Asda CONTENT 1. ABOUT THE PBA ..................3 2. PRODUCT PERFORMANCE ..............3 2.1 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ............3 2.2 Power LED Indicator ................4 2.3 Buzzer ....................4 3. PRODUCT STRUCTURE INTRODUCTION ........... 5 4. PRODUCT DESCIRPTION ..............7 4.1 How to install or replace 18650 Lithium battery into PBA? ....7 4.2 How to charge the PBA? ..............
Asda 1. ABOUT THE PBA Portable Battery Analyzer (PBA) is developed for Insight series batteries and is used to acquire information and status of both individual batteries and battery bank (multiple batteries connected in parallel). By connecting the PBA to the CAN bus port of the battery, Battery’s SOC, cycle count, cell voltages and other useful information in real time can be retrieved.
10℃ - 45℃ Charging Operating 10 - 90%RH, non condensing Humidity Storage 25 - 85%RH, non condensing 1x IT27-20 Portable Battery Analyzer Package Include 1x LG INR18650-MH1 Lithium-ion cell 2.2 Power LED Indicator Status Description Communicating with external device Green LED blinking at 1Hz...
Asda PRODUCT DESCIRPTION 4.1 How to install or replace 18650 Lithium battery into PBA? Use a cross slot screwdriver to remove 2pcs M3 cross machine screws (Red arrow) , and open the battery cover. And then install a 18650 cylindrical cell into the battery compartment.
Asda 4.2 How to charge the PBA? When a battery symbol turns red and a continuous "beep..." sound come out, indicates that the battery is about to run out. “Battery Power Low device shutdown within 10s”.” will prompt out when the energy is too low.
Asda 4.5 Insert TF card to the PBA When recording battery pack data or upgrading battery pack software, please insert the TF memory card into the TF slot at the bottom of the PBA. If you need to update the battery software, copy the updated files to the pre-established "UPDdatE"...
Asda ① Logo ② Battery power level ③ Time, Date ④ Battery Bank Information Total voltage Display the bus terminal voltage value of the entire battery bank Total current Display output current value of the entire battery bank ...
Asda 4.6.2.1 Battery Status Batt. Addr Battery Address Selection Press the ▲ or ▼ to change the battery address value to select corresponding battery connected to the PBA, default is 1 (the first battery connected to the PBA), value range: 0~255 ...
Asda Temp1, Temp2, Temp3 Value of corresponding temperature sensors inside the selected battery SOC State of Charge (SOC) in percentage of the selected battery Cycle Cycle count of the selected battery Protection When battery protection triggered, the corresponding types will be displayed, maximum two items will be displayed.
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Asda Display the voltage of each cell of the selected battery, number of cells depend on the battery configuration. Default is 0, indicates either no cell is occupied or open circuited. Click the icon or swipe the screen to the left will return to Battery Status page ...
Asda Charge Over Temperature Discharge Over Temperature Charger Under Temperature Discharge Under Temperature Refer to battery pack specification for detail of the above parameters ( ) Click the icon on top of the screen will read the EEPROM data of the selected battery and save as EE file in TF card.
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Asda 4.6.2.5 Error Page Error description displays the specific error messages as below: Snapshot Error: Exception on Save File! Snapshot Error: Exception on eject SD! Snapshot Error: Read Data Failed! Battery %d might be not exist. Check connection and try again.
Asda 4.6.3 Recording data from External Battery Pack Please insert the TF card before using this function. Note: Must power off the PBA before insert or remove the memory card. Otherwise, the data may be damaged. Click the icon “Data Recording“ of the main menu, then go to “Data Recording”...
Asda Click the icon will start data recording, and the screen will jump to Data Recording page Click File List will go to File List page Click the icon will return to Main Menu page. 4.6.3.2 Data Recording ...
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Asda Error table Alarm Status Error Code Over Temperature Protection in Charging OTP @C Over Temperature Protection in Discharging OTP @D Under Temperature Protection in Charging UTP@C Under Temperature Protection in Discharging UTP@D Over Voltage Protection Under Voltage Protection Over Current Protection in Charging OCP@C Over Current Protection in Discharging OCP@D...
Asda 4.6.3.4 File List Datalog files stored in TF card will be displayed here, up to 16 files can be displayed. If there are more than 16, 15 of them will be displayed and message “and X Files” will be displayed in lower right corner, X is the number of remaining files.
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Asda And then insert TF card to the PBA Click the icon “SW Update” of the main menu, then input password: An on-screen keyboard will appear when SW Update is selected, allowing you to input password. (default password is 1111) ...
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Asda 4.6.4.1 SW Update operation Main Pack Hex Update the battery pack firmware of the selected battery. Click this icon will go to Main Pack Hex page. Comm. Controller Hex Update the communication controller firmware of the selected battery. Click this icon will go to Comm.
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Asda 4.6.4.2 Update Main Pack Hex Current Version Battery existing main pack hex version File PBA default to display the latest version main pack hex file stored in the folder "UPDdatE". If lower version file is needed, please click the icon to select file from the folder.
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Asda If the download is failed, below page will display with corresponding error message. Error description displays the specific error messages as below statues: Error: File Length Error.. Error: Invalid File : XXX (file name) Error: Device Low Power. Not support to download ...
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Asda 4.6.4.3 Update Comm. Controller Hex Current Version Battery existing Comm. Controller hex version . File PBA default to display the latest version Comm. Controller hex file stored in the folder "UPDdatE". If lower version file is needed, please click the icon to select file from the folder.
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Asda And then touch the screen, then return to SW Update page; If the download is failed, below page will display with the corresponding error message. Error description displays the specific error messages as below statues: Error: File Length Error.. ...
Asda 4.6.6 How to Setup the PBA? Click the icon “Setting” of the main menu, then go to “Setting” page: 4.6.6.1 Settings Brightness Adjustment To adjust the brightness of PBA screen. Date and Time Setting To adjust the date and time ...
Asda To include 120Ω termination resistor in CAN communiation. CAN to USB & File Transfer - PBA can act as a battery reader, together with the specific PC interface, one can access the battery via PC - One can direct access the TF card via PC under this mode ...
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Asda 4.6.6.3 Date and Time Setting Scroll up and down to select the correct time and date. Default setting is MM/DD/YYYY/HH/MM: 1/1/2000 01:01 (24-hour clock) After completed, then click the icon “OK”, the date and time will be updated and then return to Settings page 4.6.6.4 CAN Terminal Resistance (120Ω) Setting If necessary, enable terminal resistance in the CAN communication...
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Asda Click the icon (default setting is disable) to enable 120Ω terminal resistance of PBA. The icon will change to , press once again will disable the 120Ω termination function and the icon will change back to And then click icon “Exit”, return to the Settings page; ...
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Asda battery information via PC directly. (Related software: BMS100UPS-CAN-xxxx- xxx.exe) Battery Pack Run the specify interface software To exit this mode, click the icon Exit or the icon , they will all go to the page as below: Click YES, then return to the Settings page; ...
Asda 4.6.6.6 Update PBA FW Please note: Only for authorized personnel. Update Analyzer Display Update the PBA’s UI; Update Analyzer Main Controller Update the main software of PBA; Update Analyzer Comm. Controller Update the Communication software of PBA. 5.
Asda 6. SAFETY INFORMATION WARNING AND CAUTION A Warning identifies hazardous conditions and procedures that are dangerous to the user. A Caution identifies conditions and procedures that can cause damage to the Product or the equipment under test. Warning To prevent possible electrical shock, fire, or personal injury and for safe operation of the Product: ...
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