Oh, The replacement Mate 3 with the older firmware, didn't have the power line emblem on the main screen. Although it was the one that put the CC into GT mode. I didn't leave this plugged in, I was just confirming the mate worked before taking it out to a job.
> Sent from a IPhone, with touch screen keys on the fly. Please excuse > shortcuts and typos. > Roland Shackelford NABCEP CERTIFIED PV INSTALLER Vice President Renewable Energy Services (RES), Inc. Mobile: 808-938-9239 www.renewablenergy.com > On Feb 13, 2017, at 6:50 AM, Lones Tuss <[email protected]> wrote: > > You said one status screen differed from the other. Just a shot of the home > screen on 3.15.3 > > Lones Tuss > Applications Engineer > OutBack Power Technologies > 17825 59th Ave NE, Suite B, Arlington, WA 98223 > 360.618.4383 Office | 425.213.8794 Cell > www.outbackpower.com > > From: RE-wrenches [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Ray > Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2017 12:29 PM > To: RE-wrenches > Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] FXR , Mate 3, AGS and Must Run > > I agree, software and firmware issues are becoming my #1 call back issue. > Off grid, this is totally unacceptable. I'm not using either company you > mentioned for off grid systems at this time because of reliability issues. > I've had decent luck with Magnum, and find their control system easier for > customers to navigate. > > Some of this becomes our design responsibility, too. I generally avoid auto > start in the first place, and prefer customers that take an active role in > the system operation. A SOC meter with a remote start switch next to it, > operated by a competent human is going to be much more effective than any > auto start setup. > > R. Ray Walters > Chief Technical Officer, RemoteSolar.com > BS Mech Engineering, 1988 > Former NABCEP Certified, 2004-2016 > Licensed Master ELectrician, Colorado > 303 505-8760 > > On 2/12/17 11:12 AM, Lou Russo wrote: > Aloha Wrenches, > > I have steered clear of the Mate 3 for as long as possible, I have burned > through my stash of FXs and now have been installing the FXRs and using the > Mate 3. I typically utilize AGS for my clients in a 2 - wire start with a > Diesel Genset setup. On 2 recently installed systems, one a FP2 and the other > a FP1, the clients require "Must Run" to function. Of course it does not > work. I can get it to work if I set the time for a few minutes later, but not > for the next day. I have not used this feature ever in the past but since it > is in the manual I wrongly assumed it would work. I am running firmware > version 3.015 on both Mates. Tech support just wants me to do a factory reset > and reprogram. That did not work. > > Anybody else having issues getting this feature to work? > > On a related note, software problems are becoming a systemics issue in our > industry. Being recently burned by Schneider because of a software issue (to > the point of breaking an appliance), now this, and endless other little bugs > from almost every manufacturer my frustration level with software in the > off-grid world is at a all time high. Given the importance of supplying power > I firmly believe our manufactures can not and should not take the same > approach to software as Silicon Valley does. "Fail early and often" may work > for Facebook, Google and Uber but it has no place in our industry. Keep it > simple and fight the urge to engage in feature creep. PLEASE. > > > Aloha, > > Lou Russo > [email protected] > 440 345 6762 > Spree Solar Systems LLC > CT-34322 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org >
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