William, I don’t think the fm100 will be visible unless you reboot the whole system with inverter attached to port 1 of hub, mate3s attached to mate terminal in hub and fm100 plugged into port 2 of hub. I’ve done this numerous times and you can program the fm 100. However, I have never left an fm100 without a mate3. Not sure if the charge controller will just keep running blind when you unplug the mate 3s. You could try it and see if if it shows charging on a trimetric or with a clamp meter. Yes, a mate3s and fm100 and hub is quite a financial bite when just looking for higher voltage or higher amperage controller.
John Blittersdorf On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 10:11 AM Bradley Bassett <bbasse...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think there is a jumper in the FM100 that will allow the Mate3s to > communicate with it. I don't remember off hand where it is and am not at a > computer with that info, but maybe this will prompt a look at the manual to > see if they mention it. > > Brad > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 11:11 PM William Miller <will...@millersolar.com> > wrote: > >> Friends: >> >> >> >> I installed a Flexmax 100 today in a dual FX system circa 2003. The >> system has an oval Mate and it is no surprise the old Mate does not >> communicate with the FM100 as this was made clear from the literature. >> >> >> >> I plugged in a new Mate3S directly into the FM100 hoping to connect and >> see data, but alas, the display was almost entirely blank. It only showed >> the battery voltage which was 500 volts, which I guess is a promotion. >> >> >> >> I then tried plugging the FM100 into a Hub 10.3 and then into the >> Mate3S. Still no display. >> >> >> >> I’d like to field-check the FM100 with a Mate3 or 3S but don’t know how. >> It used to be you could plug an MX60 into a Mate and get some semblance of >> normality displayed. Can I swap out the old hub with a 10.3 with the >> inverters connected and get FM100 data? Any ideas out there? >> >> >> >> Thanks in advanced. >> >> >> >> William >> >> >> >> PS: The FM100 is charging so that is not an issue. >> >> >> >> Wm >> >> >> >> Miller Solar >> >> 17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422 >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/17395+Oak+Road,+Atascadero,+CA+93422?entry=gmail&source=g> >> >> 805-438-5600 >> >> www.millersolar.com >> >> CA Lic. 773985 >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >> >> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >> >> Change listserver email address & settings: >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the >> other: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> List rules & etiquette: >> http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >> >> Check out or update participant bios: >> http://www.members.re-wrenches.org >> >> _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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