switch. Is it enough of an improvement to > make a difference to clients' ability to understand and control their > system? How about the interface with the FNDC - are those screens any > less confusing? I have not even seen the Mate3 yet, so any and all > experience and feedback is welcomed. > > Thanks as always, > Howie > -- > Howie Michaelson > NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer™ > > Catamount Solar, LLC > Renewable Energy Systems Sales and Service > VT Solar Electric & Hot Water Incentive Partner > http://www.CatamountSolar.com > 802-272-0004 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
