Ian Johnston Engineering PDVS2mini, Manual

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SETTINGS
User adjustable settings:
Batt Low Indication. Battery voltage at which the unit displays BATTERY LOW.
Batt Low Shutdown Battery voltage at which the unit will auto-shutdown.
Charge Enable Enable / disable battery charging.
This setting is useful when an external DC source is used but the user
doesn’t want the batteries to charge.
Charge Overload mA Charge overload current setting.
The charging circuit is self-contained, but as a safety setting to protect the
batteries & electronics if the charge current goes too high (a faulty battery
perhaps). The charging will be shutdown.
The maximum current should be approx. 250mA, so the default setting here
of 400mA gives some margin.
Charge Full mA Current (mA) at which the battery is determined to be near full.
The charging circuit is self-contained, but as an added extra the software can
shutdown charging if the battery is approaching near full capacity. This is
done by monitoring the charge current and if it drops below a specific level
then the charger is shutdown.
Use the ENTER button to advance through the various entries, and the other buttons to make changes.
See the Calibration record as supplied with your PDVS2mini for the original factory settings.
Any changes to settings are saved to EEprom.
Note: If you decide to make any adjustments to the above settings then please record the original settings
before you start.