Installation Guide

Classic owner’s manual Rev I 2193
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WARNING: ALL FIRMWARE SHOULD MATCH ACROSS ALL CLASSICS
WARNING: REVERSED FOLLOW ME CABLES CAN DAMAGE THE CLASSIC IF LEFT IN
PLACE FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED UNDER
WARRANTY. PLEASE VERIFY THE PROPER OPERATION OF FOLLOW ME ON THE INITIAL
SET UP.
The Follow Me function basically is just what it is called. The Classic will simply ask the Classic to its
right ―What do I do now‖ and this propagates around the loop continually. Whoever goes to Float first for
instance will simply tell everyone else it is time to go to float.
NOTE: Follow Me coordinates charge stage but the Classics will still vary in the amount of power
processed, Follow Me was not intended to make them all produce the same amount of current just
coordinate the stages
To enable Follow Me you need to wire the Classics network cables as shown below. You also need to
enable Follow-ME. To do this, go to the Tweaks Menu. Press the ―Main Menu‖ button repeatedly until
―Charge‖ is highlighted. Scroll to the Right until ―Tweaks‖ is highlighted and press ―Enter‖. Now press
the right soft key (Upper right button) 4 times until you see the screen with ―Follow-ME‖ and ―BTSNET‖
on it. Here you need to highlight Follow-ME and turn it on using the up arrow. You will also need to
highlight BTSNET and turn it on if you want to share battery temperature data. After enabling these press
Enter to save this data.
Ground Fault sharing
To share Ground fault you need to remove the GFP Jumpers on all except one classic. You then need to
make sure Ground Fault is Enabled in the Tweaks menu for any of the networked Classics you want to
shut down on detection of ground fault. For example say you have three solar Classics and one Wind
Classic and you do not want the wind Classic to shut down for GFP. Make sure in the tweaks menu of that
Classic GFP is Disabled.
Naming the Classic
The Local Application software (Available as a free download at
www.midnitesolar.com) allows you to
issue a name to the Classic with upper and lower case letters, as well as numbers. This name can be up to
8 characters. This name will show up on the Display of the Classic instead of the word CLASSIC. It will
be shown in all upper case on the Classic’s display. The Naming process can be helpful for networked
Classics that use one MNGP (Display) to view multiple Classics.