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- | ====== Generator auto start/stop on CCGX and Venus GX ====== | + | The content of this page has moved to the various |
- | ===== Introduction ===== | + | Please go to your product |
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- | An internal relay on the CCGX/Venus GX can be used to automatically start and stop a generator. This relay - or switch - can be ' | + | |
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- | Firstly, wire the relay to a genset. The relay is located | + | |
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- | Wiring between the CCGX/Venus GX needs to be ' | + | |
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- | Besides driving the internal relay, the auto start/stop functionality can be also enabled to directly control supported Fischer Panda generators. For more information on how to connect Fischer Panda generators, see [[ccgx:fischer_panda|]]. | + | |
- | ===== Enabling the start/stop function ===== | + | |
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- | Go to: Setttings -> Relay and set the //Function// options to " | + | |
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- | Now that has been enabled, all the settings pertaining to the //Automatic Generator Start/ | + | |
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- | ====Fischer Panda==== | + | |
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- | - Enable the " | + | |
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- | Once the Mode is set, all settings will become available under the Auto start/stop menu entry at the bottom of the page.\\ | + | |
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- | =====Main page===== | + | |
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- | From the main menu select Settings > Generator start/ | + | |
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- | * **Generator state**: Current status of the generator. | + | |
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- | * **Error**: Error description. | + | |
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- | * **Runtime**: | + | |
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- | * **Total run time**: Accumulated running time since the first start. | + | |
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- | * **Time to next test run**: When the test run option is enabled this item shows the time remaining until the next test run. | + | |
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- | * **Daily runtime**: Running time history for the last 30 days. | + | |
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- | * **Settings**: | + | |
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- | ===== Settings ===== | + | |
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- | * **Conditions**: | + | |
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- | * **Minimum runtime**: It's good practice for a generator, once started, to reach its operating temperature. When started manually this setting is ignored. | + | |
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- | * **Detect generator at AC input**: Enabling this feature will sound an alarm whenever power is //not// detected at the AC input terminal of the Inverter/ | + | |
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- | * **Quiet hours**: See [[#Quiet hours|Quiet hours]] | + | |
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- | * **Reset daily run time counters**: Resets the 30 day run-time history. | + | |
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- | * **Generator total run time**: Reset, or modify, the total run-time hours. | + | |
- | ===== Conditions ===== | + | |
- | To get to // | + | |
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- | * **Battery monitor**: Select how the battery will be monitored - if at all. The battery monitor data will be used for DC-related conditions. | + | |
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- | * **On loss of communication**: | + | |
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- | * **Stop the generator**: | + | |
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- | * **Start the generator**: | + | |
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- | * **Keep running**: If the generator is running at the time of data loss this setting will keep it running. | + | |
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- | * **Do not run genset when AC 1 is in use**: This option is ideal for back-up systems where a Quattro has mains/grid electricity connected to its //AC-in 1// terminal, and a Genset connected to its //AC-in 2// terminal. With this option enabled, the Genset will only start after a mains failure. And where a mains failure has occurred, the Genset will automatically be stopped again as soon as mains power is restored. This functionality is not available for VE.Can connected Quattros. | + | |
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- | ==== The following parameters may be user-defined to trigger an automatic Generator start/stop: ==== | + | |
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- | * Manual | + | |
- | * State of charge (SOC) | + | |
- | * AC load * | + | |
- | * Battery current | + | |
- | * Battery voltage | + | |
- | * Inverter high temperature | + | |
- | * Inverter overload | + | |
- | * Periodic test run | + | |
- | (* The value measured here will be the total AC consumption of the system.)\\ | + | |
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- | Condition-parameters are prioritized in the order shown above. When a number of conditions are reached at the same time, only the highest-priority condition will be shown as active. | + | |
- | All enabled conditions will be evaluated - even if the generator is already running. When the active condition has been satisfied, an un-met parameter in a lower-priority condition will keep the generator running. | + | |
- | ==== Relays triggered by Battery SOC ==== | + | |
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- | ***Use Battery SOC value to start/ | + | |
- | ***Start when Battery SOC is lower than:** Set the depletion level for auto-start. | + | |
- | ***Start value during quiet hours:** If Quiet hours is defined, set a lower, more critical, autostart level. | + | |
- | ***Stop when Battery SOC is higher than:** Set the recharge level for auto-stop. | + | |
- | ***Stop value during quiet hours:** If Quiet hours is defined, set a lower auto-stop level to achieve a shorter generator run-time. | + | |
- | ==== Relays triggered by Battery Voltage ==== | + | |
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- | * **Use battery voltage value to start/ | + | |
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- | * **Start when battery voltage is lower than**: When battery voltage falls below the value entered the relay will start the generator. | + | |
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- | * **Start value during quiet hours**: If the [[# | + | |
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- | * ** Start after the condition is reached for**: This function allows the user to build in a delay between the above condition being met and a generator auto-start being triggered. The importance of this is that a sudden but temporary high AC demand will cause an equally sudden drop in battery voltage. This drop //may// be temporary - in which case a generator start is not required. But if the condition endures for a longer period of time than the value entered here, the generator will be started. | + | |
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- | * **Stop when battery voltage is higher than**: | + | |
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- | * **Stop value during quiet hours**: During quiet hours it may be desirable to auto-stop the generator sooner. Enter a lower battery voltage value than the one above. | + | |
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- | * ** Stop after the condition is reached for**: This feature builds in a delay before stopping the generator after the ' | + | |
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- | ==== Relays triggered by AC load ==== | + | |
- | AC load triggers work similarly to other triggers but the feature is refined by a " | + | |
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- | * **Total consumption** (Default option) | + | |
- | * **Inverter total AC out** | + | |
- | * **Inverter AC out highest phase** | + | |
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- | ==== Automatic periodic 'Test run' ==== | + | |
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- | This feature allows automatic generator starts, periodically, | + | |
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- | * **Test run interval**: Set the interval between test runs. | + | |
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- | * **Skip test run if has been running for**: The test will be skipped if during the test run interval the generator ran for at least as long as it would on a 'test run' | + | |
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- | * **Test interval start date**: The 'test run' interval counter will start from the date entered here. No test runs will be carried out until the date set here has been reached. | + | |
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- | * **Start time**: Time of day at which the generator 'test run' will commence. | + | |
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- | * **Test duration**: Duration of the test. | + | |
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- | * **Run until battery is fully charged**: Enabling this feature will cause the 'test run' to continue until the battery is fully charged - instead of for a fixed amount of time. | + | |
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- | ==== Manual start Feature === | + | |
- | Use the manual | + | |
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- | There are two ways to start the generator manually: | + | |
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- | * **Using menu**: Go to Generator start and stop -> Manual start; | + | |
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- | * **Using generator page**: Press the top-left button on the CCGX or remote consul to engage the // | + | |
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- | **WARNING: | + | |
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- | The stop timer is available whichever route you choose to start the generator, using it will ensure the the generator has an instruction to stop. | + | |
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- | Stopping the generator manually will only be possible when no unmet ' | + | |
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- | ===== Quiet hours ===== | + | |
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- | Quiet hours allows you to set a time zone for nighttime with values that make the generator start only when is really necessary. | + | |
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- | When the "Quiet hours" mode is active, the conditions will use the related start/stop values. | + | |
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- | To enable it go to the settings menu and set the " | + | |
- | Once enabled start and end time settings will become visible. | + | |
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- | You can make the "Quiet hours" mode to be permanently active(when enabled) setting both start and stop time to the same value. | + | |
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- | === Using "Quiet hours" to define two time zones === | + | |
- | Besides the main purpose of the "Quiet hours" mode you can also use it to define two time zones over the day. | + | |
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- | Examples of the use of different time zones: | + | |
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- | * **Solar system**: A cloudy morning may cause the generator to start by a low SOC condition, then two hours after the clouds go away. In this case your batteries are charged and your solar system wasting free energy. To avoid this situation you can set a time zone for daytime with a lower start value for the SOC condition. | + | |
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- | * **Away mode**: Some holiday houses are only inhabited on weekends during which power consumption is larger and the generator has to take care of keep batteries in good condfition. The rest of the week the battery SOC level can be lower waiting to be charged by solar energy. With time zones you can set a secondary time zone for the whole day and only enable/ | + | |
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- | =====Troubleshooting ===== | + | |
- | ====Fischer Panda: | + | |
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- | Enable the " | + | |
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- | ====Fischer Panda: Auto start/stop function stopped working after an error==== | + | |
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- | Make sure that the issue is solved and clear the error to make the auto start/ | + | |
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- | ===== DISQUS ===== | + | |
- | ~~DISQUS~~ | + |
ccgx/generator_start_stop.txt · Last modified: 2021-02-05 08:58 by mvader