Friends:
I was using the wrong Cat5 port on the FM100! Oops… With the correct port connected directly to the Mate3s, not Hub, no jumpers changed, no rebooting, it worked just fine. Thanks everyone. William Miller Solar 17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422 805-438-5600 www.millersolar.com CA Lic. 773985 *From:* RE-wrenches [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *John Blittersdorf *Sent:* Monday, October 19, 2020 6:32 AM *To:* RE-wrenches *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Mixing Outback 100 series C with old FX system William, I don’t think the fm100 will be visible unless you reboot the whole system with inverter attached to port 1 of hub, mate3s attached to mate terminal in hub and fm100 plugged into port 2 of hub. I’ve done this numerous times and you can program the fm 100. However, I have never left an fm100 without a mate3. Not sure if the charge controller will just keep running blind when you unplug the mate 3s. You could try it and see if if it shows charging on a trimetric or with a clamp meter. Yes, a mate3s and fm100 and hub is quite a financial bite when just looking for higher voltage or higher amperage controller. John Blittersdorf On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 10:11 AM Bradley Bassett <[email protected]> wrote: I think there is a jumper in the FM100 that will allow the Mate3s to communicate with it. I don't remember off hand where it is and am not at a computer with that info, but maybe this will prompt a look at the manual to see if they mention it. Brad On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 11:11 PM William Miller <[email protected]> wrote: Friends: I installed a Flexmax 100 today in a dual FX system circa 2003. The system has an oval Mate and it is no surprise the old Mate does not communicate with the FM100 as this was made clear from the literature. I plugged in a new Mate3S directly into the FM100 hoping to connect and see data, but alas, the display was almost entirely blank. It only showed the battery voltage which was 500 volts, which I guess is a promotion. I then tried plugging the FM100 into a Hub 10.3 and then into the Mate3S. Still no display. I’d like to field-check the FM100 with a Mate3 or 3S but don’t know how. It used to be you could plug an MX60 into a Mate and get some semblance of normality displayed. Can I swap out the old hub with a 10.3 with the inverters connected and get FM100 data? Any ideas out there? Thanks in advanced. William PS: The FM100 is charging so that is not an issue. Wm Miller Solar 17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422 <https://www.google.com/maps/search/17395+Oak+Road,+Atascadero,+CA+93422?entry=gmail&source=g> 805-438-5600 www.millersolar.com CA Lic. 773985 _______________________________________________ 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 There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the other: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: http://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 There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the other: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: http://www.members.re-wrenches.org
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