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Page 2: Table Of Contents
User Manual Contents 1. carBMS Overview ..................... 4 2. Getting Started ....................6 2.1 Home Screen ................... 6 3. First Time Installation ..................8 3.1 Connectivity ..................... 9 3.2 Entering Your Car Details ..............10 3.3 Alerts ..................... 10 3.4 Alert Frequency ..................10 3.4.1 Multiple Alerts ................
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Page 4: Carbms Overview
User Manual 1. CAR BMS OVERVIEW Sosaley’s carBMS monitors your car’s battery 24/7. It is designed to extend the life of your car’s battery and save you from embarrassing break downs. carBMS sends data to your mobile device via Bluetooth. A user friendly application on the smart phone displays the battery status all the time and alerts you through audio and visual signals.
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Page 6: Getting Started
User Manual 2. GETTING STARTED Install the carBMS app on your smartphone. The instruction for installation is available in the car- BMS installation document. Once the carBMS app has been installed, click on the carBMS icon to start the application. 2.1.
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Page 8: First Time Installation
User Manual 3. FIRST TIME INSTALLATION When you start the carBMS app for the first time on your smartphone, you will be taken to the installation page. Here, you have to follow cer- tain steps to check if carBMS device is installed in your car.
Page 9: Connectivity
User Manual 3.1 CONNECTIVITY Your smartphone gets information from carBMS through Bluetooth. After installing the app on your smartphone, you have to connect your smartphone to carBMS. When you run the carBMS app for the first time, the following screen will be displayed.
Page 10: Entering Your Car Details
User Manual 3.2 ENTERING YOUR CAR DETAILS The first thing we need to do is to link the smartphone app with the carBMS device on your car through an unique identification. The identification is your car registra- tion number. Please make sure you enter the car registration number details in full. If your car registration number is UAE HJ 55678, enter it in full and not just 55678.
Page 11: Multiple Alerts
User Manual 3.4.1.MULTIPLE ALERTS The carBMS sends alerts to multiple devices. An immediate audio and visual alert is sent to your smartphone on which the app is installed. In addition, alerts in the form of SMS and missed calls are sent to two other phones. Over that, two emails are also sent to two email addresses.
Page 12: Voltage
User Manual 3.5.1. VOLTAGE Set the minimum and maximum voltage. As per the settings shown above, the battery voltage should not exceed 14.75 volts or fall below 10.5 volts for an extended period of time. Should the Voltage drop below or exceed these limits, an alert will be sent to your smartphone. Usually, the user manual that came with the battery will have the default values.
Page 13: Temperature
User Manual 3.5.2. TEMPERATURE Enter the absolute maximum temperature the battery can endure inside the car bonnet. Though most of us do not bother about this, very high temperatures can affect the performance of the battery and affect its life. The next question is, what to do if you get an alert for high temperature.
Page 14: Mobile Number
User Manual 3.5.4. MOBILE NUMBER As we mentioned before, in addition to giving immediate alerts to you, carBMS can also send alerts to two other phone numbers you specify. The alerts are sent in two ways Giving a missed call. carBMS will dial the number you specify and disconnect after two rings.
Page 15: Alarm
User Manual 3.5.5. ALARM Check the Alarm check box to enable push notifications when there is an alert. It is enabled by default. Should you choose not to receive notifications, uncheck the check box. Enabling Alarm will send you a notification every time an alert is sent via an SMS or a phone call.
Page 16: Repeat Frequency
User Manual 3.5.7. REPEAT FREQUENCY It is important to understand this clearly. Re- peat frequency is the number of times the alerts will be sent to the phone numbers and the email addresses you specify. The repeat frequency works as described below: When a parameter crosses the thresholds you have specified, the alert mechanism will be triggered.
Page 17: Graph Interval
User Manual 3.6 GRAPH INTERVAL carBMS generates graphs that show you the status of each battery parameter. If the graph is a straight line with small variations, that means that parameters are stable. If the graph fluctuates dramatically, that is a cause for worry. The graph is drawn based on the time frequency you specify.
Page 18: Parameter Reset
User Manual 3.8 PARAMETER RESET Click on the button to reset the parameters to the factory values. 3.9 NAVIGATION Press CLOSE to close the application Press < to go to the previous screen Press > to go to the next screen 3.10 CLOUD CONNECTIVITY Cloud connectivity is used to upload the data to the cloud.
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Page 20: Battery Status
User Manual 4. BATTERY STATUS The main battery display of carBMS is a comprehensive display of the current status of the battery. The display shows 9 status of the battery as well as options for settings and data analysis. SETTINGS - Displays the settings page to set or modify alert parameters. DATA VIEW - Displays battery data.
Page 21: Battery Levels
User Manual 4.1. BATTERY LEVELS In addition to displaying the exact percentage of charge left in the battery, the color of the battery will change depending on the charge percentage. Colors closer to green denote high charge levels. Colors closer to red denote low charge percent- age.
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Page 23: Settings & Data View
User Manual 5. SETTINGS AND DATA VIEW Click on Settings to go to the screen to modify the battery settings. Click on the icon on the top right corner to access the battery usage data. 5.1 CHARGING INDICATORS Blinks GREEN when the battery functions nor- mally.
Page 24 User Manual To view battery data, click on When you enable the display, the first page of the battery data will be displayed with the pop up, “This is the first page!”. When you’re in the last page, you will see the pop-up - This is the last page!”.
Page 25: Data Export
User Manual 5.3. DATA EXPORT The battery status data can be exported in a spreadsheet ready format. Once exported, you can view the data in spreadsheet, send it to other applications, or share it via email. The data is exported in delimited format. The file name extension is .csv by default and this can- not be changed.
Page 26: Clearing On-Screen Data
User Manual 5.4. CLEARING ON SCREEN DATA  To clear the data from the application, click on  You will be prompted to “Export” data before clearing.  Click CANCEL to abort the process.  Click NO to delete data without exporting ...
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