Outback Power Systems MATE3 Owners Manual - Manual (Page 42)

Operation
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Inverter Soft Key
Figure 28 Inverter Soft Key Screens
Inverter Mode
Charge Mode
Screen Items:
The upper left corner of the screen shows the inverter’s current mode of
operation. The example above shows the current mode as
Charging.
Invert displays the kilowatts and AC amperage being generated by the
inverter. This power may go to loads, or in a grid-interactive system, it may
be sold back to the utility grid.
Charge displays the kilowatts and AC amperage being consumed for the
inverter to charge the battery bank. This line also shows the current
charging stage (BULK in this example).
Load displays the power in kilowatts and AC amperage being consumed by
devices on the inverter’s output. May or may not be the same as
Invert.
Buy displays the kilowatts and AC amperage being brought into the
inverter’s input for both charging and loads. This usually reads as a total of
the
Charge and Load items.
Battery displays the uncompensated battery voltage.
AC Out displays the AC voltage measured at the inverter’s output. If an AC
source is present, this reading is usually the same as
AC In. (In Radian-class
inverters, this is the sum of the L1 and L2 readings.)
AC In displays the AC voltage measured at the inverter’s input from an AC
source. (In Radian-class inverters, this is the sum of the L1 and L2 readings.)
AUX displays the current status of the inverter’s Auxiliary (AUX) 12-volt
output. (See pages 90 and 93.)
Relay displays the current status of the inverter’s Auxiliary relay contacts.
(See page 96.) This item is only present in the Radian class and is not present
in FX-class inverters.
Soft Keys:
displays a series of screens
that show information on the inverter’s
charger and other battery-related
functions, and on any inverter-based
warnings or errors that may be present.
See pages 41 through 43.
displays a series of screens
that plot various battery information
over time. The graphs include inverter
and charger wattage, power imported
from an AC source, battery voltage,
and others. See pages 44 through 45.
cycles through each device
connected to the network.
returns to the previous screen.
Inverter Soft Key
Press this soft key to view inverter status
information.
NOTE: Do not mistake the inverter soft key
for the
INVERTER hot key. See page 37 for
a comparison between the two.
Inverter Modes 1 :
 Inverting
 Searching
 Support
 Sell
 Charging
 Charger Off  Float
 EQ
 Silent
 PassThru
 Error
 Off
1 Modes are inverter-dependent. The
modes listed in this section show all
possible modes, some of which may not
be available with all OutBack inverters.
If the mode is not available on the
inverter (for example,
Sell in a model
which is not grid-interactive), it will not
be displayed.
See the inverter Operator’s Manual to
determine which functions are available.
Charge Modes:
 BULK
 FLOAT
 EQ