Re: [RE-wrenches] Firmware, Firmware, Firmaware was Outback Programming Ghost

2016-11-12 Thread Wayne Irwin
When they work the new programming options/features are really cool and if I may be so bold (or nerdy) to say Fun. However, when they don't work and instead shut down the system...@&$! Absolutely Frustrating. Somehow I feel we are the constant guinea pigs. I hope the firmware update glitches ar

Re: [RE-wrenches] Firmware, Firmware, Firmaware was Outback Programming Ghost

2016-11-12 Thread William Miller
Ray: Upgrading firmware on inverters and Mates requires either a board swap for inverters or a trip to the factory for a standard Mate. Only the Mate3 can be field upgraded. Then, if you have mixed inverter firmware, there can be unintended consequences. For example, we upgraded a fourth inv

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Programming Ghost

2016-11-12 Thread Chris Worcester
Hi William, We have had a very similar experience with the Mate3, prior to their new programming guidelines that are now being shipped with the Mate3, when all we had was the 180 page manual. What went wrong if my memory serves here is we did go through the menu programming our needs for the s

Re: [RE-wrenches] Firmware, Firmware, Firmaware was Outback Programming Ghost

2016-11-12 Thread Ray Walters
I second uprading all firmware on all devices. I had a recent FXR install that was dropping one of the inverters (and its leg) whenever the system tried to sell. Latest firmware cured the issues. The industry is moving from us being electricians to becoming computer techs. Retirement looks be

Re: [RE-wrenches] Firmware, Firmware, Firmaware was Outback Programming Ghost

2016-11-12 Thread Wayne Irwin
Very strange that all the programming is scrambled. Recently we had a FXR system which had been working fine for nearly six months come up with an incompatibility error with the slave inverter even though the firmware was the most recent and the same for both inverters. After several failed at