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44. Low byte of FX Warning mode.
45. ASCII (44) a comma as a data separator.
46. Hundreds digit of Chksum.
47. Tens digit of Chksum.
48. Ones digit of Chksum.
49. ASCII (13) carriage return. Denotes end of status page.

Inverter Address: For a directly connected FX this will be a ‘0’ (ASCII (48)). If a HUB is used, the
address will correspond to the port the FX is plugged into. ASCII (49) – ASCII (58) for Ports 1-10.

Inverter current: ‘00’ to ‘99’. This is AC current the FX is delivering to loads in one amp increments.

Charger current: ‘00’ to ‘99’. This is AC current the FX is taking from the AC input and delivering to
the batteries in one amp increments.

Buy current: ‘00’ to ‘99’. This is AC current the FX is taking from the AC input and delivering to the
batteries and pass thru loads in one amp increments

AC input voltage: ‘000’ to ‘256’ The voltage seen at the FXs AC input terminals in one volt increments.
If Misc byte bit 1 set, then this number must be multiplied by 2. See Misc. byte definition below.

AC output voltage: ‘000’ to ‘256’ The voltage on the FXs output AC terminals in one volt increments. If
Misc byte bit 1 set, then this number must be multiplied by 2. See Misc. byte definition below.

Sell current: ‘00’ to ‘99’ This is the AC current the FX is delivering from the batteries to the AC input in
one amp increments

FX operational mode: ‘00’ to ‘99’. Currently reported modes are shown in
figure 4.
Inverter off, search, and on are self explanatory.

Charge refers to a bulk – absorption cycle.

Silent and float correspond to user programmed end of charge behavior.

EQ is a user initiated charge state.

Charger Off means that the user has manually turned the charger off.

NOTE:
(Older Mates reported Errors using a “07”, this is an incompatibility
between older Mates (pre rev 3.30 and newer). Pre 3.30 Mates did not
actually report any FX mode of greater then “08” even though they were
defined.

DATA MODE

"00" Inv

Off

"01" Search
"02" Inv

"03" Charge
"04" Silent
"05" Float
"06" EQ
"07" Charger

Off

"08" Support
“09” Sell

Enabled

“10” Pass

Thru

“90” FX

Error

“91” AGS

Error

“92” Com

Error

Figure 4