Intel Falcon 8+ User Manual page 35

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The five menu options are the following:
Menu option 1, charging state
When LED 1 is flashing menu option 1 can be activated. When activated the LEDs show
the state of charge of the battery (like described in the above table
After showing the state of charge of the battery for 8 seconds the menu is closed
automatically (all LEDs off).
Menu option 2, Storage Mode
When LED 2 is flashing menu option 2 can be activated. When you select this option by
pushing/holding down the button for more than 2 secs the battery Storage Mode is
activated. When this mode is activated all but one LEDs are on. The off LED moves from
right to left.
In the Storage Mode the BMS automatically balances the battery down to 3.8V / Cell (=
15,2 V per battery). The battery Storage Mode can be deactivated by pushing the
battery button for more than 2 secs.
We recommend to use this mode when you plan to store the battery for 2 days or
longer. When it is necessary to activate storage mode on batteries, make sure to have
them discharged by flying with them before. So that they can be charged to storage
voltage level.
It will take very long to discharge full batteries to storage voltage because there is only
a small resistive load.
Menu option 3, charging cycles
When LED 3 is flashing menu option 3 can be activated by a long push. The LEDs show
the current battery charging cycles, i.e. how often the battery was charged.
The total number of charging cycles of the battery is shown by the LEDs in a binary
system by powers of 2 from right to left multiplied by 10.
Table 2-8. Charging cycles
The LEDs show the total number of charging cycles of the battery from right to left beginning with
LED 5 (green) = 2
Status of LED No. 
1 2 3 4 5 (examples)
- - - - on
- - - on -
- - - on on
- - on - on
- on on on on
Menu option 4, overall capacity
Menu option 4 shows the current possible amount of charge the battery may hold when
fully loaded as percentage compared to the factory battery capacity.
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0
, this number has to be multiplied by 10
Charging cycles
0
2 = 1 X 10 ≙ 0 - 10
1
2 = 2 X 10 ≙ 11 - 20
0 1
2 + 2 = 3 X 10 ≙ 21 - 30
0 2
2 + 2 = 5 X 10 ≙ 41 - 50
0 1
2 + 2 + 2
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2 + 3
+ 2 = 15 X 10 ≙ 141 - 150
Charging state).
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