Voltage balancing and monitoring in the discharge process
The processor monitors voltage of each cell when the battery packs are during its
“storage” and “discharging” process. If voltage of any cell is abnormal, the Prodigy
610 will show error message and terminate the program forcibly. So if there is battery
damage or disconnection, you can see the error message and press INC to know
which cell is damaged.
The processor detects voltage of one cell is too low.
The 4th cell was damaged. The value of voltage may be zero
if disconnection occurs.
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CHARGING LITHIUM BATTERY IN THE STORAGE MODE
Charging lithium battery in the storage mode
This is for charging or discharging Lithium batteries that you don't plan to use soon. The
program will determine to charge or discharge the battery to the certain voltage depending
on the voltage of the battery at its initial stage. They are different from the type of the
battery, 3.75V for LiIo, 3.85V for LiPo and 3.3V for LiFe per cell. If the voltage of battery
at its initial stage is over the voltage level to storage, the program will start to discharge.
At this screen, you can set up the current and voltage of the
battery pack. Charging and discharging will make the batteries
come to the voltage level of “storage” state.
This screen shows the real-time status charging. Press
BATT TYPE/STOP key once to stop the charge process.
The value of discharge current on the left can not exceed 1C,
and the value on the right can not be under the voltage
recommended by the manufacturer to avoid deep discharging.
Press START/ENTER for more than 3 seconds to start
discharging.
This shows the real-time status of discharging, you can press
BATT TYPE/STOP key to stop discharging.
Discharging of lithium battery
CHARGING NICD/NIMH BATTERY IN THE CHARGE MODE
Charging NiCd/NiMH battery in the charge mode
This program charge the battery using the current you set up. In the “auto” state, you
should set up the upper limit of the charge current to avoid damage by excessive feeding
current. Some batteries of low resistance and capacity can lead to higher current in the
“auto” charging mode. But in the manual mode, it will charge with the current you set.
You can make it blink in the current field and press INC and DEC simultaneously to swap
between Auto and Manual Mode. NOTE: Allowable fast charge current: 1C-2C
This program is for charging of NiCd/NiMH batteries
associated with R/C models applications. You can press
START/ENTER key to make it blink and then INC or DEC
to change the parameter value. Press START/ENTER key to
store the value.
The screen shows the real-time status. Press BATT
TYPE/STOP key to end the program. The sound will emitted
to indicates the end of program.
