GESTRA VKP 40plus Ex, Original Installation Instructions

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Recharging the batteries
DANGER
Risk of explosion if a wrong USB power
cable is used.

Use only the supplied USB power
cable for recharging the battery of the
Com Box.
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If another USB power cable is used parts of the
Com Box may be damaged. In this case the
equipment is no longer explosion proof.
The correct USB power cable and the connection
for the USB power cable on the Com Box are
marked with the stock code number 393081 of the
USB power cable.
If the temperature of the battery is too high
or too low the charging process of the data
collector and the Com Box is stopped
automatically to prevent the batteries from
overloading.
The max. temperature is 35 °C (95 °F),
the min. temperature 0 °C (32 °F).
The charging process will continue
automatically as soon as the temperature
of the battery is again within the
admissible temperature limits.

Charge the battery of the data collector as
described in the operating manual for the data
collector.
The Com Box has a state of charge indicator.
Depending on the state of the battery the following
conditions can be indicated:
If the Com Box is not connected to the network, the
LED is illuminated.

LED illuminated green: The battery of the Com
Box is charged.

LED illuminated amber: The charge of the
battery of the Com Box is low. Please recharge
the battery at the next opportunity.

LED illuminated red: The charge of the battery
of the Com Box too low. Stop the test and
recharge the battery.
If the Com Box is connected to the power supply,
the LED is pulsing green during the charging
process.
To connect the Com Box to networks with different
mains sockets attach the adapter to the power
supply
unit
. To change the adapter proceed as follows:

Press down the locking mechanism (14) of the
adapter.

Detach the adaptor (13) from the power
supply unit
(12).

Push the suitable adaptor onto the power
supply unit
until it latches into place.

Make sure that the USB connector is firmly
plugged into the USB port (15).
13 12
15
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The drawing shows the power supply unit for the
Com Box (stock code number 392080).