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Error Output

 responds to “low battery” or “failure to charge”

conditions.  Low battery is defined by a set point.  Failure

to charge means the PV fails to exceed the battery voltage

by  3 Vdc for 26 consecutive hours.  This can operate an alarm

for an array problem.

 

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Low Battery Voltage

 — The low-voltage setting

for deactivation.  

NOTE

:  This option is “Active Low” only.

Charge Controller Settings

Charge Controller

C-6. (Auxiliary Output, continued)

Aux Modes

Aux Mode

 includes nine functions with automatic criteria.  They do

not necessarily appear in the order shown here.  

Vent Fan

 appears

first if the controller is set at factory default values; otherwise, it

displays the last option selected.  (AUX modes are described in the

charge controller 

Owner’s Manual

.)

Vent Fan

 activates the AUX output in response to high DC

(battery) voltage.  It can operate a small fan.  The output

deactivates when the voltage drops below the set point.

 

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Enable Voltage

 —

The high-voltage   

setting for activation.   

Night Light

 uses the PV voltage as a light sensor.

When it drops below a settable voltage, the AUX

output activates.  It remains active for a certain amount

of time.  It can operate lights or devices after dark.

 

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Active:  High

 or 

Low

 —  

Active High

 activates

the output when conditions are met; 

Active Low

deactivates the output when the same conditions 

are met but activates it the rest of the time.  

Diversion:Relay

 activates the AUX output upon

reaching the target voltage for charging.  See below.

Diversion:Solid St 

activates the AUX output upon

reaching the target voltage for charging.  The output is

pulse width modulated (PWM) for exact control.
Both functions are used to control a diversion load

 

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Active: High

 or 

Low

 — 

Active High

 activates

the output when conditions are met; 

Active Low

deactivates the output when the same conditions 

are met but activates it the rest of the time.  (Not 

available in 

Diversion:Solid St

.)

 

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Relative Voltage

 — Activates the output within a

certain range of the target (Float, Absorb, etc.).

 

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Hysteresis

 — Adjusts the allowable voltage range

for the AUX to continue after activation.

Float

 activates the AUX output when the charge

controller enters the Float stage.  It can operate a

“charged” indicator.

 

Ž

Not depicted.  No settable parameters.

Low Batt Disconnect

 activates the AUX output  upon

reaching low battery voltage.  It can be used to

disconnect non-critical loads.

 

Ž

Disconnect

 — The low-voltage setting at which

the output is activated after 

Disconnect Delay

.

 

Ž

Re-Connect

 — The setting at which the output

is deactivated again after reaching 

Disconnect

.

 

Ž

Disconnect Delay

 — The time after reaching

Disconnect

 before the output is activated.

 

Ž

Threshold

 — The low-voltage setting that activates the

output (following the |

Hysteresis Time

).

 

Ž

ON Time

 — The length of time the output remains active.

NOTE

:  All items function identically for both 

Diversion: Relay

 and 

Solid St

, except for 

Active: High

 or 

Low

.  

 

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Hold

 — Sets the amount of time allowed after exiting the range

before the output is deactivated (if 

Active High

).

 

Ž

Delay — Adjusts the delay time before the output is

activated (if 

Active High

).

C-8. Reset to Factory Defaults

This screen allows the user to erase the settings from 

the selected charge controller and start over with the 

values programmed at the factory.  These values are 

listed in the charge controller 

Owner’s Manual

.   

Entering this screen brings up the query 

Reset 

Charge Controller to Factory Defaults?

C-7. Calibrate

This menu allows adjustment of the voltmeter.  

Calibration can improve system performance.  

Multiple controllers can achieve voltage targets 

at the same time. 
One or more uncalibrated controllers may stop 

charging because they read the batteries as  

fully charged.  On the FLEXmax 60 or 80  

display, this is shown as a mode called   

“EX-ABSORB.”  (See the FLEXmax literature  

for more information.)

Battery Voltage

 — Calibrates the DC voltage

measurement made at the controller’s battery

terminals.

To calibrate the charge controller:

1.

Place an accurate DC voltmeter at the battery

terminals (not the charge controller terminals).

2. Operate the controller while delivering normal PV

current, then adjust the 

Battery Voltage

 setting until

the inverter’s battery voltage matches the reading on

the DC voltmeter.

IMPORTANT:  

Calibration does not change the actual 

voltage of the charge controller, only the 

reading of that voltage.   

Use the soft keys to select 

No

 or 

Yes

.

If <

No

> is selected, the screen returns to the 

Charge

Controller

 menu.  No changes will be made to any settings.

If <

Yes

> is selected, the controller’s settings immediately

change to the original factory values.  The screen displays

the message 

Charge Controller Restored to Factory

Defaults

.  A <

Continue

> soft key will appear.  Pressing this

key returns the screen to the 

Charge Controller

 menu.

PV Trigger 

activates the AUX output due to high the

PV voltage.  This can operate an alarm to indicate a

dangerously high V

oc

.

 

Ž

Enable Voltage

 — The high-voltage setting for activation

(if 

Active High

).

 

Ž

Hold Time

 — The delay after reaching 

Enable Voltage

before AUX deactivation.

 

Ž

Active: High

 or 

Low

 — 

Active High

 activates the output

when conditions are met.  

Active Low

 deactivates the

output when the same conditions are met but activates it 

the rest of the time.   

Remote

 allows the AUX output to be activated by manual or

automatic commands based in the MATE3s (such as AGS).

 

Ž

Not depicted.  No settable parameters.

Содержание MATE3s

Страница 1: ...ks may be registered in the United States and other countries Date and Revision August 2017 Revision B Part Number 900 0125 12 02 Rev B A B C D F B A B MATE3s System Display and Controller Programming...

Страница 2: ...such as when to start or stop a generator The MATE3s allows a user to view monitor and establish all the settings and values that occur while the system is running Occasionally components may be adde...

Страница 3: ...Wizard See the Profile Wizard on page 42 for more information Settings Menus This menu accesses additional menus with settings for the system and for individual devices System Settings S apply to over...

Страница 4: ...eyesight vary with each installation The contrast color brightness and backlighting of the LCD can be adjusted to provide the best visibility for a given location Contrast Range is from 1 to 100 from...

Страница 5: ...access has been limited by A Challenge Installer Password C Optional Any combination of characters up to 15 characters maximum This name is displayed on the Home screen Set User Access Level A This m...

Страница 6: ...nly A and B Turns off the charger for an individual inverter and prevents it from responding to global charger commands Input Support FX class only C Enables the Input Support function if present Not...

Страница 7: ...vation The AUX deactivates three minutes after the Enable condition clears and Auxiliary Relay Radian inverters have an additional Auxiliary Relay This is a switched contact with no 12 Vdc output It h...

Страница 8: ...L1 inverter for single phase parallel or split phase multiple inverter systems OB Slave L2 A secondary L2 inverter for split phase multiple inverter systems L2 Phase Master The subphase master inverte...

Страница 9: ...rtain items such as Voltage Limit which are adjustable in other modes Upload Grid Protection These menus can implement any of several GIP files which can be downloaded from the OutBack website The GIP...

Страница 10: ...vated when the GridZero or Grid Tied input modes are selected See page 11 All items described on this page are enabled according to regulatory specifications Grid Support Functions indicates whether t...

Страница 11: ...al features this as an option under RTS Compensation Limited Lower and Upper Battery Voltage Adjust the lowest and highest allowed compensated voltage The Owner s Manual features these as an option un...

Страница 12: ...g Disconnect Disconnect Delay The time after reaching Disconnect before the output is activated Threshold The low voltage setting that activates the output following the Hysteresis Time ON Time The le...

Страница 13: ...er to turn on or off any of three shunts current sensors used by the battery monitor These are designated as shunts A B and C For more information on the use of each shunt see the Owner s Manual for t...

Страница 14: ...f it had previously been manually disabled CAUTION Equipment Damage This function can damage the generator or the batteries if either are not properly maintained Be sure to follow all maintenance requ...

Страница 15: ...of Load Start the inverter will charge the batteries However it is not programmed to perform a complete charge cycle If the generator reaches its Stop point the charge might not be completed State of...

Страница 16: ...ing the exercise period This is mostly applicable to DC generators IMPORTANT Regularly running a generator keeps engine components lubricated expels excess moisture charges the starting battery and he...

Страница 17: ...two columns in the table below are a list of start reasons The remaining columns display the possible reasons for the generator to stop The possible stop reasons are connected to the start reasons Fo...

Страница 18: ...X class inverters use Device Type 2 while FLEXmax charge controllers are Type 3 The FLEXnet DC Battery Monitor is Device Type 4 Device Types not depicted here include FXR class inverters Type 5 and Ra...

Страница 19: ...stem to reconnect to the utility grid Grid Connect Delay 0 to 240 minutes The delay period after reaching Grid Connect before the system reconnects to the utility grid Grid Disconnect xx x VDC inverte...

Страница 20: ...iod is ignored If the battery voltage falls below the inverter s Low Battery Cut Out voltage the inverter will automatically connect to the AC input source regardless of the time of day setting EXAMPL...

Страница 21: ...for more information on this function If the battery voltage exceeds the target the 12V AUX output will open the ROCB This removes the AC source from the grid tied inverter shutting it down This will...

Страница 22: ...ce programming and saving is complete press Exit to return to the Main Menu W 2 Using Existing Profiles If the most recent profile was lost or changed it can be retrieved from an SD card and applied t...

Страница 23: ...battery Capacity in B above See I 6 on page 12 for more information on battery charging Wizard Date Time A Hour Minute Day Month Year Weekday NOTE See S 6 on page 6 for more information on clock setti...

Страница 24: ...y pressing Save will automatically default to Option 2 below 1 Select a name on the list with the control wheel Press the Save soft key N to save the new settings over the selected profile Saving to S...

Страница 25: ...1 0 01 99 4 12 17 81 2 17 9 0 11 72 2 06 98 4 11 17 83 1 67 9 0 12 54 1 55 98 NOTE This header line is included in the download Device Data Logs D Users can create Device Data Logs for the FLEXmax FM...

Страница 26: ...Log is downloaded to an SD card an elg file is created This file can be opened in Notepad or MS Word as a text file Event logs can be used to identify repeated symptoms and other patterns A partial E...

Страница 27: ...these steps to help determine the nature of the fault This may also help resolve the problem See the MATE3s Overview Guide for more information on the EVENTS indicator To investigate event messages 1...

Страница 28: ...g the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between...

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