8. Configuration Settings
This section highlights the most important settings required to achieve a working Battery Control
Panel configuration for your system.
To operate your Battery Control Panel each stack must meet the following requirements:
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It must be running the same firmware version as the Battery Control Panel
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It must be configured for the battery stacks in use in the pack
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It must be assigned a unique network address on the Battery Control Panel unit’s internal network
Please refer to your stack-level
Product Manual
for instructions on upgrading, configuring, and
assigning addresses at the stack level.
The most important aspects of a Battery Control Panel configuration file are discussed in the following
sections.
8.1. Background and Terminology
Terminology and technical concepts critical to the operation and configuration of Nuvation Energy
BMS are presented in this section.
8.1.1. Register Data Model
8.1.1.1. Registers and Components
Understanding the Register Data Model is key to understanding how to configure Nuvation Energy
BMS.
Nuvation Energy BMS implements all data storage and processing using two important software
building blocks.
Register
A register is the fundamental unit of data storage within the system. Each register has a unique
name and associated type that defines how the value is interpreted. Registers range in size from
as small as one byte up to as large as eight bytes.
Component
A component combines a set of related registers with processing rules that operate on those
registers to implement a particular BMS function for the system. A given component may have
many instances throughout the system. In this case, its associated registers will have the same
number of instances.
Complex behavior within the system is achieved by connecting multiple components together, either
through configuration or through hard-wired connections in the firmware itself.
Configuration for a system is completely determined by the state of all configuration registers present
within the system. Configuration registers are persisted in non-volatile memory and are loaded
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