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3.0 Setup
Range is
0%
to
100%
, where 100% represents a fully charged battery
and 0% means the battery is completely discharged.
If no % displays, there are 3 status menus to determine what state the
BMK is in:
Pwr-up Fault
- The battery monitor faulted when it was powered-up.
The fault occurred because the power-up self-test failed.
No Comm
- This indicates the ME-BMK/ME-BMK-NS is not communicating
with the router. The most common causes are: no ME-BMK/ME-BMK-NS
installed in the system, a bad network cable, or no power to the ME-
BMK/ME-BMK-NS.
Think’n
- The battery monitor is connected and actively monitoring the
battery system. The router displays “
Think’n
” (or “
n’k“
in some screen
displays) to indicate that the SOC reference point is being calculated.
After the batteries are fully charged, the display changes from “
Think’n
”
to “
100%
” and begins to provide accurate SOC percentage values.
04B DC Volts - BMK:
This meter displays the real-time battery voltage
from
07.00
to
70.00 volts
(± 0.02 volts).
04C DC Amps - BMK:
This meter displays the real-time charge current
(amps into the battery), or the discharge current (amps out of the
battery). Charging is shown as a positive (+) number and discharging is
shown as a negative (-) number. The range is from
±0.1
to
999 amps
,
with a 1.0% accuracy.
04D AH In/Out:
This meter displays the amp-hours returned to or
removed from the battery. When this value is positive, it represents
amp-hours returned to the battery during any subsequent charging. A
negative value represents amp-hours removed from a full battery. Its
range is
±32768 AH
.
O4E Resettable AHrs:
This meter displays the total amp-hours
removed from the battery since it was last reset. This display can be
used as a battery load indicator to help determine and monitor the
battery load consumption. Its range is
0
to
6,553.50 amp-hours
(0.1
amp hour resolution).
04F Total kAHrs Out
(
Total Amp-Hours Removed):
This meter
displays the total amp-hours removed from the battery since the Sense
Module was
fi
rst connected. This display can be used as a battery
service life indicator. The value is displayed in 0.1k [or 100 amp-hours
(“k” equals 1000)] resolution up to a maximum of 6,553.5k amp-hours
(6,553,500 amp-hours). The displayed number resets to 0.0k when the
Sense Module is disconnected from power.
04G Minimum VDC:
This menu displays the lowest battery voltage
since the last reset. The voltage shown on the display is averaged each
second and is helpful when troubleshooting or detecting an over-discharge
condition.
04H Maximum VDC:
This menu displays the highest battery voltage
since the last reset. The voltage shown on the display is averaged each
second, this allows you to check your charging system (battery charger,
charge controller, etc.) to ensure the charging voltage has been attained.
This display is also helpful when troubleshooting or detecting if an over-
charge condition has occurred.
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