Revolectrix Dual PowerLab 8x2, User Manual

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Set options
1. Connect Dual PowerLab 8x2 to a 10
–48V DC power supply or Lead Acid battery.
2. Press any button on Dual PowerLab 8x2
’s panel.
3. At the Power Source? screen, use the INC or DEC button to select Battery or DC
Power Supply (i.e., what is currently powering the Dual PowerLab 8x2).
4. Press ENTER to display the User Preset menu.
5. Press INC + DEC (i.e., press both INC and DEC at the same time) to display the
Options menu ( Choose TASK? ).
6. Press INC or DEC until you see Charger Options , then press ENTER .
7. The Charger Address? screen should display PRIMARY CHANNEL (unless you are
currently running the DPL in Expansion Channel mode
). If it doesn’t, press
INC until
you see PRIMARY CHANNEL . Press ENTER .
8. The next screen is the Power Source? Screen. (See Set Smart Power Management
for instructions on setting the Power Source and Regenerative Discharge options.)
9. Press ENTER until you see the Node Connector? Screen. For more information
about wiring modes, see FMA Wiring mode vs. XH/EH Wiring mode .
10. Press ENTER until you see the Decimal Places for Cells? screen. At the Decimal
Places for Cells? screen, press INC or DEC to select 2 or 3 , then press ENTER .
(This controls how many decimal places are displayed in cell voltage data screens.)
11. At the Quiet Charging? screen, press INC or DEC to select Y or N , then press
ENTER . ( Y = no beeps during charging, N = beeps during charging.)
12. At the Speaker Volume? screen, press INC or DEC to set speaker volume, then
press ENTER . (1 = quietest. While setting volume, speaker beeps at volume shown
on screen.)
13. At the Charge Complete Beeps? screen, press INC or DEC to set the number, then
press ENTER . (This controls how many times Dual PowerLab 8x2
repeats “beep
beep be
ep” when charging is complete.)
14. At the Preset Changes Always Save? screen, press INC or DEC to select Y or N ,
then press ENTER . ( Y = changes made to a User Preset at Dual PowerLab 8x2 are
always saved to the loaded preset and uploaded to the Charge Control Software.
Setting to
N is not recommended, but it provides a way to temporarily override preset
parameters
—once you move to another preset, any changes you made will be lost
and the preset will revert to its previous state.) No matter what you choose for this
option, you can always over-ride charge and discharge rate on-the-fly at the Dual
PowerLab 8x2 after a charge is started by pressing
ENTER . This method never
saves the changes to the preset in use.
15. At the Choose TASK? screen:

Press INC or DEC to select another setup function.
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
Press BACK to display the User Preset menu.
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See also
CCS Options tab
Tip:
A setting is saved as soon as you change it. Also, you don’t have to
go
through the entire sequence below
—at any time, you can press and hold the
BACK button to return to the User Preset menu.