Outback MATE User Manual

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• Communication Protocol: proprietary OutBack multi-drop network
• Interconnecting Cable: CAT 5 (8 IATIA 518B) PC non-crossover network cable
• Maximum Cable Length Successfully Tested: 1000 feet (300 meters) of cable in an oce/
commercial building
• PC computer interface: RS232 Opto-Isolated DB9 serial communication port
OutBack MATE Functions
Why use a MATE with your OutBack Power System FX Series Inverter/Chargers and Charge
Controllers? What exactly does it do?
A typical power system providing utility-supplied electricity requires very little from a user.
Other than ipping an occasional tripped circuit breaker back on due to an overload and
paying a monthly bill, there is little to monitor or adjust. A renewable energy (RE) system
requires more diligence and attention, including battery maintenance and setting various times
and voltages for the system to act eciently and economically.
Utility-supplied power is generated, monitored, and controlled by systems you neither see nor
maintain. An RE system requires some combination of inverter/chargers, batteries, charge
controllers, and an RE power source, oen including a generator, all of which need monitoring
and adjusting for optimum performance. e OutBack MATE provides a window to your
system and allows setting each OutBack component for its best and most ecient usage
according to your power needs and living conditions.
The MATE’s functions occur in to two general areas:
1. e display of information about or the status of dierent system components and actions
2. Enabling the user to control certain system functions, e.g., the times or the conditions
under which they will occur
RightHand Engineering LLC (Winverter soware)
19310 226th Ave NE Woodinville, WA 98077
(425) 844-1291
Info@RightHandEng.com
Intellact (WattPlot soware)
57 Mary Street, Alton, Ontario, Canada L7K 0E3
wattplot@intellact.ca
NOTE: Signal degradation can result if cable is run in conduit with AC wiring or in other
electronically “noisy” environments; these can aect the maximum length the cable can run
without incurring transmission errors.
NOTE: OutBack Power Systems does not produce or technically support any PC computer
soware programs compatible with its products. e following companies sell compatible
soware:
MATE Specications

Outback MATE Specifications

General

Display	LCD
Operating Temperature Range	-20°C to 60°C
Mounting	Wall Mount
Type	System Display and Controller
Communication	RS232
Communication Ports	RS232