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                                                                        ST2523 Series Operation Manual                                                              Ver1.2 

 

Chapter 1  Introduction to Instrument, Unpacking and                                     

Installing 

Thank  you  for  your  purchase  and  use  of  our  products!  This  chapter  will  introduce  the  basic  instrument 
performance, which is followed by notes of unpacking and installing. 

Caution:  the  low  test  terminal  of  ST2523/A  is  connected  to  the  ground.  When  testing  other  device  or 
components  except  batteries,  or  sending  it  to Bureau  of  Standard Measurement for  calibration,  please 
plan your measuring setup accordingly. 

1.1  

Introduction to the Instrument 

With the rise of consumer electronics, smart phones, home appliances, electric vehicles emerge endlessly. All 
these products require batteries to work properly; quickly and accurately detecting the battery performance will 
directly affect the product performance. 
 
With profound electronic technology and extensive market research, we introduce the color LCD battery tester 
ST2523.  Its  superior  performance,  ease  of  operation,  beautiful  appearance  is  comparable  to  leading-edge 
products on the market. 
 

1.2  

OOBA (Out of Box Audit) 

Inspect the shipping container for damage after unpacking it. It is not recommended to power on the instrument 
in the case of a damaged container. 
If the contents in the container do not conform to the packing list, notify us or your dealer. 
 

1.3  

Power Connections 

( 1 )

 

Power Supply Voltage: 220 to 240 V   

( 2 )

 

Power Supply Frequency: 50 Hz. 

( 3 )

 

Power Supply Power Range: ≤ 30 VA. 

( 4 )

 

L  (line  wire),  N  (neutral  wire)  and  E  (earth  ground  wire)  of  the  power  supply  input  socket  should 
correspond to the power plug of the instrument. 

( 5 )

 

The instrument has been carefully designed for decreasing noise jamming caused by the input in AC 
power terminal, but it is also recommended to use it in the environment of low noise. If noises cannot 
be avoided, install a power filter please. 

 

WARNING:

  To  avoid  injury  to  personnel  and  damage  to  the  instrument  resulting  from  electric 

shock, do ensure that the earth ground wire is properly grounded.

 

 

Summary of Contents for ST2523

Page 1: ...SOURCETRONIC Quality electronics for service lab and production BatteryTester ST2523 A User Manual...

Page 2: ...5 2 4 Keys and Their Corresponding Display Pages 6 2 4 1 Main Menu Key DISP 6 2 4 2 System Setup Key SETUP 6 2 5 Basic Operations 6 2 6 Starting Up 7 Chapter 3 Basic Operations 8 3 1 MEAS DISP 8 3 1 1...

Page 3: ...Mathematical Operations 26 5 1 4 Range 26 5 1 5 Trigger 26 5 1 6 Average 26 5 1 7 Display Digits 27 5 2 Test Signal 27 5 2 1 Frequency 27 5 2 2 Maximum Input Voltage 27 5 2 3 Maximum Display Range 27...

Page 4: ...s 57 7 1 11 Mass MEMory Subsystem Commands 58 7 2 GPIB Common Commands 59 Chapter 8 Handler Interface 62 Chapter 9 Package Contents and Warranty 65 9 1 Package Contents 65 9 2 Marks 65 9 3 Package 65...

Page 5: ...the color LCD battery tester ST2523 Its superior performance ease of operation beautiful appearance is comparable to leading edge products on the market 1 2 OOBA Out of Box Audit Inspect the shipping...

Page 6: ...range of 5 C to 40 C and the relative humidity should not be greater than 85 The box should be located in an airy room where it could not be exposed to corrosive impurities and direct sunlight 6 Test...

Page 7: ...S FAIL LOCK 7 4 1 9 6 3 8 5 2 COP Y R ESET TRIG SE TU P DISP MENU 0 ENTRY 1 6 9 2 7 10 8 3 4 5 11 12 13 14 15 ST2523 BATTERY TESTER Figure 2 1 Front Panel 1 Trademark and Model Show instrument tradema...

Page 8: ...ble 13 LCD screen 480 272 dot matrix LCD display 14 Soft key area When the cursor stays in different area the soft key area will display different function 15 POWER Power switch 2 2 Introduction to Re...

Page 9: ...ST2523 through USB DEVICE 5 TRIGGER It is used to externally trigger signals In this mode user can apply footswitch option to trigger measurement 6 Power Socket It is used to input AC power 7 Ground T...

Page 10: ...this page are shown as follows MEAS DISP BIN DISP TRACE DISP STATIS DISP 2 4 2 System Setup Key SETUP Press this key to enter into the system setup page System setup and file list are in this page ME...

Page 11: ...oot screen of ST2523 indicating product information such as instrument trademark model and version Figure 2 4 ST2523 Boot Screen If the password protection is enabled you will be asked to input your p...

Page 12: ...peed Speed MED File Management FILE Other Tools TOOLS Soft Keys used to enter into operation pages The following information will be displayed in the display zone of measurement result conditions Thes...

Page 13: ...will be displayed on the right side of the screen R R V V R Q more 1 3 2 If the desired parameters are not displayed in this page press more 1 3 to display them L Q L R R X C D more 2 3 3 If the desir...

Page 14: ...s displayed as a 5 digit number in decimal point floating mode The impedance parameter is displayed in fixed decimal point mode while the inductance parameter is displayed in floating decimal point mo...

Page 15: ...rt Save is pressed otherwise data will be lost SHORT zero adjust When this key is used for short clearing the test fixture must be shorted correctly or it will result in relative data error and finall...

Page 16: ...good or bad products Sound NG GD and OFF NG not good product sound GD good product sound OFF sound is off COMP ON means the compare function is open OFF means the compare function is not open LOAD BIN...

Page 17: ...ing will stop TRACE A B Press this key A B A B will be alternately displayed A indicates that the primary parameter trace will be displayed B secondary parameter trace will be displayed A B traces of...

Page 18: ...ed in the soft key zone By touching them the measurement speed can be toggled among them Trig INT Move the cursor to it INT MAN EXT and BUS will be displayed in the soft key zone The corresponding fun...

Page 19: ...will be increased and decreased You can also input the desired value through the numerical keyboard and press the corresponding soft key to confirm LINE 50Hz Move the cursor to it 50Hz and 60Hz will b...

Page 20: ...error mode COMP COMPA and COMPB for primary and secondary parameters COMPA ON the bin comparison function of primary parameter will be enabled OFF the bin comparison function of primary parameter will...

Page 21: ...ugh the numerical keyboard B Max B Min Move the cursor to it and input the maximum and minimum coordinates that are used to draw the secondary trace through the numerical keyboard A Stop1 A Stop2 Move...

Page 22: ...alyze the average value of results for multiple measurements Details are as below 3 7 1 Mode Move the cursor to it and select different modes through the soft key There are two modes for comparison of...

Page 23: ...hould be that of the secondary parameter 3 7 6 Parameter Specifications for Statistic Analysis 1 X Average value Corresponding formula x x n 2 Population Standard Deviation Corresponding formula 2 2 x...

Page 24: ...to the maximum measurement result 11 Min Be used to display the minimum measurement result among all measurement results 12 MinIndex Be used to display the test serial corresponding to the minimum me...

Page 25: ...tions can be set in this page key Sound Language Password Bus Mode Baud Rate Bus Addr and Time 4 1 1 Key Sound Set the key sound ON Turn on the key sound OFF Turn off the key sound 4 1 2 Language Set...

Page 26: ...selected The instrument communicates with PC through USB USB DEVICE virtual serial interface 4 1 5 Baud Rate Baud rate is used to select the baud rate for RS232 interface There are 6 selectable baud r...

Page 27: ...ion Explanation E Abbreviation of External representing external memory like U disk I Abbreviation of Internal representing internal memory like internal Flash 4 2 1 Introduction to Save Recall By the...

Page 28: ...00 Including configuration data like STA file PIC 100 Including screen information like gif file NOTE CSV and STA folders might be automatically generated when a U disk is connected Structure of Folde...

Page 29: ...names and time of being saved Operations of the internal file and the external file are similar Take internal file operations as an example to describe the specific procedures of file operations Opera...

Page 30: ...lue 5 1 4 Range Double range bin for resistance and DC voltage Mode AUTO MANU HOLD UP DOWN 5 1 5 Trigger Internal manual external bus Internal Continuously test a DUT and then output and display the r...

Page 31: ...the test terminal can withstand is 310V 5 2 3 Maximum Display Range Parameter Measurement Display Range L 0 2000nH to 500mH R X Z 0 001m to 3 5000k Q 0 001 to 9999 9 Deg 179 99 to 179 99 Rad 3 1416 t...

Page 32: ...A 10 FAST exceeding the temperature of 20 C 5 C the temperature coefficient plus 0 05 C Model ST2523 ST2523A Display Digits 4 Accuracy Range Maximum display value Resolution Measurement constant curr...

Page 33: ...mV SLOW MED exceeding the temperature of 20 C 5 C the temperature coefficient plus 0 005 C Model ST2523A Display digits 5 Accuracy Range Maximum display value Resolution 6 months 1 year 30 V 35 000 V...

Page 34: ...ich is the biggest advantage of using a serial interface for communication The connection of the instrument with a PC is shown in figure 6 1 TXD 2 3 RXD PC Controller RXD 3 2 TXD ST2523 GND 5 5 GND Fi...

Page 35: ...tion interface provided by ST2523 or take measurements by the control command system The control command system supports most functions of the instrument that is to say user can execute almost all ope...

Page 36: ...Operation Manual Ver1 2 32 Test Instrument Piggyback Connector Figure 6 3 Typical GPIB System Interconnection for Double piggyback Connector Figure 6 4 Typical GPIB System Interconnection for 4 piggyb...

Page 37: ...he SYSTEM menu 6 2 3 GPIB Bus Commands ST2523 will respond to the following bus commands ABORT I O IFC When this command is received all bus activities will abort and the instrument will no longer rec...

Page 38: ...to set SRQ For details see Status Byte TRIGGER GET Trigger bus command This command can be sent to a selected device or all listener devices It is necessary to assign ST2523 as a listener device firs...

Page 39: ...ration Connect USB interfaces on PC and ST2523 through a USB cable 6 3 2 Install the Driver When ST2523 is first connected to a PC through a USB cable the prompt information Found New Hardware will sh...

Page 40: ...driver is finished user can see usb test and measurement device in the device manager of PC as is shown in the following figure Figure 6 12 USBTMC Display of PC Device Manager When user is using USBTM...

Page 41: ...able Methods of installing USBCDC driver are the same with that of installing USBTMC driver When the installation of driver is finished user can see usb VCom port in the PC device manager as is shown...

Page 42: ...RACe BINSETup 7 1 1 DISPlay Subsystem Commands DISPlay subsystem commands are mainly used to set the instrument display page The DISPlay query returns the current page Command Tree The PAGE command se...

Page 43: ...to trace setup SYSTem Set the display page to system setup FLISt Set the display page to internal file list The STATe command is used to select whether to refresh the measurement display result in me...

Page 44: ...mainly used to set function range speed current and voltage monitoring switch mode selection of deviation display nominal setup etc Command Tree The IMPedance command sets the function parameters The...

Page 45: ...dance RANGe command sets the instrument range The FUNCtion IMPedance RANGe query returns the current range parameters Command Syntax FUNCtion IMPedance RANGe value Where value is the positive integer...

Page 46: ...0V ST2523A or 60V ST2523 Query syntax FUNCtion VDC RANGe Return format value NL END Where value can be 300V ST2523A 60V ST2523 30V ST2523A 6V ST2523 The VDC RANGe AUTO command sets the auto selection...

Page 47: ...haracter 0 integer 48 means OFF For example WrtCmd FUNC SMON IAC ON Set the current monitoring switch as ON Query syntax FUNCtion SMONitor IAC Return format NR1 NL END The DEV n MODE command sets the...

Page 48: ...d FUNC DEV1 REF 10 Query syntax FUNCtion DEV n REFerence Return format NR3 NL END The DEV n REFerence FILL sets the nominal value of deviation It controls the instrument to make a measurement and copi...

Page 49: ...e subsystem commands are mainly used to set the measurement speed and the average times used in measurement The APERture query returns the current measurement speed and average times used in measureme...

Page 50: ...x INTernal TRIGger SOURce EXTernal BUS HOLD Where INTernal Be automatically triggered by the instrument and be the defaut setting of the instrument EXTernal Be triggered by the HANDLER interface BUS B...

Page 51: ...ETCh Subsystem Commands FETCh subsystem commands are used to make ST2523 output a measurement result Command syntax FETCH 7 1 6 COMParator Subsystem Commands COMParator subsystem commands are used to...

Page 52: ...mpMode command sets the compare mode of the instrument The COMParator CompMode query returns the current compare mode Command syntax COMParator CompMode BIN COMPare BIN BIN mode COMPare Compare mode F...

Page 53: ...ERcent percentage mode For example WrtCmd BINSETup BinMode ABS Query syntax BINSETup BinMode Return value NR1 NL END NR1 is 0 absolute value mode 1 percentage mode The BINSETup COMPareA command set th...

Page 54: ...ax BINSETup NORmalA Return value NR3 NL END NR3 the primary parameter The BINSETup NORmalB command set the nominal value of the secondary parameter The BINSETup NORmalB query returns the current value...

Page 55: ...of absolute value or percentage can be set The BINSETup BINB query returns the current limit of current mode Command syntax BINSETup BINB N value value N Bin number ranges from 1 9 value value the up...

Page 56: ...cs STATe command sets the statistical function of primary parameter or secondary parameter to ON or OFF Command syntax STATIstics STATe 1 2 A or B Where 1 integer 49 means A 2 integer 50 means B A set...

Page 57: ...it PERcent the percentage mode of high and low limit For example WrtCmd STATIstics MODE ABS Query syntax STATIstics MODE Return value NR1 NL END NR1 is 0 means the percentage mode 1 means the absolute...

Page 58: ...0 01 percentage mode Query syntax STATIstics SET Response NR2 NR3 NR3 For example Syntax STATI SET Response 20 2 0000E 02 1 0000E 02 Or 20 3 0000E 02 1 0000E 02 The STATIstics NORmalA command sets the...

Page 59: ...mple Syntax STATI DEV Response 0 0159E 3 The STATIstics VARiance query returns the statistical variance Query syntax STATIstics VARiance Response sn NR3 For example Syntax STATI DEV Response 0 0159E 3...

Page 60: ...is used to set and return the interval time between trace scanning For example TRACe INTER 1 5 Response value NR2 The TRACe AM max value min value command is used to set the A Max value and the A Min...

Page 61: ...t TRACe ASTOP1 value Set the value of the stop point as value Query syntax TRACe ASTOP1 Response OFF or value NR3 The TRACe SCAN STARt valid only in TRACE DISP page STOP command is used to start or st...

Page 62: ...Tree Mass MEMory LOAD STATe record number STORe STATe record number The LOAD STATe command loads the saved file Command syntax MMEMory LOAD STATe value Where value The serial number of file ranging f...

Page 63: ...acturer model Instrument Model firmware Firmware Version For example WrtCmd IDN The TST query executes an internal self test and returns the test result as the sum of all existing errors codes If ther...

Page 64: ...format value NL END Where value NR1 format decimal expression for contents of the standard event status register Descriptions for each bit of the standard event status register are shown as follows Fo...

Page 65: ...arameter measurements Ever since all pending operations have been completed this command will inform the instrument to add a ASCII number 1 decimal number 49 into the output buffer Command syntax OPC...

Page 66: ...IN5 BIN6 BIN7 BIN8 BIN9 In Compare mode the low active bin number signal is effective 10 OUT In compare mode or bin mode if the DUT is good product this low active signal is effective In compare mode...

Page 67: ...eter is lower the low active bin comparison result output signal is effective 25 KEYLOCK When this signal is effective the keys in the front panel are locked Low active signal is effective 26 NC Null...

Page 68: ...ST2523 Operation Manual Ver1 2 64 Timing chart...

Page 69: ...ment Instruments and its number e Marks for test terminal 9 3 Package The instrument generally wrapped in a plastic bag should be packed in a strong packing box that could resist dust vibration and mo...

Page 70: ...ranty does not apply in the event of misuse or abuse of the product or as a result of unauthorized alterations or repairs Sourcetronic will without charge repair or replace at their discretion defecti...

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