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MATE3s Settings
Load Grid Transfer
M-4.
Grid Use Time
This function allows the system to connect to (use) the utility grid and disconnect from (drop) it on a schedule.
Grid Use Time
mode is programmed separately for weekday and weekend connect times. Before turning the
Grid Use Time
mode on, set all weekday and weekend time periods.
○
Three
Grid Use Time
periods may be programmed on weekdays.
○
Only one
Grid Use Time
may be programmed on a weekend.
●
Enable
— either enables (
Y
) or disables (
N
) the
Grid Use Time
function.
Three Enable fields are present for the three possible weekday usages.
●
Weekday: Use
— the daily time (
00:00
to
23:59
, Monday through Friday) when the system is told to
Use
the utility grid.
Three different Use times can be set.
●
Weekday: Drop
— the daily time (
00:00
to
23:59
, Monday through Friday) when the system is told to
Drop
the utility grid.
Three different Drop times can be set.
●
Weekend: Use
— the daily time (
00:00
to
23:59
, Saturday and Sunday) when the system is told to
Use
the utility grid.
●
Weekend: Drop
— the daily time (
00:00
to
23:59
, Saturday and Sunday) when the system is told to
Drop
the utility grid.
M-5.
Load Grid Transfer
The MATE3s can force all inverters to automatically reconnect to the
utility grid, even if the normal mode is to be disconnected.
Inverters can reconnect based on high output loads, or based on
low battery voltage.
●
Mode
—
Enabled
allows automatic grid reconnection.
Disabled
means reconnection will only occur according to the
inverter’s own operating mode or other programming.
●
AC Load Threshold
— The amount of load which requires the inverter to connect.
●
Load Connect Delay
— The length of time the
AC Load Threshold
must be exceeded before the inverter connects.
●
Load Disconnect Delay
— The length of time the loads must remain below the
AC Load Threshold
before the inverter disconnects
from the grid.
●
Connect Low Battery
— The low battery voltage level which requires the inverter to connect.
●
Disconnect High Battery
— The voltage which the batteries must reach before the inverter disconnects from the grid.
IMPORTANT:
The time and date must be accurately programmed for this mode to function properly.
Care must be taken when programming weekday and weekend times that encompass
USE
periods past midnight (12:00 a.m.).
The user must take into account weekday USE periods that will end on a Saturday.
Grid Use Time
cannot be used with
HBX
mode or
Load Grid Transfer
. These functions have incompatible priorities and will
conflict with each other.
Grid Use Time
cannot be used if the inverter’s
Mini Grid
AC input mode is used (see page 11). These functions have
incompatible priorities and will conflict with each other.
The MATE3s does not automatically adjust its clock for Daylight Savings Time. This may affect timing of grid usage.
If a start time equals a stop time, no action will be taken and the time period 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.
EXAMPLE #1:
Weekday Start — 6:00 AM Stop — 6:00 AM
Weekend Start — 12:00 AM
Stop — 12:00 AM
The weekend
Use
period has been left at its default (00:00 or 12:00 AM). Any time that a Start time equals a Stop time,
no action will be taken and the time period is ignored. The above settings will have the following results:
◘
Monday – Friday evenings at 6 PM, the MATE3s issues a
USE
command to the inverter allowing the AC input source to be used.
◘
Monday – Friday mornings at 6 AM, a
DROP
command is issued.
◘
On Friday evening at 6 PM, a
USE
command is issued but since the weekend
Start
and
Stop
times are equal, the weekend
use time is disabled. No
DROP
command will be issued until Monday morning at 6 AM.
EXAMPLE #2:
Weekday Start — 6:00 PM Stop — 6:00 AM
Weekend Start — 4:00 PM
Stop — 8:00 AM
◘
Monday – Thursday evenings at 6:00 PM, the MATE3s issues a
USE
command to the inverter allowing the AC source to be used.
◘
Monday – Friday at 6:00 AM, a
DROP
command is issued. On Friday evening at 6:00 PM, a
USE
command is issued.
◘
Saturday morning a
DROP
command is issued at 8:00 AM. Saturday afternoon at 4:00 PM, the inverter will
USE
again until
Sunday morning at 8:00 AM. Sunday evening at 4:00 PM., a
USE
time period will start, ending on Monday morning at 6:00 AM.
M-6. Charge Controller Float Coordination
This menu enables the coordination of more than one OutBack
FLEXmax charge controller. (This function also works on MX60 charge
controllers with firmware revision 5.11). This enables the devices to
enter the float stage, or perform other activities, simultaneously rather
than individually. Float Coordination means that when one charge
controller finishes a bulk charge and moves into the float stage, the
MATE3s directs any other charge controllers into the float stage as well.
●
Enable
— either enables (
Y
) or
disables (
N
) the
Charge Controller
Float Coordination
function.
M-7. Global Charger Output Control
The global charger control allows the MATE3s to limit the DC current
delivered by all FLEXmax charge controllers in the system. This menu
specifies a maximum allowed charging current for the system. The total
charge controller current cannot exceed this number.
NOTES
:
This function cannot limit charge current from inverters of any kind. However, inverter
current is counted in the total. For example, if
Maximum Battery Charge
is set to 200
Adc and the inverters charge at 125 Adc, the charge controller current cannot exceed the
difference, which is 75 Adc. The controller current will be limited as necessary.
This function requires the system to have a FLEXnet DC battery monitor installed.
The FLEXmax charge controllers must be set to
Grid-Tie Mode
in order to establish
priority for this function. (See page 21.) However, the inverters in the system cannot
use grid-interactive functions (if
any).
●
Enable
— either enables (
Y
) or
disables (
N
) the
Global Charger
Output Control
function.
●
Maximum Battery Charge
—
the maximum combined charging
current (
10
to
800
amps) allowed.
