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@Kevin Windrem I cannot get exttransferswitch to install on beta 3.00-32. I tried removing the package and then re-adding it and it shows 'incompatible??' where it would usually show the installed version.
cerbo gx and 2 mp2 in parallel. I was on 2.92 for a long time and it worked on that one fine.
I just added support for v3.00~32. Give it another try.
@Kevin Windrem it installed automatically but I am not able to select the transfer switch in digital inputs. The button will not tick.
@Kevin Windrem guess I spoke too soon. Incoming ac type does not switch between shore and gen when the ats digital input switches state. I had to roll back to 2.92 because of some other issues with ESS but I am willing to flip back over to the beta to test this for you if you update the ats mod.
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well dang it now i'm stuck. It seems that the 3.00-32 beta updated something in node red so now if I try to go back to 2.92 a bunch of my flows will not work anymore, so now I am stuck on the beta. So I guess I'm hoping for a fix on the exttransferswitch. I should have left well enough alone.
I have discovered some issues stemming from Victron adding a digital input type for touch enable/disable. This pushed the value for external transfer switch control down one and on some systems that value can't be set. Working on a fix.
@Kevin Windrem After rebooting the gx I was able to select exttransferswitch for the digital input but activating the input had no effect on the ac input type(does not change to/from generator as source). I'm assuming that is part of the same issue that you discovered but I wanted to let you know just in case it's not. Also when shutting down the generator after a manual start from the gx, once it stopped the gx then continued to rapidly switch state of the relay resulting in the generator control cycling rapidly. Again, I realize this might all be related but I wanted to make sure you have all the info.
Thanks so much for all the work you do!
Should be fixed now as of v2.4
Note, you may need to change the digital input type when upgrading from v2.93 or earlier as the enumerations for type have changed.
Yes that was the first thing I checked. It was on external transfer switch. I even tried disabling it and selecting it again but it didn't make a difference. Even with the digital input disabled it still comes up on the device list and on the digital inputs overview page. I tried rolling back to the previous transfer switch version with no change. I even tried uninstalling the package, went through the whole process including the reboot, the package shows no longer installed, but it is still an option in the digital inputs list, and ats is still on the device list and the digital inputs overview page.
Edit: after 2 reboots it finally acted right. Musta been some kinda glitch. Sorry for all the trouble Kevin. I really appreciate your patience.
@Kevin Windrem sorry it's taken me so long to get back to this. Today when I was running the generator the ac input tile did not switch from shore to generator. Once power passed through the transfer switch and the surge protector the input tile lit up as shore. The digital input state did change from shore to generator, and the digital input 1 which is set to generator did switch from stopped to running. On the generator overview page the power input tile remained blank. When I shut down the generator the exttransferswitch digital input did switch back to shore.
I know there were quite a few changes from 2.93 to 3.00 so I'm betting that also effected the generator logic. I'm fairly certain the settings are correct but if there is something else I need to look at feel free to let me know.
Edit: one more thing I discovered. I manually inverted the digital inputs to see if the ac input tile would switch to generator, which it did not. When I switched inverted state back, the ats device then changed to 'on grid' but I have the ac input type set to 'shore'. I tried switching the ac1 input type to grid and then back to shore but it had no effect on the ats state. It will not change to shore.
That is, set the digital input to on grid and set the input type to shore and the appropriate current limit for shore power. Also enable do not run generator when on grid.
Next, set the digital input to on generator then set the input type to generator, the appropriate current limit for your generator and disable Do not run generator when on grid.
Now toggling the digital input should switch between those two conditions.
I have followed your instructions step by step half a dozen times, even rebooting the cerbo and trying again. I even tried uninstalling exttransferswitch/system reboot/reinstall/reboot again. After making all the settings as you said, when I toggle the ats digital input, the digital input state will change between on grid/generator but nothing else changes. The ac input tile and ac input limit stays the same.
One more thing... no problems with exttransferswitch setup and working properly on 2.93.
I found the problem and fixed in v2.5.
I had an uninitialized variable that sometimes caused problems first pass. I saw the problem mostly after boot.
