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- Page 1 Instruction Manual ECD-BC MODEL ECD-BC-512ch ECD-BC-1ch (Ver 1.4.8) *214.9.037* BN: 214.9.037 Rev. 3.5 F-RA-001-2R3...
- Page 2 ◆ No patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained herein. Moreover, because Matsusada Precision is constantly striving to improve its high-quality products, the information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
3-2-2 When RS-232C Port is Used With -LGmb Option ................. 6 3-2-3 When USB Port is Used With -LGmb Option ................. 7 3-2-4 Setup of USB Driver Made by Matsusada Precision Inc............... 8 3-2-5 Port Setting ............................. 8 Software Setup ............................9 3-3-1 Connecting the USB key (ECD-BC-512ch only) ................ - Page 4 11-1-1 Normal Status Messages ......................52 11-1-2 Protection Messages ........................52 11-1-3 Error Messages .......................... 53 11-1-4 Other Warning Messages ......................53 11-2 Error Message Window ........................54 12 Troubleshooting ........................ 55 12-1 Troubleshooting ..........................55 12-2 Inquiry ..............................57 ECD-BC series...
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Page 5: Introduction
This document is created without loose ends, however, if you have any inquiries or become aware of something omitted, of description, please take a moment to contact our company. ECD-BC series... -
Page 6: Ecd-Bc
(Up to Ver. 1.3.8, it was the model name "ECD-BC Evaluation Version".) "ECD-BC-512ch" can control multiple units (up to 512 units) of charge/discharge power supply "ECD/ECPU series". You must purchase separately for use. ECD-BC series... -
Page 7: Licensing Provisions Of Ecd-Bc
2 ECD-BC Licensing Provisions of ECD-BC When you use the software created by Matsusada Precision Inc. (hereafter, "First Party"), please agree to the following provisions. If you do not agree to them, you have to delete this software from your PC immediately. -
Page 8: Setting Up Ecd-Bc
1.3.3 – 1.3.5 ○ ○ ○ ○ 1.3.6 – 1.3.8 ○ ○ ○ ○ ― 1.3.9 – 1.3.10 ○ ○ ○ ― ― 1.3.9 – 1.4.8 ○ ○ ○ × × Legend ○:Support, ―:End of support, ×: No support ECD-BC series... -
Page 9: Windows System Setting Notes
We recommend purchase software and hardware at the same time. (*5) Do not cut the power supply of any hardware or PC, or pull out the plug of the communication cable during communication with the hardware. ECD-BC series... -
Page 10: Connecting A Pc To Ecd-Ecpu Series Power Supplies Using Usb Port
(1) Connect the PC to the power supply using a USB cable. (2) Set up the Matsusada Precision USB driver. (Refer to [3-2-4 Setup of USB Driver Made by Matsusada Precision Inc.].) (3) Set the communication protocol for “Virtual COM port”. (Refer to [3-2-5 Port Setting].) -
Page 11: When Usb Port Is Used With -Lgmb Option
USB port (1) Connect USB port of PC to US-32m. (2) Setup the USB driver made by Matsusada Precision Inc. to connect US-32m. (Refer to [3-2-4 Setup of USB Driver Made by Matsusada Precision Inc.].) (3) Connect the US-32m to the power supply using a modular cable. -
Page 12: Setup Of Usb Driver Made By Matsusada Precision Inc
3 Setting up ECD-BC 3-2-4 Setup of USB Driver Made by Matsusada Precision Inc. For ECD/ECPU standards or when using US-32m for communication adapter, it is necessary to set up the USB driver made by Matsusada Precision Inc. Install the USB driver according to the USB driver instruction manual "USBDriverInstallationGuideR*.*_en.pdf"... -
Page 13: Software Setup
ECD-BC, it is necessary to install a device driver that supports such a USB key. (1) Insert the CD-ROM of ECD-BC. (2) Execute HASPUserSetup.exe in [Sentinel_LDK_Run-time_setup] folder. (3) Promote the installation following the displayed instructions. ECD-BC series... -
Page 14: Installing Ecd-Bc
(3) (When necessary component is not installed) Install the necessary component(s) according to the detail displayed. For Windows 10, 8.1 and 8 .NET Framework 4.5 or 4.6 is preinstalled. If you uninstalled the component, please install it. For Windows 7 .NET Framework 4.0 must be installed. ECD-BC series... - Page 15 (*6) Take a backup of the program and data when re-installation or version upgrade. We shall not take any responsibility of whatsoever in case of trouble or damage occurred on the data, during the re-installation or version upgrade. ECD-BC series...
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Page 16: Other Setup
3 Setting up ECD-BC Other Setup This section explains the use of devices other than those supplied by Matsusada Precision Inc. 3-4-1 Recommended Commercially-available USB/RS-232C Conversion Cable USB-RS-232C conversion cables for which operation has been checked are shown below. (The operation is not guaranteed) - BSUSRC06, SRC06USB made by Buffalo Inc. -
Page 17: Basic Concept Of Ecd-Bc
Some communication ports can be selected at one group. (ECD-BC-1ch can’t be selected some communication ports in each group.) The test condition of 16 groups can be saved together. The log data of 16 groups can be saved together. ECD-BC series... -
Page 18: Test Condition
An item with (!) mark shown in the figure below is a necessary item or treated as an input error. If you place a mouse cursor on (!) mark, a ward of caution is displayed. Input the item according to this content. ECD-BC series... -
Page 19: Log Data
If this is the case, it will be necessary to change the delta time accordingly. ECD-BC series... -
Page 20: Starting Ecd-Bc
"Export Csv Log Data" The test result, log data is saved in CSV format. "Open Log Data" The log data that has been tested is opened. The opened result can be browsed on the data screen. "End" ECD-BC is quitted. ECD-BC series... -
Page 21: Creating And Editing Test Condition
Select "Group" in the tree menu on the left side of the screen and carry out the setting. Here, set the battery information too. Especially, the normal capacity of a battery is the reference value of OAH (overcharge capacity protection), so set the proper value. ECD-BC series... -
Page 22: Setting Communications
You can check whether the temperature chamber is properly connected by conducting the communication test. Connect the COM port properly and click the “Communication Test” button. The result is displayed as a popup screen. ECD-BC series... -
Page 23: Setting Protection
Set the OCP (Over Current Protection) (unit: A). If the charge current Over Current Protection exceeds OCP value during the test, an alarm is output and the test is OCP [A] interrupted. Usually set a current value higher than the current value for charge/discharge. ECD-BC series... -
Page 24: Operation At Protection
: if the protection functions at charge for sequence 2 of power supply B (1) "End sequence is check-marked"/"Appropriate Power Supply" Sequence 1 Sequence 2 Sequence 3 Group Power supply Charge Discharge Charge Discharge Charge Discharge The power supply B is terminated during charge of sequence 2. ECD-BC series... - Page 25 (4) "End sequence is check-marked"/"All Groups" Sequence 1 Sequence 2 Sequence 3 Group Power supply Charge Discharge Charge Discharge Charge Discharge The power supply B is terminated during charge of sequence 2 and all power supplies are terminated at the same time. ECD-BC series...
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Page 26: Other Setting
Sequence Template]). The common sequence template holds the conditions under "Sequence" in the tree menu on the left side of the screen. For this reason, the protect setting etc. cannot be set. Only the sequence conditions can be set. ECD-BC series... - Page 27 Set the humidity to be controlled for the temperature chamber. If the humidity does not need to be controlled, set "-1". "Recording Interval" Specify the recording interval related to the checked item in the test field of grid for the test sequence (refer to [4-7 Recording Interval of the Log Data]). ECD-BC series...
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Page 28: Creating Common Sequence Template
If you click "Refer" button, the window shown below is displayed. Input the name of common sequence template (at this time, the template is not created yet). (3) If you save the test condition from the file screen, the common sequence template is created in the folder specified in step (2). ECD-BC series... -
Page 29: Using Common Sequence Template
(1) Check "Use Common Sequence Info" in the group for which common sequence template is used and click the "Refer" button to select the common sequence template to be used. If you click the "Save" button, a message "File xxxxx already exists. Do you want to replace it?" is displayed. Click "Yes". ECD-BC series... - Page 30 (2) At "Sequence Info Name", the common sequence template you selected is displayed. The mouse focus exists at "Sequence Info Name" (at this time, the content is not reflected yet). (3) If you move the mouse focus to other position, the content of the common sequence template is reflected. ECD-BC series...
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Page 31: Setting Each Sequence
"CC (constant current charge)" and "CV (constant voltage charge)". "CC-CV (constant current - constant voltage charge) mode" The figure shown below is an image diagram of CC-CV mode. For this image diagram, values input in the text boxes are directly reflected. ECD-BC series... - Page 32 6 Creating and Editing Test Condition "CC (constant current charge) mode" The figure shown below is an image diagram of CC mode. "CV (constant voltage charge) mode" The figure shown below is an image diagram of CV mode. ECD-BC series...
- Page 33 Even if the charge is not terminated by other cause, the charge is terminated when the voltage of -dV drops. "-dV mask time" (only CC mode) Set the time for disabling the detection of -dV (0.1 to 999.9 sec). ECD-BC series...
- Page 34 Set the time for the internal status of the temperature chamber to be stabilized. "Carry out Predischarge before this charge." When the charging starts from the default battery voltage, it can discharge it to that voltage value by predischarge. The predischarge is carried out before this charge. Predischarge uses sequence 0. ECD-BC series...
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Page 35: Discharge
(constant power discharge)" and "CR (constant resistance discharge)". "CC (constant current discharge) mode" The figure shown below is an image diagram of CC mode. "CP (constant power discharge) mode" The figure shown below is an image diagram of CP mode. ECD-BC series... - Page 36 If the rest time is set to "0h 0m 0s", the break is skipped. "Discharge current" (only CC mode) Set the discharge current. "Discharge power" (only CP mode) Set the discharge power. "Discharge resistance" (only CR mode) Set the discharge resistance. ECD-BC series...
- Page 37 (only when the temperature chamber is set) Set the wait time before starting the discharge test after temperature and humidity reach the setting values. Set the time for the internal status of the temperature chamber to be stabilized. ECD-BC series...
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Page 38: Copying Sequences
Charge 0h 30m 0s 0h 0m 0s × Discharge 0h 0m 0s 0h 0m 0s Charge 1h 0m 0s 0h 0m 0s × Discharge 0h 0m 0s 0h 0m 0s ： ： ： ： ： ： ： ： ECD-BC series... -
Page 39: Saving Test Condition
After creating and editing a test condition is completed, save the test condition. The saving test condition is performed on the file screen (refer to [5-1 Starting ECD-BC]). The test condition set on the edit screen can be used for the charge-discharge test directly. ECD-BC series... -
Page 40: Running Test
When you stop the test urgently, click the "Emergency Stop" button at the upper part of the screen. All groups set for the test condition are stopped. While the test is run, the progress and the status of all groups can be monitored. ECD-BC series... -
Page 41: Each Group
" button at the upper part of the screen. Only for the relevant group is stopped. If you want to stop the test urgently, click the "Emergency Stop" button at the upper part of the screen. All groups set for the test condition are stopped. ECD-BC series... - Page 42 1A. "Spend Time" indicates the spend time of each sequence. "Total Spend Time" indicates the spend time through all sequences of each group (the stop state is not counted as "Spend Time", however, counted as "Total Spend Time"). ECD-BC series...
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Page 43: Checking Data During Testing
The ECD-BC allows you to check the results of the test being running now. Calling up the data screen during testing will allow you to check the test results that have been completed by the time. For details about how to check the data during testing, refer to "8-2 Checking Data". ECD-BC series... -
Page 44: Saving Log Data
The log data is saved for each sequence, run count, charge and discharge, COM, and power supply. C:/ProgramData/ECD-BC The folder is configured as shown below. Log data ******.log * The data save destination should be specified by the user. Linking C:/ProgramData/ECD-BC G00_************** folder 0_00_001_STARTUP_COM*_00 1_00_001_STARTUP_COM*_01 2_01_001_CHARGE_COM*_00 3_01_001_CHARGE_COM*_01 ECD-BC series... -
Page 45: Csv Format
However, the CSV format data a test has ended is overwritten at the time of the next test. Thus, if the CSV format data is necessary data, it is necessary to save the CSV format data. Click the "Save log data" button. The CSV format data is copied to the selected folder. ECD-BC series... -
Page 46: Checking Result Data
In the "List" tab, list the sequence result data. The number of data that can be displayed at one time can be specified arbitrarily within the range of 100 to 10000. (The default setting is 10000.) To display data larger than "Data of Page", use the "Switch display" buttons on the right side of the screen. ECD-BC series... - Page 47 8 Checking Result Data Also, in the various graph tabs, the sequence result data is graphically output per element. Right-clicking on the graph copies the graph to the clipboard. ECD-BC series...
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Page 48: Help Screen
On the help screen, you can display the instruction manual and check the software version. Clicking the "Open the manual" button will display the instruction manual in PDF format. Please note that the instruction manual cannot be displayed if your PC does not have a PDF file reader installed. ECD-BC series... -
Page 49: Sampling Conditions
With ECD18-2 as an example, the specifications for sampling conditions are shown below. (The conditions are the same for other power supplies.) Battery information Nominal Voltage 3.7V Nominal Capacity 2400mAh Power supply information Using Port COM1 “#” Model ECD18-2 Protection information OVP(V) 4.2V UVP(V) 3.3V ECD-BC series... - Page 50 CC-CV Charge Time 1h0m0s Rest Time 0h1m0s Charge Current 0.5A CV Voltage 4.0V CV Time 0h10m0s It Current 0.3A Sequence 1: Discharge Mode Discharge Time 1h0m0s Rest Time 0h1m0s Discharge Current 0.5A Capacity Voltage 3.5V End Voltage 3.5V ECD-BC series...
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Page 51: Sampling Conditions For Nickel-Metal Hydride Batteries
Battery information Nominal Voltage 1.2V Nominal Capacity 2500mAh Power supply information Using Port COM1 Model ECD18-2 Protection information OVP(V) 1.5V UVP(V) 1.0V Sequence information Sequence No. No.1 Repeat Record Temp Record Startup Predischargse Recording Interval Delta time 1s ECD-BC series... - Page 52 Sequence 1: Charge Mode Charge Time 1h0m0s Rest Time 0h1m0s Charge Current 0.5A Max. Voltage 1.4V 0.02V -dV Mask Time 300s Sequence 1: Discharge Mode Discharge Time 1h0m0s Rest Time 0h1m0s Discharge Current 0.5A Capacity Voltage 1.1V End Voltage 1.1V ECD-BC series...
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Page 53: Sampling Conditions For Lead-Acid Batteries
(The conditions are the same for other power supplies.) Battery information Nominal Voltage Nominal Capacity 32000mAh Power supply information Using Port COM1 Model ECD18-2 Protection information OVP(V) UVP(V) Sequence information Sequence No. No.1 Repeat Record Temp Record Startup Predischarge Recording Interval Delta time 1s ECD-BC series... - Page 54 Sequence 1: Charge Mode CC-CV Charge Time 1h0m0s Rest Time 0h1m0s Charge Current 0.5A CV Voltage CV Time 0h10m0s It Current 0.3A Sequence 1: Discharge Mode Discharge Time 1h0m0s Rest Time 0h1m0s Discharge Current 0.5A Capacity voltage End Voltage ECD-BC series...
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Page 55: Status And Error Messages
The status and error messages in the running test are displayed on the “Status” field in the “Power Status” area of the run screen. They are logged and displayed on the “Status” field in the “Cycle display” area of the data screen. “Display position of the run screen” “Display position of the data screen” ECD-BC series... -
Page 56: Normal Status Messages
It’s displayed when OTP has operated. OTP (Over Temperature The reason is that the internal temperature of the power supply is Protection) operated. increased by the environmental temperature of the power supply is high or the vent is blocked. ECD-BC series... -
Page 57: Error Messages
Or, increase the setting time-out. can’t reach the setting value check if set value is not Therefore, if it keeps being displayed, wrong or device is not within the setting time-out. check whether there is a problem with the abnormal. temperature chamber. ECD-BC series... -
Page 58: Error Message Window
If a communication error occurs, retry the communication session by clicking on this button. If the communication session is carried successfully out by retrying, the test will be resumed. This button is only displayed when a communication error has occurred. “Suspend” Suspend the test being performed. ECD-BC series... -
Page 59: Troubleshooting
- The operation of the virtual COM port is defective. Reinstall the driver of the virtual COM port etc. and check the virtual COM port operates normally. You can check the status of the COM port with the device manager. ECD-BC series... - Page 60 Replace the USB-RS232C conversion cable or the PC with another one. (Refer to 3-4-1.) The sequence result has not - [Record] field of sequence setting is not check-marked. Check the [Record] field. (Refer to 6-7.) been logged. ECD-BC series...
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Page 61: Inquiry
Explorer window. The version of ECD-BC up to ver. 1.3.9 is saved in the following folder. C:/ProgramData/ECD-BC/Etc/ECDBC_ACCESS_COM??.log ECD-BC series... - Page 62 Revision History Rev. No. Rev. Date Revision Contents 2011/09 First edition 2013/02 Updated to Ver. 1.3.1 2018/01 Updated to Ver. 1.3.9 2020/09 Updated to Ver. 1.4.2 2021/02 Updated to Ver. 1.4.7, applied a new format, modified wording 2021/06 Updated to Ver. 1.4.8...
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