How to connect to an electrical grid

Go to the GRIDUSE screens in the ADVANCED menu. Using these screens, you can set the times of day you want to use grid AC power and the times you want to stop using it. This allows you connect when your batteries will not adequately supply all your loads or take advantage of lower utility rates at certain times of the day.

griduse enable: turns this mode on or off

weekday griduse start: establishes the weekday time the FX Series Inverter/Charger connects to the grid

adj hour and adj min: these screens adjust the time

weekday griduse stop: establishes weekday time the FX will disconnect from grid power

weekend griduse start: user can set weekend time to connect to the grid

weekend griduse stop: user can set weekend time to disconnect from grid

For further adjustments, go to the GRID screens in the ADVANCED menu:

acl/grid lower limit—sets the minimum grid-supplied voltage the FX will connect to

acl/grid upper limit—sets the maximum grid-supplied voltage the FX will connect to

acl/grid input limit—the maximum amperage the FX can draw from the grid

How to start my generator

You can manually start a generator manually or by presetting some time, voltage, or load conditions. To manually start a generator:

Press the AC IN hot key twice (on the left side of the MATE)

Press the <ON> soft key

To preset generator start-up conditions, go to the AGS (Advanced Generator Start) screens in the ADVANCED menu and do the following for time-based start and stops:

Press <SETUP>

Choose the appropriate HUB port

AGS enabled—press<YES>

Choose from <AUTO> or <ON> to start

If <AUTO> is chosen, conditions can be set to start the generator

<ON> is a manual start

Further AGS settings:

weekday quiet time start—weekday early time you do not want generator to start

adj hour & adj min—establishes the exact start time when generator should not be running

weekday quiet time stop—ends the quiet period, generator can run again

adj hour & adj min—establishes exact stop time

Same adjustments are available for weekends

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Continental Home MATE2 manual How to connect to an electrical grid, How to start my generator, Further AGS settings

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