Cascading setting on Xantrex

letsgorving · 10-09-2018, 03:05 PM

Can someone explain this to me and if you have it enabled/disabled and why?

**bclemens** · 10-09-2018, 03:31 PM

From the manual....

The Cascading feature is found in the System Settings menu only when two inverters are configured as a stacked pair (see “Stacking Configuration Menu” on page 57). A stacked pair has one Master unit and one Slave unit. The cascading feature allows manually entered inverter/charger settings on the Master unit to be automatically cascaded (or copied) to the Slave unit when the two units are meant to have the same settings. Cascading helps simplify the duplication of settings of one inverter into another. The feature is Enabled by default but may be Disabled to accommodate different settings for the Master and Slave units. Review with a qualified system designer before adopting different settings for the Master and Slave units.
To change Cascading settings:
1. From the System Status screen, press the Enter button. The Select Device menu screen appears.
2. From the Select Device screen, press the Enter button. The System Settings menu screen appears.
3. From the System Settings screen, press the Down arrow button to highlight Cascading.
4. Press Enter and use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change selections.
5. Press Enter again to choose a selection.
6. Press Func (3x) to return to the System Settings menu.

letsgorving · 10-09-2018, 03:44 PM

Thank you Brian, but can you explain in english? I just don't get it, sorry

i know how to change it, but why enable or disable? Don't we have one inverter?

FOURWHL · 10-09-2018, 03:48 PM

You only have one. It should be disabled I believe

**bclemens** · 10-09-2018, 03:55 PM

Do you have one or two inverters?
One. Disabled
Two. Disabled, unless you understand why two would be beneficial.

letsgorving · 10-09-2018, 04:00 PM

I believe we only have one. Brian in a previous post (that i can't find) you had told someone to have it disabled I believe. If I have one inverter and cascading is enabled, what can happen?

**bclemens** · 10-09-2018, 04:08 PM

nothing that I know of if a 2nd inverter is not present. But better safe than sorry.

Cascading is when you set one one way and it copies those settings to the slave inverter. So you don’t have to adjust settings on both.

**bclemens** · 10-09-2018, 04:10 PM

I seem to recall when cascading was “enabled” it tried searching for the 2nd inverter to handle the 12V side. But I could have that wrong.

Is it enabled on yours and something is not working? If you disable, and something is still not working it was likely not that setting causing the issue.

Search mode on the other hand. That one I know screws up the inverter function.

letsgorving · 10-09-2018, 04:11 PM

Ok got it. Thanks very much!! Ours was enabled, I disabled it last weekend and will leave it that way.

Search mode? Should that one be off as well? can't remember where ours is.

**bclemens** · 10-09-2018, 08:06 PM

Yes, off for sure or your 110V will go off and on.

letsgorving · 10-09-2018, 09:31 PM

Got it thx

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