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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Contents Preface..................3 Warning and Safety Notes............4 Technical Specifications...............6 Connections POCKETLADER XL ..........7 Connections Balancer..............8 Controls..................10 Turning ON and OFF and SETup..........11 Charging and Discharging............12 1. NiCd and NiMh (NiXx) Batteries ........12 2. Lithium Ion/Polymer/FerroPhosphate (A123).....17 3.

  • Page 3: Preface

    The latest control software (firmware) can be downloaded at any time via the Internet from the evoJet website (http://evojet.de) and saved in the flash memory of your POCKETLADER XL. Thus your POCKETLADER XL is optimally prepared for today's and tomorrow's applications.

  • Page 4: Warning And Safety Notes

    POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Warning and Safety Notes In order to guarantee a safe operation of your POCKETLADER XL, please always observe the safety notes on this page. The manufacturer takes no responsibility for damage caused by improper use. The POCKETLADER XL charger is designed to be powered by a 12 V DC or 24 V DC car battery.
  • Page 5 POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions X Faulty or damaged cells or batteries. X Batteries consisting of parallel-wired cells, or cells of different types or consisting of old and new cells mixed, or cells of different makes. X Non-rechargeable batteries(drycells). Caution: explosion hazard ! X Batteries which are not expressly recommended by the manufacturer to be suitable for the currents which the charger unit delivers during the charging.

  • Page 6: Technical Specifications

    POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Technical Specifications 8 V - 30 V DC car battery with 12V Power supply: or 24V typ. 125 mA - max. 20 A adjustable Operating current: Stand-by current (OFF): < 100 µA 1 V - 33 V / 50 mA - 10 A Output (reverse polarity protected): Corresponding to:...

  • Page 7: Connections Pocketlader Xl

    POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Connections POCKETLADER XL On the left side of the housing, you will find the connector for the power supply (stabilized DC power adapter or battery). On the right side are the plug sockets for the connection of the battery to be charged as well as the SIO interface for data ex- change with a PC (e.g.

  • Page 8: Connections Balancer

    (+) and (-) are not wrong. Many ready to use diagnosis-adapter are available for all common used LiPo/LiFe batteries: (see http://evojet.de) Example: [0688G5] Adapter G5 – Graupner/robbe/Kokam 5S Use always the right adapter-type for your battery.
  • Page 9 POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Single-cell Voltages An internal data-connection supplies the POCKETLADER-XL with the voltage information of the single cells in a battery pack. They can easily be toggled with the SET key during charging and appears in the LCD instead of the time display. The cell-voltages display will also automatic rotate slow.

  • Page 10: Controls

    POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Controls All keys and displays for controlling the device are located on the upper side of the unit. Info-LED Up - Down ON - OFF Buttons SETup Button More information about using the keys and the meaning of the displays can be found on the following pages.

  • Page 11: Turning On And Off And Setup

    POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Turning ON and OFF and SETup The Pocketlader powers-ON automatically, when the power ● supply (stabilized DC power adapter with 8 V – 30 Volt or a sufficiently dimensioned battery) is applied. See Setup 17: POWERUP-ON must be YES.

  • Page 12: Charging And Discharging

    POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Charging and Discharging First select the charging program (mode) suitable for your battery type by using the Up/Down keys. The program is shown in the upper left corner of the display. 1. NiCd and NiMh (NiXx) Batteries These battery types are charged with a selectable constant cur- rent.
  • Page 13 POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Program Delta peak per cell NiMh -0.30 % ≈ -4.5 mV ▲ ▲ -0.50 % ≈ -7.5 mV NiMh+ ▲ -0.70 % ≈ -10.5 mV NiCd ▲ -1.30 % ≈ -19.5 mV NiCd+ NiXx CC/CV Voltage 61:NiXx-CV/MAX. To achieve an optimal charging result and temperature behavior, we recommend the higher delta peak values (programs NiMh+ and NiCd+) for charging currents up to 1.5 C* and the smaller...
  • Page 14 POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Program Recommended charging current NiMh 1.5 C to 2 C* ▲ ▲ 0.5 C to 1.5 C* NiMh+ ▲ 1.5 C to 4 C* NiCd ▲ 0.5 C to 1.5 C* NiCd+ NiXx NiMh: 0.1 C to 0.5 C* (format mode) NiCd: 0.1 C to 1.0C* Caution: Please use always the charging currents and voltage...
  • Page 15 POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Combination mode A follow-up charge or discharge (combi program) process can be activated by pressing the SET key for longer 1 second during the Charging current preselection (tick, tick). Use the Up/Down keys to switch between the available combination values. CHARGE =>...
  • Page 16 POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions The following Setup parameters are relevant for these programs (see section Setup Mode starting on page 26): 11: DISCHARGE-END 12: DISCHARGE (time) 13: NiMhCd-CYCLES Caution: Please use always the charging currents and voltage limits recommended by the battery supplier ! * The charging rate C is the battery capacity per hour.

  • Page 17: Lithium Ion/Polymer/Ferrophosphate (A123)

    POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions 2. Lithium Ion/Polymer/FerroPhosphate (A123) These battery types are charged with a manually selected current CC and a constant charging voltage CV. The charging process is terminated automatically when a full battery is detected due to a drop-down of the charging amps (see SETUP: -END).
  • Page 18 POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Example: Program Charging voltage (1s to 5s) per cell LiFe(A123) 3.6 V 7.2 V 10.8 V 14.4 V 18.0 V *3.60 V Lion 4.1 V 8.2 V 12.3 V 16.4 V 20.5 V *4.10 V LiPo 4.2 V 8.4 V 12.6 V 16.8 V 21.0 V *4.20 V...
  • Page 19 POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Program Recommended charging current LiFe(A123) 0.5 C to 4 C* Lion 0.5 C to 1 C* LiPo 0.5 C to 2 C* Caution: Please use always the charging currents and voltage limits recommended by the battery supplier ! Limiter preselection To limit a charge or discharge in [mAh], press the SET key for longer 1 second (tick) and then the Up/Down keys to switch bet-...
  • Page 20 POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Combination mode A follow-up charge or discharge (combi program) process can be activated by pressing the SET key for longer 1 second during the Charging current preselection (tick, tick). Use the Up/Down keys to switch between the available combination values. CHARGE =>...
  • Page 21 POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions The following Setup parameters are relevant for these programs (see section Setup Mode starting on page 26): 11: DISCHARGE-END 12: DISCHARGE (time) X0: LiXy-CV/MIN. X1: LiXy-CV/MAX. X2: LiXy-CHARGE (time) X3: LiXy-INFO X4: LiXy-END X5: LiXy-CYCLES X6: LiXy-FIXED X7: LiXy-RESTART * The charging rate C is the battery capacity per hour.

  • Page 22: Lead And Lead Acid Batteries (Pb)

    POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions 3. Lead and Lead Acid Batteries (Pb) These battery types are charged with a manually selected current CC and a constant charging voltage CV. The charging process is terminated automatically when a full battery is detected due to a drop-down of the charging amps (see SETUP:54:Pb-END).
  • Page 23 POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions The constant charging voltage is set as follows, depending on the number of cells and SETUP 51:Pb-CV/MAX. Program Charging voltage Pb2V to Pb24V per cell 2,45 V up to 29,4 V *2.45 V see Setup Caution: Always make sure that the correct charging voltage for the respective number of series cells is used, because excessive voltage can cause the battery to...
  • Page 24 POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Limiter preselection To limit a charge or discharge in [mAh], press the SET key for longer 1 second (tick) and then the Up/Down keys to switch bet- ween the available values [mAh]. Range: 50mAh – 9900mAh During the charge or discharge process the Limiter will be displayed by a toggling charge mAh, i.e.
  • Page 25 POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Current re-adjustment To re-adjust the charge or discharging amps during the running charge simply use the Up/Down keys to switch between the ▲ available values. For the peak modes in the first 3 minutes only. Generally, for any possible adjustment during the running charge, the SETUP 18:KEY-LOCK must be set to NO.

  • Page 26: Configuration - Setup Mode

    POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Configuration - SETup mode In the Setup mode of the POCKETLADER-XL, you can modify the basic configuration settings of the charger. To enter the Setup mode double-click the SET key while the device is on or keep the SET key pressed when switching the unit on.

  • Page 27: Selectable Setup-Menus

    POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Selectable Setup-Menus To leave the Setup-modes back to normal operation, keep the SET key pressed until the regular charging display appears.

  • Page 28: Setup 1: Charger

    POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Setup 1: CHARGER...
  • Page 29 POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions To enter the 1:CHARGER-SETUP menu, hit the SET key and use the Up/Down keys to choose between the available parameter. To change a setting, first hit the SET key and then use the Up/Down keys to switch between the available values. A '?' indicates the value to be set.
  • Page 30 POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions 14:POWERSOURCE Value for the maximum charging power – limitation for a small power-supply unit or supplying battery. e.g. wall-plug supply: 12V / 4 Amps ➔ Standard value: 18 Amps 15:MIN.VOLTAGE Value for the minimum input voltage – warning before deep- discharging the supplying battery or overloading the power- supply unit.
  • Page 31 POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions 19:*RESET-VALUES Reload all setup-values with the recommended factory settings. To do this, activate to YES and hit the SET key. Standard value: NO Caution: Please use always the charging amperage and voltage limits recommended by the battery supplier!

  • Page 32: Setup 2: Lipo To Setup 6: Nixx

    POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Setup 2: LiPo to Setup 6: NiXx To change a setting, first hit the SET key and then use the Up/Down keys to switch between the available values. A '?' indicates the value to be set. To finish the setting and store the new value, hit the SET key again.
  • Page 33 POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Representative for Lion-, LiFe(A123)-, Pb- and NiXx- is fol- lowing shown the setup-values for LiPo-batteries. 20:LiPo-CV/MIN. Value for the minimum allowed discharging voltage (CV) per cell. Standard value: 3.20 Volt The recommended factory setting is marked by an asterix * -symbol. 21:LiPo-CV/MAX.
  • Page 34 POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions 25:LiPo-CYCLES Value for the number of combination-cycles, consisting of charge / discharge or discharge / charge procedures. Standard value: 1-cycle 26:LiPo-FIXED Setting for a fixed charging mode and battery setting. The charging current / amps setting and chosen S-cells are taken over.

  • Page 35: The Sio Interface

    The SIO connector (Serial Input / Output) of your POCKET- LADER serves as an interface for data exchange with a PC. For the data transfer, you need a serial SIO cable, which you can order at the evoJet webshop (http://evojet.de item no. [0590], SIO2USB PC cable).

  • Page 36: Updating The Pocketlader Firmware

    POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Updating the POCKETLADER Firmware 1. Connect the POCKETLADER to the PC using the SIO2USB cable and switch the POCKETLADER on. 2. Launch the Microlog application on the PC and select the menu item Firmware-Info / Flash-Utility in the Options menu. 3.
  • Page 37 POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions 5. The firmware versions available on the server or in the selected local directory are listed. Select the desired version and language, and click on OK. 6. The new firmware is transferred into the flash memory of the POCKETLADER.

  • Page 38: Specifications Of The Sio Interface

    POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Specifications of the SIO Interface During operation, the POCKETLADER constantly sends the cur- rent operating parameters via the SIO interface according to the following specification: 3.5 mm stereo jack Plug 9600 bps, 8/n/1 Transmission format #[MC],[seconds],[mV],[±mA]CRLF Data output each second...

  • Page 39: Recommended Charging Currents (Overview)

    POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Recommended Charging Currents (Overview) Battery type Program Recommended charging current Nickel metal NiMh 1.5 C to 2 C* hydride NiMh+ 0.5 C to 1.5 C* Nickel cadmium NiCd 1.5 C to 4 C* NiCd+ 0.5 C to 1.5 C* Lithium ion Lion 0.5 C to 1 C*...
  • Page 40 POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions CE-conformance evoJet GmbH declares battery-charger series POCKETLADER-XL conformance with following harmonised EC directives: EN50081, EN50082, EN55014, EN55022 Langerwehe, 1.6.2012...
  • Page 41 POCKETLADER XL V4 - Instructions Notes:...

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