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B L U E W I N D O W O P E R A T I O N A N D I N S T A L L A T I O N M A N U A L

Rev B – 8/12/09

LECTRIC

LUE

OTORS

Blue Window

–

Dashboard Computer

Operation and Installation Manual

Electric Blue Motors

4402 E. Huntington Drive Flagstaff, AZ 86004

Phone 928.527.4662 • Fax 928.527.466

www.electricbluemotors.com

Summary of Contents for Blue Window

Page 1: ...TRIC BLUE MOTORS Blue Window Blue Window Blue Window Blue Window Dashboard Computer Dashboard Computer Dashboard Computer Dashboard Computer Operation and Installation Manual Electric Blue Motors 4402 E Huntington Drive Flagstaff AZ 86004 Phone 928 527 4662 Fax 928 527 466 www electricbluemotors com ...

Page 2: ...ry 8 c Tachometer Signal Input 9 d Temperature Sensor Input 11 e Video Output 12 S E C T I O N 5 Programming 14 S E C T I O N 6 Usage 16 S E C T I O N 7 Capacity Algorithm 17 A P P E N D I X A Schematic 18 A P P E N D I X B Enclosure Drawing 19 A P P E N D I X C Enclosure Mounting 20 A P P E N D I X D Labeled Parts 21 Warning Read ALL of the instructions before attempting installation All connecti...

Page 3: ...Blue Blue Blue Blue Window Window Window Window he Blue Window is a state of the art electric vehicle computer It is used to monitor battery state of charge RPMs battery current and battery voltage The Blue Window is designed so that the battery monitoring is completely isolated from the regular car 12V system The Blue Window is powered by the Propeller chip from Parallax www parallax com The Prop...

Page 4: ... should be reported immediately Your Blue Blue Blue Blue Window Window Window Window should include the following items 1x Blue Window 225 Dashboard Computer 1x I2 C Temperature Sensor 2x Inline fuse holders 2x 1A fuses 1x Composite video cable 1x 2 Pin Mating Connector 2x 4 Pin Mating Connectors 1x Shunt wire set 1x Proximity Switch 2x Round 3 8 Magnet 1x Installation Guide User s Manual Section ...

Page 5: ...Current Motor Speed and Battery Capacity Computer Power 8 20V 20mA Battery Voltage 36 250V Shunt Input 500A 50mV Tachometer 0 8000 RPM Battery Types Supported Flooded Lead Acid Gel AGM Lead Acid and Lithium Video Output Composite Video Color NTSC RS 170 Programming Port Asynchronous Serial TTL levels 115200 n 8 1 Section 3 ...

Page 6: ... VOLTAGE LINES ARE he Blue Window is designed to make installation easy All of the connections on the Blue Window are made with convenient pluggable screw terminals The temperature sensor however has a single 4 position plug The Blue Window should be installed as close to the shunt as possible The shunt sense wires should be less than 1 long Figure 1 shows an installed computer Mounting holes for ...

Page 7: ...N D I N S T A L L A T I O N M A N U A L 5 must completely charge the car before the capacity will read correctly see Section 7 Capacity Algorithm for more details Figure 1 For installation in picture Blue Window was placed about 1 from shunt ...

Page 8: ... breaker 3 If vehicle comes with manual disconnect you must disconnect it as well 4a Isolated Battery Shunt Connections J2 on the Blue Window is used for making the High Voltage and shunt connections While the 4 pin male connector is UNPLUGGED from the board connect the battery and shunt wires and for each into their respective locations designated by J2 in Figure 2 Use one of the included inline ...

Page 9: ...L L A T I O N M A N U A L 7 With the high voltage still disconnected and all four wires in their designated locations on the connector plug the 4 pin male connector into the female housing labeled as J2 Figure 3 High voltage battery Shunt viewing Figure 2 ...

Page 10: ...into the female housings on the computer 4b 12v Car Battery J4 is used for the main 12V supply to the Blue Window highlighted in Figure 4 Use the second included in line fuse to fuse the 12V line The fused 12V connection should be made directly to the 12V battery or to some always on point in the 12V system If the Blue Window looses 12V power then the capacity will reset to 50 see Section 7 Capaci...

Page 11: ... the Blue Window must have an RPM signal hooked up which is located on J1 shown in Figure 5 The simplest way to do this is to connect one side of the included magnetic pickup switch to GND and the other side to TCH polarity does not matter If you want to use a different signal for the tachometer refer to the schematic in Appendix B Figure 5 ...

Page 12: ... installation of the magnetic pickup and two magnets mounted using JB Weld By default the Blue Window needs 2 poles per revolution 2 magnets This matches many car tachometers However if a different number is used then the software can be customized to match Please contact EBM for more information Figure 6 ...

Page 13: ...11 4d Temperature Sensor Input The Temperature Sensor connects to J16 shown in Figure 7 on the Blue Window The sensor itself should be placed on a battery This can be done with epoxy such as JB Weld which can be purchased at any hardware store as shown in Figure 8 Figure 7 Figure 8 ...

Page 14: ...isplay including many in dash DVD players With many models you can even feed the composite video to the back up camera input You can then add a switch to tell the receiver whether to display the Blue Window receiver thinks it s the back up camera or just the normal receiver display If you need to reconnect the video coax cable to J3 then the outer shield wire is connected to GND and the center wir...

Page 15: ...T I O N A N D I N S T A L L A T I O N M A N U A L 13 Reconnect the high voltage by performing the disconnections performed earlier in reverse order 1 Re Connect manual disconnect 2 Turn on the circuit breaker 3 Turn on the ignition ...

Page 16: ...ropeller plug as shown in Figure 10 This would require a Programming Kit sold separately For the latest firmware go to http www electricbluemotors com software For discussion and support on the programming and customizing of the Blue Window please join the Google groups at groups google com group blue window The programming port can be used as a communication Section 5 Figure 10 ...

Page 17: ... useful for an end user and are just there for debugging Parameter Description 1 V_advalue Voltage x 10 2 C_advalue Current 3 Motor_RPM RPM 4 Bat_Perc Battery state of charge 5 AS Battery state of charge Amp seconds 6 d_ms Delta mili seconds since last calculation 7 temp Calculated amp sec since last run 8 tau Current correction factor 9 ttau Current Temperature correction factor 10 tvar Temperatu...

Page 18: ... S T A L L A T I O N M A N U A L 16 6 Usage When properly installed the Blue Window displays the status Voltage Current RPM Battery Capacity of your Electric Vehicle Figure 11 is an example of what you see on a DVD player display Section 6 Figure 11 ...

Page 19: ...curate reading over time Because the Blue Window is keeping track of all current in or out of the battery it must powered at all times When the Blue Window first powers up it sets the capacity to 50 so it will not read correctly until after the first complete charge Subsequent charges must reach a voltage of 171 volts in order to reset the Blue Window to fully charge The source code for the Blue W...

Page 20: ...B L U E W I N D O W O P E R A T I O N A N D I N S T A L L A T I O N M A N U A L 18 AppendixA Schematic ...

Page 21: ...B L U E W I N D O W O P E R A T I O N A N D I N S T A L L A T I O N M A N U A L 19 AppendixB EnclosureDrawing ...

Page 22: ...B L U E W I N D O W O P E R A T I O N A N D I N S T A L L A T I O N M A N U A L 20 AppendixC EnclosureMounting ...

Page 23: ...B L U E W I N D O W O P E R A T I O N A N D I N S T A L L A T I O N M A N U A L 21 AppendixD LabeledParts ...

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