OutBack Power Technologies MATE3 User Manual

900-0137-01-00 Rev A 13
Charge Controller Data Stream
This is the data stream generated for each OutBack charge controller connected to the system.
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The data stream for each charge controller is 52 characters long.
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An example is 00,3,00,08,06,034,031,00,05,000,02,262,000,000,045.
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The items shown in Table 14 define the data stream by character. Specific descriptions for each category
begin on page 14.
Table 14 Data Stream Matrix for Charge Controller
Character Definition Character Definition
1 New Line character, ASCII (10).
Denotes the start of the status page.
27 High digit of AUX mode.
2 Tens digit of Port number. 28 Low digit of AUX mode.
3 Units digit of Port number. 29 Comma, ASCII (44). Used as a data separator.
4 Comma, ASCII (44). Used as a data separator. 30 High digit of charge controller Fault code.
5 Device type 3, ASCII (51). Indicates charge
controller.
31 Middle digit of charge controller Fault code.
6 Comma, ASCII (44). Used as a data separator. 32 Low digit of charge controller Fault code.
7 Unused, ASCII (48). 33 Comma, ASCII (44). Used as a data separator.
8 Unused, ASCII (48). 34 High digit of Charger mode.
9 Comma, ASCII (44). Used as a data separator. 35 Low digit of Charger mode.
10 Tens digit of Charger current. 36 Comma, ASCII (44). Used as a data separator.
11 Units digit of Charger current. 37 Tens digit of battery voltage.
12 Comma, ASCII (44). Used as a data separator. 38 Units digit of battery voltage.
13 Tens digit of PV current. 39 Tenths digit of battery voltage.
14 Units digit of PV current. 40 Comma, ASCII (44). Used as a data separator.
15 Comma, ASCII (44). Used as a data separator. 41 Thousands digit of daily amp-hour accumulation.
16 Hundreds digit of PV input voltage. 42 Hundreds digit of daily amp-hour accumulation.
17 Tens digit of PV input voltage. 43 Tens digit of daily amp-hour accumulation.
18 Units digit of PV input voltage. 44 Units digit of daily amp-hour accumulation.
19 Comma, ASCII (44). Used as a data separator. 45 Comma, ASCII (44). Used as a data separator.
20 Hundreds digit of daily kilowatt-hour harvest. 46 Unused, ASCII (48).
21 Tens digit of daily kilowatt-hour harvest. 47 Unused, ASCII (48).
22 Units digit of daily kilowatt-hour harvest. 48 Comma, ASCII (44). Used as a data separator.
23 Comma, ASCII (44). Used as a data separator. 49 Hundreds digit of Checksum.
24 Unused, ASCII (48). 50 Tens digit of Checksum.
25 Tenths digit of Charger current (not used on MX60). 51 Units digit of Checksum.
26 Comma, ASCII (44). Used as a data separator. 52 Carriage return, ASCII (13).
Denotes the end of the status page.
Start of Status Page
Port Address
separator
Device Type 3
separator
unused
separator
Charger current
separator
PV current
separator
PV voltage
separator
Daily kilowatt-hours
separator
Charger current
tenths
separator
AUX mode
separator
Error codes
separator
Chager mode
separator
Battery voltage
separator
Daily amp-hours
separator
unused
separator
Checksum
End of status page
ASCII
code
10 X X 44 51 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
Char. 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 50 51 52

OutBack Power Technologies MATE3 Specifications

General

Brand	OutBack Power Technologies
Model	MATE3
Category	Controller
Language	English