Monitoring the Inverter

Offline Mode

Offline default

At night and when no power is being produced by the PV array (offline mode), the

display

GT Inverter displays the screen shown in Table 5-5.

 

Table 5-5

Offline Mode Default Display

 

Display

 

 

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inverter

 

Displayed at all times while the system is offline.

 

Offline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Offline messages

Additional message screens can be viewed when the system is offline by tapping

for all systems

the Xantrex logo near the LCD. Each additional tap displays the next screen, in

 

the order shown in Table 5-6.

 

 

 

These message screens are common to all GT Inverter systems, no matter how

 

many units are installed. If you continue to tap the unit, then the LCD will

 

continue to cycle through all of the available offline mode screens.

 

Table 5-6

Offline Mode Screens for All GT Inverter Units

 

Tap

 

 

Display*

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1st time

 

 

Inverter

 

LCD back light turns on for better readability

 

 

 

 

Offline

 

and default Offline Mode screen is displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2nd time

 

 

System 0W

 

Power being produced by the system now.

 

 

 

Today 2.50kWh

 

Cumulative energy produced by the system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3rd time

 

System Lifetime

 

Lifetime energy produced by the system.

 

 

 

 

305kWh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4th time

 

Time Online

 

Total time that the system was online today, in

 

 

 

 

hh:mm:ss

 

hours (hh), minutes (mm) and seconds (ss).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*In a multiple unit system with communications cables properly installed, the system values displayed are for the entire system. Time online is for the local inverter.

Additional Offline messages for multiple unit systems

Multiple unit systems in offline mode display all of the message screens shown in Table 5-6, plus the additional screens shown in Table 5-7. These additional screens are displayed following the “Time Online” screen.

These screens are only displayed on multiple unit GT Inverter systems with communications cables installed. If you continue to tap the unit, then the LCD continues to cycle through all of the available offline mode screens.

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