Outback Power Systems MATE Serial Communications Guide - Manual (Page 11)

Mate Serial Communication Guide Copyright 2007 © OutBack Power Systems, Inc.
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MX/FM Status Page
The status page the Mate emits for each MX connected is 49 Bytes long. Referring to the Figure 9 the
byte definitions are as follows:
Figure 9
1. ASCII (10) New Line character denoting the start of the status page.
2. MX/FM address.
3. ASCII (44) a comma as a data separator.
4. Unused, ASCII (48).
5. Unused, ASCII (48).
6. ASCII (44) a comma as a data separator.
7. Tens digit of Charger current.
8. Ones digit of Charger current.
9. ASCII (44) a comma as a data separator.
10. Tens digit of PV current.
11. Ones digit of PV current.
12. ASCII (44) a comma as a data separator.
13. Hundreds digit of the PV input voltage.
14. Tens digit of PV input voltage.
15. Ones digit of PV input voltage.
16. ASCII (44) a comma as a data separator.
17. Tens digit of Daily kWH.
18. Ones digit of Daily kWH.
19. Tenths digit of Daily kWH.
20. ASCII (44) a comma as a data separator.
21. Unused, ASCII (48).
22. Tenths of amp Charger current (FM80 / FM60 only)
23. ASCII (44) a comma as a data separator.
24. High byte of Aux mode.
25. Low byte of Aux mode.
26. ASCII (44) a comma as a data separator.
27. High byte of Error mode.
28. Middle byte of Error mode.
29. Low byte of Error mode.
30. ASCII (44) a comma as a data separator.
31. High byte of charger mode.
32. Low byte of charger mode.
33. ASCII (44) a comma as a data separator.
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ASCII code
10 X 44 48 48 44 X X 44 X X 44 X X X 44 X X X 44 48 X 44 X X 44 X X X 44 X X 44 X X X 44 X X X X 44 48 48 44 X X X 13
Byte 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49