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1. Se ee ee Ne ee ne Printer Test condition Editor gt Test condition Windows application file TXT To be executed J under the current gt Test condition editing conditions file TST y Test Exectuive GPIB y A PFX20W 12 Temperature chamber test conditions file gaa eta a eee ee CBC LA 4 lt 4 Protocol converter lt gt bie esate Charge discharge data file Life data file Ds en ca nates re DCD TXT LIF TXT i ee i gen TS gt Windows application A CD Data Graph Life Data Graph Toat re Se disehialge Life data file data file Printer TXT TXT N ee E rte Fig 1 Software Configuration Flow of test procedure 1 Prepare the test conditions Test Condition Editor Prepare the test conditions That is determine the test type to be performed 2 Carry out the test Test Executive Connect DUT to frames and assign the prepared test conditions to the frames That is determine which channel of which unit of which frame will perform this test Then specify the frames units and channels to perform the test 3 Analyze and evaluate the test data acquired CD Data Graph Life Data Graph Convert the obtained test results into graphs and tables for analysis and evaluation SD03 PFX Introduction 9 10 Introduction SD03 PFX Chapter 2 Setup 2 1 2 2 2 3 SD03 PFX Package Contents This BPChecker
2. Unit6 Charge Discharge Charge Discharge Fig 3 Image of Operations between the Units You can set units to a 50 W 6 channel configuration referred to as a 6 channel configuration or 20 W 12 channel configuration referred to as a 12 channel configuration on a per frame basis When a frame is used in 12 channel configuration the two channels A and B in the units must perform charge discharge tests under the same testing conditions 16 PFX20W 12 Charge Discharge Testers SD03 PFX Illustration of test in 12 channel configuration If one unit channel completes charge or discharge before the other that channel will wait for the other to complete charging or discharging before proceeding to the next status ChannelA Z I LLL uu Channel B _ COUN Charge Discharge Charge A i a fag i Fig 4 Illustration of Operations between the Channels In other respects the 12 channel configuration differs from the 6 channel configuration in test operations If one channel for a unit has already begun testing the other channel which has not started testing may not be started at a subsequent time If an alarm is issued to one of the channels the other channel ceases output To resume testing you must clear the alarm from the channel for which it was issued SD03 PFX PFX20W 12 Charge Discharge Testers 17 3 3 Details of Possible Charge Discharge Tests 3 3 1 Constant
3. e If a test is conducted with the total for discharge time and rest time set to 0 00 the sequence of patterns repeats and loop may not function properly due to problems related to data processing time The total for discharge time and rest time must be set no lower than 0 01 for 1 minute For example if you set the discharge time to 0 00 rest time must be set to 0 01 E Capacity Voltage This function stops totaling discharge capacity when battery voltage which declines as discharge progresses falls below the capacity voltage setting Discharge time r gt N 7 Rest time Capacit Su Battery voltage voliege y a voltage Discharge capacity Fig 17 Calculation of Total Discharge Capacity terminating at the Capacity Voltage This capacity voltage must be set in any discharge mode In constant current pulse discharge mode the capacity voltage is determined based on the Low voltage SDO3 PFX Creating and Controlling Test Conditions 39 E For all Pattern 1 to Pattern 15 properties Copy button Copies and saves pattern data charge discharge data to the clipboard Paste button Pastes clipboard contents to the current pattern data Default button Clears pattern data Selecting this button sets rest time h min for charge to 0 01 rest time h min for discharge to 0 01 and all other items to 0 4 4 Storing a File After creating the test conditions click the OK
4. emitted during any charge or discharge other than pulse discharge The Low V column denotes Low voltage emitted during pulse discharge or steady state voltage emitted during any charge or discharge other than pulse discharge e The current value for pulse discharge shows an average current calculated from the set pulse current value and the value of the pulse time width This value is also used to calculate battery capacity The PFX20W 12 s current measuring capability does not assure an accuracy of 2 mA or below Thus if a measured current value is less than 2 mA capacity will not be calculated to avoid measurement error Cycle P R L Displays the total number for test cycles pattern repeat and loop being executed State Displays the pause state or the state in which a test was terminated This state is cleared when the test resumes OHP Stop due to frame power failure or a GPIB error Error CPU error Stop due to frame CPU error AC Line Stop due to sudden AC power line failure DUT Name Displays the DUT name entered when selecting a unit to run a test File Name Displays file name for a test conditions file Performing Tests 53 5 5 2 Changing the update time of the monitoring window The data update time for the monitoring window can be set to 3 6 15 or 30 seconds by selecting Monitor Data Update Interval from the Options menu Monitor Data Update Interval x
5. Properties Allows you to set the conditions for a test synchronized with the temperature chamber SD03 PFX Performing Tests 71 5 12 Detailed Alarm Information and Appropriate Corrective Action DUT battery protection related alarms lamp love Overcharge protection DUT battery voltage has exceeded an OVP voltage OVP On f value during testing reset alarm UVP DUT battery voltage has fallen below an UVP protection voltage value during testing reset alarm w e Mor Totalized capacity has exceeded an OAH capacity Release by protection value during charge testing reset alarm DUT battery has not been connected properly Connection DUT battery Possibly this is the result of an incorrect wire Release by connection error connection with the DUT or poor connections such reset alarm as a broken wire Confirm connections System hardware related alarms If CPU communications errors occur frequently the frame may be defective Contact Kikusui distributor agent 2 If the alarm persists even when problems are resolved the frame may be defective Contact Kikusui distributor agent 72 Performing Tests SD03 PFX Graphing the Charge and Discharge Results Chapter 6 CD Data Graph This chapter describes procedures for graphing charge discharge data extension dcd created by the Test Executive for on screen display or printout 6 1 Opening a Charge Discharge Graph File Graphs may b
6. Test Results property page 7 4 1 General Info property This property lists nominal values for the battery being tested and the conditions for life judgement and others General Info Sequence Test Results Others General Info File Name PathName DUT Name 11Asample C Program Files KIKUSUI sample Frame Unit Operator Battery Type Note Cycle P R L Starting Date Time Stopping Date Time Nominal Capacityfm h Nominal Voltage Life Judgement Life Capacity Rate Life Count 114 Kikusui Electronics Corp Li ion Sample 112 174 7 19 99 11 10 49 AM 7 21 99 7 37 45 AM 800 0 3 700 Off 0 1 Fig 59 Test Results of General Info Memo box Allows you to enter up to single byte 30 characters of comments for the test results When printed a character string entered here is displayed in the memo item SDO3 PFX Graphing the Life Results 93 7 4 2 Sequence property This property displays the sequence in which the charge discharge test was conducted and the test conditions applied Test Result Properties Mode cc Discharge Time h min 2 00 Rest Timelh min 0 10 Current 4 0 800 Capacity Voltage 2 900 Cutoff YoltagelV 2 900 It Timelh min Fig 60 Test Results of Sequence 94 Graphing the Life Results SDO3 PFX 7 4 3 Test Results property This property displays the cycle basis capacity data for charge discharge and the test results Test Result Pr
7. m Data Update Interval 3 second s 6 second s 30 secondfs Cancel Fig 27 Changing the Monitoring Data Update Interval 5 5 3 Changing the axes for the real time data Select Graph Scale from the View menu to change the vertical Y and horizontal X axes of the graphs displayed Graph Scale x X Anis Y Axis Style Step 6 Time min fo fi 20 20 Cancel Fig 28 Screen for Changing Graph Axes The Graph Scale properties sheet consists of the X axis Y axis and Style pages 54 Performing Tests SD03 PFX SD03 PFX E Setting items in the X Axis and Y Axis properties Step slider Adjust the slider knob to change the number of axis scale marks The number of divisions that may be set range from 1 to 12 Min Max and Step boxes For the X axis page enter the minimum and maximum values for the time axis of graphs For the Y axis page enter the minimum and maximum values of graphs of voltage current and capacity The present value per division is displyed at the Step box E Setting items in the Style property Grid check box Check this check box to superimpose grids upon graphs Step slider Set the size of the grid squares by moving the slider knob The number of divisions that may be set is 2 4 and 5 Pen Width Sets the width of the pen of the data Back Color Axis Color Axis Width Sets the Back Color
8. Find for to specify the folder name of the charge discharge data files created by the Test Executive f Browse for Folder Program Files 2 9 Accessories Common Files 4 ICw Intemet Connection Wizard Internet Explorer Fig 45 Specifying the Folder Specify the folder and click the OK button This returns you to the previous dialog box 74 Graphing the Charge and Discharge Results SDO3 PFX After specifying the folder set the retrieval conditions There are two retrieval conditions a method for Find All Files and for Specify File To Find When you select Specify File To Find the Find File dialog box allows you to specify a frame unit channel and cycle The CD Data Graph executes retrieval by OR of the condition specified here After specifying the retrieval conditions click the Next button The following dialog box appears listing the files meeting the retrieval conditions Find File Step2 2 DUT Name F U Starting D Stopping Cycle P A L 08Ju39 DEU 1117171 O8Jul39 O8Ju 99 0 0 0 0 08Ju39 OU 101 1 1 O8Juk99 O8Ju 99 0 0 0 0 O8vJul39 OU 1017 1 1 O8Juk99 O8Ju 99 201 271 DU O8Ju 99 0 0 0 0 DU OU 1017 1 1 08Ju39 O8Ju 99 2114271 O8Jul39 OU 0 0 0 0 OBJuk99 OU 101 1 1 O8Juk99 O8Ju 99 2114271 O8Juk99 OBJul99 000 DU OU 11117 O8Juk99 O8Ju 99 211271 O8Juk99 O8Ju 39 0 0 0 0 08u39 OU 1017 1 1 O8Juk99 DEU 0 0 0 0 O8Juk99 O8Ju 3
9. Package Contents 11 Install 11 Uninstall 11 Setting the GPIB Addresses 12 Connecting the GPIB Cables 14 Checking Connections 14 For Safe Use 14 Chapter 3 PFX20W 12 Charge Discharge Testers 15 3 1 3 2 3 3 Frame Configuration 15 Channel Configuration 16 Details of Possible Charge Discharge Tests 18 3 3 1 Constant current constant voltage charge CC CV 18 3 3 2 Constant current charge CC 19 3 3 3 Constant current discharge CC 20 3 3 4 Constant power discharge CP 21 3 3 5 Pulse discharge pulse 22 Chapter 4 Creating and Controlling Test Conditions __ 25 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 What is the Test Condition Editor 25 Creating a Test Conditions File 26 Creating the Test Conditions 26 4 3 1 Comment property 27 4 3 2 Sequence property 28 4 3 3 Predischarge Pattern 1 to Pattern 15 property 34 Storinga File 40 Test Condition Editor Menus 41 SD03 PFX SD03 PFX Chapter 5 Performing Tests 43 5 1 5 2 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 7 5 8 5 9 Introduction 43 Operational Flowchart 45 Starting the Test Executive 46 Setting and Running the Test Conditions 47 5 4 1 Setting the test conditions 47 5 4 2 Running the test 48 5 4 3 Quitting the test 50 5 4 4 Pausing the test 50 5 4 5 Resuming the test 51 Functions Related to the Screen Display 52 5 5 1 How to view the monitoring window 52 5 5 2 Changing the update time of the monitoring window 54 5 5 3 Changing the axes for the real time dat
10. Pasting Data into Spreadsheet Applications 98 Printing 98 7 6 1 Color Printing 98 Saving Data in Text Format 99 Life Data Graph Menus 100 Chapter 8 Appendix 101 8 1 8 2 8 3 8 4 8 5 8 6 Index nn Hard Disk Space Required 102 Printer Output of Test Conditions 1 2 103 Printer Output of Test Conditions 2 2 104 Printer Output of Charge Graphs 105 Printer Output of Discharge Graphs 106 Printer Output of Life Graphs 107 109 SD03 PFX Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Product Outline The SD03 PFX E Battery Performance Checker 12 application software hereafter referred to as the BPChecker is a battery characteristics testing system that performs charge discharge characteristics tests of batteries by controlling PFX20W 12 testers hereafter referred to as frames via a PC and analyzing test results With the BPChecker up to six frames may be connected A single PC Personal computer can control up to 72 channels Charge discharge tests are performed by creating patterns data clusters involving detailed settings for voltage current time and other charge discharge characteristics with the Test Condition Editor then running Test Executive Up to 15 such patterns may be set for a single test and up to 2000 repetitions may be run giving the BPChecker the capacity to handle initial characteristics and battery life tests Using the BPChecker with a TABAI ESPEC protocol converter and temperature chamber allows tests to b
11. SD03 PFX You can browse the test conditions and test results data for the displayed graphs To display test results select Properties from the Test Results menu The Test Result properties sheet consists of the following three pages 1 General Info property page displaying nominal values for the battery being tested data recording conditions and other information Charge property page displaying test conditions and test results for charge Discharge property page displaying test conditions and test results for discharge General Info property This property lists the object information for the test data file Test Result Properties x General Info File Name Path Name DUT Name Frame Unit Operator Battery Type Note Cycle P R L Starting Date Time Stopping Date Time Nominal Capacity m h Nominal YoltagelV V Cap Protect DYP UVP OAH Recording Method Delta YoltagelmY Delta Current m4 Delta Time s General Info Charge Discharge 1140001 sample C Program Files KIKUSUI sample 114 Kikusui Electronics Corp Li ion Sample 1117171 7719799 11 10 49 AM 7 19 99 15 48 11 PM 800 0 3 700 On 4 300 2 500 150 T1024 20 0n 20 0n 3600 0n Fig 49 Test Results of General Info Memo box Allows entry of up to single byte 30 characters of comments A character string entered here is displayed in the memo item in printing Graphing
12. a total of 3 Fig 41 Collective Settings Property Charge Temp C Discharge Temp C and Count boxes Set temperature of the temperature chamber in charge and discharge and the number of times to repeat the patterns of charge and discharge ipa Charge temperatures C 50 to 100 Discharge temperature C 1 to 2000 For example when the following are set Pattern 1 Charge temp 25 C discharge temp 10 C number of times 10 Pattern2 Charge temp 30 C discharge temp 5 C number of times 10 Pattern3 Charge temp 30 C discharge temp 10 C number of times 10 temperature of the temperature chamber can be changed to 25 C in charge and 10 C in discharge from cycles 1 to 10 to 30 C in charge and 5 C in discharge from cycles 11 to 20 and to 30 C in charge and 10 C in discharge from cycles 21 to 30 66 Performing Tests SDO3 PFX SD03 PFX Insert button Inserts the set values in Charge Temp C Discharge Temp C and Count to the list Delete button Deletes a specified condition from the list Delete All button Deletes all conditions in the list The maximum number of temperature patterns that may be set NOTE in individual settings and collective settings is 100 A frame cannot be added to a test synchronized with the temperature chamber while a test is being performed e If an alarm occurs in a channel
13. 8 f NL g af S a o ol 0 30 40 50 60 Time min Discharge Result Finished By Cutoff Voltage Discharge Capacity mAh 646 6 Discharge Time h min s 0 48 32 Unloaded Voltage V 4 171 Starting Voltage V 3 909 Finished Voltage V 2 900 106 Appendix SD03 PFX 8 6 Printer Output of Life Graphs Life Data Gra h KIKUSUI SDO3 PFX E Version 1 30 Battery Performance 12 SDO3 PFX E C Program Files Kikusui Sample 11Asample lif DUT Name Nominal Capacity mAh 800 0 Frame Unit 1 1A Nominal Voltage V 3 700 Operator Kikusui Electronics Corp Life Judgement Off Battery Type Li ion Life Capacity Rate 0 Note Sample Life Count 1 Cycle P R L 11 2 1 4 Starting Date Time 20 07 99 3 10 49 Stopping Dtae Time 21 07 99 23 37 45 Memo Charge Charge Discharge Capacity Rate Discharge 10 80 60 40 20 Charge Discharge Result First Charge Capacity mAh 831 7 Max Charge Capacity mAh 831 7 Max Charge Cycle P R L 1 1 1 1 Min Charge Capacity mAh 500 0 Min Charge Cycle P R L 6 3 1 2 First Discharge Capacity mAh 646 6 Max Discharge Capacity mAh 663 5 Max Discharge Cycle P R L 8 2 1 3 Min Discharge Capacity mAh 455 7 Min Discharge Cycle P R L 3 3 1 1 Cycle 11 SDO3 PFX Appendix 107 108 Appendix SDO3 PFX Index 1 12 channels 28 6 6 channels 28 A ACLine 53 B Battery Nominal Values 29 C Capacity Rate 31 Capacity Vol
14. For pulse discharge discharge ends if the Low voltage in the above figure drops to the cutoff voltage SD03 PFX PFX20W 12 Charge Discharge Testers 23 24 PFX20W 12 Charge Discharge Testers SDO3 PFX Creating and Controlling Chapter 4 Test Conditions Test Condition Editor This chapter explores the Test Condition Editor and explains how to create test conditions 4 1 What is the Test Condition Editor The Test Condition Editor is an application which creates and edits all test conditions involving charge discharge testing Using the Test Condition Editor you may set discharge predischarge for removing the electrical charge from a battery before beginning a test and 15 charge and discharge patterns You may also make settings for a sequence of 15 charge and discharge patterns for testing for battery information and for protection information to prevent overcharge and over discharge After you specify a file name for test conditions a binary file is created with the extension tst The Test Condition Editor also allows you to save files in text format extension txt or to copy data to the clipboard SDO3 PFX Creating and Controlling Test Conditions 25 4 2 Creating a Test Conditions File You may create a test conditions file from scratch or by modifying an existing file If you have just started the Test Condition Editor no file will be open To create new test conditions select New from the File menu t
15. 200 Time min Ready NUM Fig 47 Graph Display Screen 76 Graphing the Charge and Discharge Results SDO3 PFX 6 3 Setting Graph Axes SD03 PFX Select Graph Scale from the View menu to change the formats for the vertical Y and horizontal X axes of the displayed graphs X Anis Y Axis Style Step 4 Timefmin 0 40 fi 0 Cancel Fig 48 Screen for Changing the Graph Axes The Graph Scale properties sheet consists of the X axis Y axis and Style pages E Setting items in the X axis and Y axis properties Step slider Use the slider knob to set the number of divisions of the axis scale marks from 1 to 12 Min Max and Step boxes For the X axis page enter the minimum and maximum values for the graph s time axis For the Y axis page enter the minimum and maximum values for graphs of voltage and current The present value per division is displyed at the Step box Graphing the Charge and Discharge Results 77 E Setting items in the Style property Grid check box Check this check box to superimpose grids upon graphs Step slider Use the slider knob to set the size of the grid squares to 2 4 or 5 Pen Width Sets the width of the pen of the data Back Color Axis Color Axis Width Sets the Back Color Axis Color and Axis Width of Graph 78 Graphing the Charge and Discharge Results SDO3 PFX 6 4 Displaying the Test Results 6 4 1
16. Current A 0 400 0 400 0 600 0 000 0 000 Charge Time h min 3 00 3 00 3 00 0 00 0 00 Rest Time h min 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 01 0 01 CV Voltage V 4 200 4 200 4 100 0 000 0 000 CV Time h min 2 00 2 00 2 00 0 00 0 00 It Current A 0 040 0 040 0 100 0 000 0 000 It Time h min 0 10 0 10 0 00 0 00 0 00 Max Voltage V 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 dV V 0 001 0 001 0 001 0 001 0 001 dV Mask Time min 1 1 1 1 1 Discharge Pattern1 Pattern2 Pattern3 Pattern4 Pattern5 Mode CC cP Pulse2 CC CC Disch Time h min 2 00 2 00 2 00 0 00 0 00 Rest Time h min 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 01 0 01 Current A 0 800 0 800 0 800 0 000 0 000 Wattage W 0 00 2 50 0 00 0 00 0 00 Limit Current A 0 000 0 800 0 000 0 000 0 000 Pulse Currenti A 0 010 0 010 2 000 0 010 0 010 Pulse Time1 ms 0 50 0 50 0 58 0 50 0 50 Pulse Current2 A 0 010 2 000 0 010 0 010 0 010 Pulse Time2 ms 0 50 0 50 4 70 0 50 0 50 Pulse Current3 A 0 010 0 010 0 010 0 010 0 010 Pulse Time3 ms 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 50 Pulse Current4 A 0 010 0 010 0 010 0 010 0 010 Pulse Time4 ms 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 50 Capacity Voltage V 2 900 2 900 2 850 0 000 0 000 Cutoff Voltage V 2 900 2 900 2 850 0 000 0 000 SDO3 PFX Appendix 103 8 3 Printer Output of Test Conditions 2 2 Ho KIKUSUI SD03 PFX E Version 1 30 Test Condition Editor Battery Performance Checker 12 SD03 PFX E C Program Files Kikusui Sample Sample tst Charge Pattern6 Pattern Pattern8 Pattern Pattern10 Mode CC CV CC CV CC CV CC CV CC CV C
17. a maximum of six frames identifying frames to be controlled at startup If power to a frame is off or a GPIB address has been specified incorrectly the frame cannot be identified and will fall outside the list of frames to be controlled Confirm that a frame is connected by checking the State item in the following dialog box it should indicate Connected at the relevant frame This Frame Connection dialog box may be opened by selecting Frame Connection from the Options menu Frame State TargetModel_ Main CPU Sub CPU Connection PFX20W 12 1 01 Stop Monitor Heconnect Fig 19 Checking the Frame Connection If a frame that needs to be connected is not indicated as Connected in this dialog box reconfirm that power for the frame is on the GPIB address setting is correct and that the GPIB cable has been connected properly then press the Stop Monitor button in the Frame Connection dialog box The Reconnect button becomes selectable press the Reconnect button Recheck the connectable frames Performing Tests SDO3 PFX 5 4 Setting and Running the Test Conditions 5 4 1 Setting the test conditions SD03 PFX Before performing a test you need to assign to the units a test conditions file extension tst created by the Test Condition Editor To assign a test conditions file select Open from the File menu Select a file name from the dialog box displayed Select the test cond
18. button to close the Test Conditions Property screen If any conflicts are found in the data range or other test conditions information an alarm message is displayed To correct conflicts follow the prompts given on the screen To save the test conditions select Save or Save As from the File menu The file name extension will be tst A test data file created by the Test Executive uses the file name specified here 40 Creating and Controlling Test Conditions SDO3 PFX 4 5 Test Condition Editor Menus File Creates new test conditions ew Open Opens an existing Test Condition Editor file Files that may be opened have a tst extension Save Saves the edited test conditions data overwriting the original file if it exists Save As Lets you specify a name for saving a new test conditions data file or saves test conditions data under a new name Save an existing file under a new name to leave the original file unchanged Selecting Save As does not close the file you may continue editing the file just saved Save As Text Let you specify a file name for saving test conditions data in text format The extension for a text format file is txt Prints test conditions data Print Preview Provides an on screen preview of the data test conditions printout About print preview Some printer drivers may not return correct character widths for certain font types such as TrueType resulting in longer line
19. current constant voltage charge CC CV Charge time CV time Battery voltage I ev voltage Ss Charge current It current __Rest time It time Fig 5 Illustration of Operations in Constant Current Constant Voltage Charge The above figure illustrates the transition from constant current charge to constant voltage charge reaching CV time to resting from charge Additional descriptions are given below E Charge time Indicates the maximum time for a charge period Charging stops after this time elapses if it has not already ended E CV time CV time refers to the period between the instant at which battery voltage rises to shift the DUT to constant voltage action and the instant at which charging ends E It current and It time It current is the current value for detecting charge current which may be arbitrarily set by the user when performing a constant voltage charge After this current is detected charging ends after the time set by It time elapses PFX20W 12 Charge Discharge Testers SDO3 PFX 3 3 2 Constant current charge CC Charge time Battery voltage Maximum voltage oN Rest time Charge current 7 Fig 6 Illustration of Operations in Constant Current Charge The above figure illustrates the transition from constant current charge to dV detection end of charge to resting from charge Additional descriptions are given below E Maximum volta
20. during a test synchronized with the temperature chamber the test of that channel will be halted at the occurrence of such an alarm The other channels will continue the test synchronized with the temperature chamber e The conditions for a test synchronized with the temperature chamber may be checked but not edited or changed during testing e Pay attention to dew condensation in sudden temperature change Performing Tests 67 5 10 Graph Data to be Created The Test Executive saves charge discharge data for each cycle and life data to data files E Charge discharge data files For charge discharge data files the test data for one channel of one basic pattern charge rest and discharge rest is saved as a single file Data files are stored in the folder containing the test conditions file Data files are created for patterns for which the Recording check boxes in the Sequence page of the Test Condition Properties have been checked The last cycle of a test will always be saved as a file regardless of the setting in the Test Condition Properties File names assigned FUCOOOITST ded F frame numter 1 to 6 FUCOO0O1TST dcd U unit number 1 to 6 FUCOOOITST ded C channel number A or B for 12 channel configuration or X for 6 channel configuration FUCQ001TST dcd 0001 number of accumulated cycles 0000 to 2000 FUCOO01TST dcd TST test conditions file name FUCOOO1TST ded ded extension dcd or txt ext
21. format may not be set during testing e When the system saves test data in text format measured data may not be fully captured depending on the processing time required to perform the conversion into text format for large data quantities e Do not move with the folder s and file s related to the test during a test When the folder s and file s are not found your system cannot store data Performing Tests 69 5 11 Test Executive Menus Loads a test conditions file into specified frame and unit Select the page for the specified frame and click the appropriate unit check boxes Updates test conditions for specified frame and unit Select the page of the Condition specified frame and click the appropriate unit check boxes Test conditions may be updated only for those units that have been paused during testing For those not currently running a test a new test conditions file may be created or an existing one overwritten by selecting File Open Cl Closes the test conditions file for specified frame and unit Select the page of the specified frame and click the appropriate unit check boxes Possible reasons file close is disabled No test conditions data has been loaded A test is running Exit Exits the Test Executive You can exit the Test Executive only when no tests are being carried out or when the units have been paused and are in Idle or Sidle state condition where they are in pause st
22. saved Loop box Enter the number of times to repeat the test of Pattern 1 to Pattern 15 taken as a whole NOTE e Up to 2000 whole cycles including Repeat and Loop may be set SDO3 PFX Creating and Controlling Test Conditions 33 4 3 3 Predischarge Pattern 1 to Pattern 15 property This subsection describes the specific settings used to determine the kinds of charge discharge testing actually performed Predischarge is described along with the discharge item E Charge Settings for charge conditions and terminating factors in each mode are described below Test Condition properties T Sn IRA Sei NASTE rs Wanilia SENET ENZA AN Marvotageii Kalseniimezlme SEKA KA Gy Mes LIME Tita Fig 15 Pattern 1 to Pattern 15 Properties Charge Mode combo box Enables selection of mode CC CV constant current constant voltage or CC constant current in which charge is tested The setting items related to the mode selected here are available for input Current A box Enter a charge current value 34 Creating and Controlling Test Conditions SDO3 PFX SD03 PFX Charge Time h min box Enter the charge time Charge time is one of the factors that can terminate charging Charge always terminates when this time elapses When the input is 0 00 charge is skipped 0 00 to 999 59 h min Rest Time h min box Enter the rest time rest stat
23. the Charge and Discharge Results 79 6 4 2 Charge property This property displays the test conditions and test results for charge Test Result Properties Charge Time k Charge Capacity m4h 831 7 Charge Time h min Charge Timefh min s 3 00 00 Rest Timelh min i CC Time h min s 1 20 22 C Voltage V Unloaded Voltage 3 490 CY Timefh min i Starting YoltagelV 3 821 It Current 4 j Max Voltage 4 200 It Timef h min Finished YoltagelV 4 200 Fig 50 Test Results of Charge 80 Graphing the Charge and Discharge Results SDO3 PFX SD03 PFX E Test Results This section displays the results for charge testing Text enue 1 Max time Charge ends at charge time Max voltage Charge ends at the maximum voltage CV time Charge ends at CV time It time Charge ends at It time dV Charge ends due to a voltage drop of dV OAH Stop due to tripping of OAH overcharge capacity protection Connection Error Stop due to DUT connection error PS B Stop due to PS board error OHP Stop due to tripping of OHP of CD board CD B Stop due to CD board error UVP Stop due to tripping of UVP OVP Stop due to tripping of OVP Stop Stop due to selection of Stop or Emergency Stop Communication Error Stop due to a GPIB error or power failure CPU error Stop due to CPU error AC Line Stop due to sudden AC power line failure Test not carried out Other causes Charge Capacity Charge Capacity Cap
24. 0 001 to 1 000 V dV Mask Time min box Enter the dV mask time Detection of dV voltage drop will be disabled for the time set here Setting of this box is enabled in CC mode NOTE If a test is conducted with the total for charge time and rest time set to 0 00 the sequence of patterns repeats and loop may not function properly due to problems related to data processing time Thus the total of the charge time and rest time must be set to at least 0 01 for 1 minute For example if you set the charge time to 0 00 rest time must be set to 0 01 36 Creating and Controlling Test Conditions SDO3 PFX E Discharge Settings for discharge conditions and terminating factors in each mode are described below Test Condition properties BOrrente Marvoltegelv AA AA ask ANE Icccv po P le PH po kb ne Tu fo ho po por TUOU Fig 16 Pattern 1 to Pattern 15 Properties Discharge Set test conditions related to discharge in this section Mode combo box Enables selection of mode CC constant current CP constant power pulse 2 two values and pulse 4 four values in which discharge is tested Setting items related to the mode selected here are then available for input Discharge Time h min box Enter the discharge time Discharge time is one of the factors that can terminate discharging When this discharge time elapses discharge will terminate even w
25. 00 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 It Time h min 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 Max Voltage V 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 dV V 0 001 0 001 0 001 0 001 0 001 dV Mask Time min 1 1 1 1 1 Discharge Pattern11 Pattern12 Pattern13 Pattern14 Pattern15 Mode cc cc cc cc cC Disch Time h min 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 Rest Time h min 0 01 0 01 0 01 0 01 0 01 Current A 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 Wattage W 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 Limit Current A 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 Pulse Current1 A 0 010 0 010 0 010 0 010 0 010 Pulse Time1 ms 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 50 Pulse Current2 A 0 010 0 010 0 010 0 010 0 010 Pulse Time2 ms 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 50 Pulse Current3 A 0 010 0 010 0 010 0 010 0 010 Pulse Time3 ms 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 50 Pulse Current4 A 0 010 0 010 0 010 0 010 0 010 Pulse Time4 ms 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 50 Capacity Voltage V 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 Cutoff Voltage V 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 104 Appendix SDO3 PFX 8 4 Printer Output of Charge Graphs CD Data Gra h KIKUSUI SD03 PFX E Version 1 30 Battery Performance Poisi 12 SD03 PFX E C Program Files Kikusui Sample 11A0001sample dcd DUT Name Nominal Capacity mAh 800 0 Frame Unit 1 1A Nominal Voltage V 3 700 Operator Kikusui Electronics Corp V Cap Protect On Battery Type Li ion OVP V 4 300 Note Sample UVP V 2 500 OAH 150 Cycle P R L 1 1 1 1 Recording method 7 1024 Starting Date Time 20 07 99 3 10 49 Delta Voltage mV 20 On St
26. 18 35 It Time 18 35 L Life 53 Life data files 68 Life Data Graph 6 9 69 87 Life Judgement 31 53 Limit Current 21 38 Max Charge Capacity 96 Max Charge Cycle 96 Max Discharge Capacity 96 Max Discharge Cycle 96 Maximum Voltage 19 31 36 Min Charge Capacity 96 Min Charge Cycle 96 Min Discharge Capacity 96 Min Discharge Cycle 96 Monitor Data Update Interval 54 N Normal printing 84 O OAH 14 29 52 53 OHP 52 Operational state 52 Over discharge protection 29 Overcharge capacity protection 14 29 Overcharge protection 29 Overvoltage protection 14 OVP 14 29 52 53 110 Index P Pasting Data into Spreadsheet Applications 84 98 Pause 53 Pausing the test 50 Possible factors preventing the start of testing 70 Predischarge 34 52 65 68 Print 84 98 Print Continuous 84 Print Setup 41 Protocol converter 60 PS B 52 Pulse 2 38 Pulse 4 38 Pulse discharge 22 Q Quit 53 Quitting the test 50 R Real time window 44 Reconnect 46 Rest Time 35 Resuming the test 51 S Save As Text 85 99 Setthe address 12 Setting Graph Axes 77 SRQ function 12 Stop Monitor 46 Style property 55 Synchronized with a temperature chamber 60 SD03 PFX T Test Condition Editor 6 9 25 Test Conditions property 26 Test conditions window 44 Test Executive 9 43 Test Executive allows you to resume this test when it is launched 57 Test Results properties 79 Test Results property
27. 9 11117 08 Jul 39 O8Ju 99 _Of0 0 0 1140001Sample dcd 11800005 ample ded 11800015 ample ded 12400005 ample dcd 1240001 S ample ded 12400025 ample ded 12800005 ample ded 12B0001S ample ded 12B0002S ample ded 13400005 ample ded 13400015 ample ded 13400025 ample ded 13800005 ample ded 13B0001S ample ded 13800025 ample ded 14400005 ample ded 14400015 ample ded 14800005 ample ded 14B0001S ample ded 15400005 ample ded au on aan FESEFBBBFFFEBBEEFFEn lt Back Finish Fig 46 Finding a File 2 2 Select a charge discharge data file you wish to graph and click the Finish button NOTE e The maximum number of files that may be retrieved is 2000 maximum SDO3 PFX Graphing the Charge and Discharge Results 75 6 2 Displaying Graphs Graphs display charge and discharge data individually but shows voltage and current data together When you first display graphs the CD Data Graph displays graphs for charge data To switch graphs between charge and discharge data select Charge Graph Discharge Graph from the View menu The graph types are indicated by color as shown below Voltage gt green Current red iM CD Data Graph 11A0001sample Iof x fe File Edit View Test Results Window Help l x CG amp Mrmh 64 2 este Charge w o 9 48 1 12 0 84 3 8 Current A Voltage 0 568 24 1 2 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180
28. 95 Test Sequence 33 68 Test Sequence property 94 To modify test conditions during a test 59 TrueType font 100 U Undervoltage protection 14 Uninstall 11 UVP 14 29 52 53 V Voltage Capacity protection 29 W Waiting state 52 Waiting state for synchronisation 52 SD03 PFX Index 111
29. Axis Color and Axis Width of Graph Performing Tests 55 5 6 Reconnecting a Frame 56 If a frame issues a GPIB communications error due to defects power supply problems or other reasons the Test Executive automatically shuts off the connection for the frame where the communications error occurred in order to continue tests on other frames To reconnect the frame follow the procedure below 1 When multiple frames are connected pause all channels currently running tests 2 Select Frame Connection from the Options menu to open the Connect Frame dialog box fone Siete f Tapet Model Menceu sub er S Framel Connection PFX20W 12 1 01 Frame S Frame3 SA Frame4 S Frame5 Frameb Stop Monitor Reconnect Fig 29 Connect Frame Dialog Box 3 Press the Stop Monitor button Then press the Reconnect button and confirm that Connected is indicated at the relevant frame After checking the frame connections press the Close button to close the dialog box 4 Select Restart from the Test menu to restart the test Precautions for reconnection e When multiple frames are running tests set all channels concerned to pause state then reconnect This is done to maintain testing continuity for the channels through which tests are being run e Resolve the error or problem in the frame whose connection has been shut off then reconnect Performing Tests SDO3 PFX 5 7 Resuming the
30. Electronic Test Instruments amp PowerSupplies Battery Performance Checker 12 SD03 PFA E Version 1 3 for PFX20W 12 User s Manual Part No Z1 001 732 IB001885 About the User s Manual Read this User s Manual thoroughly before using the product and keep it handy for ready reference When transporting the product to another location remember to bring the manual If your copy ofthe manual has pages missing or out of order please contact us to obtain a replacement copy If the manual is lost or damaged a new User s Manual may be purchased by contacting Kikusui distributor agent and providing the Kikusui Part No given on this page This manual has been prepared with the utmost care If you have any questions or if you notice errors or omissions please contact Kikusui distributor agent Notices E All software copyrights are reserved by SYSTEMHOUSE SUNRISE Inc E The software or User s Manual may not be reproduced or reprinted in whole or in part without our prior permission E Software specifications and the information provided in this manual are subject to change without notice Trademarks Microsoft Windows MS and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation USA Windows95 is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation USA Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corporation USA IBM is the registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation USA National Instruments is the r
31. Fig 63 Selecting Graphs for Print Continuous The Life Data Graph prints graphs continuously in all windows according to the graph type checked in this dialog box 7 6 1 Color Printing The Life Data Graph switches between black and white and color printing To print in color check Color Print in the File menu When you print in color charge capacity and discharge capacity are printed in red and green respectively to match the screen display 98 Graphing the Life Results SDO3 PFX 7 7 Saving Data in Text Format All data in the General Info Test Sequence and Test Results pages observable in the Test Result properties may be saved in text format Files saved in text format may be opened by word processor or spreadsheet applications To save data as text select Save As Text from the File menu The default file name is a life data file name with the txt file extension SDO3 PFX Graphing the Life Results 99 7 8 Life Data Graph Menus File Save As Text Saves life data in text format The text file extension is txt The command also allows you to specify a name for the life data file Prints life data graph Print Continuous Prints life data graphs in all windows continuously with options for selecting the data to be printed X axis linear or logarithmic Y axis capacity rate 100 or measured capacity values Print Preview Provides an on screen preview of print output About print preview
32. Previous Test SD03 PFX If a test is terminated in midcourse under the following conditions the Test Executive allows you to resume this test when it is launched Conditions of termination under which a test may be resumed 1 The Test Executive is terminated by setting all channels running tests to pause state by selecting Stop from the Test menu 2 If the personal computer power supply is interrupted for some reason such as power failure 3 If the power supply for a frame running a test is shut down resulting in a GPIB communications error NOTE e If the power supply for the frame was shut down set the channels for the frames currently running tests without problems to pause state then exit the Test Executive If channels exist through which the test may be continued the Test Executive displays the following dialog box on being launched To continue testing select Yes in this dialog box If you select No the Test Executive starts by resetting continuity information Test Executive N There is a continuity information Do you wish to resume it rai Fig 30 Dialog box displayed if a channel exists through which a continuation test may be resumed when the Test Executive is started Performing Tests 57 The dialog box allowing selection of units to resume testing is displayed Select the channels through which the test is to be resumed in this dialog box To carry out discharge b
33. Settings or Collective Settings property apply to synchronization with the temperature chamber The individual settings and collective settings are described in the following subsections Judgement C and Wait Time min boxes For Judgement enter a temperature at which the counting of waiting time starts as the temperature of the temperature chamber approaches a set temperature For Wait Time set the time taken by temperature chamber to stabilize after reaching the judgement temperature A charge discharge test starts when the time set in this box has elapsed Set a temperature on Individual settings or Collective settings property page At the setting temperature is 40 C and the judgement temperature is 0 5 C the range from 39 6 C to 40 4 C is the range for judgment The temperature of the temperature chamber changes until it has settled down to the setting temperature The temperature of the temperature chamber is watched every 15 seconds Therefore the wait time may be started when the temperature went across the range for judgment at first or may not be started until the temperature actually settls down Set a wait time considering such a time es oe Judgement C 0 0 to 10 0 62 Performing Tests SDO3 PFX Temperature of d Wait time Judgment the temperature temperature Test start chamber Be AN7 V Setting temperature Time Fig 36 Illus
34. Some printer drivers may not correctly reflect the character width of some font types such as TrueType font Lines in the print preview screen may flow past the right hand margin The actual printout will have correct character widths Print Setup Allows you to select a printer and set the printing method Items to be set up depend on the selected printer Color Print Switches between black and white and color printing Prints in color when checked Exits the Life Data Graph Allows you to copy test data to the clipboard in text format View Displays the cycle axis of life data graphs in linear form Logarithmic Displays the cycle axis of life data graphs in logarithmic form 100 capacity of the reference cycle set as 100 You can set the reference cycle Capacity Rate Displays the capacity axis of life data graphs with the charge discharge on the Others sheet by selecting Properties from the Test Results menu Capacity True Displays the capacity axis of life data graph in measured capacity values Value Window Cascade Displays overlapping windows with title bars visible This display mode allows quick selection of a particular window Tile Horizontally Displays all windows tiled horizontally and without overlap Tile Vertically Displays all windows tiled vertically and without overlap Arranges icons at an equal intervals both horizontally and vertically Close All Closes all windows 100 Graphing the Life Results SDO3 PF
35. X Chapter 8 SD03 PFX 8 1 8 2 8 3 8 4 8 5 8 6 Appendix Hard Disk Space Required Printer Output of Test Conditions 1 2 Printer Output of Test Conditions 2 2 Printer Output of Charge Graphs Printer Output of Discharge Graphs Printer Output of Life Graphs Appendix 101 8 1 102 Hard Disk Space Required Appendix The size of a cycle basis charge discharge data file extension dcd created by the Test Executive varies with test time or the particular recording method for test conditions such as delta voltage and delta current changing according to the following equation File size 548 bytes header 24 bytes x number of charge data points 24 bytes x number of discharge data points Because the maximum number of points is 1024 for both charge and discharge the file size reached when all 1024 points are saved is about 48 6 KB When a data file of this maximum number of points is saved for each cycle the following disk space is required per channel Considerable disk space is required depending on the number of channels and cycles Thus ways to eliminate unnecessary data efficiently should be considered Capacity data files extension lif use the following space per channel File size 2122 bytes header 8 bytes x number of cycles The Windows cluster allocation system reserves an entire separate cluster for all files up to the size of a single cluster Particular cluster sizes are gi
36. a 54 Reconnecting a Frame 56 Resuming the Previous Test 57 Changing Test Conditions during a Test 59 Testing in Synchronization with a Temperature Chamber 60 5 9 1 General property 62 5 9 2 Individual Settings property 64 5 9 3 Collective Settings property 66 5 10 Graph Data to be Created 68 5 11 Test Executive Menus 70 5 12 Detailed Alarm Information and Appropriate Corrective Action 72 Chapter 6 Graphing the Charge and Discharge Results 73 6 1 6 2 6 3 6 4 Opening a Charge Discharge Graph File 73 6 1 1 Graphing by specifying a filename 73 6 1 2 Graphing by retrieving a file 74 Displaying Graphs 76 Setting Graph Axes 77 Displaying the Test Results 79 6 4 1 General Info property 79 6 4 2 Charge property 80 6 4 3 Discharge property 82 Contents 3 6 5 6 6 6 7 6 8 Pasting Data into Spreadsheet Applications 84 Print 84 6 6 1 Color Print 84 Saving Data in Text Format 85 CD Data Graph Menus 86 Chapter 7 Graphing the Life Results 87 7 1 7 2 7 3 7 4 7 5 7 6 7 7 7 8 Opening a Life File 87 7 1 1 Graphing by specifying a file name 87 7 1 2 Graphing by retrieving a file 88 Displaying Graphs 90 Setting Graph Axes 91 7 3 1 Setting items in the X axis and Y axis properties 91 7 3 2 Setting items in the Style property 92 Displaying the Test Results 93 7 4 1 General Info property 93 7 4 2 Sequence property 94 7 4 3 Test Results property 95 7 4 4 Others property 97
37. acity value Charge Time Unloaded voltage Terminal voltage at no load conditions about 2 seconds before start Starting voltage Terminal voltage about 500 ms after start Maximum voltage attained during test Finished Voltage Terminal voltage at the end of testing Finished By CC time Elapsed time during shift from constant current CC to constant voltage CV ax Voltage Graphing the Charge and Discharge Results 81 6 4 3 Discharge property This property displays test conditions and test results for discharge Test Result Properties Cutoff Voltage Discharge Time h min 2 00 Discharge Capacity m4h 646 6 Rest Time h min 0 10 Discharge Time h min s 0 48 32 Current 4 0 800 Unloaded WoltagelV 4 171 Capacity Voltage 2 900 Starting Voltage 3 909 Cutoff YoltagelV 2 900 Finished VYoltage 2 900 Fig 51 Test Results of Discharge 82 Graphing the Charge and Discharge Results SDO3 PFX E Test Results This section displays the results of discharge testing Fi Cutoff voltage Discharge ends at the cutoff voltage of test conditions Discharge time Discharge ends at discharge time of test conditions Connection Error Stop due to DUT connection error PS B Stop due to PS board error OHP Stop due to tripping of OHP of CD board CD B Stop due to CD board error UVP Stop due to tripping of UVP OVP Stop due to tripping of OVP Stop Stop due to selection of Stop or Emergency Stop Communication E
38. ate and the current cycle has been complete If any unit is still running a test you will not be allowed to exit Test Executive For tests that were terminated in pause state the relevant test information is written to the database the test state can be recovered when the Test Executive is next launched Allows you to select from active frames 1 to 6 displayed Allows you to select from active units 1 to 6 displayed Standard Toolbar Displays or hides the standard toolbar se Frame Unit Displays or hides the frame amp unit toolbar Toolbar t it Displays or hides the state bar Graph Scale Allows you to set the scale value for real time graphs o Test Star Starts a test for specified frame and unit Possible factors preventing the start of testing No test condition data has been loaded A test is running Sufficient space at least 3 MB is unavailable on the data storage drive The relevant frame or unit is not connected An alarm has occurred Stop Pauses the test for specified frame and unit at the current pattern after resting from discharge When testing is paused the state column in the monitoring window displays Pause at the relevant frame unit Possible factors preventing pause No test is running Restart Resumes testing for specified frame and unit previously paused Possible factors preventing resumption No test has been paused Qui Stops testing for specified frame and unit saving cha
39. ated as a reference value for life judgement and OAH over charge capacity protection Voltage V box The nominal voltage value entered is used to determine the axes of a real time graph displayed by the Test Executive EB DUT Protection Use these functions to prevent damage to a DUT battery and to avert serious accidents such as battery explosions Voltage Capacity protection check box Check this box to provide voltage capacity protection When the check box is checked settings for the OVP V UVP V and OAH boxes are enabled OVP V box Enter an OVP V overcharge protection value If battery voltage exceeds the OVP V value during testing and the frame aborts the testing as a warning UVP V box Enter an UVP V over discharge protection value If battery voltage falls below the UVP V value during testing and the frame aborts testing as a warning OAH box Enter an OAH overcharge capacity protection value This value is a ratio to the nominal capacity entered in the battery nominal values If battery capacity exceeds the value set by OAH during testing and the frame aborts testing as a warning Creating and Controlling Test Conditions 29 CAUTION To prevent damage to a DUT battery or serious accidents such as battery explosions always set the DUT protection functions unless there are specific reasons for not doing so NOTE e The max
40. ation with a temperature chamber on a per frame basis Performing testing synchronized with a temperature chamber requires the following e Equipment required manufacturer TABAI ESPEC CORP 1 Protocol converter PMS CA or PMS CG 2 Temperature chamber controllable by a protocol converter e Setting the protocol converter and temperature chamber 1 Protocol converter GPIB address 10 2 Temperature chamber address 1 NOTE For information on connections between the protocol converter and temperature chamber see the operation manual for those pieces of equipment When the operation requirements are met turn on the protocol converter and temperature chamber power switches before starting the Test Executive Once launched the Test Executive identifies and initializes the connected temperature chamber system If the Test Executive is unable to identify the chamber open Properties from the Chamber menu The Temperature Chamber property appears as shown in Fig 34 You cannot edit any conditional settings related to the test synchronized with the temperature chamber Performing Tests SDO3 PFX Chamber Properties Individual Setings Colective Setings EZ Kamel oO Kanes ja Kamen a TEMZA a anes gj Hames e lriaivicirel 7 FIsgllegtiye Rs Fig 34 Screen Showing Conditions under which Synchronized Testing with the Temperature Chamber is Disabled When the temperature chamber syste
41. atterns repeats loops in the test Total number of cycles since the start of a test sequence 96 Graphing the Life Results SDO3 PFX 7 4 4 Others property This property allows you to set the reference cycle for the capacity rate cycle regarded as 100 that is displayed in the Test Results property page Test Result Properties Fig 62 Test Results of Others SD03 PFX Graphing the Life Results 97 7 5 Pasting Data into Spreadsheet Applications You can paste the numeric data displayed in the Test Results page of the Test Result properties into spreadsheet application via the clipboard Press the Select All button in the Test Result properties to select the entire area then press the Copy button to copy the data to the clipboard Then select Paste from the Edit menu of spreadsheet application 7 6 Printing The Life Data Graph allows you to print the graphs displayed as well as items displayed in Test Result properties You may print a selected graph normal printing or continuously print all graphs displayed in the Life Data Graph screen continuous printing To perform normal printing select Print from the File menu To perform continuos printing select Print Continuous from the File menu Selecting continuous printing displays the following dialog box tart Printing IV Print in Linear I Print in Logarithmic Cacel I Print True Capacity Value
42. basa 1 eee 0 ISRQ 16 8 4 2 1 SD03 PFX CAUTION mums e Do not touch any switches other than those for address and SRQ e After setting up the GPIB addresses turn the power switch for the frames off then on again SD03 PFX Setup 13 2 5 Connecting the GPIB Cables Turn off the power switches for the frames and the PC Connect one of the GPIB cable connectors to the PC GPIB port and secure the connector using the terminal screws Connect the other GPIB cable connector to the Ist frame and secure using the terminal screws Connect the 2nd and later frames in series with a GPIB cable 2 6 Checking Connections Turn on the frame power switches After initialization of the frames is complete about 30 seconds start the BPChecker s Test Executive to confirm that the Operation column on the Test Executive main screen shows idle with respect to the connected frames 2 For Safe Use 14 Setup Before conducting a battery test with this software carefully read the Operation Manual for the frame to ensure that the DUT the batteries are connected correctly and that the frames are functioning normally Improper connection of a DUT or the frame function may lead to DUT damage or serious accidents such as explosions For safety always set OVP overvoltage protection or overcharge prevention UVP undervoltage protection or over discharge prevention and OAH overcharge
43. capacity protection unless there are specific reasons for not doing so SD03 PFX PFX20W 12 Charge Discharge Testers Chapter 3 This chapter describes the configuration of PFX20W 12 s frames and the charge discharge test modes to be used 3 1 Frame Configuration One frame one PFX20W 12 consists of six electrically isolated units and the channels separating the output of each unit into two lines Each unit is capable of performing tests individually since each is electrically isolated from the others Note that charge discharge tests cannot be simultaneously conducted on the channels A and B of the same unit In this case tests are restricted to the same test conditions Charge discharge unit Isolation 200 VAC IN rm Fig 2 Frame Configuration SD03 PFX PFX20W 12 Charge Discharge Testers 15 3 2 Channel Configuration A frame is equipped with six 50 W charge discharge power supplies hereafter referred to as units Each unit can perform charge discharge tests for a total of 12 channels by dividing the output into 20 W 2 channels PFX20W 12 frame Charge discharge tests may be carried out at different schedules for separate units The following chapters describe how to create the test conditions and perform testing Illustration of operations between units in a frame Unit 1 Charge Discharge Charge Discharge Unit 2 Charge Discharge Charge Discharge e
44. ction for file reads It also has a function that allows test data in text format to be copied and pasted to the clipboard for manipulation in spreadsheet applications SD03 PFX 1 2 System Requirements SD03 PFX The following are the minimum requirements for running the BPChecker application software E PC Personal computer PC with a processor of Pentium 100 MHz or better using WindowsNT Workstation 4 0 Windows95 or Windows98 OS Memory Hard disk Floppy disk drive Mouse Display monitor Printer WindowsNT Workstation 4 0 Windows95 or Windows98 For tests that it takes 49 days or more from turning on a personal computer to completion of test you should use WindowsNT Workstation4 0 32 MB or greater 540 MB or greater the application itself occupies 3 MB of disk space The required hard disk capacity differs from test method to test method 3 5 FD 1 44 MB Required We recommend a 17 inch monitor with a resolution of 1024 x 768 or better The display must be capable of a minimum resolution of 800 x 600 OS compatible printer NOTE e If there is advanced power management APM function in the system setting of your personal computer turn off the function When you perform a test at turning on APM your personal computer may not work normally because the interrupt called SMI for CPU occurs periodically To enable APM click Start button on taskbar select Help an
45. cutive consists of three windows 1 Monitoring window Called the monitoring window the upper window displays real time data for current voltage and other values for six frames the update time can be set using Monitor Data Update Interval from the Options menu 2 Test conditions window The window at the lower left is called a test condition window It displays test conditions for a selected unit a unit may be selected from the View menu 3 Real time window The window at the lower right is a real time window that displays graphs of voltage and current in real time while the selected unit operates Real time graphs are displayed in separate top and bottom parts with the top part displaying a graph for channel A of the unit and the bottom part showing a graph for channel B No graph is displayed in the bottom section when the frame is used in 6 channel configuration 44 Performing Tests SD03 PFX 9 2 Alarm occurrence j AL Reset Alarm Charge discharge Life data file data file SD03 PFX Operational Flowchart y Frame Connection Test conditions file created by the Test Condition Editor XXXX tst N Apply Conditions Bi Quit Emergency Stop c Close Performing Tests 45 5 3 Starting the Test Executive 46 The Test Executive is capable of controlling
46. d select Index Type APM advanced power management or power management on the text box and search for the word Set APM according to the help Introduction T E Communications requirements GPIB board GPIB board with National Instruments NI 488 2 specifications GPIB driver National Instruments NI 488 2M Software for Windows95 Ver 1 1 or later or NI 488 2M Software for WindowsNT The use of a GPIB board requires installation of the GPIB driver For instructions on installing the GPIB driver see the documentation for the driver For NI 488 2 settings configured in the device manager always set the Interface Name to GPIBO and GPIB Address Primary to 0 GPIB cables IEEE STD488 compliant cables must be provided according to the number of the PFX20W 12 testers used NOTE e Turn off the Automatic Serial Polling function in the setup property of your GPIB board when you use the SDO3 PFX Otherwise the SDO3 PFX can not a test normally E Requirements for tests synchronized with a temperature chamber Protocol converter TABAI ESPEC PMS CA or PMS CG Temperature chamber Controllable by a TABAI ESPEC protocol converter 8 Introduction SD03 PFX 1 3 Software Configuration
47. data in text format The text file extension is txt The command also allows you to specify a name for the charge discharge data file Prints the charge discharge data graphs in all windows continuously allowing selection between the data charge or discharge to be printed Provides an on screen preview of print output About print preview Some printer drivers may not correctly reflect the character width of some font types such as TrueType font Lines in the print preview screen may flow past the right hand margin The actual printout will have correct character widths Allows you to select a printer and set the printing method The items to be set depend on the selected printer Switches between black and white and color printing Prints in color when checked Copy Allows you to copy and save charge discharge data 1o the clipboard On charge graphs this command displays the set maximum voltage for CC Values charge or the set CV voltage for CC CV charge arge setting S Graph Scale Allows you to set scale grids and pens for graphs Displays test results ascade C Displays overlapping windows with title bars visible This display mode allows quick selection of a particular window Arranges icons at an equal intervals both horizontally and vertically Close All Closes all windows Window Tile Horizontally Displays all windows tiled horizontally and without overlap Tile Vertically Displays all windows tiled v
48. e carried out in sync with the temperature chamber Pattern based charge discharge data and life capacity data for the entire cycle are saved as files during testing These test data files are then converted into graphs by CD Data Graph or Life Data Graph to provide waveform numeric data display test result display and information in other useful formats The BPChecker comes with a function that allows test data in text format to be copied and pasted to the clipboard for manipulation in spreadsheet applications The frame has six charge discharge power supply units of 20 W 2 channels for a total of 12 channels Two channels A and B in a power supply unit may be connected in parallel By changing the configuration of these channels the tester can be used as a charge discharge power supply unit of 50 W channel The BPChecker is made up of the following four programs with the following functions SD03 PFX Introduction 5 6 Introduction 1 Test Condition Editor The Test Condition Editor is a software that is used to create and edit all test conditions related to charge discharge tests carried out by the frames Test conditions can be entered per power supply unit with data required for testing such as test titles and charge discharge patterns data clusters involving detailed settings for voltage current time and other charge discharge characteristics set by the user The Test Executive may be run directly from the Test Condition Ed
49. e displayed either by directly specifying folder and file names or by retrieving a charge discharge graph file for certain conditions 6 1 1 Graphing by specifying a file name To display graphs by specifying a file name directly select Open from the File menu Select a file name from the displayed dialog box Specify the name of the folder containing charge discharge data files created by the Test Executive and select a desired file Graphs for the specified file are displayed Lookin SS sampe ex le al 1140000Sample ded 2 1240002Sample ded 5 13400025 ample ded Is E 1140001Sample ded E 12800005 ample ded E 13800005 ample dcd a 1 is 11800005 ample ded E 12800015 ample ded 5 13B0001Sample ded 1 E 11B0001S ample ded 12600025 ample ded 13B0002Sample ded 1 E 12400005 ample ded E 1340000Sample ded ae ld ded El 1 3 1240001Sample ded 1340001Sample dcd Ag Renny eee Filename 14400015S ample ded Files of type Data File ded Cancel Fig 43 Opening a Charge Discharge Graph File SD03 PFX Graphing the Charge and Discharge Results 73 6 1 2 Graphing by retrieving a file To display graphs by retrieving charge discharge data files select Find File from the File menu The following Find File dialog box appears Find File Step1 2 9 Ej Hame E m irenmei Ja Eee Fig 44 Finding a File 1 2 Next click the Browse button at the
50. ed time operation even when discharge terminates in response to cutoff voltage the remaining discharge time is treated as rest time in order to correct the test time 30 Creating and Controlling Test Conditions SDO3 PFX SD03 PFX E Life Judgement Battery capacity generally degrades as batteries are repeatedly charged and discharged In this life judgement section you will set a percentage relative to nominal capacity set to 100 which is then used to determine whether the battery is at the end of its life Judgement check box Check this box to perform a life judgement Checking the box enables setting of the Capacity Rate and Count boxes It may be left unchecked if you will not perform life judgement Capacity Rate box Enter a capacity rate for life judgement The capacity rate is a rate relative to the nominal capacity entered in the Battery Nominal Values section TA Count box Enter the number of times to determine that the battery is at the end of its service life if discharge capacity continuously falls below the capacity ratio E Recording Set the method for recording a charge discharge data file created by Test Executive in this section T 1024 button The T 1024 records data for predischarge time rest time charge time rest time and discharge time rest time for each test divided into 1024 data points Data recording intervals The data update interval for a
51. efore resuming the test open the Predischarge property page and click the check box This performs a preliminary discharge first then resumes the test Frame5 Frame6 Predischarge Frame Frame2 Frame3 Frames Channel Structure 12 Channels Frame O Unit Sampletst amp 1 17171 B 1 17171 D Unit2 Sample tst amp 1 17171 B 1 17171 D Unit Sample tst amp 1 17171 B 1 17171 E Unit4 MB Units MB Units All Units All Frames Coce Fig 31 Selecting the Frame Units to Resume Testing Occurrence of Resumption power failure in the starting at middle of cycle 4 predischarge Test resumption J i l l Cycle 3 Cycle 4 Cycle 4 Fig 32 Illustration of Resumption after a Power Failure The capacity ofthe cycle when the test was restarted without a predischarge becomes a smaller one Note that the capacity of a cycle depends on conditions at a power failure It is reason why the battery is not in a condition after a discharge was paused but is in a condition that the battery was charged to a certain extent When the test was restarted with a predischarge characteristic of a battery may be back to conditions near to initial one The Test Executive can adjust the number of cycle at restarting a test after a power failure but cannot correspond to a change of characteristic of a battery 58 Performing Tests SDO3 PFX 5 8 SD03 PFX Changing Test Conditions during a Test A functio
52. egistered trademark of National Instruments Corporation USA NI 488 and NI 488 2 are registered trademarks of National Instruments Corporation USA Other company brand and product names provided in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders Battery Performance Checker 12 SDO3 PFX E Version 1 3 for PFX20W 12 User s Manual Copyright 1999 2006 SYSTEMHOUSE SUNRISE Inc All right reserved Printed in Japan Request for Owner s Registration You must complete and send in the enclosed owner s registration card to receive news of software upgrades and technical support Please read the Software License Agreement enclosed complete the user registration card and directly fax or mail it to us If you do not return the user registration card you can t receive the above service Understanding Symbols The symbols used in this manual are explained below CAUTION Indicates risk of damage to the PFX20W 12 tester or connected equipment Always follow the correct operating procedures Before proceeding past aCAUTION sign make sure all indicated conditions are understood and met NOTE Indicates additional information such as operating procedures SD03 PFX 2 Contents Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 5 1 1 Product Outline 5 1 2 System Requirements 7 1 3 Software Configuration 9 Chapter 2 Setup 11 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7
53. ension differs with the setting of the file format The number of accumulated cycles 0000 indicates predischarge data E Life data files For life data files the capacity data for the whole charge and discharge of one channel is saved as a single file Life data files are stored in the folder containing test conditions files Capacity data for all cycles will be saved to a file regardless of the setting in the Test Condition Properties File name assigned FUCTST lif F frame number 1 to 6 FUCTST lif U unit number 1 to 6 FUCTST lf C channel number A or B for 12 channel configuration or X for 6 channel configuration FUCTST lif TST test conditions file name FUCTST lif lif extension lif or txt extension differs with the setting of the file format 68 Performing Tests SDO3 PFX SD03 PFX Files may be saved in binary or text formats depending on the setting made in the Test Executive Select Save File Format from the Options menu and make the desired setting Save File Format Eg Fig 42 Selecting the Format of Files to be Saved Binary dcd lif radio button Selecting this option saves charge discharge data and life data in binary format ded or lif which can be read by CD Data Graph or Life Data Graph Text separated by tab txt radio button Selecting this option saves charge discharge data and life data in text format with tab data delimiters NOTE e The file
54. ertically and without overlap 86 Graphing the Charge and Discharge Results SDO3 PFX Ella Graphing the Life Results Life Data Graph This chapter describes how to graph the life data extension lif created by the Test Executive either for on screen display or for printouts 7 1 Opening a Life File To display graphs you may either directly specify the appropriate folder and file names or find the file by using certain conditions 7 1 1 Graphing by specifying a file name To display graphs by specifying a file name directly select Open from the File menu In the dialog box specify the name of the folder containing the charge discharge data files created by the Test Executive and select a desired life file Graphs for the specified file are displayed Look in Sy Sample z er FE el 114S ample lif gt 1655 ample lif 11BS ample lif 16BSample lif 5 124S ample lif 5 12BS ample lif 1345 ample lif L 13BS ample lif Filename 134S ample if Files of type Data File lif x Cancel Fig 53 Opening a Life File SDO3 PFX Graphing the Life Results 87 7 1 2 Graphing by retrieving a file To display graphs by finding a charge discharge data file using file retrieval conditions select Find File from the File menu The following Find File dialog box appears Find File Step1 2 fe s Ej Hane rie JE Ghannel Fig 54 Finding a Life File 1 2 Click
55. esses as follows Set the SRQ function to ON in the same way The frames are factory set to frame 1 address 1 Setting the DIP switches 12 Setup Frame 1 address 1 PAETA EREA ES EBENE ESEAS nee MP ane FID ee ae ER a eee EIA 1 pare 0 SRQ 16 8 4 2 1 Frame 2 address 2 PEERI eee eer aay ACAR hd KORENE by Meera Crs ERAN KB NDR DREIER ORDER 1 Bee 0 SRQ 6 8 4 2 1 Frame 3 address 3 PELEN SS EEEN OIEA ae aM a aM eal rer Dad a ark 1 SEAH 0 e SRQ 16 8 4 2 1 Frame 4 address 4 ESEIA Bremen SUCHE EEA VERLRERELONR POTRAI ENEE TINET O REINE VEREEE ners 1 Se 0 e e SRQ 1618 4 2 1 Frame 5 address 5 EEE g EA ae Spel TEENE ace a SE Ste che peers anne a ele 1 steel 0 e e SRQ 16 8 4 2 1 Frame 6 address 6 aia al ath a yt ELERA EAR ne CETER ped kel
56. et Mode button Select either the Charge or Discharge button for Cycle Temp C box Enter the temperature to be set to the temperature chamber Insert button Inserts the set values for Cycle Mode and Tempe C to the list The settings for Cycle Mode and Tempe C set the target temperature the temperature chamber reaches from charge or discharge for the particular cycle Cycle number 0 is regarded as the predischarge For example when the following are set Tempe CO 0 Discharge 25 5 pisces 0 temperature of the temperature chamber is raised to 25 C from cycle 0 predischarge raised to 40 C from cycle 1 charge lowered to 0 C from cycle 5 discharge and then raised to 20 C from cycle 30 discharge Delete button Deletes a specified condition from the list Delete All button Deletes all conditions in the list Performing Tests 65 5 9 3 Collective Settings property Collective setting is selected when the patterns of temperature chamber temperatures are fixed to some extent in charge and discharge You can set the temperatures in charge and discharge in a single pattern and a value for number of repetitions for each pattern Chamber Properties x General Individual Settings Collective Settings Charge Temp Pattem Chargef C Discharg Count 10 10 30 E 1 25 2 30 5 10 Discharge Temp C 3 30 10 10 10 Delete Delete All
57. frame is two seconds Thus data is recorded only at two second intervals For example when test conditions are set with a charge time of 0 05 for five minutes and a rest time of 0 01 for one minute the recording interval by calculation is 0 05 0 01 1024 0 35 s but data can t be updated at 0 35 s In this case the count of individual data points to be recorded is 0 05 0 01 2 s 180 data items or points Note that this division time is calculated from the entered charge time rest time or discharge time rest time The number of data items to be recorded will thus be fewer if a test is terminated by other factors cutoff voltage for discharge or CV time It time maximum voltage or AV for charge Condition Record button Charge discharge data are recorded by determining whether conditions are satisfied When condition recording is selected the input for delta voltage delta current and delta time is available Data is recorded by OR for each condition Creating and Controlling Test Conditions 31 Delta Voltage mV check box Sets data recording based on delta voltage Delta Voltage mV box Data is recorded if battery voltage changes by more than the entered value Delta Current mA check box Sets data recording based on delta current Delta Current mA box Data is recorded if the current changes by more than the entered value 10959 Gna Delta Time s check box Sets data reco
58. ge When the battery voltage reaches this voltage during a charge period charging ends This item is set only in CC charge E dV voltage Charging ends when the battery voltage rises to a peak during a charge period and a subsequent voltage drop of dV is detected This detection may be disabled for the time set by the dV mask time or for a shorter period SD03 PFX PFX20W 12 Charge Discharge Testers 19 3 3 3 Constant current discharge CC Discharge time Battery voltage 4 Cutoff voltage Rest time Discharge current Discharge current Fig 7 Illustration of Operations in Constant Current Discharge The above figure illustrates the transition from constant current discharge to a drop in battery voltage to cutoff voltage end of discharge to resting from discharge Additional descriptions are given below E Discharge time Indicates the maximum time for a discharge period If it has not already finished due to other factors discharge halts after this time elapses E Discharge current Constant current value in constant current discharge E Cutoff voltage This is the battery voltage value at which discharging terminates When battery voltage drops to this level discharge ends 20 PFX20W 12 Charge Discharge Testers SDO3 PFX 3 3 4 Constant power discharge CP Discharge time Battery voltage r s Cutoff voltage Discharge current Rest time Limit a Fig 8 Il
59. h the Test is Run Select the units to run You may select only those with assigned test conditions The units that may be run allow entry of up to 16 characters into DUT Name for comments Comments entered here are printed by the CD Data Graph application described later When starting the test beginning at charge press the OK button after selecting the object units 48 Performing Tests SD03 PFX If you wish to start the test from predischarge open the Predischarge property page to check the Do Predischarge check box then press the OK button The test starts in the selected units Test Start M Fig 23 Check This Item When Starting the Test at Predischarge SD03 PFX Performing Tests 49 5 4 3 Quitting the test To quit the test select Quit from the Test menu The following dialog box appears Test Quit Unit Sample tst Unit Sample tst Unit3 Sample tst Units Fig 24 Selecting a Frame and the Units at which the Test is Quitted The test quits once a unit has been selected 5 4 4 Pausing the test To pause the test select Stop from the Test menu The following dialog box appears D Unit Sample tst 17 Unit2 Sample tst I Unit3 Sample tst Fig 25 Selecting a Frame and the Units at which the Test is Paused When you set the unit at which you wish to pause the test the test pauses when the current cycle is complete with this state persisting until the test i
60. hen battery voltage has not yet reached a cutoff voltage When input is 0 00 discharge is skipped 0 00 to 999 59 h min SDO3 PFX Creating and Controlling Test Conditions 37 Rest Time h min box Enter a rest time rest status after end of discharge to follow the end of discharge When the input is 0 00 rest is skipped 0 00 to 999 59 h min Current A box Enter a discharge current value Setting of this box is enabled only in CC mode Wattage W box Enter a discharge wattage value Setting of this box is enabled only in CP mode Limit Current A box Enter a limit current value Setting of this box is enabled only in CP mode Pulse Current 1 to 4 A boxes Enter pule current to 4 values Pulse Current 1 and 2 can be set when in Pulse 2 mode while Pulse Currents 1 2 3 and 4 may be set in Pulse 4 mode Pulse Time 1 to 4 ms boxes Enter pulse time 1 to 4 values Pulse Time 1 and 2 can be set when in Pulse 2 mode while Pulse Time 1 2 3 and 4 may be set in Pulse 4 mode Capacity Voltage V box Enter a capacity calculation voltage Capacity calculation voltage is described later 38 Creating and Controlling Test Conditions SDO3 PFX Cutoff Voltage V box Enter a cutoff voltage The cutoff voltage is one of the factors that can terminate discharging Discharging terminates when the battery voltage reaches the cutoff voltage even when discharge time remains NOTE
61. imum handling capacity of the frame is 214 748836 Ah The value obtained by multiplying nominal capacity by the ratio entered in OAH must be less than this capacity Confirm Combine check box Check this box to confirm the connection status of the DUT The Connection check measures the voltage difference between the current wires and voltage sensing cable immediately before testing to confirm normal connections based on the voltage difference value obtained An alarm is issued if the result is abnormal NOTE e Before using the connection check function make sure you read and have understood Appendix 5 Connection Check Function of the PFX20W 12 12CH Charge Discharge Tester Operation Manual E Fixed Time Operation Fixed Time Operation check box Check this box when performing testing for which the test time is fixed to one cycle charge time rest time and discharge time rest time Fixed time operation is carried out on a unit basis In fixed time operation the test is performed as follows e For charge the terminating factor is CV time It time maximum voltage AV or charge time However in fixed time operation even when charge action ends in response to CV time Ittime maximum voltage or AV the remaining charge time is treated as rest time in order to correct the test time e For discharge the terminating factor will be cutoff voltage or discharge time However in fix
62. itions file created by the Test Condition Editor Look in a Sample z El E BE File name B tst Files of type Data File s tst 7 Cancel Fig 20 Opening a File Set the units to which the selected test conditions file is to be assigned You may not select a unit currently performing a test If you start the Test Executive directly from the Test Condition Editor the file selection step is omitted and the procedure begins from this section Frame Frame2 Framed Framed Frames Frame Test Condition File Infomation Property Value File Name Sample tst Path Name C Program Files KIKUSUI S ample Channel Structure 12 Channels Frame Channel Structure Unt FileName PathName Fig 21 Selecting a Frame and the Units for Which the File is Opened Performing Tests 47 5 4 2 Running the test The test can be run after the test conditions are assigned to the unit Select Start from the Test menu The following dialog box appears to the unit Test Start x Frame Frame2 Frame3 Frame4 Frame5 Frame6 Predischarge Channel Structure 12 Channels Frame VW UnitiB M Unit24 sample tst M Unit2B M Unit34 sample tst TE Units IB Unit4B TB Units TE Unit58 TB Unit E Unit6B All Units All Erames DUT Name UnitlA iy UnitiB 6 ESS Unit2 nit s CS unite p o S WAPO map WB e Fig 22 Selecting a Frame and the Units for whic
63. itor allowing tests to be performed instantly under the test conditions currently being edited 2 Test Executive The Test Executive sends and receives data for the test conditions prepared with the Test Condition Editor to and from frames via the GPIB interface for performing charge discharge tests During the test the Test Executive monitors voltage current capacity time and other parameters for each frame displaying detailed test conditions and real time data graphs It also saves pattern based charge discharge data and life capacity data for the entire cycle as data files 3 CD Data Graph The CD Data Graph handles data files for charge discharge converting data for predischarge charge and discharge characteristics into graphs and displaying waveform numeric data test results and other information It offers several helpful functions including search function for file reads It also has a function that allows test data in text format to be copied and pasted to the clipboard for manipulation in spreadsheet applications 4 Life Data Graph The Life Data Graph handles files for life data converting charge discharge capacity data into graphs switching graph display the capacity Y axis may be switched between 1 0 100 and measured capacity values and the cycle X axis may be switched between linear and logarithmic displays and displaying waveform numeric data test results and other information It offers a search fun
64. lustration of Operations in Constant Power Discharge The above figure illustrates the transition from constant power discharge to a drop in battery voltage to cutoff voltage end of discharge to resting from discharge Additional descriptions are given below E Discharge time Indicates the maximum time of a discharge period If it has not yet finished due to other factors discharge halts after this time elapses E Discharge current Discharge current changes with battery voltage to maintain the constant power value E Limit current In constant power discharge the discharge current increases as the battery voltage drops The limit current value is the upper limit for the discharge current E Cutoff voltage This is the battery voltage value at which discharging terminates When the battery voltage lowers to this voltage discharge ends SD03 PFX PFX20W 12 Charge Discharge Testers 21 3 3 5 Pulse discharge pulse Discharge is achieved by the following pulse currents The figure below illustrates the waveform for discharge Current mo 0 010 to 4 000 A waveform for 12 channel configuration 0 010 to 5 000 A 18 I for 6 channel configuration T1 to T4 Pulse l i l l time width 500 u TI gt lt T2 gt lt T3 gt lt T4 gt to 650 ms Voltage waveform FR Sampling point men H a a nam High voltage Sans Lu f a a dawsapec an sSkoneess Low v
65. m is connected correctly the setting items for each property become valid Chamber Properties Individual Setings Colective Setings Vv Ja Fanes ja Frames a Hanez a Hanes a Hanes Fig 35 Screen Showing Conditions under which the Test Synchronized with the Temperature Chamber is Enabled The Temperature Chamber properties consist of the General Individual Settings and Collective Settings pages The following provides detailed information for each property page SD03 PFX Performing Tests 61 5 9 1 General property In the General property page specify a frame to run a test in synchronization with the temperature chamber select the method for setting the temperature for synchronization with the chamber and browse and save a temperature chamber test conditions file Chamber Synchronization check box Check a frame that runs a test in synchronization with the temperature chamber All channels of the frame checked will conduct the synchronization test A frame cannot be specified for the test synchronized with the temperature chamber under the following conditions 1 A frame is already running a charge discharge testing 2 There is no object frame Setting Method radio buttons You can select the method for setting temperatures for the temperature chamber Select either individual or collective settings The setting method selected here determines which setting conditions for Individual
66. n within the Test Executive allows you to change test conditions for a unit in the middle of testing To modify test conditions during a test set the unit to pause state by selecting Stop from the Test menu Start the Test Condition Editor and change the test conditions file assigned to the unit In this case the object items are the contents of the test of Pattern 1 to Pattern 15 for charge and discharge Altering this sequence renders the Test Executive incapable of updating the test conditions file After changing the test conditions file select Apply Condition from the File menu Apply Condition x Framel Frame2 Framed Framed Framed Frame6 Channel Structure 12 Channels Frame Unit FileName PathName M Unit Sample tst C Program Files KIKUSUISS ample wae Unit2 Sample tst C Program Files KIKUSUISS ample 7 Unit3 Sample tst C Program Files KIKUSUI S ample All Units All Frames Fig 33 Selecting the Frame Units Whose Test Conditions are to be Updated In this dialog box you may check only those units whose test conditions may be updated Specify a unit whose test conditions file is to be updated and press the OK button This completes the update Select Restart from the Test menu to resume testing Performing Tests 59 5 9 Testing in Synchronization with a 60 Temperature Chamber The Test Executive allows a test to be carried out in synchroniz
67. o open a new file To open an existing test conditions file select Open from the File menu and select that file iz Test Condition Editor Tcedt1 DD File Edit View Test Condition Run Window Help lej x B5 Ws Br 2a 7 File Name Tcedt1 Path Name Modified Date Operator Battery Type Note Ready Fig 11 Screen Displayed When You Open a New File 4 3 Creating the Test Conditions To create the test conditions select the object file window and select Properties in the Test Condition menu The Test Conditions properties sheet is opened The Test Conditions properties sheet consists of the following four pages 1 A Comment property page into which you enter date operator battery type and other information 2 A Sequence property page into which you set battery information battery protection information and a test sequence of charge and discharge patterns 3 A Predischarge property page into which you set the conditions of discharge for removing an electrical charge from a battery before starting charge and discharge testing 4 Pattern property pages into which you set the conditions for charge and discharge testing Property pages for Pattern 1 to Pattern 15 are available Each property page is described below 26 Creating and Controlling Test Conditions SDO3 PFX 4 3 1 Comment property Enter date operator battery type and other information into
68. oltage Voltage measuring point Fig 9 Illustration of Operations of Pulse Currents E Current setting As shown above up to four current values Il to 14 may be set within one cycle NOTE e Current values may be set starting at 0 01 A only for pulse discharge E Time setting As shown in the figure above you may set an On time T1 to T4 for each current value E Voltage measurement function In pulse discharge the voltage measurement function measures battery voltage at points a to d voltage measurement points in a single cycle T in the figure above then acquires the High voltage upper peak and Low voltage lower peak from among the values Note that more than one cycle may be required to acquire High and Low voltages depending on the setting of the pulse time width 22 PFX20W 12 Charge Discharge Testers SDO3 PFX Discharge time N en Cutoff votage Pulse discharge _Resttime current Enlarged High voltage Banery Low voltage voltage Pulse discharge current Fig 10 Illustration of Operations in Pulse Discharge The above figure illustrates the transition from pulse discharge to a drop in battery voltage to cutoff voltage end of pulse discharge to resting from discharge Additional descriptions are given below E Cutoff voltage for pulse discharge This is a battery voltage value at which discharge terminates
69. operties First Charge Capacitylm h 831 7 Max Charge Capacity m h 831 7 Max Charge Cycle P R L IAA Min Charge Capacity m h 500 0 Min Charge Cycle P R L 6 3 1 2 First Discharge Capacity m4h 646 6 Max Discharge Capacity m4h 663 5 Max Discharge Cycle P R L 8127173 Min Discharge Capacityfm h Min Nischarn e P R l 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 1 Fig 61 Test Results of Test Results SD03 PFX Graphing the Life Results 95 E Test Results This section displays the results of charge discharge testing First Charge Capacity mAh Charge capacity of the first cycle Max Charge Capacity mAh Maximum charge capacity value in the test Max Charge Cycle P R L The number of cycles for the maximum charge capacity and the number of patterns repeats loops in the test Min Charge Capacity mAh Minimum charge capacity value in the test Min Charge Cycle P R L The number of cycles for the minimum charge capacity and the number of patterns repeats loops in the test First Discharge Capacity mAh Discharge capacity of the first cycle Max Discharge Capacity mAh Maximum discharge capacity value in the test Max Discharge Cycle P R L The number of cycles for the maximum discharge capacity and the number of patterns repeats loops in the test Min Discharge Capacity mAh Minimum discharge capacity value in the test Min Discharge Cycle P R L The number of cycles for the minimum discharge capacity and the number of p
70. opping Date Time 20 07 99 7 48 11 Delta Current mA 20 On Delta Time s 3600 0n Memo S N 3 oO T p 5 6 al oO al oO oL 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 Time min Charge Condition Charge Result Mode CC CV Finished By Charge Time Current A 0 400 Charge Capacity mAh 831 7 Charge Time h min 3 00 Charge Time h min s 3 00 00 Rest Time h min 0 10 CC Time h min s 1 20 22 CV Voltage V 4 200 Unloaded Voltage V 3 490 CV Time h min 2 00 Starting Voltage V 3 821 It Current A 0 040 Max Voltage V 4 200 It Time h min 0 10 Finished Voltage V 4 200 SDO3 PFX Appendix 105 8 5 Printer Output of Discharge Graphs CD Data Graph Battery Performance hecker 12 SD03 PFX E KIKUSUI SD03 PFX E Version 1 30 C Program Files Kikusui Sample 11A0001sample dcd Nominal Capacity mAh 800 0 Nominal Voltage V 3 700 V Cap Protect On OVP V 4 300 UVP V 2 500 OAH 150 Recording method T 1024 Delta Voltage mV 20 0n Delta Current mA 20 0n Delta Time s 3600 On Discharge Condition Mode Discharge Time h min 2 00 Rest Time h min 0 10 Current A 0 800 Capacity Voltage V 2 900 Cutoff Voltage V 2 900 DUT Name Frame Unit 1 1A Operator Kikusui Electronics Corp Battery Type Li ion Note Sample Cycle P R L 1 1 1 1 Starting Date Time 20 07 99 3 10 4 Stopping Date Time 20 07 99 7 48 1 Memo x Discharge amp o mM T Sf 5 Do gt
71. ow title bar allowing quick selection of any window Tile Vertically Tile windows vertically All windows are displayed without overlap Arranges icons at equal intervals horizontally and vertically Close All Closes all windows SDO3 PFX Creating and Controlling Test Conditions 41 42 Creating and Controlling Test Conditions SDO3 PFX Performing Tests Test Executive This chapter describes test screens and procedures involved in running the tests 5 1 Introduction The Test Executive application runs charge discharge tests according to test conditions files created in the Test Condition Editor iz Test Executive iof x File View Test Options Chamber Help soe Pt aGadae OF 7 Framel Frame2 Frame3 Framed Frame5 Frame6 Char C 2 22 24 1117171 sample tst Char C 2 22 24 11411 sample tst Char C 2 16 20 1117171 sample tst Char CY _ 2 16 20 11414 sample tst Char CV 2 08 58 1117141 sample tst Char CY 2 08 58 11711 sample tst Char CY 1 21 54 1117141 sample tst Charis 1 71 64 1121 samnla tet v Famstunlei 1 Monday July 19 1999 Operator Kikusui Electronics Corp Battery Type Li ion Note Sample cad ym Any zu 50 30 11mm 1m OZ 05 0 1 12 o o FramstunleiB 1 540 1120 1400 UNKA Oz 085 0 1 12 camai yman s mae 106 Timsfmin Ready NN 2 Fig 18 Test Executive Main Screen SD03 PFX Performing Tests 43 The Test Exe
72. package contains the following items E Program diskettes 2 1 44 MB formatted E User s Manual 1 Install Before using the BPChecker you must install the Battery Performance Checker application programs to the hard disk The installation process is handled by the setup program provided on the setup disk 1 Insert the No 1 setup disk into the floppy disk drive Click the Start button point to Settings and click on Control Panel Double click the Add Remove Programs icon Click on Setup in the Install Uninstall tab Follow the setup prompts displayed on the screen 2 3 4 gt Uninstall 1 Click the Start button point to Settings and click on Control Panel 2 Double click the Add Remove Programs icon 3 Select the application you want to uninstall from the list provided in the Install Uninstall tab and click on Add Remove 4 Follow the deletion prompts displayed on the screen CAUTION e Before uninstalling the BPChecker programs save the required test conditions and test data into another directory on this disk or another disk Setup 11 2 4 Setting the GPIB Addresses Up to six frames may be connected to a single PC When connecting frames you must set the GPIB address for each frame The addresses must be set using the DIP switches on the rear of each frame Each address is set according to the number of a frame to be connected set the addr
73. property page enter the minimum and maximum values for the graphs in capacity rate display and measured capacity values The present value per division is displyed at the Step box SDO3 PFX Graphing the Life Results 91 7 3 2 Setting items in the Style property Set the following items Grid check box Check this check box to superimpose grids upon graphs Step slider Adjust the slider knob to set the size of the grid squares to one of 2 4 or 5 Pen Width Sets the width of the pen of the data Back Color Axis Color Axis Width Sets the Back Color Axis Color and Axis Width of Graph 92 Graphing the Life Results SDO3 PFX 7 4 Displaying the Test Results You can browse the capacity data for the test conditions and test results of the graphs displayed To display test results select Properties from the Test Results menu The Test Result properties sheet consists of the following four pages 1 The General Info property page which displays nominal values for the battery being tested conditions for life judgement and other information 2 A Sequence property page displaying the sequence in which a charge discharge test was conducted and the test conditions applied 3 A Test Results property page displaying cycle basis capacity data for charge discharge and test results 4 Others property page used to set the reference cycle for capacity rate cycle regarded as 100 displayed in the
74. rding by delta time Delta Time s box Data is recorded if time changes by more than the entered value NOTE e The recording area for the charge discharge data is a maximum of 1024 items When the number of recorded data items exceeds 1024 data is overwritten to the final point 1024 32 Creating and Controlling Test Conditions SDO3 PFX E Test Sequence Set the type of sequence in which Pattern 1 to Pattern 15 of charge discharge described later are executed in this section The Test Executive performs a charge discharge test according to the sequence of patterns set here The setting is made by entering the number of times to repeat a pattern by Repeat and entering the number of times to repeat all the patterns 15 patterns by Loop Charge discharge tests are performed in sequence starting at pattern 1 Pattern n Pattern n 1 Start gt End Repeat Repeat Loop Fig 14 Illustration of Operations in Patterns Repeats and Loop Repeat box Enter the number of times to repeat a pattern When this value is set to 0 the particular pattern is skipped Record check box Checking this box determines whether or not to save data for voltage current and elapsed time to a file when the relevant pattern is executed charge discharge and each rest status When this check box is left unchecked no data file is
75. rge discharge data and life data before halting testing Once the test is stopped Quit appears in the monitoring window Possible factors preventing stop No test is running 70 Performing Tests SD03 PFX Test Reset Alarm Resets an alarm occurring at specified frame and unit A test will be stopped at the instant an alarm occurs with each error displayed in the state column in the monitoring window Possible factors disabling use of the check box No alarm has occurred Emergency Stop Immediately stops all tests after saving charge discharge data and life data The monitoring window displays Quit Update Interval Frame Identifies the frames connected and reconnects a frame Connection If a defect or error occurs at a specific frame select Test Quit to stop the test for the specific frame then select Test Stop to pause all other normal units currently running the test When those units enter Idle state press the Stop Monitoring button to remove the object frame from the GPIB system then select Reconnect and Test Restart to resume testing for other units This allows you to remove the defective frame from the system without aborting the test it also allows you to add a frame to the system A Test Executive function permits forcibly shutting off the connection for a frame that has caused a GPIB communications error Save File Allows you to select the file format for the saved file Format
76. rge discharge data graphs continuously in all windows according to the graph type checked in this dialog box 6 6 1 Color Print CD Data Graph switches between black and white and color printing To print in color check Color Print in the File menu When you print in color voltage and current lines are printed in green and red respectively to match the screen display 84 Graphing the Charge and Discharge Results SDO3 PFX 6 7 Saving Data in Text Format All data in the General Info Charge and Discharge pages observable in the Test Result properties may be saved in text format Files saved in text format may be opened by word processor or spreadsheet applications To save data as text select Save As Text from the File menu The default file name is a charge discharge data file name with the txt file extension SDO3 PFX Graphing the Charge and Discharge Results 85 6 3 CD Data Graph Menus Opens a charge discharge data file files having the extension dcd Find File Finds a charge discharge data file Open Previous Opens the file for a cycle preceding the currently loaded file if one exists Cycle When the 11A0005Tcedt dcd file is loaded for example this command opens the 11A0004Tcedt ded Open Next Cycle Opens the file for a cycle next to the currently loaded file if one exists When the 11A0006Tcedt dcd file is loaded for example this command opens the 11 A0007Tcedt dcd Saves charge discharge
77. rror Stop due to GPIB error or power failure CPU error Stop due to CPU error AC Line Stop due to sudden AC power line failure Discharge Capacity D nished By Test not carried out Discharge Capacity Capacity value Unloaded voltage Terminal voltage under no load conditions about 2 seconds before start NOTE e Low and High voltages are not recorded for any discharge other than pulse discharge SDO3 PFX Graphing the Charge and Discharge Results 83 6 5 Pasting Data into Spreadsheet Applications You can paste charge and discharge data displayed in the Test Result properties to spreadsheet application via the clipboard Press the Select All button in the Test Result properties to select the entire area then press the Copy button to copy the data to the clipboard Then select Paste from your spreadsheet s Edit menu 6 6 Print CD Data Graph can print graphs as well as the items displayed in the Test Result properties You may print a selected graph normal printing or continuously print all graphs displayed in the CD Data Graph screen To perform normal printing select Print from the File menu To perform continuous printing select Print Continuous from the File menu Selecting continuous printing displays the following dialog box Print Continuous x J Print Discharge Graphs Cancel Fig 52 Selecting Graphs for Continuous Printing CD Data Graph prints cha
78. s in the print preview screen possibly falling off the right margin of the page than would actually be printed However data will print properly in actual printing Print Setup Allows selection of a printer and a printing method The particular items that need to be set depend on the particular printer Exit Closes the current test conditions file and exits the Test Condition Editor Before exiting it allows you to save the test conditions data just edited Edit Copy Text Copies and saves test conditions data to the clipboard in text format Cut Cuts and saves test conditions data Copies and saves test conditions data Pastes data saved by Cut or Copy to the current test conditions data Switches between displaying and hiding the toolbar Switches between displaying and hiding the status bar Test Condition Allows you to create test conditions Run Test Executive Starts the Test Executive under the current editing conditions immediately carrying out a test under these test conditions NOTE If the Test Executive has failed to run is displayed the correct startup path may not have been set Start the Test Executive manually and select Run Test Executive again from the Test Condition Editor to enable automatic registration of the Test Executive path the Test Executive will start up normally from the next time Window Overlays windows by incrementally shifting their screen position This arrangement shows each wind
79. s resumed or quitted 50 Performing Tests SD03 PFX 5 4 5 Resuming the test To restart the test previously paused select Restart from the Test menu The following dialog box appears Test Restart D Unit Sample tst M Unit2 Sample tst D Unit3 Sample tst ME Units Fig 26 Selecting a Frame and the Units at which the Test is Resumed In this dialog box select only those units that have been paused Once you select the object units the test restarts When the test is restarted after the test have been paused for a long time characteristics of batteries may have changed SDO3 PFX Performing Tests 51 5 5 Functions Related to the Screen Display 5 5 1 How to view the monitoring window F U Indicates frame and unit numbers With the frame configured to operate in 12 channels the units are identified by assigning A or B to their numbers To switch frames select Frame from the View menu Operation Indicates the operational state for each channel The items to be indicated and their meaning are given below ON DB OVP ST Framerum as been Anconnected or SRO SWICh Rom High V Low V A mAh h min s Indicates voltage V current A capacity mAh and charge discharge times h min s for batteries 52 Performing Tests SDO3 PFX SD03 PFX NOTE e The High V column denotes High V data emitted only during pulse discharge displaying
80. tage 38 39 EC 35 36 232 CD Data Graph 6 9 73 CD B 52 Channel Configuration 16 28 Charge property 80 Charge Time 18 35 Charge discharge data files 68 Color Printing 84 98 Communication Error 53 Communications requirements 8 Condition Record 31 Conditions of termination under which a test may beresumed 57 Connection Check 30 Connection Error 52 Constant current charge 19 Constant current discharge 20 Constant current constant voltage charge 18 Constant power discharge 21 CP 52 Creating the Test Conditions 26 Cutoff voltage 20 21 39 CV Time 18 35 CV Voltage 35 SD03 PFX D Data recording intervals 31 Delta Current 31 32 Delta Time 31 32 Delta Voltage 31 32 Detailed Alarm Information and Appropriate Correct 72 DIP switches 12 Discharge property 82 Discharge Time 20 21 37 Displaying Graphs 90 Displaying the Test Results 79 93 DUT Names 53 DUT Protection 29 dV 19 36 dV mask time 36 E Emergency Stop 71 END 53 F File close 70 File names assigned 68 First Charge Capacity 96 First Discharge Capacity 96 Fixed Time Operation 30 Flow of test procedure 9 Frame Configuration 15 Frame Connection 46 70 G General Info property 79 93 GPIB Address Primary 8 GPIB board 8 GPIB cable 8 14 GPIB driver 8 Graph Scale properties sheet 54 Graphing the Life Results 87 Index 109 idle with respect 14 Install 11 Interface Name 8 It Current
81. te 100 Capacity True Value from the View menu to switch the vertical axis Y axis between and Ah display You can also select Linear Logarithmic from the View menu to switch the horizontal axis X axis between linear and logarithmic display Graph types are identified by color as shown below Charge capacity graph gt red Discharge capacity graph green im Life Data Graph 11Asample oO x ff File Edit View Test Results Window Help z laj x oii ag FA Hl 1 e g Charge sl Charge Discharge Capacity Rate Discharge 100 Cycle Ready NUM Y Fig 57 Graph Display 90 Graphing the Life Results SDO3 PFX 7 3 Setting Graph Axes You can select Graph Scale from the View menu to change the formats of the vertical Y and horizontal X axes of graphs Graph Scale Ea x Axis Y Axis Style r Linear Step 10 Cycle r Logarithmic Min Max Cycle fi Fri 10 v Fig 58 Screen for Changing Graph Axes The Graph Scale properties sheet consists of the X axis Y axis and Style pages 7 3 1 Setting items in the X axis and Y axis properties Set the following items Step slider Adjust the slide knob to set the number of divisions of the axis from 1 to 12 Min Max and Step boxes In the X axis property page enter the minimum and maximum values for graphs in linear display and logarithmic display In the Y axis
82. the Browse button at Find for to specify the folder name of the charge discharge data files created by the Test Executive Browse for Folder Program Files ICw Intemet Connection Wizard _ Intemet Explorer Online Services Plus Fig 55 Specifying the Folder Specify the folder and click the OK button This returns you to the preceding dialog box 88 Graphing the Life Results SDO3 PFX After specifying the folder set the retrieval conditions There are two retrieval conditions one for Find All Files and another for Specify File To Find When you select Specify File To Find the Find File dialog box allows you to specify a frame unit and channel The Life Data Graph executes retrieval by OR of the condition specified here After specifying the retrieval conditions click the Next button The following dialog box appears listing all the files that satisfy the retrieval conditions Find File Step2 2 11BS ample lif 09 Jul 99 09 Jul 99 Fig 56 Finding a Life File 2 2 From the list select a life data file you wish to graph and click the Finish button Graphs for the selected file are displayed NOTE The maximum number of files that may be retrieved is 2000 SDO3 PFX Graphing the Life Results 89 7 2 Displaying Graphs Graphs display capacity data for charge and discharge together You can select Capacity Ra
83. this property page Test Condition properties Fig 12 Comment Property The valid input range for each item is given below oO oO e x Input range Max 30 characters in single byte Operator box Max 30 characters in single byte Battery Type box Max 30 characters in single byte Note box Max 30 characters in single byte SD03 PFX Creating and Controlling Test Conditions 27 4 3 2 Sequence property Enter battery information battery protection information and a test sequence of charge and discharge patterns into this property page Test Condition properties x Dml Sect Rae Potent Pare Par Fam P Pe ee Wapaciy tell Eiin jv petavotaaeimiy lv Delta BOTEA Foo M Dette Timels R Fig 13 Sequence Property E Channel Structure Set frame usage to 6 channels or 12 channels configuration The channel configuration setting determines the input ranges for current voltage and power values for the following Predischarge and Pattern 1 to Pattern 15 12Channels Frame Sets frame operation to 12 channels per frame 6Channels Frame Sets frame operation to 6 channels per frame 28 Creating and Controlling Test Conditions SDO3 PFX SD03 PFX E Battery Nominal Value Enter the nominal capacity mAh and nominal voltage V of the battery to be tested in this section Capacity mAh box The nominal capacity value is tre
84. tration of Setting Temperature for the Temperature Chamber and Start of Testing When the test synchronized with the temperature chamber starts the following message box is displayed until the temperature of the temperature chamber reaches the Judgement temperature and the Wait time elapses Chamber Temp Setting in progress Fig 37 Message Box Displayed as Temperature of the Temperature Chamber is Brought to the Set Temperature Save button The setting condition may be saved as a file Always save the test conditions before starting a test s Ehanbe Senna bc d B ZA Fig 38 Saving Temperature Chamber Test Conditions Extension cbc SDO3 PFX Performing Tests 63 Browse button Click this button to load test conditions which are already saved to a file Lookin acer ss AY Ee Peme EE Files of type Chamber Setting Filef cbc x Cancel LA Fig 39 Browsing a Temperature Chamber Test conditions file 5 9 2 Individual Settings property Individual setting is selected when temperatures of the temperature chamber are changed at points Chamber Properties x General Individual Settings Collective Settings 3 30 Discharge 1 Charge 40 Discharge Mode C Charge Delete All a total of 4 Fig 40 Individual Settings Property 64 Performing Tests SD03 PFX SD03 PFX Cycle box Enter the number of the cycle at which the temperature chamber is s
85. urrent A 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 Charge Time h min 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 Rest Time h min 0 01 0 01 0 01 0 01 0 01 CV Voltage V 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 CV Time h min 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 It Current A 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 It Time h min 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 Max Voltage V 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 dV V 0 001 0 001 0 001 0 001 0 001 dV Mask Time min 1 1 1 1 1 Discharge Pattern6 Pattern Pattern8 Pattern Pattern10 Mode CC CC CC CC CC Disch Time h min 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 Rest Time h min 0 01 0 01 0 01 0 01 0 01 Current A 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 Wattage W 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 Limit Current A 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 Pulse Current1 A 0 010 0 010 0 010 0 010 0 010 Pulse Time1 ms 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 50 Pulse Current2 A 0 010 0 010 0 010 0 010 0 010 Pulse Time2 ms 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 50 Pulse Current3 A 0 010 0 010 0 010 0 010 0 010 Pulse Time3 ms 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 50 Pulse Current4 A 0 010 0 010 0 010 0 010 0 010 Pulse Time4 ms 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 50 Capacity Voltage V 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 Cutoff Voltage V 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 Charge Pattern11 Pattern12 Pattern13 Pattern14 Pattern15 Mode CC CV CC CV CC CV CC CV CC CV Current A 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 Charge Time h min 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 Rest Time h min 0 01 0 01 0 01 0 01 0 01 CV Voltage V 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 CV Time h min 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 It Current A 0 0
86. us before shifting to discharge to follow charging When the input is 0 00 rest time is skipped CV Voltage V box Enter a CV voltage value Set a voltage value at which the battery voltage moves to constant voltage CV action This box is settable when the mode is CC CV CV Time h min box Enter CV time CV time is one of the factors that can determine charging termination Charging ends when this CV time elapses after constant voltage CV action has started Setting of this box is enabled in CC CV mode 0 00 to 999 59 h min It Current A box Enter an It current value Enter a current value to be detected during constant voltage CV action Setting of this box is enabled in CC CV mode It Time h min box Enter the It time It time is one of the factors that can terminate charging When this amount of time has elapsed after the It current has been detected charging ends Setting of this box is enabled in CC CV mode 0 00 to 999 59 h min Creating and Controlling Test Conditions 35 Max Voltage V box Enter the maximum voltage value Maximum voltage is one of the factors that can terminate charging Charging ends when the battery voltage reaches the maximum voltage Setting of this box is enabled in CC mode dV V box Enter a dV value dV is one of the factors that can terminate charging Charging terminates if the battery voltage drops by dV Setting of this box is enabled in CC mode
87. ven in the table below You must consider in advance the number of files to be created based on the type of the hard disk format in use and hard disk space SD03 PFX 8 2 Printer Output of Test Conditions 1 2 4 0 KIKUSUI SD03 PFX E Version 1 30 Test Condition Editor Battery Performance Checker 12 SD03 PFX E C Program Files Kikusui Sample Sample tst Date Monday July 19 1999 Operator Kikusui Electronics Corp Battery type Li ion Note Sample Channel Structure 12Channels Frame Battery Nominal Value Capacity mAh 800 0 Voltage V 3 700 Fixed Time Operation Off DUT Protection V Cap Protect On OVP V 4 300 UVP V 2 500 OAH 150 Confirm Combine On Recording Method 7 1024 Delta Voltage mV 20 0n Delta Current mA 20 On Delta Time s 3600 On Life Judgement Judgement Off Capacity Rate 0 Count 1 Test Sequence Pattern Repeat Record 1 On 2 1 On 3 1 On 4 0 Off 5 0 Off 6 0 Off 7 0 Off 8 0 Off 9 0 Off 10 0 Off 11 0 Off 12 0 Off 13 0 Off 14 0 Off 15 0 Off Loop s 10 Predischarge Mode cc Disch Time h min 3 00 Rest Time h min 0 10 Current A 0 400 Wattage W 0 00 Limit Current A 0 000 Pulse Current1 A 0 010 Pulse Time1 ms 0 50 Pulse Current2 A 0 010 Pulse Time2 ms 0 50 Pulse Current3 A 0 010 Pulse Time3 ms 0 50 Pulse Current4 A 0 010 Pulse Time4 ms 0 50 Capacity Voltage V 2 900 Cutoff Voltage V 2 900 Charge Pattern1 Pattern2 Pattern3 Pattern4 Pattern5 Mode CC CV CC CV CC CV CC CV CC CV

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