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West Mountain Radio
Operating Manual
Example (1.5 Amp Test, cutoff at 10.5V):
/test discharge 1.5 /cutoff 10.5
power
performs a
Constant Power Test
with constant power draw from the battery.
watts
specifies the desired power draw.
Example (50 Watt test, cutoff at 10.5V):
/test power 50 /cutoff 10.5
resistance
performs a
Constant Resistance Test
with constant resistance load on the battery.
ohms
specifies the desired load.
Example (5 Ohm test, cutoff at 10.5V):
/test resistance 5 /cutoff 10.5
multiple
performs a
Multiple Discharge Test
with multiple set points of constant current draw. Loop is optional. If
the word loop appears before the other parameters, then the software will loop to the first test point at the
completion of the last point. If the word loop does not appear before the other parameters, the software will
finish the test when the last test point is complete.
n
specifies the number of constant current set points.
tn
specifies the duration, in seconds, to draw this current.
an
specifies the desired current draw for this set point.
Test will complete prematurely if the cutoff voltage is hit (to stop this affect, set cutoff voltage to 0).
Be aware that CBA Amplifiers draw a small offset current even when ‘Disabled’.
When using multiple discharge set points, if there is a set point with 0 load current, there may still be a small
offset current
if
using a CBA Amplifier.
Example no loop (10A for 30 seconds, 30A for 5 seconds, 0A for 20 seconds, 5A for 120 seconds, then
test stops):
/test multiple 4,30,10,5,30,20,0,120,5 /cutoff 10.5
Example with loop (10A for 30 seconds, 30A for 5 seconds, 0A for 20 seconds, 5A for 120 seconds, then
loop to first profile point):
/test multiple loop,4,30,10,5,30,20,0,120,5 /cutoff 10.5
duty
performs a
Duty Cycle Test
at specified
amps
load current, load is applied for
ton
seconds, and not applied
for
toff
seconds.
ton
and
toff
cannot be fractional numbers. Test is automatically stopped when voltage drops
below cutoff voltage.
profile
performs a
Power Profile Test
with load beginning at zero and increasing every 8 seconds by the specified
increment
until the
cutoff current
value is reached or the battery voltage falls below the /cutoff parameter.
Example (2A increment with 20 A cutoff current and 8.5V cutoff)
/test profile 2,20 /cutoff 8.5
