Operation of the PVPM
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The following items are displayed:
Headline: device serial number, calibration date, firmware version
Data line: current irradiance, temperature of irradiance reference cell, temperature of module back surface
(optional), voltage at power measurement input.
Sensor line: here the currently selected irradiance reference sensor is displayed and can be changed.
Bottom line: Current time/date, buttons “Info”, “Archive”, “PC” and “New measurement”.
Lamps on front panel:
State of charge
(3 color LED)
Lead-Acid battery
Red: battery discharged (charge at once!)
Green: battery ready
Yellow: battery charged completely *)
Operation not possible!
Operation possible
Operation possible
Li-Ion battery
Blinking Red: battery nearly discharged (charge!)
Red: battery is charged
Grün: charge is nearly finished
Aus: charge is finished
Operation time left max. 30 minutes
Operation is possible
Operation is possible
Operation is possible
External supply
Lights up, when an external power supply is connected, the internal battery will be charged automatically.
*) If the LED alternates between green and yellow steadily the battery is trickel charged.
The PVPM reports several system conditions, functions and errors by speaker signals. A list of signals you will
find in the appendix.
6.9 Buttons
Possible actions will be displayed as buttons, which show a symbol according to the action, for example a PC for
the transfer between PVPM and PC.
Info: displays an overview about the buttons
Change: here you can select a different value
New I-V-curve measurement, displays submenu
Retrieve measurement data from archive
Connection to PC („Transfer“)
Start I-V-measurement now
General: abort, cancel funktion
PVPM 1000X / 1040X
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