senseFly S65 User Manual

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senseFly SMART CHARGER User Manual

Model: S65 / Revision 1.0 / November 2020

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Page 3 (the ”Supplier”) warrants that the delivered Product will be free from defects in workmanship and materials for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of shipment by senseFly to the original Client. Should the Product malfunction due to defects in material and/or workmanship during this this defined period, the Client may request for the product to be repaired and/or replaced at no charge.
Page 4 Intellectual Property Rights. senseFly, eBee, albris and related logos are registered trademarks of senseFly. You may not use or register, in whole or in part, registered trademarks without express authorisation from their respective owners.
Page 5 4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. Declaration of conformity senseFly SA, Route de Genève 38, 1033 Cheseaux-Lausanne, Switzerland, declares under its sole responsibility that the product described in this user guide satistfies all relevant and mandatory EC directives and FCC Part 15 Subpart B: ANSI C63.4:2014.
Page 6 Safety Standard Title Result EN 60335-1:2012+A11:2014 Household and similar electrical PASS appliances - Safety - Part 1: Gen- eral requirements EN 60335-2-29:2004+A2:2010 Part 2-29: Particular require- PASS ments for battery chargers EN 62368-1 : 2014 Audio/video, information and PASS communication technology equipment –...
Page 7 You can also contact senseFly or the reseller from which you purchased your drone who may provide recycling ser- vices or be part of a recycling scheme.
Page 8 Website: http://www.sensefly.com Technical support senseFly and our resellers are dedicated to providing you with full professional product support. To submit a support ticket and/or view your outstanding tickets, please use our customer portal my.senseFly (http://my.senseFly.com). Log in with the same account details you used to download your drone’s software (see the separate software infor- mation document in your eBee’s case).
Page 9 Your senseFly SMART CHARGER Thank you for purchasing a senseFly SMART CHARGER, pre-programmed for safe and effective balanced charging and discharging of eBee X, eBee Classic, eBee Plus and eBee SQ batteries. The senseFly SMART CHARGER can charge your batteries for: •...
Page 10: Table Of Contents
Understanding the warnings ....About the senseFly SMART CHARGER’s settings ..How to change the senseFly SMART CHARGER’s settings ..
Page 11: Mandatory Charging/Balancing Cables
(depending on your drone family) to connect the battery to the senseFly SMART CHARGER. These cables are included in your drone package, however, they must be ordered separately if your senseFly SMART CHARGER was purchases individually. • eBee X charging cable:...
Page 12 The eBee Plus/eBee SQ battery does not require a charging cable as the battery charging connector is plugged directly into the charging port of the senseFly SMART CHARGER. Note that these balancing cables are used as an extension of the short balancing cables of the eBee Plus/eBee SQ battery.
Page 13: Hardware Features
3 Hardware features ENTER/Start button NEXT button PREVIOUS button Cooling fan MENU/Stop button Battery balancing port Battery charging port Temperature port Top, front and right-hand side...
Page 14 Mains power socket Cooling vent Top, back and left-hand side...
Page 15 Pull air through the charger. Do not block. • Cooling vent Allow air to flow into the charger. Do not block. ¹ plug it into the right-hand side of the port. See Connecting batteries to your senseFly SMART CHARGER on page 21...
Page 16: Safety Precautions
• Inspect your batteries and the senseFly SMART CHARGER before us- Inspect the batteries and charger regularly for damage to, or corrosion of the cable, plug, enclosure or other parts.
Page 17 Do not expose batteries or chargers to excessive physical shock such as im- pact, intense vibration or crushing force. Do not place any heavy objects on the batteries or on the senseFly SMART CHARGER and avoid dropping them. Keep the senseFly SMART CHARGER away from dust and high tem- peratures and avoid leaving it directly exposed to the sun.
Page 18 Hardware features • No user-serviceable parts Do not attempt to dismantle or repair the senseFly SMART CHARGER. • Only use 100–240 V AC mains power • Keep it away from flammable substances Keep the senseFly SMART CHARGER away from flammable liquids, gases, vapours and materials.
Page 19: Using Your Sensefly Smart Charger
Using your senseFly SMART CHARGER 5 Using your senseFly SMART CHARGER Charging a battery can take up to one hour and 30 minutes, depending on the charge level of the battery, the required cell balancing work and the battery ca- pacity.
Page 20: Connecting & Disconnecting Batteries
Hardware features 5.1 Connecting & disconnecting batteries When connecting the charging cable to the SmartCharger, push the connectors firmly together: When disconnecting, do not pull on the cables. Hold the connectors and pull:...
Page 21: Connecting Batteries To Your Sensefly Smart Charger
Using your senseFly SMART CHARGER 5.2 Connecting batteries to your senseFly SMART CHARGER To charge/discharge an eBee X battery, plug the charging cable: eBee X battery configuration...
Page 22 Hardware features To charge/discharge an eBee Classic or an eBee Plus/eBee SQ battery, always plug both the charging cable and the balancing cables into the right ports: eBee Plus/eBee SQ battery configuration...
Page 23 Using your senseFly SMART CHARGER eBee Classic battery configuration...
Page 24 Hardware features Always plug the balancing connector into the right-hand side of the balancing port. Plugging the balancing connector into the left-hand side would lead to a CELL ERROR message. Example showing an eBee Plus battery...
Page 25: How To Charge/Discharge A Battery
Caution: Selecting the wrong drone family program may danger- ously affect your battery health, causing overheat, fire and irre- versible damages to your battery. ¹ See Connecting batteries to your senseFly SMART CHARGER on page 21 to properly plug cables.
Page 26: About The Charging/Discharging Display
Flight eBee X 2.1A 17.10V Charging/Discharging current Battery voltage Charging/Discharging display Once the charging/discharging program is complete, your senseFly SMART CHARGER alerts you with a beep and displays a completion message. Drone family Charging/Discharging program eBee X Flight Done Completion status...
Page 27: How To Interrupt Charging Or Discharging
Using your senseFly SMART CHARGER 5.5 How to interrupt charging or discharging • Press the MENU/Stop Button. • Press again the MENU/Stop button if you want to display the main menu.
Page 28: About Battery Storage
• Store batteries in a safe environment, preferably in LiPo safe bags with a reasonable ambient temperature and humidity, i.e. household-like envi- ronment, for the full duration of storage. Find more info in our knowledge base: sensefly.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360010694520-Important-eBee-X-Battery- Info-Flight-Tips-...
Page 29: Understanding The Warnings
² plug it into the right-hand side of the port. See Connecting batteries to your senseFly SMART CHARGER on page 21...
Page 30: About The Sensefly Smart Charger's Settings
Note: Choosing Buzzer OFF mutes all sounds except those resulting from key beeps. 5.9 How to change the senseFly SMART CHARGER’s settings 1. Press NEXT button to reach the settings display. 2. Press ENTER/Start to select which setting you want to change.
Page 31: Reporting A Problem With Your Sensefly Smart Charger
1. If there is an error message displayed, begin by checking your user manual to see if there is a solution to the particular message. 2. Check our Knowledge Base, part of my.senseFly³, to see if there is a solution to your problem.
Page 32: Specifications
Hardware features 6 Specifications Display type 2x16 LCD Controls Four Buttons ◦ Operating temperature 10–40 ◦ Storage temperature -20–60 Dimensions 117x105x55 mm Mass 315 g Input voltage 100–240 V AC Charge current 0.1 A–6.0 A Discharge current 0.1 A–1.0 A Charge wattage 65 W Discharge wattage...
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