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ccgx:generator_start_stop [2018-03-22 11:01] – [Fischer Panda: Generator does not start and Remote switch control disabled error is shown] justin_tyers_live_a_c | ccgx:generator_start_stop [2020-09-29 15:00] – [5. Settings] mvader | ||
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- | ====== Generator auto start/ | + | ====== |
- | ===== Introduction ===== | + | ===== 1. Introduction ===== |
- | An internal relay on the CCGX/Venus GX can be used to automatically start and stop a generator. This relay - or switch - can be ' | + | An internal relay on a [[venus-os: |
+ | This is one of the available options to automatically start and stop a generator. See the [[auto-generator-start-stop: | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== 2. Wiring ===== | ||
Firstly, wire the relay to a genset. The relay is located on the back of the CCGX - marked //Relay//. If using a Venus GX, two relays will be seen at the bottom of the unit - only //Relay 1// can be used for the generator automatic start/stop functionality. | Firstly, wire the relay to a genset. The relay is located on the back of the CCGX - marked //Relay//. If using a Venus GX, two relays will be seen at the bottom of the unit - only //Relay 1// can be used for the generator automatic start/stop functionality. | ||
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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: | 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: | ||
- | ===== Enabling the start/stop function ===== | + | |
+ | There are many variations on the generator side for wiring and you should also consult your generator manual or supplier regarding their remote wire start configuration. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== 3. Enabling the start/stop function ===== | ||
Go to: Setttings -> Relay and set the // | Go to: Setttings -> Relay and set the // | ||
- | ====Relay==== | + | ===Relay=== |
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Now that has been enabled, all the settings pertaining to the //Automatic Generator Start/ | Now that has been enabled, all the settings pertaining to the //Automatic Generator Start/ | ||
- | ====Fischer Panda==== | + | ===Fischer Panda Generators=== |
- Enable the " | - Enable the " | ||
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- | =====Main page===== | + | ===== 4. Generator start/stop - Main page===== |
- | From the main menu select Settings > Generator start/stop: | + | From the Main Menu select Settings > Generator start/stop: |
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* **Error**: Error description. | * **Error**: Error description. | ||
- | * **Runtime**: | + | * **Runtime**: |
* **Total run time**: Accumulated running time since the first start. | * **Total run time**: Accumulated running time since the first start. | ||
- | * **Time to next test run**: When the test run option is enabled this item shows the time remaining until the next test run. | + | * **Time to next test run**: When the 'test run' |
* **Daily runtime**: Running time history for the last 30 days. | * **Daily runtime**: Running time history for the last 30 days. | ||
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* **Settings**: | * **Settings**: | ||
- | ===== Settings ===== | + | ===== 5. Settings ===== |
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* **Conditions**: | * **Conditions**: | ||
- | * **Minimum | + | * **Minimum |
- | * **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/ | + | * **Detect generator at AC input**: Enabling this feature will raise an alarm on the GX device, as well as trigger an alarm email from the VRM portal(1), |
* **Quiet hours**: See [[#Quiet hours|Quiet hours]] | * **Quiet hours**: See [[#Quiet hours|Quiet hours]] | ||
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* **Generator total run time**: Reset, or modify, the total run-time hours. | * **Generator total run time**: Reset, or modify, the total run-time hours. | ||
- | ===== Conditions ===== | + | ===== 6. Conditions: User-definable parameters which trigger a generator auto-start. |
- | To get to // | + | To get to // |
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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. | * **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. | ||
- | ==== The following parameters may be user-defined to trigger an automatic Generator start/ | + | === The following parameters may be user-defined to trigger an automatic Generator start/stop: === |
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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. | 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. | 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 ==== | + | === Relays triggered by Battery SOC === |
***Use Battery SOC value to start/ | ***Use Battery SOC value to start/ | ||
***Start when Battery SOC is lower than:** Set the depletion level for auto-start. | ***Start when Battery SOC is lower than:** Set the depletion level for auto-start. | ||
- | ***Start value during quiet hours: | + | ***Start value during quiet hours: |
***Stop when Battery SOC is higher than:** Set the recharge level for auto-stop. | ***Stop when Battery SOC is higher than:** Set the recharge level for auto-stop. | ||
***Stop value during quiet hours:** If [[#Quiet hours|Quiet hours]] has been defined, set a lower auto-stop level to achieve a shorter generator run-time. | ***Stop value during quiet hours:** If [[#Quiet hours|Quiet hours]] has been defined, set a lower auto-stop level to achieve a shorter generator run-time. | ||
- | ==== Relays triggered by Battery Current ==== | ||
- | | + | === Relays triggered by Battery Current === |
- | ***Start when Battery current is higher than:** When a high AC demand is experienced which will soon exhaust the battery, the generator can be auto-started to assist in meeting | + | |
+ | | ||
+ | ***Start when Battery current is higher than:** When a high AC demand is experienced which will soon exhaust the battery, the generator can be auto-started to assist in meeting | ||
***Start value during quiet hours:** If [[#Quiet hours|Quiet hours]] has been defined, set a higher, more critical current value. | ***Start value during quiet hours:** If [[#Quiet hours|Quiet hours]] has been defined, set a higher, more critical current value. | ||
***Start after condition is reached for:** Set a delay before auto-start. Some AC device will draw a short-term, high-peak current on start-up. Instigating a delay before auto-start will avoid starting the generator unnecessarily. | ***Start after condition is reached for:** Set a delay before auto-start. Some AC device will draw a short-term, high-peak current on start-up. Instigating a delay before auto-start will avoid starting the generator unnecessarily. | ||
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***Stop after condition is reached for:** Set a delay to ensure that the current-reduction condition is stable. | ***Stop after condition is reached for:** Set a delay to ensure that the current-reduction condition is stable. | ||
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- | ==== Relays triggered by Battery Voltage ==== | + | === Relays triggered by Battery Voltage === |
+ | |||
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- | * **Use battery voltage value to start/ | + | * **Use battery voltage value to start/ |
* **Start when battery voltage is lower than**: When battery voltage falls below the value entered the relay will start the generator. | * **Start when battery voltage is lower than**: When battery voltage falls below the value entered the relay will start the generator. | ||
- | * **Start value during quiet hours**: If the [[# | + | * **Start value during quiet hours**: If [[# |
- | * ** 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 | + | * ** Start after the condition is reached for**: This function allows the user to build-in a delay between the auto-start |
* **Stop when battery voltage is higher than**: | * **Stop when battery voltage is higher than**: | ||
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* ** Stop after the condition is reached for**: This feature builds in a delay before stopping the generator after the ' | * ** Stop after the condition is reached for**: This feature builds in a delay before stopping the generator after the ' | ||
- | ==== Relays triggered by AC load ==== | ||
- | AC load triggers work similarly to other triggers but the feature is refined by a " | ||
- | The "Measurement" | + | === Relays triggered by AC load === |
+ | AC load triggers work similarly to other triggers but the feature is refined by a // | ||
+ | |||
+ | The //Measurement// setting is available on firmware v2.0 and later and has three possible values: | ||
* **Total consumption** (Default option) | * **Total consumption** (Default option) | ||
* **Inverter total AC out** | * **Inverter total AC out** | ||
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- | + | === Relays triggered by Inverter High temperature === | |
- | ==== Relays triggered by Inverter High temperature | + | |
- | ***Start on high temperature warning:** Toggle this feature on and off. | + | ***Start on high temperature warning:** Toggle this feature on or off. |
***Start when warning is active for:** Set a delay to avoid temperature rises which are temporary, caused by brief high AC demands. | ***Start when warning is active for:** Set a delay to avoid temperature rises which are temporary, caused by brief high AC demands. | ||
***When warning is cleared stop after:** Set a delay to ensure that a reduction in inverter temperature - usually caused by lower power demand - is stable. | ***When warning is cleared stop after:** Set a delay to ensure that a reduction in inverter temperature - usually caused by lower power demand - is stable. | ||
- | ==== Relays triggered by Inverter overload | + | === Relays triggered by Inverter overload === |
- | ***Start on overload warning:** Toggle this feature on and off. | + | ***Start on overload warning:** Toggle this feature on or off. |
- | ***Start when warning is active for:** Set a delay to ensure that the inverter overload warning has not been triggered by a high-demand of short duration. | + | ***Start when warning is active for:** Set a delay to ensure that the inverter overload warning has not been triggered by a high-demand of AC power of only short duration. |
***When warning is cleared stop after:** Set a delay to ensure that the reduction in AC power demand is stable. | ***When warning is cleared stop after:** Set a delay to ensure that the reduction in AC power demand is stable. | ||
- | ==== Automatic periodic 'Test run' | + | === Automatic periodic 'Test run' === |
This feature allows automatic generator starts, periodically, | This feature allows automatic generator starts, periodically, | ||
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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. | * **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. | ||
- | ==== Manual | + | |
- | Use the manual | + | |
+ | === Manual-Start | ||
+ | Use the // | ||
There are two ways to start the generator manually: | There are two ways to start the generator manually: | ||
- | * **Using menu**: Go to Generator start and stop -> Manual start; and then toggle the graphic to start the generator. | + | * **Using |
- | * **Using | + | * **Using |
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- | **WARNING: | + | **WARNING: |
- | The stop timer is available to both methods of manually remote-starting the generator, and using it will ensures | + | The stop timer is available to both methods of manually remote-starting the generator, and using it will ensure |
- | Note that stopping the generator manually can only be achieved when no unmet ' | + | Note that stopping the generator manually can only be achieved when no un-met |
- | ===== Quiet hours ===== | + | |
+ | === Quiet hours === | ||
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- | //Quiet hours// allows you to define a period during which the noise from a running generator would be a nuisance; and to set different values to the conditions which would cause an auto start during this period - thus ensuring that the generator will only start during a quiet period when it is absolutely necessary. | + | //Quiet hours// allows you to define a period during which the noise from a running generator would be a nuisance; and to set different values to the conditions which would cause an auto-start during this period - thus ensuring that the generator will only start during a quiet period when it is absolutely necessary. |
- | From the main menu go to: Settings -> Generator start/stop -> Settings | + | From the main menu go to: Settings -> Generator start/stop -> Settings; and then |
- | Toggle | + | toggle-on |
//Quiet hours// will become the permanent condition (when enabled) if the defined ' | //Quiet hours// will become the permanent condition (when enabled) if the defined ' | ||
- | === Using "Quiet hours" to define two time zones === | + | === Using "Quiet hours" |
- | Besides the main purpose of the "Quiet hours" | + | Alternatively, |
- | Examples of the use of different time zones: | + | * **Early morning/low SOC**: Battery SOC is often lowest in the morning. Couple this with cloudy weather first thing - or panels which have a westerly bias, and which tend to do better in the afternoon; and you have a circumstance where the generator may auto-start in the morning triggered by a low battery SOC condition - yet later on when the day brightens the solar energy is wasted because the work has already been done by the generator. Setting the //Quiet hours// feature to cover this period, together with lower auto-start conditions, will help to avoid unnecessary generator auto-starts. |
- | * **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 | + | * **Holiday home**: Holiday homes which are only inhabited part-time experience much deeper power-draws when they are in use. The //Quiet hours// feature |
- | + | ===== 7. Troubleshooting ===== | |
- | * **Away mode**: Some holiday houses are only inhabited on weekends during which power consumption | + | |
- | =====Troubleshooting ===== | + | |
=== Fischer Panda: Generator does not start and " | === Fischer Panda: Generator does not start and " | ||
Enable the " | Enable the " | ||
- | ====Fischer Panda: Auto start/stop function stopped working after an error==== | + | ===Fischer Panda: Auto start/stop function |
+ | |||
+ | Make sure that the issue is solved, then clear the error, and the auto start/stop function will work again. | ||
- | Make sure that the issue is solved and clear the error to make the auto start/stop function work again. | ||
===== DISQUS ===== | ===== DISQUS ===== | ||
~~DISQUS~~ | ~~DISQUS~~ | ||
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ccgx/generator_start_stop.txt · Last modified: 2021-02-05 08:58 by mvader