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7.0 Using an AGS Module: Operating/Monitoring

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Info: When the RV mode is used and the AGS system feature is

required, the user will need to re-enable the AGS system each time

the generator is manually turned on or off.

Info: If the AGS is automatically disabled when using RV mode, the

AGS status displays “Lockout”.

• AGS

Rev – Displays the software revision of the connected AGS.

Info: The AGS accessory may display a “0.0” revision for several

reasons. Either the AGS is not installed, there is no communication

because of a bad or miswired network cable, the AGS is not pow-

ered, or the AGS is bad.

• AGS

Mode – Allows you to confi gure the AGS to comply with RVIA

standards¹. When the AGS is set to “RV”, it is automatically disabled

any time the generator is manually turned on or off. Select Other if your

system is not for a RV, or your requirements do not need the AGS to be

disabled should the generator be manually started/stopped.
Default setting: AGS Mode = RV
Settings: RV, Other

AGS: 08 AGS TECH Menu
This menu displays meter data on the operating condition of the generator

and AGS, and has an AGS mode setting.
• Gen

Run – Displays the number of hours the generator has been

currently running from an autostart condition. This menu does not

determine run time when the generator has been manually started.

• AGS

VDC – Displays battery voltage currently connected to the AGS

(Terminals #3 & #4). This voltage is used to power the AGS and is the

voltage reading the AGS: 05 Start Volts setting is monitoring.

• Temp – Displays the current temp reading (##C/##F) of the AGS temp

sensor, and is the temperature the AGS: 04 Start Temp F setting is

monitoring to determine when to start. The following may also display:
TS Open: indicates the temperature sensor is not connected.
TS Hot: indicates a very hot temperature—usually appears because of a

short (wires crossed, touching) in the temperature sensor wires.
TS Cold: indicates a very cold temperature—usually appears because

there is an opening (not connected, cut) in the temperature sensor wires.
No Comm: there is no AGS connected.
Ext ON/Ext OFF: if an optional ME-PT1 (or ME-PT2) pigtail adapter is

connected to the AGS, and the AGS button’s 04 Start Temp F is set to Ext

Input, this display shows “Ext ON” when the ME-PT1 has +12 present on

its input (or the ME-PT2) is closed); and, shows Ext OFF when the ME-

PT1 does not have +12 on its input (or the ME-PT2 is open).

Note¹ - RV manufacturers use the NFPA 1192 Standard on Recreational

Vehicles for installing an AGS system. This standard has a requirement that

states when the generator is manually turned on or off, the AGS system

must also be turned off. Selecting the “RV” setting satisfi es this requirement

by automatically disabling the AGS system when it senses that the generator

has been manually turned on or off. In installations where the requirement

to automatically disable the AGS system is not needed, the “Other” setting

can be chosen. When the AGS is in the “Other” mode, manually turning the

generator off or on will not automatically disable the AGS system.

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