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Revolectrix PowerLab Touch Series User Manual

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PowerLab Touch Series Battery Workstations
DUAL POWERLAB 6 TOUCH (PN: LC06S40ATDIC-MC)
DUAL POWERLAB 8 TOUCH (PN: LC08S40ATDIC-MC)
User's Guide
BUMP Firmware v4.06 and later
APPLIES TO THE FOLLOWING MODELS:
POWERLAB 6 TOUCH (PN: LC06S40AT-MC)
POWERLAB 8 TOUCH (PN: LC08S40AT-MC)
© 2015, 2016, 2017 FMA,Inc.
Updated: 12/18/2017

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  • Page 1 PowerLab Touch Series Battery Workstations User’s Guide BUMP Firmware v4.06 and later APPLIES TO THE FOLLOWING MODELS: POWERLAB 6 TOUCH (PN: LC06S40AT-MC) DUAL POWERLAB 6 TOUCH (PN: LC06S40ATDIC-MC) POWERLAB 8 TOUCH (PN: LC08S40AT-MC) DUAL POWERLAB 8 TOUCH (PN: LC08S40ATDIC-MC) © 2015, 2016, 2017 FMA,Inc.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Settings – Feature Controls ....................29 BumpTag Installation ......................30 BumpTag Configuration ....................31 Upgrading Firmware ......................38 Revolectrix CCS Mobile App ..................... 39 Troubleshooting ......................... 41 Support options ......................... 43 REVOLECTRIX limited warranty ..................44 Limits and exclusions ..........................44...

  • Page 3: About Powerlab Touch Battery Workstations

    Once a BumpTag is programmed for a given battery, a simple “BUMP” of the battery on a Revolectrix BUMP-compliant charger or controller and it is ready to charge. The Revolectrix PowerLab Touch chargers have BUMP support built in, while BUMP support may be added to any legacy (or up to 4 of legacy) Cellpro PowerLab Battery Workstations by connecting a BUMP Controller which takes complete control of the PowerLab Workstations.

  • Page 4: Powerlab Touch Battery Workstation Features

    PowerLab Touch Battery Workstation Features FEATURES: • Simple, intuitive color touchscreen user interface • Complete charger setup with a simple "bump" of the battery ... just bump, connect, and press Go • Optimizes charger settings for each individual battery, speeds up the charging setup process •...
  • Page 5 HARDWARE CAPABILITIES: CONTROLLER INTERFACE • High-brightness, 2.8" QVGA TFT LCD with resistive touchscreen • Integrated BUMP wireless interface for configuring and reading BumpTags on batteries • Integrated Bluetooth 4.0/LE support for wireless real-time monitoring, control, and firmware upgrades (Android, Apple iOS, and Windows (future) mobile devices) •...

  • Page 6: Cabling And Installation - The Basics

    Cabling and Installation – The Basics...

  • Page 7: Connecting External Cellpro Powerlabs

    Connecting External CellPro PowerLabs CAUTION: ALWAYS INTERCONNECT THE POWER CONNECTIONS FIRST BEFORE APPLYING POWER TO ANY OF THE POWERLAB TOUCH OR EXTERNAL CELLPRO POWERLAB CHARGERS. Failure to comply with the above may result in damage to the PowerLab Touch and/or the external CellPro PowerLabs which would not be covered under warranty.
  • Page 8 TWO EXTERNAL CELLPRO POWERLABS, SINGLE POWER SOURCE POWER SOURCE TWO EXTERNAL CELLPRO POWERLABS, MULTIPLE POWER SOURCES POWER POWER SOURCE 2 SOURCE 1 COMMON GROUND...
  • Page 9 • The PowerLab Touch must always have a common power ground (negative) connection to all externally connected CellPro PowerLabs. If the common ground connection does not exist at the instant when the positive power wire is connected, excessive current may flow through the CellPro PowerLab port(s) and damage the PowerLab Touch and/or CellPro PowerLab(s).

  • Page 10: Configuring Cellpro Powerlabs For Bump Control

    Configuring CellPro PowerLabs for BUMP Control The PowerLab Touch series chargers are capable of controlling legacy CellPro PowerLab series chargers (PowerLab6, PowerLab8v2, and Dual PowerLab8x2) via the 3-wire data port interface. The PowerLab Touch chargers have two (2) external data ports available for external chargers.

  • Page 11: Connecting Packs

    REVO PN: PN: CP8S-SBP18-40A which already includes the fuses and solder on the mating end of the connector attached to your battery pack. Alternatively, consider one of the Revolectrix MPA or MPA-4P which vasty simplify the interconnections and allow safe parallel charging. See Parallel Charging below for details.

  • Page 12: Single Pack Balanced Lipo Charge/Discharge

    Single Pack Balanced LiPo Charge/Discharge Single Pack Unbalanced Charge/Discharge...

  • Page 13: Safe Parallel Balance Charge (Lithium Only)

    Safe Parallel Balance Charge (Lithium Only)

  • Page 14: Operation - Overview Of User Interface

    Operation – Overview of User Interface Status Screen - Charger Tabs The main Status Screen displays the current status of all charger channels. The tab text and background color will indicate the current charger state. Selecting the Settings (gear) button will open the Settings screen (see Settings section). Selecting the Manual operation button will open the Manual Operation screen (see Manual Operation).
  • Page 15 Status Screen - Primary Information NOTE: Manual Rate Controls enable on-the-fly adjustment of the current charge or discharge rate, but the maximum rates are still limited to the max values of the attached pack(s) for safety. Status Screen – Secondary Information Tabs The Information tabs are located near the center of the Status Screen and can be touched to change the information displayed on the lower half of the Status screen.
  • Page 16 Pack The Pack tab shows other state information which varies depending on the current charger state. This view is helpful to understand why the charger might be limiting power or performing in any way other than expected. For example, if the maximum power supply amps limit is reached during a charge, or when the maximum internal discharge watts is reached during a discharge.
  • Page 17 Cell IR The Cell Internal Resistance tab displays the current measured IR values in milliohms. This information is only available when the charger is charging and balance lead is connected. Cells with significantly higher IR than average or rated values will be highlighted in red or yellow. Figure 2 - Cell Internal Resistance (IR) Supply The Supply tab displays the voltage, amperage, and wattage being supplied to the selected charger.
  • Page 18 Temp The Temp tab displays the reported internal temperature of the current selected charger. Figure 3 - Temperature Readings Setup The Setup tab shows the actual configured values that have been sent to the charger to perform the requested operation. This is essentially the details of a “dynamic preset” which is calculated from the BumpTag(s), Battery Preset, or Manual Operation parameters which were used to setup the operation.

  • Page 19: Operation - Battery Workstation Setup

    Operation – Battery Workstation Setup The Bump Controller and PowerLab Touch Battery Workstations support several setup methods for battery management. The best method is installing and configuring BumpTags for each battery pack, but that might not always be feasible or desirable. The table below gives a comparison of setup methods and should help to determine when it makes sense to use each.

  • Page 20: Operation - Using Bumptags

    Operation – Using BumpTags Starting a battery operation using BumpTags is as simple as: 1. Select the charger you want to use by touching the corresponding charger tab 2. Bump the battery on the “BUMP Zone” of the charger 3. Press the operation button at the bottom of the display to change to the desired operation, if needed 4.
  • Page 21 NOTE: The charge counter value on the BumpTag isn’t actually incremented when it is bumped. Once the 10% capacity threshold is reached, the unique ID of that battery (or batteries) is cached to ensure the charge counter gets properly incremented on the next bump. This method works properly even when the battery is charged on multiple chargers.
  • Page 22 • Details – opens the battery details screen to show more information and operations Pressing the ‘Go’ button will start the selected operation using the current setup. Pressing the operation select button will pop-up an operation list where you can select a different charger operation.
  • Page 23 Storage Charge The Storage Charge operation will take the battery pack to the hard-coded storage voltage based on its chemistry. The Normal Charge or Discharge settings in the BUMPTag will be used to perform the storage charge, depending on the level of charge in the battery. NOTE: Constant Voltage mode is enabled on Storage, so the charge/discharge currents will decrease slowly as it approaches the target storage voltage.

  • Page 24: Operation - Using Battery Presets

    Operation – Using Battery Presets Battery Presets are used to store battery management details for a specific type of battery. The settings and parameters for a Battery Preset are nearly identical to those of a BumpTag, but of course a BumpTag is intended to identify a specific battery, not just a type of battery.

  • Page 25: Operation - Using Manual Operation

    Operation – Using Manual Operation The Manual Operation feature allows you to perform operations on batteries without the use of a BumpTag or a pre-configured Battery Preset. The Manual mode has a more limited feature set than BumpTag operation and is not intended to be used as the primary method of charging. The Manual operation button is available on the main charger status screen whenever the charger is idle and no BumpTag or Battery Preset setup has been performed.

  • Page 26: Settings

    Settings The Settings menu allows you to change preferences for the charger itself. The Settings menu is accessed by pressing the Settings button (gear icon) which is visible any time an idle charger is selected. The following items are accessible from the Settings menu: •...

  • Page 27: Settings - Power Supplies

    The “Supply 1” name can (and should) be renamed to something that makes it easily recognized. For example, if using the standard Revolectrix desktop power supply, name it “Revo 55A Supply” or something similar. The ability to configure multiple power supplies serves two...
  • Page 28 Basic Setup: Single Power Supply for all connected PowerLabs The most basic, and most common, configuration is where a single DC switching power supply is used to power all chargers in the setup. The following steps will get your PowerLab Touch or Bump Controller up and running quickly for this configuration: In Settings, select Power Supply, and confirm that each charger port is associated to the first power supply profile, named “Supply 1”...

  • Page 29: Settings - Feature Controls

    For example, if the charger is being used with the Revolectrix Mobile CCS app for the purpose of tracking battery history, then “Upload Battery History” should be enabled. If the charger is being used for commercial drone operations, then many of the default features can be disabled to A) simplify the user interface to make it less intimidating, and B) prevent accidental misuse.

  • Page 30: Bumptag Installation

    4. BumpTag attached to model (canopy, cowl, fuselage, etc.) using a mobile device with NFC If you are using the Revolectrix CCS mobile app on an NFC-enabled mobile device, then you have an alternative to #3. BumpTags can be attached directly to your model (or large fixed battery) and the BumpTag can be scanned from your mobile device.

  • Page 31: Bumptag Configuration

    BumpTag Configuration BumpTags contain a wide range of information about your battery. • Factory Ratings fields describe the physical capabilities and specifications of the battery • User Settings fields contain your preferences about how you like to handle that battery •...
  • Page 32 • Packs: number of separately-charged packs in this battery (default is 1, change for Multi-Packs) BumpTag Ratings Example: Pulse 3700 LiPo 4S 25C Cells: Brand Name: Pack C-Rating: Pulse Capacity: 3700 Chemistry: LiPo Charge Rate Max: (on back label)
  • Page 33 Factory Ratings Screenshots Multi-Pack Batteries The Pack Count field in Factory Ratings is used to specify that a battery consists of separate packs which have their own mains power leads and can be charged separately. The most common use-case is for large-scale models that use 12S to 16S packs, but a battery can be configured as multi-pack for any cell count, as long as it has an equal number of cells in each pack.
  • Page 34 When the Cell Count exceeds 8 (the maximum that can be charged on PowerLab chargers), then the Pack Count count is automatically incremented to 2. This is done to discourage (but not totally prevent) creating a BumpTag which couldn’t be charged with existing chargers. NOTE: Multi-pack batteries can also be setup with separate BumpTags, each one as a single pack, each bumped and started separately.
  • Page 35 BumpTag User Settings Unlike BumpTag Factory Ratings, the BumpTag User Settings fields can be changed as often as you like, however you cannot specify any values which would exceed or violate any of the Factory Ratings values. BumpTag User Setttings contain the following fields: •...
  • Page 36 NOTE: For NiCD or NiMH batteries, the preferences for termination voltages for any of the charging operations are configured as Fallback Voltages, not maximum cell voltages. BumpTag Analysis Data Analysis Data is measured by the charger during Analyze Cycle operations. Analysis Data is not typically edited directly by the user, but is used for analysis, reporting, and historical purposes.
  • Page 37 Copying BumpTags The BumpTag Copy operation will let you make an exact copy of another BumpTag (except for the unique ID and charge counter fields). The Copy command can be used for 2 different purposes: 1. Programming a new BumpTag using Copy If the target BumpTag is new (un-programmed), then the entire contents of the source BumpTag (both Ratings and Settings) will be programmed into the new BumpTag.

  • Page 38: Upgrading Firmware

    The PC Firmware Update Utility is compatible with Windows XP, Window 7, and Windows 10 and automatically updates from the web every time it is launched. The application installer is free and can be downloaded from the Revolectrix website: PowerLab Touch Chargers: http://www.revolectrix.com/PLT_software.html...

  • Page 39: Revolectrix Ccs Mobile App

    Revolectrix CCS Mobile App The Revolectrix Charge Control Software (CCS) Mobile App provides complete control over the PowerLab Touch and Bump Controller products using a Bluetooth 4.x Low Energy wireless link. The CCS App also includes automatic firmware upgrades with the latest firmware versions of all supported products bundled with each release of the CCS App.
  • Page 40 • History, reporting, graphing of battery charge graphs • Battery historical performance trending charts (Capacity History and Cell IR History) • Quick BumpTag setup (faster data input) • Quick Manual operation setup (faster data input) • Replace BumpTag Wizard (migrates history data from old BumpTag to new) •...

  • Page 41: Troubleshooting

    For larger power cables, 10-12mm normally works best, but even larger sizes may be used to allow the cable to be looped 2 or more times. If applying ferrite chokes as described above does not resolve your communication problems, please contact Revolectrix support below for further assistance. SYMPTOM: Screen is all white on power-up SOLUTION:...
  • Page 42 – this will ensure the LCD pressure is removed by creating clearance between the plastic case and the touchscreen. 3. If neither method above resolves the problem, contact Revolectrix customer support for further help. SYMPTOM: Fuel gauge reading changes drastically as charge/discharge current changes SOLUTION: This is most likely caused by an incorrectly configured BumpTag.

  • Page 43: Support Options

    For Sales Support on REVOLECTRIX Brand Products within the United States: Email: sales@revolectrix.com or phone: (301) 798 2770 For Sales or Technical Support on REVOLECTRIX Brand Products outside the United States: Email: john@revolectrix.com To request information about a REVOLECTRIX product you are considering purchasing: Email: sales@revolectrix.com...

  • Page 44: Revolectrix Limited Warranty

    REVOLECTRIX limited warranty REVOLECTRIX warrants this product to be free of manufacturing defects for the term of one year from the date of purchase. Should any defects covered by this warranty occur, the product shall be repaired or replaced with a unit of equal performance by REVOLECTRIX or an authorized REVOLECTRIX service station.

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