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Be in charge.
Super B.
5.2. Configuring the battery bank and the BIB
Before the BIB and battery bank can be used, the BIB needs to be configured and the
batteries need to have a unique battery node ID. Configuring the BIB and the batteries can be
done by using the Super B battery monitor application.
For connecting a computer to the BIB, a USB-to-CAN converter is required (see table 9).
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The touch display can only be connected to the CAN slave port of the BIB.
5.2.1. Battery ID’s
In multi-battery systems, each Li-ion battery must have an unique node ID (identifier). The
default node ID for a Super B Li-ion battery is 10.
Any node ID between 2 and 127 can be assigned to a Li-ion battery. Node ID 1 cannot be used
for a Li-ion battery as it is the node ID of the BIB. It is not recommended to use node ID 10 for
multi battery configurations as it may be confusing in case a new Li-ion battery is added to
the system.
Multiple Li-ion batteries with the same number will result in unpredictable behaviour of
the battery bank. It is recommended labelling the batteries with their assigned node ID.
Try to number the Li-ion batteries in such a way that the battery bank configuration can be
easily recognized. For example, in a 2 series 2 parallel system use node ID 11,12 for the two
batteries in series and node ID 21,22 for the other two batteries in series.
5.2.2. Battery ID renumbering procedure
Use the following procedure to renumber the node ID for each battery in the system.
1. Connect one Li-ion battery to the BIB via the CAN connection (see figure 9).
