Do you have the proper hub 10.3 installed? And are the jumpers set
correctly? Mate3S? it almost sounds like the slave is set in the Mate not
to charge. And if not plugged into the correct hub port, stuff like this
happens also. And the Mate3 might not work properly with newer inverters,
as I remember.

On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 10:55 AM Sindelar Solar <[email protected]>
wrote:

> John,
> I've never faced your situation so can't address it directly. However, I
> don't think matching firmware requires replacing a control board. Can't you
> just update the firmware to the latest for that legacy product using a
> Mate3?
> The firware for these should be available at
> https://www.outbackpower.com/resources-mobile/technical-support/firmware-updates/item/fxr-vfxr-series-firmware-archive
> Allan
>
> On 3/20/2022 8:14 AM, John Blittersdorf wrote:
>
> Wrenches, I just added a 2nd VFX3648 stacked as SLAVE L1 to increase
> charging of his new eVault 18.5 from 12kw Kohler gen. It connects to the
> generator but doesn’t charge.  I read in the manual that both inverters
> must be the same firmware revision.  Once hooked up I found that the added
> inverter was rev #68 and the original one rev 61.  Would it be possible to
> switch which inverter is the master and have the newer one recognize the
> older one.? Otherwise is my only option to put a new control board in the
> original inverter? And possibly also in the new one.  Anyone know what the
> latest rev or last one was?
>
> John Blittersdorf
>
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