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5.2.3. Battery layout
The BIB represents a battery bank as one battery. To be able to do so, the BIB must be
informed about the layout of the batteries. This means how the batteries are connected with
regard to series and or parallel. The number of batteries that are connected is detected by
the BIB itself by doing a full scan. If the BIB is not configured by SuperB the end user must do
this. Follow the procedure below to set the battery layout.
1. Connect all Li-ion batteries to the BIB via the CAN connection as described in chapter 4.6.1..
2. Click ‘Update’ followed by a ‘FullScan’ and confirm with ‘Yes’.
The Super B battery monitor application request the BIB to scan for connected Li-ion batteries. When
the scan is completed, the number of Li-ion batteries connected will be shown in the “configuration
tab” in the “Total # batteries” field (see Figure 13)
3. Configure the battery bank with the up- and down arrows in the “#Batteries in series” and “#Batteries
parallel” fields. The amount of Li-ion batteries in series multiplied by the amount of Li-ion batteries in
parallel should be equal to the total amount of Li-ion batteries. The battery monitor will not allow an
invalid configuration.
Figure 13. Battery monitor configuration tab
