Outback Power Systems MATE Serial Communications Guide - Manual (Page 9)

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AC mode: ’00’ to ‘99’ This data represents the status of the AC input. No AC is
pretty straight forward, AC Drop means that AC is present but, it is not yet
within valid parameters or the FX has been told not to use it (Drop). AC Use
means AC is present and valid, and the FX will utilize it.
Battery Voltage: ‘000’ to ‘999’ A 24.8 Vdc battery voltage will be sent as ‘248’. The Resolution of
battery voltage is .1V for 12V systems, .2 for 24V systems, and .4 for 48V systems.
Misc. Byte: ‘000’ to ‘255’ This is an ASCII expression of an 8 bit byte, with each bit representing a
different condition. Only 2 of the bits are used at this time.
Bit 1 indicates a FX with greater than 200 V ac output. If
this bit is set, then AC input and output voltages must be
multiplied by 2 and all currents must be divided by 2.Bit 8
indicates the status of the FX AUX output. A bit value of 1
in the 8
th
bit means the Aux output is active.
DATA MODE
"00" No AC
"01" AC Drop
"02" AC Use
Figure 6
BIT # Value
1 1 230V unit
2 2 Reserved/used by FX
3 4 Reserved/used by FX
4 8 Reserved/used by FX
5 16 Reserved/used by FX
6 32 Reserved/used by FX
7 64 Reserved/used by FX
8 128 AUX output ON
Figure 7