EvSuite – Basic Software User Manual
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1. Mode Simon RawUdpTx Ch1 Ok Ch7 Ok Missed 1077 ik Ch Num Cell Min V Cell Max V Cell MaxT Byp Max InBypass At Final Byp Fags Pease A4 Telemetry menu options 1 12 3 38 3 62 16 0 0 Q IsMaster Y ID SigC Signal In Signal Out MissMsg Supply Volt alll Node Crer Pr Nose Giasum 250 0 Enable HighPower 0 12 5 I I Ch Enabled Target Volt Amp Actual Volt Amp AckCounter Flags I P Node GridParam a Messsage Viewer E 2 N 45 0 5 0 41 8 4 9 tiller cea I ID Is Master Signal In Signal Out Sig Count Supply Volt 251 Y HighPower HighPower 20 12 5 9 The telemetry response should be populated with the present PacMon SiMon status on Ch1 Initially only Ch1 will be visible The PacMon SiCan status on Ch2 will only be populated if 12V Charge is applied when charging 10 Note the flags on the right hand side indicate particular errors that have been detected 11 Note the Signal In and Signal Out states This screen allows diagnostics of the PacMon SiMon and PacMon SiCan states including Signal In and Out connections 12 Further details about SiMon SiCan setup parameters are in the SiMon SiCan datasheet on the Batrium website BatteryAngel is an international trade mark www batrium com 2010 20134 Ver 1 4 Jan2014 Page 6 of 16 EvSuite Basic Software Installation2. 8 Check that the PC is set to PcSlave under Commissioning gt System Mode ssn se see diagram on the right 9 Choose Commissioning SiCan Setup see diagram below Ground Cable Commissioning menu options lt lt PREVIOUS Commissioning SiCan Setup m Bom Hl roe Ak a Low Level Power Target Voltage age E Target Voltage 144 5 aie Vot jj PoSlave Taat AP 15 60 aw Target Curent ES Ano a RN m Q Properties q Safety INFO FA Trace Collect sent 10 Check that the Channel ID 2 is selected item 1 above 11 Press Default 2 The target voltages 3 should be set automatically The default targets are 3 75V per cell Note this is approximately 0 1V above the end bypass threshold voltage of 3 65V default If they are not set automatically then check the Node Renumbering Also check the Find Port UMon gt First and Last cell number allocations and set them manually See details at steps in the Basic Commissioning Sequence in the section above 12 Press Send 13 Apply 12V Charge to SiLed and GND or directly to SiMon and SiCan if manually wired to begin the charge sequence 14 Observe the node chart bargraph 15 Navigate to the Telemetry gt SiMon SiCan Menu BatteryAngel is an international trade mark www batrium com 2010 20134 Ver 1 4 Jan 2014 Page 14 of 16 WHEN ENERGY ATT EvSuite Basic Software Installatio
3. Connect UMon red USB device to the PC and ensure the red LED is ON see installing USB Drivers above Initially connect a few batteries to BlockMons negative to large silver terminal For LongMons connect a few devices to your cells via the red and black cables Once the small 4 pin connector is placed and the positive red wire also the ve Black wire for LongMon the BlockMon LongMon green LED should stay on waiting for communications the red LED will flash once at reset when power applied There is no need to connect the batteries in series yet Be careful not to flex the BlockMon PCB too much when pushing in the small connectors See BlockMon mechanical details Connect the yellow and blue twisted pair two pin connectors in a daisy chain format out to in out to in See diagrams in the document Connecting XXXXMons Battery Chain from the website Terminate the last two connections to an IsoMon 4 pin connectors and 2 pin connectors The extra spare power leads on the IsoMon red and black are not needed see basic diagram above They can be cut off or at least insulated Connect the IsoMon to the UMon either using a USB male to female extension cable or directly Cross check this set up with the basic installation diagram on the first page Run the EvSuite ServiceCentre software from the start menu Start Menu gt Batrium Pty Ltd gt EvSuite gt ServiceCentre 10 Select OK for the No USB Supervisor Host wa
4. item 1 below e Press Default 2 to set the normal parameters for LiFePO4 e Set the first and last cell number range parameters 3 Normally first 1 and last number of cells Other parameters 4 amp 5 are described in the SiMon datasheet e Chose Options 5 tab and turn OFF the Requires Upstream SiMon option e Press Send 6 to send save them in PacMon SiMon 27 Evuite Mode Simon RawUdpTx Chi Ok Missed secs Commissioning PacMon SiMon Setup ChannellD B send B cote Fag Defaut TY Reset smn Setup f 1 gt Network Node Range Restart Charging ChX First Number 1 Low Cell Vot 3 20 Vor amp SiCan Setup Pt PacMon SiCan 3 l ChX Last Number 12 e Note charging will restart when below ths threshold T m un Over Discharge Recovery rc Charging Setup fl Recovery Enabled ON f m Citical Relay RLY1 State OFF System Mode Host Control PcSlave Start Stop ns Set th is oO F F for non CA N controlled chargers ENE eam G BatteryAngel is an international trade mark www batrium com 2010 20134 Ver 1 4 Jan 2014 Page 4 of 16 EvSuite Basic Software Installation Manual up patrium 22 After Default for LiFePO4 cells it is usually only required to set the last cell number 3 and the option 5 Requires Upstream SiMon to OFF All other defaults are normally sufficient for LiFePO4 Use Opt
5. Chart wD PC Charging Control AB User Prefer tn oe E wong ON BS i elemetry of Pvanced Setup Fi Commissio A Cell Min V Cell Max Vs Cell MaxC a Byp Max A Byp MaxC USN Pack 3 40 ies 28 0 00 28 E ooo 22 7 ooo 0 a0 fi Home menu 18 Check that the status indicates Paused 1 diagram above 19 Check that the charger is reading the actual total battery Voltage 2 20 Turn the AutoMode 3 to ON to start the charger i Status Control ID Voltage 21 The Charging Stages 2 and Status 3 will change Running 255 0 0 4377 KFF see diagram on the right ii Lomig Running _ _255 0 aL ae Targ 22 The Target Voltage and Current 4 will be shown 7 LY 2il 2628 262 8 E If the target voltage is OV then it is likely that the Commissioning gt FindPort UMon number of cells gt ic ON OFF at Ch7 has not been assigned See step 3 at the beginning of this chapter rai Buk Stage A Min V 356 Max V Tas MaxC In BatteryAngel is an international trade mark www batrium com 2010 20134 Ver 1 4 Jan 2014 Page 11 of 16 EvSuite Basic Software Installation Manual up Bpatrium 23 Navigate to the Node Chart to observe the charging process If the blue bargraph data is not updating check the Commissioning gt FindPort UMon number of cells allocated at Ch1 See step 3 at the beginning of this chapter Also check that the PC is set to Master 2
6. drivers above 4 Run the EvSuite ServiceCentre software from the start menu Start Menu gt Batrium Pty Ltd gt EvSuite gt ServiceCentre 5 Select OK for the No USB Supervisor Host was found question with AutoStart of Host checked If not prompted at the start no UsbHost Settings locate the Commissioning menu gt Host control Start button to manually start the UsbHost It may also be useful to set the AutoStart USB Host options under User Preferences or Reset all the preferences to default always press Save after making changes UsbHost Setti No USB Supervisor Host was not found on your ne Your system will not work without a USB Supervisor Host running Host Control Do you want to start it locally on this computer now Start Stop H V AutoStart of Host P Suppress Auto Start of Host request Conca 6 Use the blue Previous button to locate the Commissioning gt FindPort UMon menu SS EvSuite Mode Simon RawUdpTx Ch1 Unknown Missed 0 eE Commissioning Find Ports UMon pEr er rey i 6 5 lt lt PREVIOUS 7 Commissioning pg Find Port UMon SiMon S nu 7 Follow the sequence 1 through 6 in the diagram above First Collect 1 to refresh the screen choose the UMon Serial Names 2 with the left lt and right gt arrow buttons In this PacMon case the UMon Serial Names 2 are sele
7. the internal resistance of the cells 26 The correct data can be checked by pressing Collect to read all the data from PacMon SiMon If the data is all 0 then the battery daisy chain network is broken discontinuous 27 The following steps are used to commission the charger options PacMon SiCan This is done after setting the parameters for PacMon SiMon above 28 Do not apply 12V to PacMon remain in configuration mode 29 Check that the PACMON_SICAN UMon is allocated to Ch 2 in the Commissioning gt Find Ports screen Remember to press Send There is no need to allocate any cell numbers First and Last for SiCan 30 Choose Commissioning gt PacMon SiCan see diagram below This is different to the SiCan Setup page don t confuse the two pages al Commissioning PacMon SiCan Setup ChannellD son senp Peetton Sion 4 B coea Daa Defaut y Reset 1 2 E scan Setup High Level Power Low Level Power Target Votage 3 e va Target Votage 3 va PEE Target Curent 15 60 ae Taget Oet 0 50 Am be E C Properties lt 0 Safety FI Trace ni Collect sent 31 Check that the Channel ID 2 item 1 above 32 Press Default 2 33 The target voltages 3 should be set automatically The default targets are 3 75V per cell Note this is approximately 0 1V above the bypass threshold voltage of 3 65V for the cells default for LiFePO4 If they are not automat
8. 20 a ae AAA a 2 Cell Min Voltage Bypass Initial Amp Threshold It should also be understood that the software is being continually enhanced as new hardware and features are added This manual particularly applies to EvSuite version 1 49 There are many other more complex features that may only be introduced in this manual Further details about particular parameters can be found in the individual device data sheets on the web site www batrium com The following diagram provides the simplest configuration that will allow EvSuite to diagnose and display the status of each of the cells PcMaster It is detailed in the appendix of this document A UMon is required otherwise use to the PacMon sections of this document TM BatteryAngel is an international trade mark www batrium com 2010 2014 Ver 1 4 Jan 2014 Page 1 of 16 EvSuite Basic Software Installation Manual up Bpatrium Software Installation Install Version 1 49 or later from the following privileged location http www batrium com sw This includes the installation of the USB Drivers Note If an earlier version is already installed then use the Menu Support gt Check for Software Updates It is recommended that EvSuite ServiceCentre software is installed on Windows 7 or later with all the latest updates applied Batrium may not be able to provide detailed support for older operating systems such as Windows XP It is usually required to also ins
9. 4 Once charge is complete the value shown at Actual Charger A will show OA 25 The charger can be set to AutoStart when the software is started in the PC Charging Setup menu by changing the switch to ON at Stage 1 Remember to Press Send BatteryAngel is an international trade mark www batrium com 2010 20134 Ver 1 4 Jan2014 Page 12 of 16 y EvSuite Basic Software Installation Manual up satrium SiMon Commissioning Sequence SiMon standalone The following steps provide the most basic commissioning sequence with a SiMon installed and the PC as Slave Do not use this sequence for PacMon installations 1 Ensure that the basic software commissioning sequence has been complete see above 2 Connect SiMon to SiLed PCB or wire it manually to the dash LEDs etc 3 Place SiMon in between UMon and IsoMon see SiMon Datasheet for diagrams 4 Do not apply 12V to SiMon it is initially powered by the USB 5V to allow configuration with SiMon Slave and PC Master 5 The UMon must have first been selected using the Commissioning gt FindPort UMon menu see Basic Commissioning Sequence 6 Without 12V applied go to Commission menu and the SiMon SetUp e Set Channel ID 1 item 1 below e Press Default 2 to show a set of normal parameters e Set the parameters 3 4 amp 5 as described in the SiMon Datasheet e Press Send 6 to save them in SiMon SS EvSuite Mode Simon RawUdpTx Ch1 Ok Missed 0 Cel
10. EvSuite Basic Software User Manual For EvSuite version 1 49 ED ej atrium i 2 EvSuite Mode Running Ch1 Ok Ch2 Ok Ch7 Ok Missed 17255 lt lt PREVIOUS XMon Node List Summary Update MONE OFF This document provides a basic installation and FERRO OMNI STS cioo Coe aE commissioning instruction for the Batrium Battery Kk till XMon Individual Node Chart Angel EvSuite software hea It steps through the initial operations required in 5 c TATE IIIA O OAC TTAN O o a l Da order to start and connect the EvSuite f z application Individual sections are provided tobe M mE OE UA CHaTuOnEOTainararanaen able to commission particular items depending eS RRB EEE TTT ETT on the application Se a EANN It is recommended to set up a single battery PacMon system first see PacMon section However for low level diagnostics and if a UMon is available the most basic form of BlockMons LongMons IsoMon and UMon hardware wired up as shown below can be used together with the section in the appendix Basic Commissioning PC only This manual is broken up into individual sections depending on the application that is being implemented most common uses PacMon This manual is not meant to be an exhaustive documentation for the EvsSuite software it provides the initial steps in a more simplified form Simple Hardware Installation re a ieee ee ee ee eee tee etcetera aes et ee eee et
11. EvSuite gt Tools gt Driver Installer 5 The USB devices must be operational red LEDs before continuing 6 It is sometimes necessary to unplug and re plug the USB device if the connection is lost because of a large power transient or when the USB devices have changed configuration BatteryAngel is an international trade mark www batrium com 2010 20134 Ver 1 4 Jan2014 Page 2 of 16 EvSuite Basic Software Installation Manual up Batrium PacMon Commissioning Sequence normal PacMon as controller option The following steps provide the commissioning sequence with a PacMon installed PC is Slave PacMon is the controller and the TC Elcon CAN charger is used PacMon contains an internal SiMon and an internal SiCan referred to as PacMon SiMon and PacMon SiCan 1 Connect PacMon as shown in the PacMon data sheet In particular the diagram Application Diagram Connections One battery pack and Elcon TC CAN charger The connection of the external LEDs and Fuel Door are optional as long as the LEDs are visible for the front panel or internal LEDs are visible 2 Connect the PC to PacMon using the USB cable note that 12V Drive and 12V Charge is OFF Note that 12V is only applied to operate PacMon and it is not applied when configuring PacMon 3 Once the USB device is installed the two Red LEDs labelled USB inside PacMon will be ON They are visible through the top cover of PacMon see installing
12. Manual p Batrium Using PacMon Charge Mode PacMon as charger The following steps provide a basic charge sequence for PacMon also applies to stand alone SiMon and SiCan PacMon is the controller and the TC Elcon CAN charger is used 9 Complete PacMon Commissioning Sequence and PacMon Drive sequence above Ensure the PacMon wiring is complete The TC Elcon CAN charger must be connected to PacMon using the CMon cable It must be mains powered Apply 12V Charge to PacMon front panel 12V Charge and GND on the right hand side The red yellow and blue LEDs front of PacMon will initially be ON at start up 12V Charge If the PacMon has been commissioned correctly and the cells are in normal voltage range the red and yellow LED will go OFF The green OK LED will go ON see PacMon data sheet for LED details The blue charge LED will indicate the PacMon SiCan charge state see PacMon data sheet for LED details Also the green LED on the cells BlockMon LongMon will be flashing in order at approximately once a second see BlockMon data sheet Go to the Node Chart page and observe the blue bar chart updating If the charger is found the yellow top right charger readings will also be visible The second Bypass chart will be visible near end of charge i e when bypassing balancing Possible problems in addition to those in the Drive Mode list above A Drive Mode chart was not worki
13. ade mark www batrium com 2010 20134 Ver 1 4 Jan2014 Page 8 of 16 y EvSuite Basic Software Installation Manual up patrium 13 Then follow the sequence 1 through 6 in the diagram above First Collect 1 to refresh the screen choose the UMon Serial Name 2 with the left lt and right gt arrows enter the First and Last 3 cell for that channel If there are no items available under UMon Serial Name choices then check that the UMon USB device is correctly installed red LED is on Check the USB Host is running see above There must not be more than one USB host running on your network You may also need to install the Windows 64bit patch from the install website Also see the diagnostic guides in the UMon Datasheet 14 It is important to remove any previously allocated UMons with the X button 15 Press Send 4 to store the settings and in most cases it is useful to Stop 5 and Start 6 the Host Control to cause it to refresh the settings 16 Select Previous for the Commissioning Menu Options and change the System Mode to PcMaster 17 Check that the top menu bar indicates Ch1 OK EvSuite xxxxxxxx Ch1 OK xxxxxxxx System Mode PcMaster m ap EvSurte Mode Running Chi Ok Missed 0 a EJ TT D SD en 18 Allocate numbers for your batteries Commissioning gt Node Renumbering 19 Press Send and observe First ID and Last ID for the number of cells Note that this step also automatically p
14. at approximately once a second see BlockMon data sheet for LED details Go to the Node Chart page and observe the blue bar chart updating Possible problems A Commissioning has not been completed B 12V Drive is less than 9V C Find Port UMon is not setup correctly also try re plugging the PC USB port The top line of the PC should contain text Ch1 OK Ch2 OK D Cell daisy chain is broken incomplete E Check the red TX and green RX LED at PacMon connector and on the IsoMon F A cellis beyond the operating voltage range G Renumbering did not succeed complete correctly H Wrong cell number ranges in Find Port UMon I Wrong cell number ranges in PacMon SiMon J Not in PcSlave mode see Commissioning menu K The USB Supervisor Host must be running in the PC system tray There must not be any other PCs on the network with a USB Supervisor Host running Click on the graph to reveal the axis and key Note the high speed updating Cell Min Voltage Cell Max Voltage Go to the User Preferences menu to choose the Node Chart options auto hide axis bypass colours etc and also the Application Options auto start auto stop etc or Reset all settings to default Press Save after making changes Navigate to the Telemetry gt SiMon SiCan Menu Soe ee ee dilli Mon Individual Node Chart 9 uP Batrium wil Combined SiMon SiCan Overview
15. ct using the arrows lt gt PACMON_SIMON as Ch1 PACMON SICAN as Ch2 8 Enter the First and Last 3 cell number for Ch1 PACMON_SIMON The first will always be 1 and the last is the quantity of cells that are in series number of BlockMons LongMons in the chain 9 Remove any previously allocated UMons with the X button Ch7 Chgr must be removed if used previously 10 Press Send 4 to store the settings and in most cases it is useful to Stop 5 and Start 6 the Host Control to cause it to refresh the settings BatteryAngel is an international trade mark www batrium com 2010 20134 Ver 1 4 Jan 2014 Page 3 of 16 EvSuite Basic Software Installation Manual up patrium 11 Connect the yellow and blue twisted pair two pin connectors in a daisy chain format out to in out to in See diagrams in the document Connecting BlockMon Battery Chain from the website 12 Terminate the last two connections to an IsoMon 4 pin connectors and 2 pin connectors The extra spare power leads on the IsoMon red black are not needed They can be cut off or at least insulated also in the diagram 13 Connect the IsoMon to the PacMon using a USB male to female extension cable Use the To Battery IsoMon connecior on the back of PacMon 14 Cross check this set up with the diagrams 15 Ensure that the 12V connection to PacMon is OFF PacMon configuration mode 16 Go to Commissioning menu and press PcSlav
16. e Commissioning SiMon Setup ChannellD oe at roe J4 5 Restart Charging Low Cell Volt 3 20 Volt Note charging will restart when below this threshold Charging Temperature Control Pause Charging M on D Set this OFF for non CAN cp O saset Critical es Trace a controlled chargers 7 Each parameter is detailed in the SiMon Datasheet However note that the Charging Temperature Control gt Critic Relay RLY1 State 4 option must only be set to OFF for the more difficult case of non CAN controlled chargers i e enabled on off voltage controlled chargers 8 Goto Commissioning menu and press PcSlave This is because SiMon will be master asin PA PecSlave ESES 9 Ifa SiLed PCB is available SiLed has all the interface wiring and LEDs included e Connect a SiLed PCB to the SiMon 8 pin white connector e Apply power to the 12V Drive pin and GND on SiLed 10 If SiMon is manually wired not using a SiLed PCB e Wire up the green yellow and red LEDs as per the SiMon Datasheet for your application e Apply 12V between the red and black wires on SiMon e Connect the white Sigin wire to 12V 11 The green LEDs on the BlockMons LongMons and IsoMon will start to flash Also observe the LEDs on SiMon and lsoMon both IsoMon green Transmit LED and the red Receive LED will flash 12 Go to the Node Chart and observe the blue bargraph updating 13 Remember to remove the 12V 12V Drive when cha
17. e This is because PacMon SiMon will be master PcSlave is always used with PacMon ea E PA PcSlave ESES 17 Set the number sequence in the BlockMons LongMons using Commissioning gt Node Renumbering menu 18 Press Send and observe First ID and Last ID for the number of cells is correct for Channel1 Note that this step also automatically populates values in the FindPort UMon settings above it may be useful to re check these as well m If the last ID result is 0 then the cell daisy chain network is broken not continuous Observe the BlockMon LEDs to locate the break and or use the Commissioning gt Network Tester menu The Channel2 result does not matter used for the PacMon SiCan charger channel 19 Any break in the network must first be located before continuing Channel1 Last ID result must be correct Without this the cells numbers cannot be addressed correctly and PacMon will result in critical fault 20 Set the default Node Operating Parameters in the BlockMons LongMons cell monitoring units e Use Commissioning gt Node Operating Parameters menu e Choose LiFePO4 defaults e Press Send e The values can be checked that they were stored correctly by pressing Collect 21 Still without 12V applied go to Commission gt PacMon SiMon menu Note this is not the SiMon Setup menu option PacMon SiMon menu is available in SW version 1 49 or later e Set Channel ID 1
18. f the PacMon SiMon and PacMon SiCan states 12 SiMon Ch1 will determine SiCan Ch2 state through Signal Out and Signal In SiMon may determine a fault see Flags and stop the charge process SiCan Ch2 First check the Ch1 Signal Out state e g HighPower and the Chi Flags 13 Ch2 SiCan indicates the Target Volts and Amp and the Actual Volts and Amp 14 When the first cell reaches bypass Ch1 will indicate the number of cells InBypass and the Target Amp will drop Stabilising BatteryAngel is an international trade mark www batrium com 2010 20134 Ver 1 4 Jan 2014 to the LowPower setting in PacMon SiCan Ch2 It may move in and out of HighPower a number of times before Page 7 of 16 EvSuite Basic Software Installation Manual up Batrium APPENDIX for less common configurations Advanced Users Only Basic Commissioning Sequence PC Only The following steps provide the most basic commissioning sequence without PacMon or SiMon installed and the PC as Master A UMon must be available This is useful as a test only the operator has never used any of Batrium s products before This uses the simplest setup as shown in the diagram on the first page It allows the new operator to become familiar with the simplest setup The usual system setup is covered in the section about PacMon 1 2 3 Ensure that the EvSuite software has been successfully installed see above
19. ically set correctly these can be manually set Target Voltage of 3 75V per cell i e for 10 cells use 37 5V for LiFePO4 High Level Current is the maximum charge current required Low Level Current is the maximum bypass current Start at 0 5A for low PCB heating at BlockMon LongMon 34 Press Send 4 to store the parameters in PacMon SiCan 35 The correct data can be checked by pressing Collect to read all the data from PacMon SiCan If the data is all O then the data was not stored correctly BatteryAngel is an international trade mark www batrium com 2010 20134 Ver 1 4 Jan2014 Page 5 of 16 EvSuite Basic Software Installation Manual p Batrium Using PacMon Drive Mode PacMon as monitor The following steps provide a basic operating drive sequence for PacMon use also applies to stand alone SiMon PacMon is the controller and the TC Elcon CAN charger is used Complete PacMon Commissioning Sequence above and ensure the PacMon wiring is complete Apply 12V Drive to PacMon front panel 12V Drive and GND on the right hand side The red and yellow LEDs front of PacMon will initially be ON at start up 12V Drive If the PacMon has been commissioned correctly and the cells are in normal voltage range the red and yellow LED will go OFF The green OK LED will go ON see PacMon data sheet for LED details Also the green LED on the cells BlockMon LongMon will be flashing in order
20. ions Tab Requires Upstream SiMon 23 The only time when Requires Upstream SiMon is required set to ON is when there is a second battery pack upstream SiMon to PacMon This setup requires the more advanced use of a second extension SiMon not covered in this document 24 The Charging Temperature Control gt Critical Relay RLY1 State 4 option is normally left ON It is only set to OFF for the more complex case of non CAN controlled chargers i e only for enabled on off voltage controlled chargers When OFF the critical relay RLY1 will de energise open fail when an over temperature event occurs With the CAN chargers ON the system will only pause charging until the over temperature has recovered 25 The operator may wish to later trim the Critical Low Cell Volt alarm threshold and the Warning Low Cell Volt alarm threshold These are best adjusted after loaded and cell dependant voltages are better understood in the specific application after significant use The critical red and warning yellow voltage threshold alarms are only useful as a last resort to determine if a cell is depleted The cell voltage is not a predictable indicator of remaining charge for lithium cells the voltage does not change until depleted With some carful trimming the warning alarm threshold can be used to indicate too much current is being taken from the cells yellow LED for a specific length of time typical 3000ms This is dependent upon
21. ission gt PC Charging Setup menu ER EvSuite Mode Simon RawUd BatteryAngel is an international trade mark www batrium com 2010 20134 Ver 1 4 Jan 2014 Page 10 of 16 EvSuite Basic Software Installation Manual cP Batriu um WHEN ENERGY MATTERS PC Charging Setup As ion Fm Stage 1 Stage 2 Sta CharaingActionRast C eal oa 134 01 00 00 01 00 00 Equalise gt at least 1 cell in bypass Initial Bypass 1 00 A AutoStart N S1_Cell Final Bypass MA TTERS ef V J Nodes in Bypass EN ENEF Target Curent 0 5 A f 3 75 ae v a J i J 12 Choose Collect or Default 1 depending if the system was previously setup or it is a new system The default parameters are normally sufficient for most charging conditions and should be used for first time users 3 Choose Stage 4 2 tab Equalise stage CV at least one cell in bypass 4 Enter the number of cells in your battery at Nodes in Bypass 3 15 Press Send 4 to save the data to the host 16 Apply mains power to the charger connected to the CMon cable 7 Navigate Home gt PC Charging Control Menu aR EvSuite Mode Running Ch1 Ok Ch2 Ok Ch3 Ok Ch7 Ok Missed 11 Ch1 Ok Ch2 Ok Ch3 Ok Ch7 Ok Missed 11701 A oe Actua Status Control ID tooo Ae Session Statistic Counters Paused 2525 00 0 aes 040m EOG mat ana m E ooj 00 Hors 4 58 w 2 42 ode
22. n Manual cp patriu lt lt PREVIOUS ie Telemetry menu options shill Node Char Pr Node GridSum 4 i 16 The telemetry response should be populated with both SiMon status on Ch1 and SiCan status on Ch2 GY MATTERS EAA p a irl bdh Pa inl Nid i de ie m u lt lt PREVIOUS wl Combined SiMon SiCan Overview Cell Min V Cell Max W Cell MaxT Byp Max InBypass At Final Byp Fags ole 338 362 ao mello a In ae Target Volt Actual Volt AckCounter ae wal sol ata a T B ls Master oom In Out E Count Supply Volt 17 Note the flags on the right hand side indicate particular errors that have been detected 18 Note the Signal In and Signal Out states This screen allows diagnostics of the PacMon SiMon and PacMon SiCan states including Signal In and Out connections 19 Further details about SiCan setup parameters and particular debugging sequences are detailed in the SiCan Datasheet on the Batrium website BatteryAngel is an international trade mark www batrium com 2010 20134 Ver 1 4 Jan2014 Page 15 of 16 EvSuite Basic Software Installation Manual up satrium Multiple PCs ServiceCentre connected by Ethernet or WiFi The EvSuite software allows multiple ServiceCentre applications to be run at once Each additional ServiceCentre application running is able to monitor and display the bargraph for the battery system that is connected via the PC with the UMon host application runni
23. ng first before trying to charge B 12V Charge is not applied or is less than 9V C PacMon SiCan commissioning has not been completed D Ch2 UMon is not setup correctly Find Port UMon The top line of the PC should contain text Ch1 OK Ch2 OK Also try re plugging the PC USB port E Notin PcSlave mode see Commissioning menu F Charger is not connected via CMon cable G Charger is not powered To read the PacMon SiCan state Navigate to the Telemetry gt SiMon SiCan Menu A Combined SiMon SiCan Overview pci AiR aia N Ch Num CelMnV CelMaxV CelMaxT BypMax inBypass At inal Byp Fags lt lt PREVIOUS J Telemetry menu options 1 12 3 38 362 16 0 0 Q sMaster Y ID SigC Signal In Signal Out MissMsg SupplyVolt all Node Chor Pr Node GidSum 250 0 Enable HighPower 0 125 I z L ki Ch Enabled Target Vot Amp Actual Vot Amp AckCounter Flags re 2 N 45 0 5 0 41 8 49 eo apa ID Is Master Signalin Signal Out Sig Count SupplyVott 251 Y HighPower HighPower 20 12 5 The telemetry response should be populated with both the present PacMon SiMon status on Ch1 and PacMon SiCan status on Ch2 10 Note the flags on the right hand side indicate particular errors that have been detected 11 This screen allows diagnostics o
24. ng on it This means that you can use a second computer to remotely monitor the status of your system 1 Install the EvSuite software on a second PC that is connected via Wi Fi or Ethernet 2 Run the ServiceCentre software 3 If prompted do not start the second host on the remote computer The host must be running on the computer that is connected to the batteries 4 Observe the window bar at the top of the screen It should indicate that the appropriate channels are Ok 5 Navigate to the node chart and observe the same screen that is visible on the remote computer lt is important to understand some of the background methods to achieve this as it is possible to create a situation that will no longer allow your batteries to be monitored The computer that is connected to the batteries has the USB UMon host running This application transmits broadcasts all the information about your system over the Ethernet Wi Fi network The ServiceCentre actually just listens to these messages Thus it is possible to have multiple ServiceCentres running anywhere on your network The problem occurs when multiple USB UMon hosts are running on the same network Each USB UMon host will transmit resulting in conflicting data In this situation the data will be corrupted In order to proceed the second USB Host must be closed stopped The use of a remote ServiceCentre is a powerful option once it is mastered by the operator It opens many new opti
25. nging the SiMon parameters BatteryAngel is an international trade mark www batrium com 2010 20134 Ver 1 4 Jan 2014 Page 13 of 16 EvSuite Basic Software Installation Manual cp patrium SiCan Commissioning Sequence SiMon SiCan Standalone only applies to CAN enabled Chargers The following steps provide the most basic commissioning sequence with a SiMon and SiCan installed and the PC as Slave Note that this sequence does not apply to enable on off or voltage controlled chargers without a SiCan Do not use this sequence for PacMon installations 1 Ensure that the basic software commissioning sequence has been completed see above 2 Ensure that the SiMon commissioning sequence has been completed see above 3 Connect SiCan to SiLed PCB or wire it manually to the blue CMon SiCan UMon T haana LEDs etc USB 4 Place SiCan in between UMon and CMon connected to Cable the CAN enabled charger See SiMon Datasheet for diagrams 5 Do not apply 12V to SiMon it is powered off USB 5V to allow configuration 6 For non SiLed installations with manual wiring connect the green SigOut wire from SiMon to the white wire Sigin at SiCan see SiCan Datasheet application diagrams The green SigOut wire from SiCan is not connected 7 Allocate the SiCan UMon to Ch 2 in the Commissioning Find Ports screen Remember to press Send There is no need to allocate any cell numbers First and Last for SiCan
26. on menu See diagram below g EvSuite Mode SimorffawUdpTx Chi Ok Ch7 0k Med lt lt PREVIOUS g Commissioning Find Ports UMon Py E fico rae 6 LS Channel Protocol UMon serial name Exception list Xmon Sync UMON_JOKAL 12 amp XmonSync XmonSync ATTERS Ej EJ EE ENERGY A E E E EN Gy 9 Batr 4 Press Collect 1 to refresh the settings from the USB UMon host 5 Check the cell number range First and Last for Ch1 in the diagram above 6 Choose the UMon 2 that is connected to CMon Elcon TC Charger using the left and right arrows 7 Enter the total number of Nodes 3 8 Itis important to remove any previously allocated UMons with the X button 9 Press Send 4 to store the settings and in most cases it is useful to Stop 5 and Start 6 the Host Control to cause it to refresh the settings If there are no items available under UMon Serial Name choices then check that the UMon USB device is correctly installed red LED is on Check the USB Host is running see above There must not be more than one USB host running on your network You may also need to install the Windows 64bit patch from the install website Also see the diagnostic guides in the UMon Datasheet 10 Check that the Windows status bar shows Ch7 OK as shown below x Ch1 Ok Ch7 Ok M 11 Go to the Comm
27. ons for operators Batrium will soon be releasing further significant enhancements to the Wi Fi linked electric vehicle application BatteryAngel is an international trade mark www batrium com 2010 20134 Ver 1 4 Jan2014 Page 16 of 16
28. opulates values in the FindPort UMon settings above Set 1 for the first and the number of cells for the last 20 Go to the Node Chart page and observe the blue bar chart updating eer ee ee ili XMon Individual Node Chart re Batrium oS 21 Click on the graph to reveal the Axis and Key 22 Note the high speed updating Cell Min Voltage Cell Max Voltage 23 Go to the User Preferences menu to select the graphing options auto hide colours etc and also the Application Options auto start auto stop etc or simply Reset all settings to default Prese Save after making changes BatteryAngel is an international trade mark www batrium com 2010 20134 Ver 1 4 Jan2014 Page 9 of 16 EvSuite Basic Software Installation Manual EP patrium WHEN ENERGY MATTERS PC Charger Commissioning Sequence not relevant to PacMon SiMon or SiCan installations The PC charger option is used when the system does not contain a PacMon SiMon or SiCan In this case the PC is master and Elcon TC charger is connected via a CMon cable and UMon It is not normally the recommended option Ground m UMon USB The following steps provide the most basic commissioning sequence with a PC charger installed and the PC as Master 1 Ensure that the basic software commissioning sequence has been completed see above 2 Connect the charger via the CMon cable and UMon 3 Access the Commissioning gt FindPort UM
29. s question with AutoStart of Host checked If not prompted at the start with the UsbHost Settings locate the Commissioning menu gt Host control start button to manually start the UsbHost It may also be useful to change the AutoStart USB Host options under User Preferences or simply Reset all the preferences to default always press Save after making changes UsbHost Setti No USB Supervisor Host was not found on your ne Hast Control Your system will not work without a USB Supervisor Host running Start Stop Do you want to start it locally on this computer now gt I v AutoStart of Host Suppress Auto Start of Host request ca 11 Ensure that the UMon USB device is plugged Red LED is ON 12 Use the blue Previous button to locate the Commissioning gt FindPort UMon menu SP EvSuite Mode Simon RawUdpTx Chi Unknown Missed 0 ka la Commissioning Find Ports UMon sas a ET E Ti Je 6 5 Channel Protocol UMon First Exception list lt lt PREVIOUS Zt Commissioning K om xvon e D von sora CoO E o n ei Fo E J Commission a X cn3 xvon XnonSre sy x EE 5 eo E i n m a x h4 xmon kmonsc x EE 5 o fo E gy ind Port UMon sitter s mE l Channel Protocol UMon serial name Nodes fd K h or Beon J C EEE Mi Ges Ss E BatteryAngel is an international tr
30. tall the Microsoft Dot Net Framework The EvSuite installer will examine your system and prompt you to also install Microsoft Dot Net Framework at the appropriate point This will link you to the web address for the download and install Installing Checking the USB Drivers PacMon or UMon The software automatically adds the required PacMon UMon USB drivers for Windows 64 bit or 32 bit systems Complete the following steps in order to check that the required USB connections are operational before commissioning the system 1 After installing the software connect the PC to PacMon UMon using a USB cable note that 12V Drive and 12V Charge is OFF e PacMon is connected to the back middle USB connector labelled From System e UMon is plugged directly into the PC USB port or using a male to female extension cable Note that 12V is only applied to operate PacMon and it is not applied when configuring PacMon 2 Check that the USB device s are installed OK It may take a few minutes to install the drivers The normal USB acknowledge sound will be heard from the PC 3 Once installed the red USB LED s will be ON e For PacMon there are two red LEDs labelled USB inside PacMon They are visible through the top cover of PacMon e For UMon the red LED is clearly visible through the plastic cover 4 Ifthe driver is not automatically installed it can be manually installed from the Start Menu gt Batrium Pty Ltd gt
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