Lones, Ok, so my question is if we save the original user settings to one SD card and then format a separate SD card with the new firmware and install. Once the new firmware is installed can we put the original SD card in and upload all of our user settings. Or do we have to manually input all the settings?
Also do you have a spreadsheet of the installer settings we can download as is found at the end of the Owners manual just in case we need to manually put the settings back in for recording purposes? Thanks, Christopher On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 11:53 AM, Lones Tuss <lt...@outbackpower.com> wrote: > Hello All > > The legacy Mate(2) and legacy FX inverters did require the units to be > sent to OutBack to be updated. > > The Mate3 and the FXRA inverters can all be updated in the field. > > The newest revisions of software are available on the OutBack website. > > http://outbackpower.com/catalogs-collaterals/category/td-firmware-updates > > > > Down load the new firmware on an SD Card insert it into the Mate3 > > Press the Lock Button enter 141 as the password. > > Select Firmware Update > > Then choose the device you wish to update. > > > > When updating the inverters it is advised to put the system in Bypass as > the inverters will shut down when an update is performed. > > > > > > Lones Tuss > > Applications Engineer > > OutBack Power Technologies > > 17825 59th Ave NE, Suite B, Arlington, WA 98223 > > 360.618.4383 Office | 425.213.8794 Cell > > www.outbackpower.com > > > > *From:* RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] *On > Behalf Of *William Miller > *Sent:* Saturday, November 12, 2016 9:17 AM > *To:* RE-wrenches > *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Firmware, Firmware, Firmaware was Outback > Programming Ghost > > > > Ray: > > > > Upgrading firmware on inverters and Mates requires either a board swap for > inverters or a trip to the factory for a standard Mate. Only the Mate3 can > be field upgraded. > > > > Then, if you have mixed inverter firmware, there can be unintended > consequences. For example, we upgraded a fourth inverter because of a > failure. We were told to make it the master. When we did, the gen would > disconnect after 20 minutes. We changed it back to a slave and problem > resolved. > > > > In our society, the price for added features is added frustration. > > > > William > > > On Nov 12, 2016, at 8:32 AM, Ray Walters <r...@solarray.com> wrote: > > I second uprading all firmware on all devices. I had a recent FXR install > that was dropping one of the inverters (and its leg) whenever the system > tried to sell. Latest firmware cured the issues. > The industry is moving from us being electricians to becoming computer > techs. Retirement looks better each day. > > R.Ray Walters > > CTO, Solarray, Inc > > Nabcep Certified PV Installer, > > Licensed Master Electrician > > Solar Design Engineer > > 303 505-8760 > > On 11/12/2016 6:08 AM, Wayne Irwin wrote: > > Very strange that all the programming is scrambled. > > > > Recently we had a FXR system which had been working fine for nearly six > months come up with an incompatibility error with the slave inverter even > though the firmware was the most recent and the same for both inverters. > After several failed attempts to re-upgrade the inverter firmware, we took > a shot at upgrading the Mate 3 firmware which did work. We then again tried > the inverters and it worked. System is now working again (for now) and the > programming is all still valid. > > > > > > Wayne Irwin, > President > License #CVC56695 > State Licensed Solar Contractor > Pure Energy Solar International Inc. > wa...@pureenergysolar.com <pureenergyso...@hotmail.com> > http://PureEnergySolar.com > http://SolarChargingStation.net <https://solarchargingstation.net> > 352 377-6527 Office > 352 336-3299 Fax > > > The Sun Is Always Shining! > > The content of this message is Pure Energy Solar Confidential. If you are > not the intended recipient and have received this message in error, any use > or distribution is prohibited. Please notify me immediately by reply e-mail > and delete this message from your computer system. Thank you. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org> > <re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org> on behalf of William Miller > <will...@millersolar.com> <will...@millersolar.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, November 10, 2016 11:26 PM > *To:* RE-wrenches > *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Programming Ghost > > > > Ray: > > > > I have no reason to believe anyone has been meddling. No one knows the > password. It does look like some serious glitch. > > > > William > > > On Nov 10, 2016, at 6:25 PM, Ray Walters <r...@solarray.com> wrote: > > It almost sounds like someone got in there and tried to reprogram stuff > themselves. Have you installed the proper anti-Gremlin devices? > > R.Ray Walters > > CTO, Solarray, Inc > > Nabcep Certified PV Installer, > > Licensed Master Electrician > > Solar Design Engineer > > 303 505-8760 > > On 11/10/2016 12:34 PM, William Miller wrote: > > Colleagues: > > > > I maintain an off-grid, 8 stack FX Outback system with 3 charge > controllers. The system has been on line for about 6 years. It got > upgraded about 7 months ago with 2 Mate3s. > > > > About a week ago the system shutdown, leaving the customer without power. > A maintenance worker started a generator and power was restored. I did not > hear about the situation for several days. > > > > A maintenance supervisor was dispatched yesterday to work with me over the > telephone to see if we could restart the system. The system would only run > if the inverter output breakers were all off. > > > > I examined the system via Optics. I was very surprised to see that the > system programming was absolutely scrambled. This was so much so that even > the stacking settings were wrong. For example, inverter 2 was set as a > Master, which we all know will crash any system. Other settings were also > found with very random values. > > > > This system was running prior to last Friday, so the stacking at least > must have been right prior to the outage. I am completely mystified as to > how this could have happened. > > > > I am in conversation with Outback who is taking this seriously. I have > not heard back from them yet but I am curious if anyone else has > experienced this or anything similar. 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