Owner’s Manual
High Precision Module Battery Monitor
Enerdrive ePRO Plus Battery Monitor Owner’s Manual (Rev. 1.03) January 2019
Страница 1: ...Owner s Manual High Precision Module Battery Monitor Enerdrive ePRO Plus Battery Monitor Owner s Manual Rev 1 03 January 2019 ...
Страница 2: ... technical or other information provided in its manuals or other documentation 2 Assumes no responsibility or liability for losses damages costs or expenses whether special direct indirect consequential or incidental which might arise out of the use of such information The use of any such information will be entirely at the user s risk 3 Makes no warranty either expressed or implied including but ...
Страница 3: ...CKSTART 9 2 1 General 9 2 2 Setup wizard 9 3 NORMAL OPERATING MODE 12 3 1 Overview Of Parameter Readouts 12 3 2 Display Messages 14 3 3 Synchronization 15 4 STATUS MENU 16 5 HISTORY MENU 18 6 FUNCTION SETUP MENU 19 6 1 Battery Bank 1 Main Properties 19 6 2 Battery Bank 2 Properties 21 6 3 Battery Bank 3 Properties 22 6 4 System Properties 23 6 5 Alarm Properties 23 6 6 Display Properties 27 6 7 Gl...
Страница 4: ...2 8 1 Locking The ePRO Plus 32 8 2 Unlocking The ePRO Plus 32 9 TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDELINE 33 10 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 35 11 WARRANTY CONDITIONS 37 12 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY 38 13 APPENDIX 1 39 Measuring The Midpoint Voltage Of A 24V Or 48V Battery Bank 39 Wiring 39 Practical Information 41 ...
Страница 5: ... Shunt to CDU cable Bag with rubber port covers This owner s manual Installation guide Please contact your supplier when any of these items show visual damage or when some items are missing 1 3 Why A Battery Should Be Monitored Operating your battery bank without good metering is like running your car without any gauges although possible to do it s always better to know how much fuel is left in th...
Страница 6: ...ses like mid point voltage measurement key switch input or back light control The ePRO Plus battery monitor can measure DC currents up to 600Amps 500Amp continuous and voltages up to 70Vdc So any lead or lithium based battery from 12V up to 48V can be monitored The installation time is minimal requiring only one supply wire to the intelligent shunt base and a single plug and play QLINK QuickLink c...
Страница 7: ...ischarge current turning counter clockwise The animation speed will also increase when the charge or discharge current increases 1 6 Active Shunt Status Indicator The connection and installation details of the active shunt are already explained in the installation guide However the active shunt is also equipped with a smart status indicator light that deserves special attention Please see the imag...
Страница 8: ...Status ash interval1 Description Green Slow Main battery healthy SoC 50 Orange Slow Main battery needs to be recharged SoC 30 50 Red Slow Main battery empty recharge now SoC 30 Red Fast Error Orange Fast Initializing Status ash interval times are 2 seconds for Slow and 0 5 seconds for Fast ...
Страница 9: ...2 2 Setup wizard The Setup wizard will guide you through a few basic steps that are essential for a correctly functioning ePRO Plus No other Function settings can be accessed before the Setup wizard has been completed Step 1 2 Main battery type The display will start by showing the battery type selection screen You can use the left and right arrow keys to select between AGM default GEL Flooded and...
Страница 10: ... value for the State of Charge is not given yet and represented by A complete charge cycle is needed to obtain the exact State of Charge value For the highest accuracy it is important that the battery is not being charged or discharged during this analysis time When your battery system has a nominal voltage level other than listed in table 2 you need to manually change this in Advanced Function A0...
Страница 11: ...20 0V 18V 9 cells 18V 6 cells 20 0 Vbatt 30 0V 24V 12 cells 24V 8 cells 30 0 Vbatt 40 0V 36V 18 cells 36V 12 cells VBatt 40 0V 48V 24 cells 48V 16 cells Once the ePRO Plus shows the estimated state of charge value it is now ready for use Over time it will keep on learning your battery and the estimated state of charge will become increasingly more accurate ...
Страница 12: ...ual parameters can be enabled or disabled through functions F9 0 to F9 8 The default settings will allow the second parameter to only show for 120 seconds after the ePRO Plus has been accessed This will keep the display clean under normal conditions which might be preferred by less technical end users Function F9 9 sets the second parameter auto hide time and also o ers an option to always show th...
Страница 13: ...nnected to the B3 input This value will only be shown when the B3 input is con gured as a third battery input see Function F3 0 Main battery current A Shows the current owing in or out of the main battery A negative sign indicates a discharge current and a positive sign a charge current Main battery power W Shows the power draw from the main battery negative sign or the power ow into the battery p...
Страница 14: ...ature sensor is connected to the ePRO Plus The default temperature unit is C but it can be set to F as well in Function F10 3 3 2 Display Messages The ePRO Plus can show a number of di erent status messages on the display These will vary from advisory to error messages Please see the table below for the available messages Table 4 Message Explanation battery name Battery Full The main battery is fu...
Страница 15: ...onized very often Nevertheless for the highest State of Charge SoC readout accuracy it is still advisable to regularly synchronize the ePRO Plus with your battery A synchronisation step means nothing more than performing a complete charge cycle on your battery The ePRO Plus will automatically detect when a full charge cycle has been performed and resets the SoC value to 100 Performing full charge ...
Страница 16: ...Status menu From any menu position the normal operating mode can be accessed again by pressing the MENU key for 3 seconds The ePRO Plus will also jump back to the normal operating mode automatically after 30 seconds when no keys are pressed during this time The following Status menu items are available Table 5 Status Item Status description S 1 0 Name Shows the name of this product S 1 1 Firmware ...
Страница 17: ...idpoint deviation Shows the present midpoint deviation percentage S 4 0 Total hours Shows the number of hours that this product has been running S 4 1 Maintenance hours Shows the number of hours left before maintenance is required S 4 3 Hours since charged Shows the number of hours since the battery has last been charged S 4 4 Hours since synchronized Shows the number of hours since the battery mo...
Страница 18: ...rge of your main battery in Ah This number will be recalculated after each synchronization H 1 1 Average discharge Average discharge of your main battery in percent This number will be recalculated after each synchronization H 1 2 Deepest discharge Ah Deepest discharge of your main battery in Ah H 1 3 Deepest discharge Deepest discharge of your main battery in H 1 4 Total Ah removed The total numb...
Страница 19: ...ion value changes to internal memory When no keys are pressed for 120 seconds while operating in the Function setup menu the ePRO Plus will automatically return to the normal operating mode again without saving any Function value changes All available Functions are described in the next chapters When the message Locked appears on the display while trying to edit one of the Functions the ePRO Plus ...
Страница 20: ...When the Peukert value of your battery is unknown it is recommended to keep this value at 1 17 A value of 1 00 disables the Peukert compensation and should be used for Lithium based batteries Default 1 17 Range 1 00 1 50 Step size 0 01 F1 5 Reserved Default Range Step size F1 6 Battery temperature In this Function the average battery temperature can be adjusted when no temperature sensor is connec...
Страница 21: ...board battery bank Power Power battery bank Gen Strt Generator starter battery Bowtrst Bow thruster battery Radio Radio battery Vehicle Vehicle battery Trailer Trailer battery Drive Drivetrain battery Brake Brake battery Solar Solar battery Other Other battery 6 2 Battery Bank 2 Properties F2 0 Battery bank 2 function Set the function for the battery bank 2 B2 input Default DISABLE Range see table...
Страница 22: ...he display and a voltage of 1 5V turns it on HOURCNT Use input to control hour counting Total and Maintenance hours When the applied voltage is 1 5V hour counting will start When the voltage is 1V hour counting will be paused again This option can be used to accumulate the operating hours of the complete system such as a forklift truck BKLIGHT Use input to enable or disable the display backlight o...
Страница 23: ... in Function F4 2 Default OFF Range OFF ON F4 2 Maintenance interval Choose a time schedule for maintenance When Function F4 1 is set to ON the accumulated operating hours are being subtracted from the maintenance interval hours set in this Function A maintenance alarm message will automatically appear on the display once the maintenance interval has reached 0 hours Default 5000h Range 100 100000h...
Страница 24: ... When the SoC falls below the On value the associated alarm will be activated When the SoC rises above the O value this alarm will be deactivated again TIME LOW bank1 0h30m 1h00m 1min 24hrs Low time remaining When the time remaining falls below the On value the associated alarm will be activated When the time remaining rises above the O value this alarm will be deactivated again I CHARGE bank1 10 ...
Страница 25: ...viation When the deviation exceeds the On value the associated alarm will be activated When the deviation falls below the O value this alarm will be deactivated again For more information on midpoint voltage measurement and setup please see appendix 1 in Section 13 page 39 of this user manual V LOW bank2 10 5V 11 0V 7 0V 70 0V Low battery voltage When the voltage falls below the On value the assoc...
Страница 26: ...rm is activated Default 10sec Range 0 3600sec Step size variable F5 4 Alarm 1 o delay This is the time the alarm o condition of F5 2 must be met before the alarm is deactivated Default 0sec Range 0 3600sec Step size variable F5 5 Warning Choose whether or not the active alarm is shown on the display VIS or an audible alarm AUD will sound The audible alarm will stop sounding when the alarm has been...
Страница 27: ...F Range OFF ON F9 4 Show time remaining Default ON Range OFF ON F9 5 Show temperature Default ON Range OFF ON F9 7 Show bank 2 voltage Only available when F2 0 is set to AUX BAT Default ON Range OFF ON F9 8 Show bank 3 voltage Only available when F3 0 is set to AUX BAT Default ON Range OFF ON F9 9 Auto hide parameter The default setting will allow the bottom parameter to only show for 120 seconds ...
Страница 28: ...ith your battery when it is fully charged The default mode is STANDARD which is the preferred setting for most applications The setting LEGACY represents an autosync mode as used in the ePRO and eLITE battery monitors This mode can be selected when the installer wishes to have more control over the auto sync conditions These conditions can be set in Functions A02 A03 A04 and A05 once A01 is set to...
Страница 29: ...s too long or does never occur lower this value When the battery monitor synchronizes too early increase this value Default 5 Range 0 10 Step size 1 A06 Reserved Default Range Step size A07 Bank 1 series cell count Allows you to edit the number of internal series cells of your used batteries that was automatically determined after completing the Setup Wizard See table 2 in chapter 2 2 for more inf...
Страница 30: ...ll be ne for most applications Only in case of long temperature sensor cables and or environments with extremely high RF interference levels it is advised to set this value to 2 Default 1 Range 0 2 Step size 1 All changed Function settings remain in the ePRO Plus s internal memory Even when the supply voltage has been interrupted This also applies to the stored Status and History items ...
Страница 31: ... Table 11 Reset item Reset description r 1 0 Reset Alarms Use this item to suppress all present alarms Associated alarm contacts will be turned o and the alarm indicator on the display will also be turned o A suppressed alarm can only be re triggered when the alarm s o conditions are met rst r 1 1 Reset Maintenance Hours Resets the maintenance hour counter status item S4 1 This reset item is only ...
Страница 32: ...he pin code and the display will shortly show LOCK OK before jumping back to the normal operating mode Now the Setup and Reset menus are read only blocking any attempt to change a setting When no pin code is entered for 15 seconds the ePRO Plus will automatically jump back to the main menu again 8 2 Unlocking The ePRO Plus When you wish to unlock the ePRO Plus you will notice that menu name LOCK h...
Страница 33: ...s can be made in the Function setup menu the text Locked appears when trying to change a value The battery monitor is locked by the installer Please see chapter 8 for more details State of Charge or Time remaining readout not accurate Check if all current is owing through the shunt the negative terminal of the battery may only contain the wire going to the battery side of the shunt Shunt installed...
Страница 34: ...ot interrupt the charge process before it is nished Consider setting Advanced Function A01 to LEGACY and tweak Functions A02 A05 to better match it to your system The monitor synchronizes too early In some systems like solar the charge current can uctuate heavily causing the battery monitor to consider the battery fully charged too early In this case Function A01 can be set to LEGACY and Function ...
Страница 35: ...eadout resolution Voltage 0 70V Current 0 10A Current 10 100A Current 100 600A State of Charge 0 100 Time remaining 0 24hrs Time remaining 24 240hrs Amphours 0 10000Ah Power 0 42kW Temperature 20 C 50 C 0 01V 0 01A 0 1A 1A 1 1min 1hr 0 01Ah 10Ah variable 0 01W 1kW variable 0 5 C Voltage measurement accuracy 0 3 Current measurement accuracy 0 4 Shunt dimensions Footprint Base height Total height We...
Страница 36: ...r supply and B2 for main battery voltage measurement the input voltage range for the main battery is 1 70Vdc 00A is the maximum rating for 20 minutes The continuous input current range is 500A Please act according to your local rules and do not dispose of your old products with the normal household waste The correct disposal of your old product will help prevent potential negative consequences for...
Страница 37: ... installing of the product and product malfunctioning Since Enerdrive cannot control the use and installation according to local regulations of their products the customer is always responsible for the actual use of these products Enerdrive products are not designed for use as critical components in life support devices or systems which can potentially harm humans and or the environment The custom...
Страница 38: ... enerdrive com au Web www enerdrive com au Declares that the following product PRODUCT TYPE Battery Monitor MODEL ePRO Plus Conforms to the requirements of the following Directives of the European Union EMC Directive 2014 30 EU Low voltage Directive 2014 35 EU The above product is in conformity with the following harmonized standards EMC EN55016 2 1 A1 EN55016 2 3 A1 EN 61000 4 2 3 4 5 6 Safety EN...
Страница 39: ...eries as well When connecting several series strings in parallel a bad battery or cell can cause even more damage to the surrounding healthy ones Wiring When installing a series string of batteries or cells please make sure to only use batteries of the same age and with identical initial State of Charge SoC When you are not certain if the SoC of each battery is equal please perform a full charge c...
Страница 40: ...the total battery capacity things are getting slightly more complicated Normally such series strings should not have interconnected midpoints like indicated in the next image The reason for this is that through the interconnected midpoints one bad battery in a series string can damage all other batteries if not being monitored correctly However when decent midpoint voltage measurement has been app...
Страница 41: ... battery bank is exposed to very high charge or discharge currents Under these conditions the midpoint alarm may trip For this reason the default alarm On delay is set to 300 seconds as this is still considered a short enough time to not damage the batteries The default setting for the maximum deviation percentage for formula see is 2 which is considered a good value for 24V systems For 48V system...
Страница 42: ...mage or costs which might arise out of the use of the midpoint voltage alarm This functionality should only be used by experienced installers with su cient battery knowledge and is intended for global indication purposes only d 100 V2 V1 Vavg where d deviation in V2 voltage of the upper half in the series string V1 voltage of the lower half in the series string Vavg V1 V2 2 ...
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