@Hedges, got some questions for you if you wouldn't mind and you might know the answers.
My experience with my system has been:
1) Early on used as an UPS, with solar assist
2) Then moved to totally running the house with active PV generation and battery storage. Using the grid to ONLY run loads via by-pass while the PV CC's charged the battery to a specified level, then drop grid - did not charge all the way up. Rather about 1/3 full then drop grid
I used the GRID as BACKUP to the batteries, not as primary source. Effectively, I ran Off GRID and rarely needed the GRID to back me up. When the battery reached LBCO, Low Battery Cut Out, the inverter would switch to Grid running loads.
Now I am reading how to program the XW Pro for similar operation, and as a hybrid, it definitely has a different operating model. It looks like most who have grid, use netmetering - well yeah - do not cycle the batteries much. That is different than what I have done.
I do not do netmetering, for 2 reasons:
1) I don't want utility/gov in my power production/consumption business - Selfish Solar: I produce here, I store it here and I use it here\
2) My city power utility serves some 20,000 people here in Utah, rural valley. It has several "circuits", each serves portions of the area. My circuit where my house sits, is currently FULL and they will not accept any more Netmetering customers until .... well some time in the future
As I explain in the following, please understand I do NOT fully know about Load Shaving, Peak Load Shaving, and Grid Support operations provided by the XW Pro, even I as I am re-reading the documentation several times. Thus I need to research and understand the model and operations these features run on first.
I did find TOU Metering feature, which I have used 15 years ago on my old Trace.
I am seeking for the best way to configure the XW Pro to provide my Off Grid mode of operation, using the Grid only for battery backup
Would appreciate a general direction to look at to do this.