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1. Adjusts HARDWARE PROTECTION settings By checking Auto Refresh He actual setting values will be shown updating in every second Target Actual Setting Low Centre High OvPLy e 0 fz TLL uvv eo Be ITIL LETT Set Auto Refresh I Assist Mode Not used Notes For actual adjustment of the hardware protections you need adjust the OVP and UVP potentiometer s placed on the Front panel of power supply unit This dialogue just sends target values and then confirms the setting readbacks 1 Enter the desired value of the voltage in Target to set for the OVP and the UVP Set a OVP that is higher than S_OVP to prevent erroneous operation due to noise and by taking the detection accuracy PFX2021 100 mV PFX2500 series 300 mV into consideration Set a UVP that is lower than S_UVP 2 Click Set Item Description Target Enter the desired voltages for H OVP and H UVP and click the Set button The value is transmitted to the PFX2021 or the PFX2500 series Auto Refresh If you select the check box the Actual Setting display is refreshed at approximately 0 5 s intervals Assist Mode If you select the check box the panel LED display of PFX211 will change to Assist Mode The Assist Mode is not used for the PFX2021 PFX2500 series since it employs the auto matic adjustment Axes Set the axes of the realtime graph display charge graph and discharge graph on the Graph Result Pane Channel CH_1_001 Prop
2. KIKUSUI PART NO 21 002 642 IB00325A Jun 2013 USER S MANUAL PFX2000 Series Application Software SD002 BPChecker2000 Ver 3 1 BPChecker2000 Test Executive PAE RTV RAD Whos N I FAVA I O Sf oi 0 0s e B UbO 3 Oe 4 7 msogo aa mora 333333333 HADI ec i YPMA LH DI FESE 9 ikea nes OD eer INDEX 4 Hardware Configuration Concept 8 Software installation and Hardware configuration Test Condition Editor Before entering the data of the test conditions Setting the Module Enter the battery information Setting the Protections Settinn the Impedance Measurement Setting the Sequence About Sequence Sheet CC CV Charge mode CC Charge mode Pulse Charge mode The Setting Description for the Charge Conditions Predischarge CC Discharge mode CP Discharge mode CC Pulse Discharge mode CP Pulse Discharge mode The Setting Descriptions for the Discharge Conditions Saving the test conditions file Common Sequence Templete Range of Test Condition Settings Test Executive Before executing test Binding Channels to Groups Assigning Test Conditions Executing Tests Resetting Alarms Synchronized Testing with a Temperature Chamber Impedance Measurement Alarms Folders and Files Graph Viewer Before analyzing test results Displaying Graphs 12 23 24 26 27 30 34 37
3. E W Test Conditions Software Protections Module 2s Comments m Geti 45 000 ov Delay Ims fo Battery Info Protections F uvety 28 000 UVP Delay ms fo Recording Method Vv os feo Impedance Measurement Life Judgement oTpP ec s0 0 Cell Yoltage Temp 7 OCP Automatic OCP Delay ms zo Sequence B Seq Sheets These are all SOFTWARE PROTECTIONS Predischarge 1 HARDWARE PROTECTIONS can be set at the CHANNEL PROPERTIES on the TEST EXECUTIVE application for each channel As for OAH protection the value is percentage against NOMINAL CAPACITY specified at the BATTERY INFO section As for OTP protection enable it only if a thurmo sensor is equipped Delay settings are available only when using PFX2500 series see p 58 Item Description OVP Set the software OVP overvoltage protection If battery voltage exceeds the OVP value during testing an alarm occurs and the test is aborted The accurate overvoltage detec tion is possible because of the detection accuracy is the same as the voltage measure ment accuracy The detecting speed is 150 ms max In normal cases set a voltage relatively close to the cutoff voltage or CV voltage for charging OVP delay PFX2500 series only Set the activation delay time for the protection function the period of time to start activation of the protection function 27 BPChecker2000 28 Setting the Protections Item UVP Description Set the
4. Voltage Current h BPChecker2000 Analyzing Test Results 115 e 116 Changing the type of Life graph display When selecting View gt Graph Type the graph display of the Life graph can be selected e Capacity Impedance graph e Capacity graph e Impedance graph When the PFX2211 is used The capacity graph consists of two lines one for charge capacity and the other for discharge capacity The impedance graph can be displayed only when the PFX2211 is used It consists of four lines which are after the Charge finished Charge rest finished Discharge finished and Discharge rest finished for each display description of R JX Z 6 The four items R JX Z and can be shown or hidden Thus if all items are shown 16 lines are displayed The following figure is shown when the Capacity Impedance graph is selected to display the R Charge Discharge capacity R mAh ma Charge Charge finished Discharge E fee Discharge finished Discharge rest finished In the Graph Viewer the displayed unit for measured impedance is mQ BPChecker2000 Printing Graphs To print graphs select the window containing the graph you wish to print and then choose File gt Print If you wish the check the printed image on the screen beforehand choose File gt Print Preview Figure below shows a printed image of C D graphs Depending on the settings the contents or the numb
5. cccv BPCT Test conditions file jas 5 Desktop INI lt File used to change the group folder icon a cccv lt Test conditions folder same name as the test conditions Galc i mic CH_instrument ID_node number _LIFE_C D_group folder name_test conditions name BPCL CH_instrument ID_node number _cycle number_group folder name_test conditions name BPCG si CH_1_002 _00001_bpc2000 cccv _cccv BPCG lt C D graph cycle 1 data ji CH_1_002 _00002_bpc2000 cccv _cccv BPCG C D graph cycle 2 data gi CH_1_002 _00003_bpc2000 cccv _cccv BPCG C D graph cycle 3 data _ st CH_1_002 _LIFE_C_bpc2000 cccv _cccv BPCL lt Life graph charge data 7 38 CH_1_002 _LIFE_D_bpc2000 cccv _cccv BPCL lt Life graph discharge data H_1_001 Channel 1 folder CH_instrument ID_node number i CH_1_001 _00001_bpc2000 ccev _cccv BPCG a CH_1_001 _ 00002_bpc2000 cccv _cccv BPCG as a CH_1_001 _ 00003_bpc2000 cccv _cccv BPCG i CH_1_001 _LIFE_C_bpc2000 ccev _cccv BPCL CH_1_001 _LIFE_D_bpc2000 ccev _cccv BPCL H_1_002 lt Channel 2 folder CH_instrument ID_node number Next after the test is finished it indicates the folder or the file which will be created when the Recycle this channel with data backup is selected for both channel 1 and channel 2 in the dialog of Channel Recycle And Data Backup We assume that the
6. CD ROM Drive Mouse Free USB ports to connect at least the number of control units to be used Printer Communications with the temperature chamber Temperature chambers by Espec Corp that can be con trolled using the RS485 RS485 to USB converter of the Espec Corp recommended The VISA library must be installed in the PC RS485 Protocol Adress 1to6 Data bits 8 bit Transmission NOMAL Parity bit NONE mode Bit rate 4800 bps Delimiter CR LF Stop bits 2 bit EE ee BPChecker2000 Contents 1 2 Preface Hardware Configuration Concept 8 Executable Charge Discharge Tests 9 Flow of Test Procedure 10 set Up Software installation and Hardware configuration 12 Installing the VISA Library 12 Installing the BPChecker2000 13 Installing the USB driver 14 Configuring the Hardware 16 Creating Test Conditions Starting the Test Condition Editor 22 Creating Test Conditions Files 22 Before entering the data of the test conditions 23 Setting the Module 24 Enter the comment 26 Enter the battery information 26 Setting the Protections 27 Setting the Recording Method 29 Setting the Impedance Measurement when PFX2211 is used 30 Setting the Cell Voltage Temp Only on the PFX2500 Series 31 Setting the Life Judgement 33 Setting the Sequence 34 About Sequence Sheet 37 Seq Sheet CC CV Charge mode 38 Seq Sheet CC Charge mode 39 Seq Sheet Pulse Charge mode PFX2000 series only
7. Constant power pulse discharge CP Pulse when using the PFX2021 These tests can be arbitrary combined to create test conditions using the Test Condition Editor and executed using the Test Executive BPChecker2000 eoooe 10 Ge Flow of Test Procedure If you are using BPChecker2000 for the first time carry out the following procedure 1 Configure the hardware Start the Hardware Config Wizard Set the number of control units and the use of impedance measurement units PFX2000 series only and temperature chambers Organize the channels separately for each control unit system For the system with the PFX2500 series it is required to set the model information of the connected DC power supply and the electronic load Create test conditions Start the Test Condition Editor Create a test conditions file Create a special folder group that is recognized by the BPChecker2000 system and specify the group folder name and path Specify the group folder in which to save the test conditions Execute the test Start the Test Executive Assign the channels that were organized using the Hardware Config Wizard to the groups created using the Group Administrator Assign the test conditions you created using the Test Condition Editor to the channels and execute the test Analyze the test Start the Graph Viewer Display the test result file created by the Test Executive on graphs To delete the group use the Gr
8. The selected test conditions are assigned to all the channels in the group Channels that are assigned test conditions become plugged status connected status and enter the monitor loop At this point the icon display changes to IDLE Test Execution Panel START xi sample S Test Conds M free cecv charge Don t Use Tear Synchronisation Channels on this group Sample Name Name A O OFF Jch1 005 1 0 O OFF cH_1_o006 1 0 Assign Change different test conditions for each channel You cannot change the assignment of the test conditions or free the test conditions on channels that are currently executing the test or those that are stopped after completing one or more cycles 1 Click the channel which you assign the test condition The channel will be highlighted on the display A menu button is added to the Test Condition item of that channel 2 Click the button and select the test conditions you wish to assign from the menu Choosing a blank test conditions name frees the test conditions Channels that are assigned test conditions become plugged status connected status and enter the monitor loop At this point the icon display changes to IDLE Test Execution Panel START xj sample Chamber Synchronisation For All Channels Tom Use lt IestConds 7 Channels on this group Test Condition Sample Name O DEcHi oos 1 o ccev char
9. 100 mV into consideration PFX2021 or PFX2500 series p 85 If the charge discharge current exceeds the constant current preset value PFX2000 S_ OCP series 100 mA PFX2500 series 1 A an alarm occurs and the output is turned OFF See p 27 The PFX2500 series equips the delay function OAH When the charge or discharge capacity exceeds the specified capacity value nominal z capacity multiplied by an alarm occurs and the output is turned OFF s p 27 OTP When the DUT temperature exceeds the specified temperature an alarm occurs and the output is turned OFF see p 27 Shock_Detect When the shake or the shock is detected in the standby state with the vibration sensor is on or if the PFX2500 series is not installed on the level surface the alarm See PFX2500 eee only becomes to be activated and the output is turned off The vibration sensor is setto See the operation manual of the y OFF position at the factory shipment PFX2500 series The difference in the electric potential between the output cable and voltage Coh sensing wire is measured immediately before the start of the test If the difference is greater than or equal to the specified value an alarm occurs The difference in the electric potential is not measured during the test see p 24 BPChecker2000 Alarms Protection Functions with Fixed Values Alarms Test Execution Type Des
10. EN Chamber sll la Graph Result 6 Pane Pane 5 0 E reo 20 a cD x Lu ioo f zsef 100 too oo 1 1 4 i i J T o Yo bo bo Vo bo ofnin ae ee e I Jem i Item Description Controller Group Pane Select Controller or Group To switch the view mode click the tab at the bottom section of the Controller Group Pane e Controller view mode Organizes information according to the system of control unit connections group view mode Organizes information according to test execution groups Channel Pane This pane displays all the channels that belong to the controller or group that is selected in the Controller Group Pane and their execution status Graph Result Pane This pane displays the following information for the channel that is selected in the Channel Pane Conditions the test conditions that are being used Charge graph realtime graph Discharge graph realtime graph Charge result Discharge result Cell monitor Channels that are not being tested are not displayed Click the tabs at the bottom of the pane to switch the displayed contents Chamber Pane Shows the temperature chamber operation Creating Groups Even when performing the Test Executive you can select Group gt Launch GroupAdministrator and enable to create a new group or delete existing registered group The changes to the group binding are not immediately applied on the Test Executive screen You can refresh the screen by choosing View gt Refresh e e BPC
11. F When you have installed OP01 PFX boards into the PFX2500 Series and selected 1 or greater for N RP Num of OP01 PFX boards to use in the Module settings under Test Conditions this screen is enabled E W Test Conditions f Module Comments Battery Info Protections Recording Method Impedance Measurement Life Judgement Sequence E W Seq Sheets Predischarge see p 58 Slot number that the 3 OPO1 PFX is installed in 4 1 1 p Term No Description Select the terminal numbers of the cells that you want to measure the voltage of Set the software OVP When the voltage of one of the selected terminals exceeds the OVP value an alarm occurs and the test is aborted Set the OVP value Set the amount of time the delay before the protection function begins operating Set the software UVP When the voltage of one of the selected terminals falls below the UVP value an alarm occurs and the test is aborted Set the UVP value Item Volt Measurement OVP Terminal OVP Delay UVP Terminal UVP Delay Set the amount of time the delay before the protection function begins operating Temp Measurement Select the terminal numbers of the cells that you want to measure the temperature of OTP Set the software OTP Terminal When the temperature of one of the selected terminals exceeds the OTP value an alarm occurs and the test is aborted OT
12. 0 Humidity 0 0 to 100 0 or 1 lt Setting Timeout min 1 to 1000 lt _ lt Wait Time min 1 to 1000 lt lt BPChecker2000 Test Execution This chaper describes that the confirmation needs to be taken prior to the actual test is performed the required setting conditions and an instruction for starting the actual test 64 ee Starting the Test Executive see p 100 The Test Executive is a program that executes charge discharge tests according to the test conditions file that you created using the Test Condition Editor Before starting the Test Executive configure the hardware by the Hardware Config Wizard E When synchronizing with the temperature chamber Turn on all RS485 to USB converters and temperature chambers before starting the Test Executive The Test Executive performs control taking Num of Chambers specified on the temperature chamber configuration screen of the Hardware Config Wizard to be the upper limit Starting the Test Executive To start the Test Executive double click the shortcut icon of the Test Executive program from the Windows desktop folder or program folder vane Saws Eoo e charge CH_1_001 Cycle od asi dad eti 180 Invprogress Cycle 27 sar eo sof os wal eee 100 tac a AEn charge Gaon J oeae waph E charge masute E cedwoe
13. 1 PFX2021 21 PFX2511 5101 5112 Min Capacity Ratio Discharge 0 0 to 100 0 lt lt Max Impedance Charge 0 to 20000000 lt mQ Discharge 0 to 20000000 z Max NG Count 1 to 100 Seq Sheets Charge a E Charge CC mode GS g The values inside parentheses are setting range for the low range 8 v Item PFX2011 1 PFX2021 PFX2511 PFX2511 PFX2511 PFX2511 PFX2511 PFX2511 PFX2511 v 21 5101to 5107 5108 5109 5110 5111 5112 E D 5106 lt Charge Time h min 9999h 59min lt lt lt lt lt t Rest Time h min 9999h 59min lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt Oo Setting Current A 0 0000 to 0 000to 0 000to lt 0 000to 0 000to 0 000to 0 000to 0 000 to 5 0000 10 000 50 000 36 000 50 000 27 000 50 000 35 000 0 00000 to 0 50000 Cutoff Max Voltage V 0 0000 to 0 000to 0 000to 0 000to 0 000to lt 0 000to 0 000to 0 000 to conditions 5 0000 20 000 60 000 10 000 20 000 40 000 60 000 10 000 dV V 0 0010 to 0 001to 0 010to lt lt lt lt lt lt 1 0000 1 000 10 000 dV Mask Time 1 to 60 lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt min Max Temp C 40 0 to 100 0 lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt dT dt C min 0 5 to 10 0 lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt Cell end conditions only on a PFX2500 Series in which an OP01 PFX is installed Item OPO1 PFX Max voltage V 0 000 to 20 000 Max Temp C 100 0 to 400 0 Unbalance margin V 0 010 to 5 000 BPChecker20
14. 38 39 40 43 46 47 48 49 51 53 539 56 58 65 66 67 69 78 80 82 90 104 109 110 BPChecker2000 is a dedicated application software for the PFX2000 Series Charge Discharge Battery Test System and the PFX2500 Series Charge Discharge System Controller BPChecker2000 enables you to set the conditions of the battery charge discharge characteristics tests execute the tests and analyze the test results on a PC Package Contents e CD ROM containing the program e Users Manual Z1 002 642 How to Read This Manual This manual is intended for first time users of the BPChecker2000 It describes required environment settings installation procedure for the application software and gives an overview of various programs If you find any incorrectly arranged or missing pages in this manual they will be replaced If the manual gets lost or soiled a new copy can be provided for a fee In either case please contact Kikusui distributor agent and provide the Kikusui Part No given on the cover This manual has been prepared with the utmost care however if you have any questions or note any errors or omissions please contact Kikusui distributor agent Product Version Covered This user s manual covers BPChecker2000 version 3 1x The version of the BPChecker2000 can be referred to the Information of the BPChecker2000 in the HELP menu Related manuals The detailed information for the PFX2000 series an
15. 40 The Setting Description for the Charge Conditions 43 Seq Sheet Predischarge 46 Seq Sheet CC Discharge mode 47 Seq Sheet CP Discharge mode 48 Seq Sheet CC Pulse Discharge mode 49 Seq Sheet CP Pulse Discharge mode except the PFX2011 51 The Setting Descriptions for the Discharge Conditions 53 Saving the test conditions file 55 Common Sequence Templete 56 Range of Test Condition Settings 58 BPChecker2000 Test Execution Starting the Test Executive 64 Before executing test 65 Binding Channels to Groups 66 Assigning Test Conditions 67 Executing Tests 69 Stopping Tests 70 Resuming Tests 72 Terminating Tests 75 Recycle the Channel 76 Resetting Alarms 78 Changing the Test Conditions during the Test 79 Synchronized Testing with a Temperature Chamber 80 Impedance Measurement when PFX2211 is used 82 Properties Display 83 Recovery after Power Failures 87 Alarms 90 Operation Examples When Connections Are Improper PFX2000 series only 96 Troubleshooting 700 Folders and Files 104 Analyzing Test Results Starting the Graph Viewer 108 Before analyzing test results 109 Displaying Graphs 170 Changing the type of C D graph display 115 Changing the type of Life graph display 176 Printing Graphs 117 Saving Graphs 118 000o BPChecker2000 Preface This chapter describes information you should know before using BPChecker2000 a Hardware Configuration Concept e lps e eee
16. 8080 The hardware overvoltage protection of the load was activated A power disruption was detected The DUT battery voltage exceeded the H_OVP setting Zero crossing detection of the AC input stopped Correct the problem in the DUT battery If a resistor is used as a load check that the voltage drop during charge does not exceed the H_OVP setting Set the H_OVP setting in the Test Condition Editor to an appropriate value Check that there is no problem in the AC line that you are using Request repairs Comm 8040 94 A communication error occurred between the control unit and the PFX series Malfunction in the PFX series A disconnection or short circuit in the TP BUS connection or a connector drop out Request repairs Check the TP BUS connection BPChecker2000 Alarms Test Execution Alen Cause Corrective Action Code A problem occurred at the DUT battery and the end condition was not reached AEN raa aaia To continue the test clear the OAH check The capacity of charge to the pacisy P box in the Test Comdoton Editor DUT or discharge from the DUT exceeded OAH exceeded the number of factors An irregular test such as overcharge and 8020 of the nominal capacity overdischarge was performed specified 100 to 1000 of Current continued to flow without the nominal voltage i i i M EH due to an inappropriate Check the end conditions and nominal The nominal capacity
17. Copyrights The contents of this manual may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior consent of the copyright holder The specifications of this product and the contents of this manual are subject to change without prior notice 2009 2013 Kikusui Electronics Corporation Safety Precautions Before starting battery tests using this application software please thoroughly read the PFX2000 Series or PFX2500 Series Operation Manual that describes the system hardware Use extreme caution to make correct connections and handle the components of the system properly Improper connections or handling can lead to serious accidents such as damage to or explosion of the DUT battery The system is equipped with many functions for protecting the DUT battery both by hardware and software Some of the protection functions enable you to set appropriate values according to the test conditions Unless there is a special reason not to do so use these protection functions when performing tests Notations used in this manual e In the interest of brevity the PFX2000 Series Charge Dis charge Battery System shall be hereafter reffered to as the PFX2000 Series e In the interest of brevity the PFX2500 Series Charge Dis charge System Controller shall be hereafter reffered to as the PFX2500 Series e In the interest of brevity the BPChecker2000 Application Software SD002 shall be hereafter reffered to as the BP
18. Executive we Controller Configuration Select number of PFX Controller Units and Impedance Measurement Units M PFX Controllers and Impedance Measurement Units gt Num of Controller h I Use Impedance unit 1 I Use Impedance unit 2 M PFX USB Driver Configuration winuse sys WinxP Vista x86 and x64 z Driver Setup TF it is the first time to use BPChecker2000 system click the Driver Setup button to set up the USB driver sen w _ 1 Check the rotary switch setting on the front panel If you are using only a single control unit set the rotary switch to 1 If you are using two control units simultaneously set the rotary switches to 1 and 2 PC will only detect the control units if the control units are set as described above 2 Connect the control unit to the USB port on the PC using a USB cable Connect the control unit directly to the USB port of the PC or to a self powered USB hub The control unit cannot be connected to a bus powered USB hub When the PC detects the control unit for the first time the Plug amp Play function starts Found New Hardware Wizard Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard Windows will search for current and updated software by looking on your computer on the hardware installation CD or on the Windows Update Web site with your permission Read our privacy policy Can Windows connect to Windows Update
19. Proceed Test And Data Backup dialog 72 Program Construction 3 Protection 27 Pulse Charge mode 40 R Recording Method 29 S Sequence 34 Sequence Sheet 37 CC Discharge mode 47 CC Pulse Discharge mode 49 CP Discharge mode 48 CP Pulse Discharge mode 51 Predischarge 46 Pulse Charge mode 40 Status Code 92 Superimposing Graph 110 Synchronized Operation with Temperature Chambers Alarm 80 Synchronized Testing with a Temperature Chamber 80 System Requirements 4 T Temperature Chamber 9 channel can not be selected 103 Synchronized 80 Test Executive Cannot Identify 103 Test Restarting 72 Stopping 70 Terminating 75 Test Condition Assigning 67 Setting range 58 Test conditions file Saving 55 Test Sequence 35 Tests Executing 69 Treewindow 109 Troubleshooting 120 Test Executive 100 U USB driver Installing 14 UVP 28 84 UVP delay 28 V VISA Library 12 W Warning 91 BPChecker2000
20. Rest Time Enable Chamber Control Do Predischarge when the sheet is first used Current control during the PWM period Current control during the PWM period varies depending on the Max Voltage OFF voltage setting When the Max Voltage OFF voltage check box is selected When the battery voltage increases to the OFF voltage or when the ON time elapses during the ON current period the operation moves to OFF current During the OFF current period the operation moves to ON current when the battery voltage drops to the ON voltage and the OFF time has elapsed Because voltage detection requires at least 0 5 ms the minimum ON current time is 0 5 ms Max voltage OFF voltage Min voltage ON voltage ON current OFF current PWM period BPChecker2000 Creating Test Conditions 42 Seq Sheet Pulse Charge mode PFX2000 series only PWM charge period start Increase up to the OFF voltage ON time has elapsed OFF current The relationship of the current ON OFF time The actual current ON time lt ON time The actual current OFF time 2 OFF time V OFF current Increase up to the OFF voltage OFF time has elapsed Clear the OFF time counter OFF time has elapsed and dropped to the ON voltage When the Max Voltage OFF voltage check box is not selected When the ON time elapses during the ON current period the operation moves to OFF cur
21. Virtual Instrument Software Architecture is a specification for a standard software for con necting instruments that was defined by the VXIplug amp play Systems Alliance One of the VISA libraries driver software implemented in compliance with the VISA specifications below is necessary NI VISAby National Instruments Ver 3 3 or later Agilent VISA by Agilent Technologies Agilent IO Libraries Suite 15 0 or later KI VISA Ver3 1 3 or later KI VISA is Kikusui s original VISA library that supports VXIplug amp play VISA Specifications 4 1 The KI VISA is included in the program CD ROM The newest version can be downloaded from Download service of Kikusui website http www kikusui co jp en download KI VISA is not required if NI VISA or Agilent VISA is already installed BPChecker2000 a Installing the BPChecker2000 When the BPChecker2000 is installed the following five programs are installed in the PC Hardware Config Wizard con Group Administrator Test Condition Editor S Test Executive ET Graph Viewer 1 Insert theProgram CD ROM into the CD ROM drive After a while the browser will be activated In case the browser is not activated double click b2k_full_xxx exe in the CD ROM xxx is the buid number as for the BASIC edition double click b2k_basic_xxx exe and proceed to the step 4 2 Select Quick Install The folder installed with the setup program is displayed 3 Double click b2k_full_xxx exe
22. an error message at startup BPChecker2000 Test Executive File View Test Controller Gro m n 200 B 9 9B 5 EMG Controller 1 x No Icon When you click OK to close the error message the Test Executive shows the normal screen Since the controller unit has not been identified no icons are displayed in the controller view of the Controller Group Pane If the controller unit PFX2121 is not being recognized as a USB device by the PC the Test Executive can not recognize as a controller Confirm that the USB cable between the PC and the Control unit are connected properly If the cables are connected properly activate the device manager from the Windows control panel and confirm connecting status of the USB device It is properly recognized if Kikusui PFX2000 2500 Controller non USBTMC is displayed below USB Test and Measurement Devices If the controller unit is being recognized properly right click Controller of the Controller Group Properties pane and display the property The dialog box displays the Status as Unplugged Unplugged example Plugged example controller 1 Properties es Controller 1 Properties IE Info a Info a pa Shows CONTROLLER and IMPEDANCE unit info IF Shows CONTROLLER and IMPEDANCE unit info IF unplugged state you need PLUG again PS unplugged state you need PLUG again Controller Controller InstrID i InstrID i Ser
23. and the humidity control will be disabled Creating Test Conditions 35 Setting the Sequence Relationship between the predischarge settings and discharge sheets that are executed 0000 HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH88OH8E88 The following describes how the predischarge performs by the setting of the predischarge the case is an example for the sequence setting of that the sheet 1 and 2 are only used There are twelve patterns in the predischarge setup pattern that you can set by using two sequence sheets As for the sequence setting the Repeat is set for 2 Sequence sheet 1 for 1 Sequence sheet 2 for 0 Sequence sheet 3 to 20 and the Loop is set for 2 Predischarge setup pattern 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Execute startup discharges Use Predischarge Sheet VijVviVviv Use Discharge Sheet of Previous Cycle Vv Vv Vv Vv Do Predischarge when the sheet is first used Sequence sheet 1 Vv Vv Vv Vv Vv Yv Sequence sheet 2 Y Yv Y Y Yv Yv E Case 1 The case when the specified sequence finished normally Test start Predischarge 0 0 0 le 1 Sequence sheet le 2 Sequence sheet 0 3 Sequence sheet Sequence sheet 4 5 Sequence sheet 6 Sequence sheet For patterns 6 and 8 there is a conflict in the predischarge settings is started between
24. discharge sheet The test can not be performed with synchronizing the temperature chamber when there is a inconsistency The Test Executive allows you to perform synchronized operation with the temperature chamber only when all the channels in the group for synchronizing temperature chamber which shall not occur any sequence inconsistency The following two conditions must be satisfied to perform the synchronized operation with the temperature chamber The same test conditions or different test conditions that share the same common template are assigned to all the channels in the group The number of cycles that have been completed is the same for all the channels The sequence inconsistency of the test condition can be avoided if the common sequence plate controlled by the Test Condition Editor is used The cycle number can be changed by the Tool Bar or to follow by Channel gt Increment Cycle Number 1 Decrement Cycle Number 1 Enter Cycle Number Test Execution 103 Foldersa nd Files The following shows the folder or the file created by the BPChecer 2000 when the test is executed with the conditions as indicated w Desktop Control Unit Using 1 system Instrument ID 1 Channel 2 channels Node numbers 001 and 002 Group folder bpc2000 cccv Location Desktop Test conditions cccv 3 cycles of execution Icon indicating that the BPC2000 system identifies the folder so Oe bpc2000 cccv Group folder
25. folder suffix and memo boxe are entered as follows J 104 Folder suffix 30 October 2002 17 07 Memo box both CH1 and CH2 backup data BPChecker2000 Folders and Files Icon indicating that the BPC2000 system identifies the folder w Desktop i i Df bpc2000 ccev Group folder e cccv BPCT lt Test conditions file ar 5 Desktop INI lt File used to change the group folder icon cccv lt Test conditions folder same name as the test conditions z5 CH_1_001 30 October 2002 17 07 Folder suffix added to the channel 1 folder name tats a CH_1_001 _00001_bpc2000 ccev _cccv BPCG B CH_1_001 _00002_bpc2000 cccv _cccv BPCG ase e re ee a CH_1_001 _ 00003_bpc2000 cccv _cccv BPCG st CH_1_001 _LIFE_C_bpc2000 cccv _cccv BPCL sa CH_1_001 LIFE_D_bpc2000 cccv _cccv BPCL ee eee ae BACKUPTXT lt File containing the text that was entered in the memo box ae CH_1_002 30 October 2002 17 07 Folder suffix added to the channel 2 folder name Test Execution i CH_1_002 _00001_bpc2000 cccv _cccv BPCG C D graph cycle 1 data Le sai CH_1_002 _00002_bpc2000 cccv _cccv BPCG lt C D graph cycle 2 data ARA si CH_1_002 _00003_bpc2000 cccv _cccv BPCG C D graph cycle 3 data fa CH_1_002 _LIFE_C_bpc2000 cccv _cccv BPCL Life graph charge data A ka CH_1_002 _LIFE_D_bpc2000 cccv _cccv BPCL Life graph di
26. for each pulse value The input range varies depending on the range setting on the PFX2011 Charge Discharge Power Supply Unit Power Set each power value of pulse discharge You can set a power value for each pulse value Time Set each time width of pulse discharge You can set a time width for each pulse value Capacity Voltage This function stops the integration of the discharge capacity when the battery voltage which declines as discharge progresses falls below the capacity voltage setting Discharge time 4 T gt 1 Resttime gt Battery voltage Capacity voltage Discharge voltage i i BPChecker2000 KEEF Creating Test Conditions 53 54 Seq Sheet CP Pulse Discharge mode except the PFX2011 Item Cutoff Voltage Enable Chamber Control Description Set the Cutoff Voltage The cutoff voltage is one of the factors that terminate discharging Discharging ends when the battery voltage falls to this voltage even if discharge time has not elapsed For pulse discharge discharging is terminated when the lower of the voltage values Measurement High or Measurement Low drops to the cutoff voltage for the PFX2011 and when the voltage value of Measurement Low drops to the cutoff voltage for the PFX2021 and PFX2500 series On the PFX2021 if Measurement Low is set to a value other than Low the cutoff voltage is not detected until the ptn voltage is measure
27. if the impedance measurement unit is not connected to the controller to which the channel belongs the setting is ignored and the process moves on without making the impedance measurement The measured impedance values cannot be monitored in realtime while the test is in progress on the Test Executive The values are displayed on the ChargeResults or DischargeResults page on the Graph Result Pane after the completion of the charge or discharge phase You can also view the values by analyzing the results using the Graph Viewer BPChecker2000 Properties Display BPChecker2000 You can display properties of the controllers groups and channels on the Test Executive The properties display contains detailed information of each item and various functions that you cannot control from other screens Controller properties display To display the controller properties right click on the Controller Group Pane or choose Contoroller gt Properties in Controller View Mode The properties sheet displays the model name serial number CPU version LON version 1st and 2nd internal systems and the connection status plugged or unplugged of the current identified control unit If the status indicates unplugged the controller is not identified properly Click the controller name and click Plug Controller to reconnect it Controller 1 Properties a xj Info a pa Shows CONTROLLER and IMPEDANCE unit info IF unplugged state you nee
28. is displayed as a fullpath name Select the folder file from the cycle channel to displaying the graph and click Add gt gt Insert Before gt gt Insert After gt gt Move to the Cycle to Show or Channel to Show Click Add gt gt to add the item at bottom If you click Insert Before gt gt or Insert After gt gt after selecting an item in the Cycle to Show or Channel to Show the item is inserted before or after the selected item The file or the folder displayed in the Cycle to Show or Channel to Show is applied to displaying the graph When selecting plural number of the folder or file the graph will be superimposed Click file or the folder displayed in the Cycle to Show or Channel to Show and click gt gt Remove it returns to the Cycle Channel Click OK Displays the graph Analyzing Test Results 111 Displaying Graphs see p 110 112 E Superimposing graph over the other graph 1 2 5 Activate the graph document you wish to superimpose Choose Select Graph gt Data Displays the dialog Choose Select Graph The file or the folder displayed in the Cycle to Show is applied to displaying the superimposed graph Click of Folder To Search and select the folder containing the graph you wish to display For the C D Graph select the folder of the channel For the Life Graph select the folder of the test condition Select the folder file from the cycle channel to d
29. of test results on graphs The assignment of temperature chamber is also done at the group level when performing tests in synchronization with the temperature chamber You can create up to 64 groups There is no limit on the number of channels that are bound to a single group Channels present in another controller can also be mixed freely Groups are identified by their names Unlike controllers and channels there are no numbers for identifying groups If a new group is created the group does not contain any channels Therefore you must bind at least one channel to a group You can also unbind channels that are already bound or delete groups that are no longer needed Impedance measurement unit When using the impedance measurement unit PFX2211 the internal impedance measurement of the battery becomes possible applied only for the PFX2000 series The PFX2211 is not specified explicitly on the BPChecker2000 The impedance measurement unit can be used by the configuration setting At the hardware level one impedance measurement unit corresponds to one controller All the channels within the same controller system share a single impedance measurement unit Consequently the impedance measurement of each channel is performed in order according to a waiting list principle BPChecker2000 automatically handles the waiting list process BPChecker2000 Executable Charge Discharge Tests Temperature chambers The synchronization of temp
30. of the PFX2011 when in Assist Mode Actual Setting Displays the actual H OVP and H UVP voltage values assigned to the charge discharge power supply unit Bar graph Indicates whether the actual value is appropriate with respect to the target If the bar graph is at the center the setting is appropriate with respect to the target Auto Refresh If you select the check box the Actual Setting display is refreshed at approximately 0 5 s intervals Assist Mode The LEDs on the PFX2011 are used to indicate whether the actual value is appropriate with respect to the target This mode is useful when the PC display is far away from the charge discharge power supply unit When Assist Mode is selected the front panel LED of the PFX2011 becomes the Assist Mode display Assist mode is disabled when you close the properties sheet open a properties sheet of another channel or execute the test on the channel in assist mode E Protections page for the PFX2021 and the PFX2500 series Set the hardware over voltage protection H OVP and under voltage protection H UVP functions When you enter the desired voltages for H OVP and H UVP in the Target the internal variable resistors are automatically adjusted A comparator is used at the detection section and the circuit is independent from the internal microcomputer control The detecting speed is 100 u s max for the PFX2021 and 10 ms TYP value for the PFX2500 series BPChecker2000 85 Properties Display iE ces
31. the dV The value dV is one of the factors that terminate charging Charging ends when the battery voltage drops by a value specified by dV during charging This detection can be disabled during the dV mask time dV Mask Time Set the dV mask time The dV detection is disabled during the dV mask time CC Period 1 Set the CC preiod 1 Max Voltage Set the maximum voltage When the battery voltage reaches maximum voltage during CC charging the operation moves to the CC Pulse period Current Set the charge current during the CC period The input range varies depending on the range setting on the PFX2011 Charge Discharge Power Supply Unit CC Pulse Period 2 Set the CC preiod 2 Max Voltage Set the maximum voltage CC Pulse When the battery voltage reaches maximum voltage during CC Pulse charging the operation moves to the PWM period Current 1 2 Time 1 2 Set the pulse current 1 and 2 during the CC Pulse period The input range varies depending on the range setting on the PFX2011 Charge Discharge Power Supply Unit Set the pulse time width 1 and 2 during the CC Pulse period BPChecker2000 Creating Test Conditions 43 44 Seq Sheet Pulse Charge mode PFX2000 series only Item PWM Period 3 Description Set the CC preiod 3 Max Time Set the maximum time for the PWM period When this time elapses the operation moves to charge rest Min Voltage Set the min
32. the measured voltage of Measurement Low and the graphs overlap The sampling interval of the pulse voltage varies depending on the specified pulse time For details see Measurements during pulse charge discharge operation in the PFX2000 Series Operation Manual BPChecker2000 Oe Seq Sheet CP Pulse Discharge mode except the PFX2011 You can select the CP Pulse discharge if you selected the PFX2021 or PFX2500 series for Module gt Model ID The following figure is shown as an example of the Constant Power and the Pulse CP Pulse operation The figure illustrates the transition of constant power pulse discharge gt voltage drop to the cutoff voltage gt pulse discharge termination gt discharge rest Discharge time gt i i 7 5 Battery Ss LN i i voltage ym 2 i fa y O Cutoff voltage i i n i i D i Limit current ro i o Pulse l o discharge current Rest time Enlarged AAS Select 1 or greater for Num of OP01 PFX boards to use under Module to display the Cell Voltage Temp Setup screen A OPOI PFXERELFAbpot E Eile Edit View Tools Help Dsn teg Condition Items Charge Discharge Cell Voltage Temp For cut conditions a Test Conditions ken ee __ Ela E Reena E Comments Pulse Settings Battery Info Discharge Time 6 h fo min Num OF Pulse Pulse Mode fart rement Prote
33. the fan or the fan control circuit Malfunction of the internal bias power supply The overvoltage protection circuit of the internal bias power supply was activated Malfunction of the internal bias power supply Request repairs CD B 9000 The impedance of the DUT battery has become extremely large preventing current from flowing through the internal electronic load section Malfunction of the internal bias power supply Blown output fuse in the PFX series Request repairs Disconnection of the current wire poor contact to the battery holder or open circuit at the point of connection with the DUT battery Check the connection of the current wire battery holder and DUT battery The voltage drop caused by resistance such as the current wire resistance and the contact resistance of the battery holder is extremely large Approx 8 V or more Check that the diameter and length of the current wire the contact resistance of the battery holder and other components are appropriate H_UVP 8400 The hardware undervoltage protection of the load was activated The DUT battery voltage dropped below the H_UVP setting Correct the problem in the DUT battery Ifa resistor is used as a load check that the voltage drop during discharge does not fall below the H_UVP setting Set the H_UVP setting in the Test Condition Editor to an appropriate value H_OVP 8200 AC_OFF
34. the sequence sheet setting and the sheet 1 setting In this case the setting of sheet has priority and predischarge is never executed twice For patterns 9 to 12 Use Discharge Sheet of Previous Cycle is selected This case specifies immediately after starting the test so there is no previous cycle The result is the same as when Use Predischarge Sheet is selected E Case 2 The case when the test is aborted at cycle 3 of the specified sequence and then restarted Test start Predischarge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cycle 1 Sequence sheet 1 Cycle 2 Sequence sheet 1 Predischarge 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cycle 3 Sequence sheet 2 Abort Test restart Predischarge 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Cycle 3 Sequence sheet 2 Cycle 4 Sequence sheet 1 Cycle 5 Sequence sheet 1 Cycle 6 Sequence sheet 2 Since a test is restarted from the aborted cycle The sequence sheet that is used first when the test is restarted is the sheet that was being used when the test was aborted However the trace that the sheet was used is lost when the test is aborted The case 2 is specified that restarts from the Cycle 3 and the sheet 2 is used for the first time If the Do Predischarge when the sheet is first used checkbox of sequence sheet 2 is selected the predischarge sheet is reused as shown in predischarge setup patterns 3 4 7 8 1
35. the test is restarted Because the original test conditions that are assigned to multiple channels are read simultaneously changing the test conditions affect all relevant channels eeee0 Test Execution 79 80 Synchronized Testing with a Temperature Chamber You can perform synchronized tests with temperature chambers at the group level using the Test Executive The charge discharge test progresses while the channels in the same group controls the temperature chambers according to the specified temperature and humidity settings The starting of the charge discharge is always synchronized within the same group e Synchronized operation of temperature chambers 25 C 45 C Test conditions Channel 1 test1 bpct Channel 2 test2 bpct Channel 3 test1 bpct Channel 4 test1 bpct Temperature Temperature chamber Wait time Wait time Charge rest ft t Charge start Discharge start DisCharge rest Temperature chamber setting up indicates the state until the monitored temperature and humidity in the chamber enter the specified margin range The wait time is the time until the specified temperature and humidity stabilize and the DUT warms up e Temperature chamber setting up waiting and charge discharge start Charge discharge start Temperature chamber Setting up temperature and humidity Within the Waiting setting timeout Wait time Setting Setting margin Time If t
36. to search for software O Yes this time only Click Next to continue BPChecker2000 Installing the USB driver 3 Click Cancel The USB driver can not be installed by the Found New Hardware Wizard 4 Click Driver Setup When the dialog box Run As is displayed select the Current User Do not select the check box of the Protect my computer and data from unauthorized program activity then click OK When the dialog box User Account Control is displayed select Allow The PFX2000 2500 USB Driver Wizard is activated PFX2000 2500 USB Driver Wizard E Welcome to PFX2000 2500 USB KIKUSUI Driver Wizard XP Vista 7 ELECTRONICS This wizard installs the PFX USB driver for use with CORP Windows XP Vista and 7 86 x64 editions a D w v N 15 Test amp M Instruments an Power Supplies To continue click Next lt Back 5 Click Next 6 Follow the description on the display install the USB driver Then it continues to configure the hardware by the Hardware Config Wizard Checking whether the USB driver has been installed properly Confirming the status of installation by Device Manager to verify whether the USB driver has been installed properly 1 Select the System of the control panel Select the tab for Hardware then click Device Manager 3 Confirm whether Kikusui PFX2000 2500 Contoller non USBTMC for Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 or KIKUSUI PFX212
37. within a unit time 1 minute during charging Enable Chamber Control If this item is enabled temperature chamber settings are performed in the cycle if this sequence sheet is used In this case you must also enter Temperature Humidity Setting Timeout and Wait Time Temperature Humidity Setting Timeout Specify the temperature setting of the chamber Specify the humidity setting of the chamber Check the control range of the temperature and humidity of the temperature chamber being used Depending on the performance of the temperature chamber some humidity ranges may not be possible against the specified temperature In such case specify 1 and the humidity control will be disabled The temperature chamber does not reach the specified condition immediately after the temperature and humidity are set If the temperature chamber does not reach the target temperature and humidity within the range specified in system settings even after the specified time elapses the setting is considered to have failed Wait Time Even if the temperature chamber reaches the target temperature and humidity you must allow some time for the battery in the chamber to reach the temperature This setting specifies the wait time If testing is performed in synchronization with the temperature chambers the actual charge starts after the wait time elapses Do Predischarge when the sheet is first used Cell Voltage Temp for cut con
38. within approximately 10 s All the channels of the corresponding controller change to the I O icon However unlike the 1 0 communication error of individual channels the controller icon also disappears Display the properties of the controller that produced the communication error and reconnect You do not have to reset alarms on channels individually After the alarm is reset the status of the corresponding channel changes to an IDLE icon Test Execution 89 90 OM O OOo O Alarms e eee0 Alarms and Warnings 0080 HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH8EEE8 The charge discharge test system must perform unmanned cycle tests stably and safely for an extended time period Therefore this system is equipped with multiple protection functions that cover all the dangerous conditions that can be assumed There are two types of protection functions e Those in which the user specifies values according to the DUT and activate using the specified values as references In order to set properly it is required to have correct understanding and the application of use for each alarm and warning functions If alarms and warnings are not set correctly problems will occur The protection function may fail to trip when abnormal conditions occur when necessary and the DUT may break Or the test may be aborted even when there is no abnormal condition Those that activate using fixed values that are assigned with
39. xxx is the buid number as for the BASIC edition double click b2k_basic_xxx exe to activate 4 Follow the description on the display proceed to install the application software When the installation of the application software is completed the Hardware Config Wizard will be activated Then install the USB driver If the Launch BPChecker2000 Hardware Config Wizard is not selected and click Finish the Hardware Config Wizard will not be activated NOTE According to the system configuration the setup program of Microsoft Visual C 2008 Redistributable or Microsoft NETFramework 2 0 will be automatically activated Please follow the description of the display and install the application software e e BPChecker2000 b 13 e 14 Installing the USB driver The USB driver can be installed by the Hardware Config Wizard program of the BPChecker2000 When the BPChecker2000 is installed the USB driver file will be copied in the folder of the application The USB driver file is also included in the program CD ROM When the installation of the application software BPChecker2000 is completed the Hardware Config Wizard will be activated In case the Hardware Config Wizard is not activated double click the short cut icon of the Hardware Config Wizard in the program folder or the desktop folder of the Windows NOTE When under operation of the Test Executive the Hardware Config Wizard can not be activated Finish the Test
40. 0 Controllers The concept of controllers as viewed from BPChecker2000 is the same as the actual hardware configuration Instrument ID 1 or 2 refers to the number that is set using the ID switch on the front panel of the PFX2121 Control Unit Channels The concept of channels of BPChecker2000 is simplified greatly as compared with the actual hardware configuration From BPChecker2000 all the channels that are connected to a single control unit appear as they are connected directly Channels contain position information called node numbers PFX2000 series Node numbers are automatically determined from the combination of the frame address which is assigned to each frame and the node address which is automatically determined by the position in which the corresponding unit is installed in the frame The frame number is set using the FRAME switch on the rear panel of the frame However the user cannot arbitrary set the node address PFX2500 series The node number is set using the S1 switch on the rear panel of the system controller The BPChecker2000 determines the channel by combining Instrument ID and Node number Group Group is a concept that does not exist at the hardware level but exists in BPChecker2000 Group is a collection of channels that share a set of test conditions Grouping multiple channels with the same test conditions offer many benefits such as the simplification of operations and hierarchical classification
41. 00 59 60 Range of Test Condition Settings E Charge CC CV mode The values inside parentheses are setting range for the low range Item PFX2011 1 PFX2021 PFX2511 PFX2511 PFX2511 PFX2511 PFX2511 PFX2511 PFX2511 21 5101 to 5107 5108 5109 5110 5111 5112 5106 Charge Time h min 9999h 59min lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt Rest Time h min 9999h 59min lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt Setting Current A 0 0000 to 0 000to 0 000to lt 0 000to 0 000to 0 000to 0 000to 0 000 to 5 0000 10 000 50 000 36 000 50 000 27 000 50 000 35 000 0 00000 to 0 50000 CV Voltage V 0 0000 to 0 000to 0 000to 0 000to 0 000to lt 0 000to 0 000to 0 000 to 5 0000 20 000 60 000 10 000 20 000 40 000 60 000 10 000 Cutoff CV Time h min 9999h 59min co lt lt lt lt lt lt lt conditions It Current A 0 0000 to 0 000to 0 000to lt 0 000to 0 000to 0 000to 0 000to 0 000 to 5 0000 10 000 50 000 36 000 50 000 27 000 50 000 35 000 0 00000 to 0 50000 It Time h min 9999h 59min lt lt lt lt lt 7 7 z Max Temp C 40 0 to 100 0 lt lt lt lt lt lt Cell end conditions only on a PFX2500 Series in which an OP01 PFX is installed Item OPO1 PFX Max voltage V 0 000 to 20 000 Max Temp C 100 0 to 400 0 Unbalance margin V 0 010 to 5 000 E Charge Pulse mode The values inside parentheses are setting range for th
42. 0sas 6Q 84850 a 0 EEEE 0 fee ODDO Po E E ge D SATOKO_data a 001 _000 NUM 7 BPChecker2000 e Before analyzing test results The Graph viewer consists of 2 windows and 5 panes Graph Pane Ele Edt View Data Options Window Help TECN PECE E E DSATOKO dato o PEE E E E T E E E eee E Data Table Lo Lo Ta cits ce a cov ube on Pane Tirefhimir s l 1 Term 1 X9C Term 1 4 C Term2 1 C oe oA eae a ice Da oa a C D Pane ce mane ar aso ai 0000 03 5 205 208 208 Life P tow oot 0000 04 207 207 208 Ire Pane ad feH ooo onao ns 203 2053 208 J 11 0 0200 06 208 208 208 0200 07 5 208 208 208 0200 08 5 205 208 208 Analysis ppa ies ces amk Pane 00 09 46 15 4987 8142 19 100029 0 7074 853 05 00 10 07 15 9980 8745 39 10025 14 9985 7536 99 Tineffenin s Yatv 7 o Volume Energy ChannelfCyclea oie Tree Window Document Window Item Description Tree window The window for changing the tab This window is always displayed while the Graph Viewer is running regardless of whether graph documents are present Clicking the C D tab shows the C D Pane and a list of C D graph data charge discharge data that can be displayed is shown Clicking the Life tab shows t
43. 1 and 12 Use Predischarge Sheet is selected in patterns 5 and 6 Thus predischarge is executed when the test is restarted Use Discharge Sheet of Previous Cycle is selected in patterns 9 and 10 Thus predischarge is executed using sequence sheet 1 when the test is restarted BPChecker2000 e eee0 About Sequence Sheet BPChecker2000 There are 21 sequence sheets including the predischarge sheet and sheets 1 to 20 Since each sheet from 1 to 20 consists of a charge condition sheet and a discharge condition sheet the total number of sheets is 41 For the test condition of charge and discharge click the view tab to change the condition sheet Click the tab to change the condition sheet Untitled BPChecker2000 Test Condition Editor File Edit View Tools Help jock Be A Test Conditions Charge Discharge Module Comments Range i fcc H Battery Info g v Mode cc c w Copy Fron Protections Fo the charge or discharge condition the setting descriptions are varied by the operation mode Each operation mode for the charge test predischarge test and discharge test are described in the following section When you click Copy from or Copy to the descriptions of other sequence sheet can be copied or pasted Creating Test Conditions 37 38 Seq Sheet CC CV Charge mode p 43 p 60 The following figure is shown as an example of the Constant Current and the Cons
44. 1 for Windows 2000 is displayed under USB Test and Measurement Devices gg Processors Sound video and game controllers lt gt Storage controllers E System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers 5 USB Test and Measurement Devices 9g Kikusui PFX2000 2500 Controller non USBTMC When the software is not installed properly reinstall the application software BPChecker2000 ne Configuring the Hardware The Hardware Config Wizard consists of the three steps screens 1 Step1 3 Controller configuration For setting the number of control unit and the impedance measurement unit when the PFX2211 is used and to select the USB driver to be used 2 Step2 3 Channel configuration Customize model ID Set the channel to be used for the specified system of the controller respectively All the channels which are currently recognized will be displayed in the list The maximum channel for the Basid Edition can be used for 2 channels When using the PFX2500 series the model ID needs to be set 3 Step3 3 Temperature chamber configuration For setting the temperature chamber to be used If you click Cancel during the operation the setting of the present Step may become invalid Step1 3 Controller configuration 0200000080 008080080080800800808080080008000080008008000800800800008080000000000080000080080 To activate the Hardware Config Wizard double click the short cut icon of the Hardware Config Wizard in the progr
45. 3 constant interval 4 Recorded data can be shown on graphs but others are shown only on the 5 monitor display Item Description Delta Time Set the time interval for recording the data If a short time is specified the amount of data that is recorded increases If the test period is long several hours or more the number of data points becomes greater than 1 000 points Use caution when setting the time When the period of testing time is long it is convenient to use the Auto Delta Time which limits the total volume of the data While the Auto Delta Time is selected the Delta Time can not be set Auto Delta Time Set the maximum number of data for recording Calculated by dividing the maximum test period of each phase the time when the test is performed as scheduled without early termination including the pause section by the maximum number of data points If Delta Time is selected Auto Delta Time cannot be selected Delta Voltage Data is recorded when the voltage changes by an amount greater than the specified value Delta Current Data is recorded when the current changes by an amount greater than the specified value Creating Test Conditions 29 30 Oe Setting the Impedance Measurement when PFx2211 is used see p 58 When the impedance measurement unit PFX2211 is used set the condition for the impedance measurement File Ed iew Tools Help jose eB Condition Item
46. Charge SYNC Charge rest synchronization 000D 010D Charge End Charge finished 000E 010E Discharge Charging 000F 010F Discharge Rest Charge rest 0010 0110 Discharge SYNC Charge rest synchronization 0011 0111 Discharge End Charge finished 1 The codes inside the parentheses are for the low range setting BPChecker2000 Alarms Alarm status codes Alarms are displayed by converging 16 bit data to hexadecimal code The displayed error code is the logical sum of the bits When displaying the status using mnemonics Low Range bit 8 and ALM bit 15 are not displayed Bit Bit Weight Mnemonic Description 0 1 Conn Abnormal connection 1 2 S_OVP Software overvoltage protection 2 4 S_UVP Software undervoltage protection 3 8 S_OCP Overcurrent protection 4 10 OTP Overtemperature protection 5 20 OAH Overcharge Overdischarge protection 6 40 Comm Communication error detected 7 80 AC_OFF Abnormal AC line detected 5 8 100 Low Range Set when the current range is set to low 3 9 200 H_OVP Hardware overvoltage protection 9 10 400 H_UVP Hardware undervoltage protection FE 11 800 ETC Vibration sensor alarm Over current Hardware protection External alarm 12 1000 CD B Abnormal internal charge discharge unit electronic load section 13 2000 PS B Abnormal internal charge discharge unit power supply section 14 4000 OHP Overheat protection 15 8000 ALM Ala
47. Checker2000 e In the interest of brevity the Voltage of DUT battery shall be hereafter reffered to as the Battery voltage Z CAUTION Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which if ignored may result in damage to the product and other property NOTE Indicates information that you should know Indicates reference to detailed information gt Indicates menu settings and setting of Test Condition Editor that you select The menu item to the left of the gt symbol is a higher level menu BPChecker2000 Edition of BPChecker There are two editions of BPChecker2000 Full Edition and Basic Edition Full Edition This edition provides you with all the functions of the BPChecker2000 The Full Edition of the BPCheker2000 can control up to 2 units of the control unit PFX2121 by the USB port The number of PFX2500 Series devices that you can connect differs depending on the option boards that are installed and the controller unit s firmware version See Maximum Connections By using one control unit you can connect 120 channels to the PFX2000 Series When the impedance measurement unit PFX2211 is added the PFX2000 series can perform the impedance measurement applied for all channels connected with one control unit If the PC is capable of USB communications temperature chambers by Espec Corp can be controlled externally for synchronized testing Basic Edition This edition provides you wit
48. Menu CI my Documents ities E Cancel New Folder Z 4 Select the folder containing the graph you wish to display For the C D Graph select the folder of the channel The list of BPCG file is displayed in the Tree Window For the Life Graph select the folder of the test condition The list of channel folders is displayed in the Tree Window 5 Select the folder or the file you wish to display from the Tree Window and move it to the out side in the gray area of the document window using a drag and drop operation The graph is displayed When selecting plural number of the folder or file the graph will be superimposed E Superimposing graph over the other graph 1 Activate the graph document you wish to superimpose 2 From the tree window select the Graph Pane of the same type C D or Life 3 The folder or the file you wish to add from the displayed list move it to the document window that is already opened using a drag and drop operation The graph will be added eeee0 Analyzing Test Results Displaying Graphs 114 Using Windows Explorer You can not remove the disused graph from the superimposed graph 1 2 Open Windows Explorer Select the data file you wish to display the graph and move it to the out side in the gray area of the document window using a drag and drop operation For C D graphs select files with BPCG extension For Life graphs select files with BPCL e
49. P Set the OTP value BPChecker2000 Nn c e 2 mo c e UO w o oO v V 31 32 Setting the Cell Voltage Temp Only on the PFX2500 Series eeee0 Item Enable Unbalance Protection Function Unbalance Margin Enable batch setting for all terminals Description If you select this check box an alarm occurs when the unbalance voltage exceeds the unbalance margin The multiple cells that you have specified for voltage measurement the OVP and UVP terminals that you have selected are compared and the difference between the maximum and minimum cell voltages is the unbalance voltage The unbalance voltage is detected approximately 1 second after the cell voltage measurement completes If the charge discharge voltage fluctuates greatly the internal voltage of the DUT is high this function may not operate correctly If the measured voltages are different or sensing cables are not connected to both ends of the cells this function will not operate correctly For information on how to connect the cells to the PFX2500 Series see the PFX2500 Series operation manual Set the unbalance margin If you select this check box you can set one terminal and those settings will be applied to all other terminals BPChecker2000 Setting the Life Judgement Battery capacity degrades or its impedance increases as batteries are repeatedly charged and discharged This screen is used to set the l
50. Rents C cel wanta pe Lz The Test Executive will startup with the condition of the last operation setting connecting each hardware group configuration test progress of each channel assigning test conditions etc When starting up the Test Executive for the first time the default value of the operation will be the setting value set by the Hardware Config Wizard Group Administrator Test Condition Editor While starting up the Test Executive program connects to the control units 1 or 2 that were configured by the Hardware Config Wizard via the USB and initializes the channels If the the hardware configuration specified conditions and the actual hardware configuration differ when the Test Executive is started any errors may occur If the Test Executive detects the entire hardware configuration the names of the detected control units and channels appear on the Test Executive screen BPChecker2000 a Before executing test The Test Executive consists of four panes The selected item is highlighted on the display File View Test Controller Group Channel Tools Help a Ew smana a Controller eaa ace E U ONNEN M SAAN AA BRG HPA Channel Group Pane 7 Pane oo Cycle No 27 dod asi dod end 184 In progress Cycle 27 cof sir n 400 so
51. Test Controller Group Channel Tools Help ele Sino a g gt ove EMH Controller 1 ja A Eh gt 4 e Name 7 CH_1_005 IcH1006 l Imp himin s l l l 4 The possible reasons for this type of problem are improper insertion of charge discharge power supply units in the frame PFX2000 series or improper connection of the TP BUS Check these connections again After correcting the problem carry out manual identification on a channel basis Click the name of the channel with the problem to select it and then right click to display the contextual menu And choose Recognize from the menu If the identification succeeds a OFF icon is displayed to the left of the channel name we ol th gt amp OFF Icon Test Execution 101 Troubleshooting The Test Executive Cannot Identify Impedance Measurement Units when PFX2211 is used If the impedance measurement unit is selected in the system configuration the Test Executive selects the connection of the impedance measurement unit that is connected to the corresponding controller at startup If the identification fails the Test Executive displays an error message When you click OK to close the error message the Test Executive shows the normal screen When the Impedance Measurement Unit and the Control Unit are not connected properly by the TP BUS or the power of the Impedance Measurement Unit is not turned on the Test Executiv
52. The dialog appears for all channels that are checked BPChecker2000 Resuming Tests Proceed Test And Data Backup CH_1_001 This action deans up existing data before test execution Data D backup will rename the existing data folder so that it avoids the data being overwriten by new tests m Which action do you take Do not proceed test existing data will be lost Folder Suffix 2009_03_24_09_09 J Apply the same action for all channels I Do not show this dialogue for subsequent channels _ In the dialog box you select whether to back up the data folder The default setting is to back up the data folder Q gt 0 Item Descriptions g Lu Which action do you take Select the action to execute y Do not proceed test Nothing is executed This is the same as clicking Cancel on the Test Execution Panel START Proceed test with data backup Renames the data folder and all of the test data in the data folder defaut are backed up Proceed test without data backup The data folder is not backed up existing data will be lost The file of the interrupted cycle for the C D graph will be overwritten by the new creating file View Existing Data Folder If you click Windows Explorer starts displaying the corresponding data folder Backup Options It is enabled when Proceed test with data backup is selected Folder Suffix Set the additional nam
53. The folder for the test when it is backuped The file for the halfway of the and resumed from the cycle 4 cycle 4 will be saved Backup Folder CH_1_001 2009_07_28_09 Folder CH_1_001 CYCLE4 CYCLE6 BPCG BPCG CYCLE4 to 6 Discharge Discharge BPCL The file will be separated for the change in the capacity If you do not wish to backup the data the file for the C D graph which is interrupted during the test will be overwritten by the new creating data Also when decreasing the number of completed cycle it will be overwritten The data after resuming the test will be added to the file for the existing Life graph Select Proceed test without data backup if you wish to test the cycle continously The folder for the test when it is interrupted during the cycle 4 The file for the halfway of the cycle 4 will be overwritten BPCG The file for creating the C D graph BPCL The file for creating the Life graph Folder CH_1_001 The data after resuming the test will be added to the next of this data The folder for the test when it is backuped and resumed from the cycle 4 Discharge BPCL Folder CH_1_001 BPChecker2000 74 Ge Terminating Tests When all test cycles scheduled by the test condition are completed the test will be terminated When all test cycles have been completed the channel is indicated as END and is removed from the monitor loop When you wish to forcibly termi
54. The setting of the temperature chamber related function can be shared between the multiple test condition files Use Common Sequence Info Select it when the Common Sequence Template is used Set the file name of the Common Sequence Template for the sequence information Test Sequence The test is executed according to the sequence specified here 20 types 1 to 20 of test sheets of charge and discharge can be specified You can repeat any of these sheets and loop the entire sequence By using the sheet dedicated to predischarge also referred to as sheet 0 you can perform predischarge Repeat Set the number of times to execute the corresponding sequence sheet If you specify 0 the sequence sheet is skipped Record Loop Specify whether to record the C D data charge discharge data at the test cycle Record data file remains only if the checkbox is selected Since the last cycle when the entire test is finished or aborted must be saved C D data file is created once even if Record is disabled The file is automatically deleted when the relevant cycle is no longer the last cycle when the data for the next cycle is created Set the number of times to repeat the test consisting of sequence sheets 1 to 20 Perform Startup Predischarges When it is selected it starts to perform the Startup Predischarge Startup predischarge refers to discharge that is carried out before the execution of the first cycle whe
55. UT BPChecker2000 ee Setting the Protections This function is used to prevent serious accidents such as damages to or explosion of the DUT battery Unless there is a special reason not to do so use this protection function when performing tests ZA CAUTION In case of the incorrect setting it may generate the trouble such as a damage to the DUT caused by not activating the protection function under the abnormal operation when it requires to activate the protection function or aborting the test even detected no abnormality You must set software protection to protect the DUT battery If you do not set appropriate values alarms and warnings will occur frequently and you will not be able to execute the tests NOTE This screen is used to set the software protection The HARDWARE PROTECTION function can be set in the Test Executive program Each item is enabled only when the checkbox is selected Creating Test Conditions see p 24 For the protection function Conn activates the alarm by the unconnected DUT can be set in the P Setting the Module The Shock_Det activates the alarm detecting by the hard vibration only for the PFX2500 series can be set by the dip switch of the PFX2500 series eae You can set the cells OVP OCP OTP and unbalance protection functions in the Cell Voltage Temp see P settings under Test Conditions bp File Edit View Tools Help josh te RE 2
56. When performing the test in synchronization with temperature chamber by the DE different power supply module it is necessary to change the Model ID in Test Conditions gt Module s p 35 3 In Test Conditions gt Sequence select the Use Common Sequence Info 4 Enter the common template file name to be used Click the W at the right of the combo box select the sequence information names that were saved in the past If test conditions that are different from the template file are specified they are changed to the settings of the common template file 5 Choose File gt Save Save As to save the file The settings are saved BPCT extension The common template file is overwritten SI extension NOTE If you change the test conditions related to the template file after specifying the template file the common template file is changed to the new test conditions If you move the Common Sequence Template file SI from the folder containing the test conditions file or delete it an error message is displayed when you open a test conditions file that uses the template file If this happens close the test conditions file move the template file back to the original folder and open the test conditions file again BPChecker2000 eoooe QO N 58 e eee0 Range of Test Condition Settings Battery Info Item PFX2011 1 PFX2021 21 PFX2511 5101 to 5112 Nominal Voltage V 0 0000 to 5 0000 0 000
57. ae Discharge 1 Correct because no current flows through the pa 9 time DUT The voltage of the DUT cannot be Charge Correct 4 _ 0 0 V or oe oe measured ov is displayed because Warning less the sensing line is shorted Test execution not possible due to OVP The voltage of the DUT cannot be Charge Correct 1 _ Z 0 0 V or _ measured ov is displayed because RS Warning greater the sensing line is shorted Test execution not possible due to UVP 0 0 V or 0 0 V or Continues to charge until the charge Charge time Ch G t 1 ans ane greater less time elapses or until OAH is activated E OAH The voltage of the DUT cannot be Discharge Correct 4 a 0 0 V or ra R measured 0 V is displayed because PS Warning less the sensing wire is shorted Test execution not possible due to OVP The voltage of the DUT cannot be Discharge Correct 1 z oe 0 0 V or m measured 0 E is displayed because v Warning greater the sensing wire is shorted Test execution not possible due to UVP 4 0 0Vor 0 0Vor 0 0Vor Continues to discharge until the Discharge Discharge Correct discharge time elapses or until OAH is time greater less less activated OAH i 0 0 Vor Discharge ends immediately because Cutoff Discharge Correct the detected voltage is below the cutoff greater voltage voltage Stops with an alarm on the CD B Charge Open Correct Extremely dangerous if the current wire CD B is in contact with a m
58. am folder or the desktop folder of the Windows When under operation of the Test Executive the Hardware Config Wizard can not be activated Finish the Test Executive NOTE Controller Configuration Select number of PFX Controller Units and Impedance Measurement Units PFX Controllers and Impedance Measurement Units T Use Impedance unit 1 TO Use Impedance unit 2 Num of Contraller q M PFX USB Driver Configuration WINUSB SYS WinkP VVista x86 and x64 X Driver Setup TF it is the First time to use BPChecker2000 system click the Driver Setup button to set up the USB driver mj w Set the number of control units Select the number 1 when it is set for one system select the number 2 when it is set for two systems only applied for the PFX2000 series with Full Edition 16 BPChecker2000 Configuring the Hardware 2 When using the impedance measurement unit only for the Full Edition click for the check box of the assigned system 3 Click Next Displays the Step 2 3 Channel Configuration con io e e e Step2 3 Channel configuration Customize model ID 0000 8008HHHHHHHHHHHHHOHHHHHHHOHHHHHHHHOHHHHHHHOHHOHHOHHOHCHOO8EECO8E8EE8E8 Nn The maximum number of channels that can be used on the Basic Edition is 2 When using the PFX2500 series the model ID needs to be customized s p 19 If the mark is appeared in front of the header it is required
59. annel the Test Executive will detect a communication error within approximately 10 s The icon corresponding to the channel changes to an I O icon This is the same if the power failure recovers within 10 s 1 After the power failure recovers or after turning on the power reset the alarm After the alarm is reset the status of the corresponding channel changes to an IDLE icon The cycle number displayed at this point corresponds to the cycle that was being executed when the power failure was detected 2 Restart the test The test is executed from the start of the cycle that was being executed when the power failure was detected If Perform Startup Predischarge is selected in the test conditions the test starts with predischarge If a power failure occurs on a charge discharge unit displaying an IDLE icon The icon corresponding to the channel changes to an I O icon After the power failure recovers or after turning on the power reset the alarm After the alarm is reset the status of the corresponding channel returns to an IDLE icon The cycle number displayed at this point corresponds to the cycle that was already completed when the power failure was detected If the test has not been executed yet the cycle number is 0 Test Execution 87 88 Recovery after Power Failures If a power failure occurs on a charge discharge unit displaying an END icon The Test Executive is not monitoring the channel when the channel is i
60. annel you can click Test conds to assign the test conditions to all the channels and then change the test conditions of a particular channel separately When performing tests in synchronization with the temperature chambers When the temperature chamber is available to be used the temperature chamber number for Chamber Synchronization can be selected If you are performing tests in synchronization with the temperature chambers you must specify the number 1 to 6 of the temperature chamber you wish to assign to this group from the Chamber Synchronization box If you are not performing tests in synchronization with the temperature chamber select Don t Use in the Chamber Synchronization box The temperature chamber number is corresponded to the sub address of the temperature chamber controlled by the protocol converter Assign temperature chamber numbers before assigning test conditions If the test conditions are assigned first the Chamber Synchronization box will appear dimmed and you will not be able to specify it Assign the same test conditions to all the channels in the group Assignment is not made on channels that are already executing the test If the cycle number display is 1 or more the assignment is not made 1 Click Test Conds Open a dialog box used to select the test conditions that have been created before Test Execution 68 Assigning Test Conditions see p 92 2 Select a single test conditions file
61. annel for the default completed phase or the completed cycle is not desired to be stopped Immediately The test is immediately stopped regardless of the progress status of the test Phase End It stops when the phase Charge phase or Discharge phase under progress is finished Cycle End It stops when the cycle one of the pattern in the test condition under progress is finished There are 2 ways to specify when to stop Specify the same timing to all the channels e Specify the timing individually on each channel Specify the same timing to all the channels Test Execution Panel STOP sample Chamber Synchronisation Don t Use For All Channels Test Conds Channels on this group Test Condition Don t Stop Immediately OF Rci oos 1 1 OF RGM cH_1_006 1 1 cccv charge cccv charge Phase End Cycle End 1 Select when to stop for all channels xi Select the checkboxes of channels you wish to stop or channels you wish to enable scheduled 3 Click OK This will carry out the stop process stop BPChecker2000 Stopping Tests Specify the timing individually on each channel rar naa or sna g Test Condition Stop When o BR cH oos 1 1 cecv charge Don t Stop OF Rci oo 1 1 cecv charge Don t Stop Don t Stop Immadiately Phase End Cycle End Cycle End HDD 1 Click the channel to specify the stop per
62. at 100 mA 10 mA when set in the Low Range of the constant current setting value for the PFX2000 series and 1 A of the constant current setting value for the PFX2500 series When the charge current exceeds the OCP value during the test detected by the AC converter the alarm will be activated and abort the test OCP delay Valid only for the PFX2500 series It sets the activation delay time for the protection function the time to start activation of the protection function BPChecker2000 Setting the Recording Method see p 58 BPChecker2000 This screen is used to set the recording method of the charge discharge data file that the Test Executive creates You can select one or more items Each item is enabled only when the checkbox is selected Charge discharge data will not be recorded if all items are not selected dition Editor File Edit View Tools Help Deu Bea l A Condition Items E W Test Conditions Module Comments Battery Info Protections Recording Method Impedance Measurement Life Judgement Cell Voltage Temp Sequence B Seq Sheets Predischarge 1 l Recording Method Recording Conditions M Delta Time s F Auto Delta time 5 Max Data Count I 1024 T Delta Voltage o oo T Delta Current A o soo Measurement data will be recorded when a change given by the conditions has been detected if Delta Time is specified data will be recorded in a 2
63. ave set the Pulse Settings so that it takes a long time for all pulses to be generated and the cutoff voltage s Measurement Low to a setting other than Low discharging may continue even if the voltage falls below the cutoff voltage If you set Measurement Low to Low the cutoff voltage is always detected BPChecker2000 ee Saving the test conditions file When the setting of test condition is completed save it to the file To save the opened test conditions file select File gt Save or File gt Save as The extension of the test condition file is BPCT Save the test condition file to the group folder which is recognized by the BPChecker2000 For example if a test conditions file named C MyFolder MyTestCond BPCT is created and the file is to be used in an actual test the folder named C MyFolder must be a group folder that the BPChecker2000 system identifies BPChecker2000 Nn f When the saved folder is not registered as the group folder the test can not be executed because NOTE ae P the folder can not be recognized as the group from the Test Executive 5 c e V a Message that appears when saving a file Create the group folder ten When the folder saved for the test condition file is not recognized as the group folder of the BPChecker2000 the message appears when saving a file By Ee V BPChecker2000 Test Condition Editor 5 xi A The folder in which the Test Condition file you have jus
64. channel with data backup default Renames the existing data folder and backup entire data in the data folder The channel will be recycled and it can be used for the new test Recycle this channel without data backup existing data will be lost It does not back up the data The channel will be recycled and it can be used for the new test The existing test data will be overwritten by the data which is newly created View Existing Data Folder If you click Windows Explorer starts displaying the corresponding data folder Backup Options It is enabled when Recycle this channel with data backup is selected Folder Suffix Set the additional name applied when the data folder will be renamed By default set to the date time Memo The memo can be entered for this backup action A text file containing the memo is created in the folder that is backed up Apply the same action for all channels If you select the same action selected previously will be set on the next warning dialog Do not show this dialogue for subsequent channels It is enabled when Apply the same action for all channels is selected The same condition setting is applied to the channel which is confirmed by the channel recycle for this time Test Execution 77 78 ee Resetting Alarms p 72 p 90 If an alarm occurs during the test the test on the corresponding channel is automatically stopped at the charge discharge pow
65. cription Note When the temperature of the internal circuit continuously If OHP trips continuously even when no abnormal OHP increases and reaches the prescribed temperature 95 Cto conditions exist in the ambient temperature dust filter 100 C an alarm occurs and the output is turned OFF and so on disable it H_OCP When the charge discharge current exceeds the rated value ee 4 Th arati t ates at 55 A T I val PFX2500 when it is detected by the comparator circuit it becomes E Compara TaT cIeuILOPelats gt a ete e B series only the alarm to be activated and the output is turned off with the shut down speed of 100 ms Typical value Conn When the communication between the control unitandthe The test continues until the phase currently in progress PFX series is not working properly an alarm occurs charge or discharge ends If the input li Itage drops less tha Ito 180 V pease ah ge drops ess thanior egua Jor If an error is detected and the alarm trips the alarm AC_OFF a short interruption longer than or equal to 50 ms occurs cannot be reset using alarm reset an alarm occurs and the output is turned OFF EXT ALM re T a When the external alarm input becomes active it becomes To become the external alarm active short circuit the PFX2500 the alarm to be activated and the output is turned off alarm common for more than 0 5 s series only PFX2000 series If constant current or constant voltage contr
66. ctions Rest Time h min Recording Method a a 2 z E o ys Impedance Measurement Current A 0 000 Power W _ Time ms Powerfw Time ms Life Judgement Cell Voltage Temp Wattage w Di tuj ie Sequence Limit Current A ooo 2 200 150 0 18 Joo 5 0 EE Seq Sheets 3 foo 5 0 19 o o 5 0 Predischarge Resistancefkohm 0 000 pa an Do g a CY Votage V D000 pee ee 2 s foo 5 0 21 foo 5 0 3 CC Time 0 h fo min x 6 foo 5 0 22 oo 5 0 o h fo min 5 7 oo wo 23 joo 5o FZ Enable Unbalance Voltage Detection 6 Fanctonalty A m 0 0 5 0 24 oo 5 0 Unbalance Margin V 0 500 7 M cadam 8 Bae Terreng s 9 fos 50 2s io 50 9 10 fo so oo So T Enable batch setting for all terminals i Capacity Vokagelv 26 000 11 oo s0 z oo so 12 Cutoff voltage V 28 000 12 foo 50 23 io 5 0 13 bhi 13 foo 5 0 29 foo 5 0 14 T Enable Chamber Control m 14 oo 5 0 30 oo 5 0 5 Temp c TID Set Timeout min T i 4 a0 5 T0 50 17 Humidity 65 0 Wait Time min 1 i p x o0 50 oo 5 0 Specify 1 for Humidity if not controling 20 T Poy Tineke 51 BPChecker2000 52 Seq Sheet CP Pulse Discharge mode except the PFX2011 E Setting descriptions see p 53 p 62 Range Mode Discharge Time Rest Time Pulse Setting Limit Current Capacity Voltage Cutoff Voltage Enable Chamber Control Cell Voltage Temp for cut conditions Update time In CP Pulse discharge the discharge current is contr
67. d If this item is enabled temperature chamber settings are performed in the cycle if this sequence sheet is used In this case you must also enter Temperature Humidity Setting Timeout and Wait Time Temperature humidity Specify the temperature setting of the chamber Specify the humidity setting of the chamber Check the control range of the temperature and humidity of the temperature chamber being used Depending on the performance of the temperature chamber some humidity ranges may not be possible against the specified temperature In such case specify 1 and the humidity control will be disabled Setting Timeout The temperature chamber does not reach the specified condition immediately after the temperature and humidity are set If the temperature chamber does not reach the target temperature and humidity within the range specified in system settings even after the specified time elapses the setting is considered to have failed Wait Time Even if the temperature chamber reaches the target temperature and humidity you must allow some time for the battery in the chamber to reach the temperature This setting specifies the wait time If testing is performed in synchronization with the temperature chambers the actual charge starts after the wait time elapses Cell Voltage Temp for cut conditions Select this check box to set the cell voltages Terminal Select this check box to set the cutoff vo
68. d PFX2500 series please refer to the operation manual respectively Help File You can open the help file from the Help menu of BPChecker2000 The help file includes all the information in this manual except the installation procedure It also includes some contents that are not covered in this manual The Group Administrator can be referred to only the HELP file it can be viewed by the F1 key Start Guide PDF documents PFX2011 tutorial pdf for the PFX2011 PFX2021 tutorial pdf for the PFX2021 in the tutor folder on the CD ROM The guides are structured so that even first time users can easily run the tests by using the sample test conditions file in the same folder Graph Viewer Operating Procedure A PDF document named Graph Viewer pdf in the tutor folder on the CD ROM This document explains the operat ing procedures of the Graph Viewer a test result analysis program This PDF document uses manu screen images of the Graph Viewer so that even first time users can easily understand the procedure Trademark acknowledgements Microsoft Windows and Visual Basic are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation USA Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corporation USA National Instruments NI 488 and NI 488 2 are the registered trademark of National Instruments Corporation USA Other company brand and product names provided in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders
69. d PLUG again Serial No 65010815 CPU Version 1 01 LON Version1 1 00 LON Version2 1 00 Status Unplugged Plug Controller Plug Impedance Group properties display To display the group properties right click on the Controller Group Pane or choose Group gt Properties in Group View Mode The properties sheet displays the name and temperature chamber information of the current identified group Grroup sample Properties Info a ie Shows GROUP and CHAMBER info Group Name sample Channel properties display Click the channel in the channel pane for which you desire to check the properties then right click to display the channel properties The channel properties display consists of the three property sheets click the tab to change the sheet Test Execution 83 84 Properties Display E Info Displays the details of the charge discharge module The Module section displays the model name CPU version LON version and status of option The Channel section displays the name assigned to the channel and the position of the connection instrument ID and node number The System section displays the settings of DUT check auto fine and moving average These items are set as a part of the test conditions However during test execution the items are set on the actual hardware when the test conditions are assigned when entering the monitor loop These items are display
70. del Model ID of the power supply module you plan to use When it is set the suitable input range for the current and the voltage setting can be presumed The appropriate input ranges are also used to check the range of values entered for other items that specify the actual charge discharge conditions Normally the selectable models are as follows Model ID Model 1 PFX2011 21 PFX2021 5101 PFX2511 PFX2511 PWR800L PLZ1004W H range 5102 PFX2511 PFX2511 PWR80OL PLZ1004W M range 5103 PFX2511 PFX2511 PWR1600L PLZ1004W 2 units parallel 5104 PFX2511 PWR800L PLZ334W H range 5106 PFX2511 PWR1600L PLZ1004W H range 5107 PFX2511 PAS10 70 PLZ1004W H range 5108 PFX2511 PAS20 36 PLZ1004W H range 5109 PFX2511 PAS20 54 PLZ1004W H range 5110 PFX2511 PAS40 27 PLZ1004W H range 5111 PFX2511 PWR800L PLZ164W H range 5112 PFX2511 PAS10 35 PLZ334W H range On some special order specifications of the BPChecker2000 systems you may be able to select Model IDs that are not usually selectable Select the Model ID carefully The outline of the electrical specification of the selected charge and discharge power supply unit is displayed under the model ID If you select PFX2011 the values for high and low current ranges are displayed You can select different ranges for the high and low ranges for each cycle or for charge and discharge even within the same cycle If you select PFX2021or PFX2500 series values ar
71. ditions If this item is enabled predischarge is executed once when this sequence sheet is used first Predischarge sequence sheet sequence sheet 0 is used for the predischarge This setting has priority if the Execute startup discharges setting that is specified on the sequence page Select this check box to set the cell voltages and temperatures Terminal Select the terminals to set the maximum voltage or maximum temperature that will be used as an end condition Max Voltage When the maximum voltage is reached charging is stopped Max Temp When the maximum temperature is reached charging is stopped BPChecker2000 Seq Sheet Pulse Charge mode PFX2000 series only BPChecker2000 Item Enable Unbalance Voltage Detection Enable batch Description Select this check box to set the unbalance margin The multiple cells that you have specified for voltage measurement the terminals that you have set maximum voltages for are compared and the difference between the maximum and minimum cell voltages is the unbalance voltage Charging is stopped when the unbalance voltage exceeds the unbalance margin The unbalance voltage is detected approximately 1 second after the cell voltage measurement completes If the charge discharge voltage fluctuates greatly the internal voltage of the DUT is high this function may not operate correctly If the measured voltages are different or sensing cables are not con
72. e can not recognize the Impedance Measurement Unit After correcting the problem click the contorol unit of the contoroller group pain and then right click to display the property The dialog box shows that the controller itself is plugged but the impedance measurement unit is unplugged Controller 1 Properties xi Info a Shows CONTROLLER and IMPEDANCE unit info IF CJ unplugged state you need PLUG again Controller InstrID 1 Serial No G65010815 CPU Version 1 01 LON Version 1 1 00 LON Version2 1 00 Status Unplugged Plug Controller Impedance CPU Version LON Version Option ID Plug Impedance Help As for re connection click Plug Impedance In a few seconds after if the status becomes Plugged the reconnection is completed It the connection still does not work it is recommended that you exit the Test Executive once wait a few seconds and start the Test Executive again BPChecker2000 Troubleshooting The Test Executive Cannot Identify Temperature Chambers 0000 HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH8HHHHHH8H88O88 If the number of temperature chambers is set to 1 or greater in the system configuration the Test Executive communicates with the temperature chambers to identify them at startup If the recognition of the temperature chamber failed the Test Executive displays an error message When you click OK to close the error message the Test Executi
73. e an existing test conditions file choose File gt Open If you save the modified file to a separate file by selecting File gt Save As a new file diverted from the existing file can be created BPChecker2000 ee Before entering the data of the test conditions The contents that are edited using the Test Condition Editor include several items other than those that actually concern the test conditions The editable contents are grouped into the following categories Module Comment Battery information Protections Recording Method _ Life Judgement Sequence Sequence sheets Impedance Measurement only when using the PFX2011 PFX2021 p 55 Save the file when the setting of test conditions are completed Description of the display The Test Condition Editor takes on a window layout similar to Windows Explorer Selecting an item on the left side of the screen Item Pane switches the right side of the screen Form Pane The contents of the Form Pane vary depending on the selected item Form Pane Showing the input range For items that require a value to be entered in a text box such as the nominal voltage the input range appears when you move the mouse pointer over the text box Condition Items Battery Info a Bw Test Conditions ae Comments 37 0000 Battery Info M ATIT Protections 20000 0 wate nata The example indicates that the nominal voltage can be entered in the range of 0 0000 V t
74. e cycle at which the test should be restarted is from 2 If the cycle number is 0 it indicates that there are no completed cycles Channels that are indicated as 0 are handled exactly the same as a new execution The assigned test conditions can be changed When it is other than 0 the assigned test conditions cannot be changed because there are cycles that have been completed already The description of the test condition can be changed Changing the cycle number Completed cycle numbers can be changed by choosing Channel gt Increment Cycle Number 1 Decrement Cycle Number 1 or Enter Cycle Number or toolbar J j A A w m Si GT Enter the cycle number which is considered as the completed cycle The next starting cycle will be the 1 number of the value you specify here Completed Cycle jr Loc ee Resuming Tests To resume testing select the specified channel to execute then click OK When you click OK the dialog Proceed Test And Data Backup is displayed Select the action to execute E The Proceed Test And Data Backup dialog When a test is started or re executed the Test Executive always checks to see if there are files present in the test data generation folder This is to prevent overwriting existing test data inadvertently If the test data generation folder is deleted the folder is created If any files exist in the generation folder the Proceed Test And Data Backup dialog box appears
75. e low range Item PFX2011 1 PFX2021 21 PFX2511 5101 to 5112 Charge Time h min 9999h 59min lt Rest Time h min 9999h 59min lt CC Period Max Voltage V 0 0000 to 5 0000 0 000 to 20 000 Current A 0 0000 to 5 0000 0 000 to 10 000 0 00000 to 0 50000 CC Pulse Max Voltage V 0 0000 to 5 0000 0 000 to 20 000 period Current A 0 0000 to 5 0000 0 000 to 10 000 0 00000 to 0 50000 Time ms 0 50 to 65000 00 lt PWM Period Max Time h min 9999h 59min Min Voltage V 0 0000 to 5 0000 0 000 to 20 000 Max Voltage V 0 0000 to 5 0000 0 000 to 20 000 Current A 0 0000 to 5 0000 0 000 to 10 000 0 00000 to 0 50000 Time ms 0 50 to 65000 00 lt It Time s 2 to 6000 lt BPChecker2000 Range of Test Condition Settings Seq Sheets Disharge E Discharge CC mode The values inside parentheses are setting range for the low range Item PFX2011 1 PFX2021 21 PFX2511 PFX2511 PFX2511 PX2511 PFX2511 5101 5102 5103 to 5111 5102 5110 Discharge Time h min 9999h 59min r lt 4 lt Rest Time h min 9999h 59min m lt lt Setting Current A 0 0000 to 5 0000 0 000 to 0 000 to 0 000 to 0 000 to 0 000 to 0 000 to 0 00000 to 0 50000 10 000 50 000 20 000 50 000 33 000 50 000 v Cutoff Cutoff Voltage V 0 5000 to 5 0000 2 000 to 0 000 to Ke condition 20 000 60 000 Meas
76. e power _ i minimum operating voltage or the setting of charge supply or any failure found at the power supply it becomes i operation were incorrectly arranged the PS B alarm will the alarm to be activated and the output is turned off be occurred 1 Typical Value Typical value do not guarantee the performance Warnings Type Description Note Idle DUT Connection Warning PFX2000 series only A warning occurs if the difference in the electric sensing wire is greater than or equal to the prescribed value in idle status potential between the output cable and the voltage This warning operates only when the DUT connection check function is enabled in the Test Conditions gt Module settings You cannot start the test when a warning is activated Test conditions cannot be assigned Idle Shock Detect Warning PFX2500 series only When the shake or the shock is detected in the standby state with the vibration sensor is on or if the PFX2500 series is not installed on the level surface it becomes the warning state The vibration sensor is set to OFF position at the factory shipment The test can not be executed when the warning occurs The test condition can not be assigned Idle Warning BPChecker2000 Protection A warning occurs when the DUT voltage is in the H_OVP or H_UVP trip range in idle status You cannot start the test when a warning is activated Test conditions ca
77. e shown only in the high range column because there is only one current range Use This Model ID As Default When clicked the selected Model ID becomes the default setting BPChecker2000 Setting the Module BPChecker2000 Item Description Enable AutoFine PFX2000 series only The auto fine function is enabled if the checkbox is selected The auto fine function brings the current value set by the constant current operation and the current that actually flows closer together through automatic adjustment You can eliminate the error caused by the accuracy of the constant current setting by enabling this function This function is effective when you need higher accuracy of constant current performance or when you wish to suppress the current error between channels As for the PFX2500 series the Auto fine is always valid Enable DUT Connection Check The connection check function of the DUT device under test is enabled if the checkbox is selected The connection check function is to measure the voltage value on each of the output cable and the voltage sensing wire and if there is any dirrerence in measured voltage value this function determine the status as abnormal connection and an alarm occurs The connection check function activates immediately before the charge or discharge operation is begun The measurement of voltage between the output cable and voltage sensing wire requires time PFX2011 and PFX2021 ap
78. e when the data folder will be renamed By default set to the date time Memo The memo can be entered for this backup action A text file containing the memo is created in the folder that is backed up Apply the same action for all channels If you select the same action selected previously will be set on the next warning dialog Do not show this dialogue for It is enabled when Apply the same action for all channels is subsequent channels selected The same condition setting is applied to the channel which is confirmed by the test executed for this time E The difference between selecting Proceed test with data backup and Proceed test without data backup The following describes for the test case up to cycle 6 with when the test was interrupted and resumed during the cycle 4 If you wish to backup the data the data folder will be created individually for before and after resuming the test accordingly the file of the Life graph will be separated Select Proceed test with data backup when you wish to save the interrupted data for the C D graph sample shows the BPCG file of the cycle 4 In case any memo is entered the text file of the memo will be created in the backup folder a BPChecker2000 73 e Resuming Tests The folder for the test when it is interrupted during the cycle 4 Folder CH_1_001 BPCG The file for creating the C D graph CYCLE4 O Q Q BPCL The file for creating the Life graph Discharge
79. ed only on channels that are displaying the IDLE or RUN icon For all other cases blank is displayed Channel CH_1_001 Properties Info Protections Axes a Shows info about CHANNEL and corresponding power modules When ag the CHANNEL is plugged SYSTEM info is also shown Module Model Name ModelID CPU Version LON Version Option ID OPO1 1 Board 1D OPO1 1 CPU Version PFX2511 config 1 5101 2 00 1 01 7 14 2 03 z I Channel Channel Name InstrID Node CH_1_001 1 System DUT Check Auto Fine Moving Average ANF E Protections for the PFX2011 To set the hardware over voltage protection H OVP and under voltage protection H UVP functions turn the H OVP and H UVP variable resistors on front panel of Charge Discharge Power Supply Unit for adjustments A comparator is used at the detection section and the circuit is independent from the internal microcomputer control The detection speed is at 100 Us maximum 1 001 Properties Info Protedtons axes 4 Adjusts HARDWARE PROTECTION settings By checking Auto Refresh He actual setting values will be shown updating in every second Target ovety fz UvPL pe Actual Setting Low Centre High fe TITTLE ps PATARATARAI Set I auto Refresh Notes For actual adjustment of the hardware protections you need adjust the OYP and UVP potentiometer s placed on the front panel of pow
80. eeds the specified PFX2211 is used impedance Max Impedance The maximum impedance can be specified independently for charge and discharge The maximum impedance is evaluated on all measurements that were specified in Impedance Measurement Max NG Count Specify the number of failures for terminating the test For example if you specify a value of 9 the test is terminated when the function determines that the battery has reached the end of its life nine times 33 BPChecker2000 34 Setting the Sequence Sequence defines how to execute the charge discharge contents that are specified in sequence sheets 1 to 20 The Test Executive performs the charge and discharge test complied with the description of the setting sequence Repeat specifies the number of times a sequence sheet is repeated Loop specifies the number of times the set of sequence sheets all 20 types are repeated The test is performed in order from sequence sheet 1 CU a a EREE oem ee m m m m oe E a a BPChecker2000 BPChecker2000 Setting the Sequence Item Description Common The Common Sequence Template is a function that is necessary only when controlling Sequence temperature chambers Template The BPChecker2000 can manage separately for the setting of the sequence related see p 56 function and the temperature chamber related function including for the repeated sequence function
81. equence When the Common Sequence Template is used Template is not used A BPCT B BPCT C BPCT D BPCT A ae so Sequence Templete MD n information repeat temperature and other data X SI The settings of the following items are stored in a common sequence template file Test Conditions gt Sequence Test Sequence Perform Startup Predischarges Set Chamber When Finished Aborted Test Conditions gt Seq Sheet gt Charge Discharge Enable Chamber Control Do Predischarge when the sheet is first used Creating a Common Sequence Template 1 Set the test conditions you want to save in the Common Sequence Template 2 In Test Conditions gt Sequence select the Use Common Sequence Info BPChecker2000 Common Sequence Templete 3 Enter the sequence information name file name using 1 to 63 characters Characters that are improper for file names lt gt etc cannot be used Common Sequence Template IV Use Common Sequence Info Sequence Info Name ChamberSynd X 4 To save the file choose File gt Save Save As The Common Sequence Template file SI extension is created in the same folder as the test conditions file BPCT extension Using the Common Sequence Template File 1 Create a test conditions file on which you want to use the common sequence template file Create the file in the same folder group as the common template file to be used Creating Test Conditions see p 24 2
82. er of pages that are printed may differ 2010 03 24 17 41 21 e amp a wn 5 Eo 3 ac Et j e N f lt e e BPChecker2000 s 117 e e 118 Saving Graphs Save the selected graph overlay condition of the superimposed graph You can add the name of the overlay condition for the superimposed graph To save superimposing graphs select the window containing the graph you wish to save and then choose File gt Save Overlay Condition A Save dialog box appears Enter the file name To open a saved graph choose File gt Open Overlay Condition Specify the file name Copying of the graph image You can also copy the graph image to other documents via the clipboard To copy the graph to the clipboard select the window containing the graph you wish to copy and then choose Edit gt Copy Graph Saving graphs as text You can save the graph data in text format separated by tabs To save graphs in text format select the window containing the graph you wish to save and then choose File gt Save Text A Save dialog box appears Enter the file name You can also copy the data on the Data Table Pane to other documents via the clipboard To copy the data to the clipboard select the window containing the graph you wish to copy and then choose Edit gt Copy Data BPChecker2000 A Alarm 90 Cause and correction 94 Resetting 78 Synchronized Operation with Temperature Chambers 80 Au
83. er supply unit This dialogue just sends target values and ther I Assist Mode n confirms the setting readbacks 1 Select the Auto Refresh When the display is located apart from the display select the Assist Mode The POWER STANDBY LED blinks in orange BPChecker2000 Properties Display Enter the desired value of the voltage in Target to set for the OVP and the UVP Set a OVP that is higher than S_OVP to prevent erroneous operation due to noise and by taking the detection accuracy 100 mV into consideration Set a UVP that is lower than S_UVP Click Set While viewing the bar graph or the value of Actual Setting adjust the variable resistor of the PFX2011 Status LED display POWER STANDBY Blinks in orange Indicates that the LED is in assist mode CHG DISCH REST Lights in green The H OVP setting is within the appropriate range CC CV CP Lights in green The H_UVP setting is within the appropriate a range ro ALARM WARNING Same function as in the normal mode 5 wu x Lu cf Item Description Target Enter the voltage values you wish to assign for H OVP and H UVP If you click Set the setting value will be transmitted to the PFX2011 and the value of Target becomes valid These values are used as a reference for judging whether the value specified on the charge discharge power supply unit is within the appropriate range The judgment result is displayed on a bar graph and the panel LED
84. er unit side The test results of the phase currently in execution either charge result data or discharge result data are retrieved and saved to a file The icon of the channel on which an alarm occurred changes to ALM You must remove the cause of the alarm on such channels and execute the test again E Using the Test Execution Panel RESET ALARM It is useful when releasing the alarm for multiple channels Choose Test gt Reset Alarm Test Execution Panel RESET ALARM appears Click the Select All to collectively select all the channels or select the channels individually and then click OK E Using reset alarm on the toolbar Select the channel whose alarm is to be reset on the Channel Pane and click the reset alarm icon on the toolbar You to reset alarms without opening the Test Execution Panel RESET ALARM aa Gm gt Reset Alarm BPChecker2000 Oe Changing the Test Conditions during the Test BPChecker2000 The Test Executive can not reassign the different test condition file to the channel under the test in progress however it is possible to change the setting of the test condition applied to the further cycle to be executed There are constraints on changing test conditions while the test is in progress Use caution when using this function The changes made to the test conditions are not applied immediately The new test conditions are applied when charging is started on the next cycle or when
85. erature chambers is assigned at the group level Since BPChecker2000 can create multiple groups temperature chambers can be controlled independently per group Note that the maximum number of temperature chambers that can be controlled is six This means that temperature chambers cannot be assigned to all groups the maximum number of groups is 64 Preface PC Controller 1 Impedance measurement unit 1 PFX2211 used only Channel 001 T 1 Channel 120 PFX2000 Series 015 PFX2500 Series Controller 2 Impedance measurement unit 2 PFX2211used only 1 Channel 001 1 Channel 120 PFX2000 Series 015 PFX2500 Series Group Temperature chamber Reference to each channel binding T Group 2 Temperature chamber 7 Reference to each channel binding 1 When the PFX2021 Charge Discharge Power Supply unit is used only odd numbered channels are valid 2 PFX2000 Series only Executable Charge Discharge Tests The following seven types of charge discharge tests can be executed using BPChecker2000 The type of test is varied by the charge and discharge unit Please refer to the operation manual of the PFX2000 series or the PFX2500 series used for details Charge Constant current constant voltage charge CC CV Constant current charge CC Pulse charge Discharge Constant current discharge CC Constant power discharge CP Constant current pulse discharge CC Pulse
86. erties Info Protections Axes a Sets Y Axis settings for each graph item These settings are applied to each TEST CONDITION independently but every CHANNEL using the same TEST CONDITION has the same settings Group Fame ss sSOSOSSOSCSs TestCond lLi ion 18650 2Px45_ABC Auto Scaling Min Max Yoltagefv 4 po po p urena Vv po oo gt Temele z po ooo Cel votagev poo po Cell Templec C peo foo 10 Apply To This TestCond Apply To All 2 a dual lt Y v v v i AW BPChecker2000 a Recovery after Power Failures Describes the behavior of the charge discharge test system when a power failure occurs while using the system The followings are described for each section of the system the Host PC the Con trol Unit and other Charge Discharge Units When a Power Failure Occurs on the Charge Discharge Unit see p 78 see p 78 BPChecker2000 If a power failure occurs on the charge discharge unit while the host PC is running normally the behavior of the Test Executive varies depending on the operation status of the charge discharge unit The operation status of the charge discharge unit is indicated on the Channel Pane using icons SOJO a a ml oo a C Group D bpc2000 cccv OG sample cH oos ajcomm OFF M cH1_o06 ajcomm OFF 00 01 If a power failure occurs on a charge discharge unit displaying a RUN icon If a power failure occurs on a ch
87. es to the IDLE icon This is also true if the phase had already been finished when the Test Executive is started The test while the PC is down is discarded because no data is present This means that channels showing the IDLE icon had stopped one cycle before the point when the PC went down 2 Restart the test The test is executed from the start of the next cycle cycle that was being executed when the power failure occurred If Perform Startup Predischarge checkbox is selected in the test conditions the test starts with predischarge If a charge discharge unit that is not executing a test exists when the power failure occurs All units recover to the status that they were in when the power failure occurred BPChecker2000 Recovery after Power Failures When a Power Failure Occurs on Both the Charge Discharge Unit and PC Immediately after the power to the hardware recovers all charge discharge power supply units enter the STANDBY status When you start the Test Executive the Test Executive recovers the charge discharge power supply units to the status that they were in when the power failure occurred The status of the channels that were executing tests when the power failure occurred becomes IDLE icon They are stopped one cycle before the point when the power failure occurred When a Power Failure Occurs on the Control Unit USB Connection Dropped BPChecker2000 The Test Executive detects an USB communication error
88. espond the number of cycle at all channels 1 Wait for the normal channels to automatically stop 2 Reset the alarm on the corresponding channel 3 Right click on the Channel Pane and then choose Increment Cycle Number 1 The increment of the number of cycle will be one for the channel of which the alarm is occurred 4 Resuming the test The test restarts from the next cycle number after the cycle on which the alarm occurred The channel on which the alarm occurred will have one cycle of data missing e e BPChecker2000 gt 81 e 82 e eee0 Impedance Measurement when PFX2211 is used under test using the impedance measurement unit PFX2211 that is connected to the controller A single impedance measurement unit can be connected to each controller When using two controllers connect a total of two impedance measurement units Configuration related to impedance measurement units is set using the Hardware Config Wizard The Hardware Config Wizard can not be executed while executing the Test Executive If you choose Controller gt Property of the Test Executive you can only check the configuration Impedance Measurement Operation Impedance measurement is performed immediately after charge immediately after charge rest immediately after discharge immediately after discharge rest or combination of these points according to the test conditions The impedance measurement unit can only measure the impedance one channel at a time Al
89. etal part around it Stops with an alarm on the CD B Discharge Open Correct Extremely dangerous if the power line CD B is in contact with a metal part around it Me s red The battery voltage cannot be measured and an abnormal value is Max voltage Charge Correct Open Max Min voltage or p i jase returned Charge ends immediately or It time after the It time elapses Measured CV or maximum voltage is never Charge Correct Open Max Min voltageor reached because the battery voltage t Charge time greater cannot be measured Measured Discharge ends immediately because Cutoff Discharge Correct Open Max Min voltageor the detected voltage is below the cutoff Voltage greater voltage 9 Measured Cutoff voltage is never reached pischarde Discharge Correct Open Max Min voltageor because the battery voltage cannot be time g less measured Warni Charge Open Open Stops immediately with an alarm oun F 3 Warning Discharge Open Open Stops immediately with an alarm k3 CD B The wire is shorted at the or terminal of the DUT 98 BPChecker2000 Alarms E When the connection check function is disabled abnormalities cannot be detected using the connection function St Current Sensing Battery H_OVP H_UVP Cutoff If the Tes Is Contimued Ignoring the Danger ies Test Mode 7 A f 3 7 Cutoff Wire Wire Voltage Set
90. for analyzing test results Starting the Graph Viewer The Graph Viewer is a program used to display graphs of the test data created by the Test Executive on the screen and print the graphs In addition to the test data graphs the Graph Viewer displays numerical values of the test data computed values derived from the test data such as energy test conditions and other information This enables you to analyze the data comprehensively The Graph Viewer creates the following two types of graphs These two graphs can be created arbitrary for the DUT battery that is included in the selected project You can also superimpose the battery graphs on top of each other if the graphs are of the same type e Cycle life characteristics Life graph This graph indicates the changes in the capacity of the DUT battery with respect to the number cycle of charge discharge tests A graph is drawn using the test data from the first cycle to the last cycle for a given battery Charge Discharge characteristics C D graph This graph indicates the charge discharge characteristics of the battery over an arbitrary cycle of the charge discharge test cycle performed on a given battery A graph is drawn using the test data of the selected cycle Starting the Graph Viewer To start the Graph Viewer double click the shortcut icon of the Graph Viewer program from the Windows desktop folder or program folder File Edit View Data Options Window Help Ew
91. g CHANNELS 5 CH_1_001 1 5102 1 00 1 00 2 g CH_1_002 2 5101 1 00 1 00 2 Displays the channel and the present setting Select the channel that you wish to change o 2 Select the Model ID 3 Select the channel for customizing the Model ID You can select multiple channels at once 4 Click Customize Now When the dialog box Run As is displayed select the Current User Do not select the check box of the Protect my computer and data from unauthorized program activity then click OK When the dialog box User Account Control is displayed select Allow The information of the Model ID will be transmitted to the channel of the assigned PFX2500 series and it becomes to be customized The Model ID display of the channel will be also changed 5 When setting the different Model ID numbers for the multiple channels repeat the Step 2 through step 4 When customizing the Model ID s are completed click Close When the mark appears in front of the header When the information for the Model ID of the BPChecker2000 becomes older due to the version upgrade the mark appears in front of the header In such a case customize the Model ID to be updated Once the Model ID has been updated the mark is changed to the Check mark Y BPChecker2000 Hardware Config Wizard Step 2 3 REA Channel Configuration Add Remove Charge Discharge units Channel If this is the first time to use the BPChecker2000 System dick the Search button to sea
92. ge 18650 O OFF Jch_1_006 1 0 7 x cccy charge cecv discharge Check the status display in the Channel Pane Test conditions cannot be assigned to channels that have 0002 0102 or 0003 0103 shown Changing the sample name for each channel By default the sample name of each channel that was entered at the battery info of the Test Condition Editor This sample name can be changed for each channel 1 Click the channel which you wish to change the sample DUT name The channel will be highlighted on the display The Sample Name item turns into a combo box 2 Enter the name in the box The entered name is displayed in a list and you can select it from that point BPChecker2000 ee Executing Tests see p 67 Before executing the test assign the setting condition n The display of the line corresponding to channels that are indicated with the IDLE icon change from grayed to normal black and the checkbox becomes selectable In rare cases some channels remain grayed even when test conditions are assigned On such channels some type of warning is in effect concerning the test execution hardware protection warning connection check warning etc Tests cannot be executed on such channels The cell monitor for a PFX2500 Series in which an OP01 PFX is installed is displayed on the Graph Result Pane Once the test is executed the following file will be created The file for creating the C D graph The file with the
93. h limited functions of the BPChecker2000 Basic Edition enables you to control one of PFX2121 via the USB port The maximum number of charge discharge power supply channels that can be controlled is limited to 2 You cannot add the impedance measurement unit but synchronized temperature chamber control is equivalent to that of the Full Edition Comparison of Edition Full Edition Basic PFX2000 PFX2500 Edition series series Number of controllable channels Upto 240 Upto30 Upto2 channels channels channels Ability to use the Possible Not Not Impedance Measuring Unit possible possible Synchronized operation with temperature chambers Possible Possible Possible 1 When using a PFX2021 Charge Discharge Power Supply unit the number of controllable channels is reduced to one half BPChecker2000 Maximum Connections By using one control unit you can connect 120 channels to the PFX2000 Series The number of devices that you can connect to a PFX2500 Series differs depending on the option boards that are installed and the controller unit s firmware version You cannot use the control unit s TP BUS2 PFX2500 Control Unit Maximum Series Onion Board PFX2121 C ti Firmware prion Board Firmware Bap ten ee ns Version Version 1 xx set Pe 1 00 or later 15 installed Not installed 1 00 or later 15 A i ia Cannot be 00 or later installed connected 2 00 or later 72 1 PFX2500s whose ver
94. he Life Pane and a list of Life graph data life characteristics data that can be displayed is shown The ones shown in the list are not all the test data that can be displayed The ones shown here are only those that are assumed to be frequently used the folder specified in Analyzing Test Results advance Document Document Window opens each time a graph document of cycle life characteristics Life or Window charge discharge characteristics C D is created Since graphs are not displayed immedi ately after the Graph Viewer is started the Document Window is not displayed The document window contains three panes The C D graph and Life graph screens are constructed in the same way Graph pane upper left This displays the cycle life characteristics Life or charge discharge characteristics C D graph Data table pane upper right This displays the test information test conditions test data test results cell voltages cell voltages pulse and cell temperatures Analysis pane bottom section This displays the analysis data that is calculated from the test data The analysis data is listed by sequence number the name of the DUT is included beside the sequence number Novae Te eal 1 EDLC 34F 2 EDLC 34F Ave i Std Devi 9 0 7074 0 2440 7 05 0 09 853 05 Max 7 15 9989 9 2866 94 16 0 87 8745 39 Min 00 09 25 14 9985 8 9415 84 18 0 75 7538 99 Sequence number display 109 BPChecker2000 Oe D
95. he setting timeout is exceeded while setting up the Test Executive determines that the temperature chamber is abnormal and aborts the test Set the setting timeout value and wait time in the Charge or Discharge tab in Test Conditions gt Seq Sheets of Test Condition Editor If you set the wait time to 0 min a wait time of 30 seconds is inserted internally If you set the charge discharge time rest time to 0 min a rest time of 59 seconds is inserted internally Set the temperature and humidity margins in the temperature chamber configuration of the Hardware Config Wizard You can set the temperature and humidity of the temperature chamber at Test Condition Editor when the test is completed Set the room temperature to prevent unnecessary damage to the DUT Behavior When Alarms Occur during Synchronized Operation with Temperature Chambers When an alarm occurs on a channel during synchronized operation with temperature chambers the test on the channel is automatically aborted on the charge discharge power unit You can preset how the test is to proceed in such cases for other channels in the same group BPChecker2000 Synchronized Testing with a Temperature Chamber On the Tools menu click Options and then click the Alarm Sync tab to display the Options dialog box options xl Drawing Monitor Warnings Alarm Sync Text Generator E When in a CHANNEL ALARM has been generated in CHAMBER SYNC operation other channe
96. hecker2000 65 e 66 Binding Channels to Groups On the Test Executive all actions concerning test execution are performed against groups or channels bound to groups You cannot assign test conditions to or execute tests on channels that are not bound to any groups Channels on which you wish to execute tests must be bound to some group Simply creating groups does not bind the channels to the groups You must first bind the channels to a certain group To bind channels to a group choose Test gt Bind Unbind Channels A Bind To Group Unbind From Group dialog box appear Bind To Group Unbind From Group 3 xj You can BIND UNBIND channels to from a GROUP Mind that a OFF channels can only be bound or unbound Controller kins ERa aoa gt 1_01 bd EF CH_1_002 OFF cH_1_001 r Channel list of Bind J Channel list of Group Controller ee Channel list of Controller Displays all the channels controlled by the corresponding controller that are not bound to any group e Channel list of Group Channels that are bound to the corresponding group are displayed Only those channels that can be unbound are displayed Since channels that have test conditions assigned to them and are in a monitor loop or those that are executing the test normally indicated by IDLE or RUN icons cannot be unbound they are not displayed even through they are bound to the group Channels that are indicated as IDLE can be bound or
97. hen a temperature chamber is synchronized However you can exceptionally mix different test conditions in the group The setup conditions of a temperature chamber becomes concern due to the mixture of the different test conditions within the group The setup conditions of a temperature chamber is set on the charge discharge sheets in the test conditions If you mix different test conditions within the same group this results in a mixture of different setup conditions of temperature chambers and different test sequences of charge discharge sheets Such discrepancy is not allowed in temperature chamber synchronization The BPChecker2000 can save the file as separate file Common Sequence Template file for repeating the sequence and the description of the temperature chamber settings If you use a Common Sequence Template file inconsistencies in the sequence information and temperature chamber setting information can be avoided The Common Sequence Template can be shared by multiple test condition files It is useful when testing at the same time for the different test conditions in the group using the same temperature chamber or when testing at the same time for combining the different power supply module such as combination of the PFX2011 and PFX2021 in the group using the same temperature chamber If all the synchronized channels are to use the same test conditions there is no need to use the common sequence template file When the Common S
98. ial No GS010815 Serial No 65010815 CPU Version 1 01 CPU Version 1 01 LON Version 1 1 00 LON Version2 1 00 Status Unplugged LON Version 1 1 00 LON Version2 1 00 Status Plugged Plug Controller Plug Controller Impedance CPU Version LON Version Option ID Impedance CPU Version LON Version Option ID Plug Impedance plug Impedance Help Help To reconnect click Plug Controller If the Status changes to Plugged a few seconds later reconnection is complete If the connection still does not work it is recommended that you exit the Test Executive reset the control unit remove the USB cable and reconnect and then start the Test Executive again BPChecker2000 Troubleshooting The Test Executive Cannot Identify Channels The icon of the channel is not displayed BPChecker2000 The Test Executive can be activated when the controller is being recognized even though the channel can not be specified The program takes longer to start more than 10 s than in the normal case This is because the control unit takes longer in identifying the channels via the TP BUS The name of the control unit is displayed properly Click the control unit name The Channel Pane displays a list of channels that should be connected to the control unit Icons are not displayed to the right of the channels that are not identified BPChecker2000 Test Executive File View
99. ife judgement items The life judgement function determines the performance degradation of the battery by comparing the actual capacity against the nominal capacity When the PFX2211 is used it can also judge the performance failure of the battery by referring the impedance value This function terminates the test in the same manner as when the test is normally completed if it determines that the battery has reached the end of its life Condition Editor Life Judgement Life Judgement E Test Conditions Creating Test Conditions Module n Comments s i Discharge Battery Infi a hn Cnet ate a Recording Method T Do Impedance Judgement Charge Discharge Max Impedance ohm ooo po Cell Yoltage Temp Sequence B Seq Sheets Max NG Count pi al Predischarge see p 59 Item Description Do Capacity Rate If this checkbox is selected the function determines that the battery has reached Judgement the end of its life when the measured capacity falls below the specified percentage minimum capacity rate value of the nominal capacity Min Capacity The minimum capacity rate can only be specified for discharge The reference Rate capacity value is the nominal capacity mAh that was entered in Battery Info which is taken to be 100 Do Impedance If this checkbox is selected the function determines that the battery has reached Judgement when the the end of its life when the measured impedance exc
100. imum voltage When the battery voltages drops to minimum voltage during pulse OFF current the operation moves to pulse ON current Max Voltage Set the maximum voltage When the battery voltages reaches this voltage during pulse ON current the operation moves to pulse OFF current Selecting the check box enables you to set the maximum voltage Current control during the PWM period varies depending on the selected unselected status of this check box Current ON OFF Time ON OFF Set the pulse current ON and OFF during the PWM period The input range varies depending on the range setting on the PFX2011 Charge Discharge Power Supply Unit Set the pulse time width during the PWM period Current control during the PWM period varies depending on the selected unselected status of Max Voltage check box It Time Set the It time When the time for detecting the minimum voltage from starting the pulse OFF current reaches IT time the operation moves from the PWM period to rest Enable Temperature Functionality Selecting this checkbox enables you to set Max Temp and dT dt Max Temp Set the maximum temperature Maximum temperature is one of the factors that terminate charging Charging ends when the battery temperature exceeds the specified value during charging dT dt Set the dT dt The value dT dt is one of the factors that terminate charging Charging ends when the battery temperature increases by dT dt
101. in the system as references Knowing the operating condition of the alarm functions is useful to prevent the alarm occurrence Protection Functions That Require the User to Set Appropriate Values Alarms Type Description When the DUT voltage is greater than or equal to the specified voltage an alarm occurs and the output is turned OFF The PFX2500 series equips the delay function S OVP l ion is possi i see p 27 Since accurate detection is possible you usually set the voltage relatively close to N P the cutoff voltage or CV voltage for charging When the DUT voltage is greater than or equal to the specified voltage an alarm H OVP occurs and the output is turned OFF zi Set a voltage that is higher than S_OVP to prevent erroneous operation due to noise PFX2011 p 84 and by taking the detection accuracy 100 mV into consideration PFX2021 or PFX2500 series p 85 When the DUT voltage is less than or equal to the specified voltage an alarm occurs S UVP and the output is turned OFF The PFX2500 series equips the delay function Since accurate detection is possible you usually set the voltage relatively close to see p 27 the cutoff voltage for discharging When the DUT voltage is less than or equal to the specified voltage an alarm occurs H UVP and the output is turned OFF SA Set a voltage that is lower than S_UVP to prevent erroneous operation due to noise PFX2011 p 84 and by taking the detection accuracy
102. iod The channel will be highlighted on the display and appears the drop down menu under the Stop When 2 Click the drop down menu and select the stop period from the menu item 3 When you assign the other channels repeat step 1 to step 2 Once the channels are assigned click OK This will carry out the stop process Emergency Stop Function BPChecker2000 The Test Executive provides a function for stopping all charging discharging operations for emergency situations Choose Test gt Emergency Stop In this case the Test Execution Panel does not appear The charging discharging operation is stopped on all the channels Test Execution 71 72 ee Resuming Tests see p 76 see p 79 To resume the test when the test has been stopped or when you reset the alarm after an alarm occurrence carry out the same procedure as starting the test Choose Test gt Start to display the Test Execution Panel START To restart the test from the beginning recycle the channel Confirmation before resuming the test Confirm the cycle numbers indicated on the channel pane For the channel of which test is in progress indicated by a RUN icon it shows the number of the cycle that is currently being executed for the channel not in progress it shows the number of the cycle that has been completed For example if the channel whose test is not in progress is indicated as 1 the completed cycle is 1 This means that the number of th
103. is below the cutoff ka greater voltage voltage P Discharge Negat Negat Ea E The battery is actually charged and the time Discharge Reverse Reverse y Y detected voltage increases There is a t Cutoff voltageor voltage or less jess danger of overcharge voltage OAH Negative Discharge ac The battery is actually charged and the time Discharge Reverse Reverse Min volta ie cutoff voltage is never reached There is t Cutoff ne a danger of overcharge voltage OAH The current wire and sensing wire are OVP Charge connected properly Stops immediately with an alarm gt UVP but the end is open CD B no DUT The current wire and sensing wire are OVP Discharge connected properly Stops immediately with an alarm UVP but the end is open CD B no DUT A combined current flows while the PFX Connected in parallel is gperating w consan current CC Charge time Charge mode Operation is not guaranteed F with other channels It time after moving to constant voltage CV mode A combined current flows through the Discharge Disth roe Connected in parallel _ battery Abnormality cannot be 4 time I with other channels detected There is a danger of Cutoff overdischarge voltage BPChecker2000 99 ee Troubleshooting The Test Executive Cannot Identify Controllers The icon of the controller is not displayed If the Test Executive Cannot Identify Contorollers displays
104. isplaying Graphs Before displaying the graph To display Life graphs select the test conditions folder To display Life graphs To display graphs you must select the folder containing the graph data file you wish to display The hierarchy of the selected folder varies between C D graphs and Life graphs The following example describes which folder should be selected for each graph CH_1_005 lel ES Eile Edit view Favorites Tools Help Back fey Search Gy Folders History As E amp A Ed Address E CH_1_005 gt Pao Internet Explorer bpc2000 ccev Ta cecy C CH_1_005 cH_1_006 description See also My Documents My Network Places My Computer Folders CH_1_005 _00001_bpc2000 ccev _cccv BPCG es Desktop a ye T ERICH 1_005 _00002_bpc2000fcccv _cccy BPCG A My Documents FES CH_1 005 _00003_bpc2000 cccv _cccv BPCG My Computer CH_1_005 Z CH_1_005 _LIFE_C_bpc2000 ccev _cccv BPCL My Network Places 3 CH_1_005 _LIFE_D_bpc2000 ccev _ccev BPCL f Recycle Bin Select an item to view its Life graph files C D graph files select see p 118 i Q eoooe the 5 object s Disk free space 14 9 GB 89 2 KB B My Computer There is a folder named cccv test conditions that contains the test results obtained by using a test conditions file named cccv in a group folder named bpc2000 cccv Within the ccc
105. isplaying the graph and click Add gt gt Insert Before gt gt Insert After gt gt Move to the Cycle to Show or Channel to Show Click Add gt gt to add the item at bottom If you click Insert Before gt gt or Insert After gt gt after selecting an item in the Cycle to Show or Channel to Show the item is inserted before or after the selected item Click OK The graph will be added E Removing the graph from the superimposed graph Displaying the 1 2 superimposed graph Make active for the graphed document of which graph you wish to remove Choose Select Graph gt Data Displays the dialog Choose Select Graph The file or the folder displayed in the Cycle to Show is applied to displaying the superimposed graph Select the file or the folder displayed in the Cycle to Show or Channel to Show and click lt lt Remove The selected folder or file returns to the Cycle Channel Click OK The graph is removed BPChecker2000 Displaying Graphs see p 110 BPChecker2000 Using the tree window You can not remove the disused graph from the superimposed graph 1 From the tree window select the C D Pane or the Life Pane 2 Click the folder at the top in the Tree Window A contextual menu appears 3 From the contextual menu choose Change Folder A dialog box used to select the folder appears C cH_1_005 cH_1_006 E Ea Favorites E my Documents C SendTo H E Start
106. l the channels belonging to the same controller share the same impedance measurement unit The Test Executive performs impedance measurement on a first come first serve basis For example if multiple channels attempt to move to the impedance measurement process approximately at the same time the earliest channel is processed first while others are forced to wait until the measurement on the earlier channel is finished As a result the impedance measurement may be delayed by up to tens of seconds depending on the waiting condition In principle the measurement must be performed immediately after charge discharge or rest The Test Executive holds the channels whose impedance measurement has not been finished from moving to the next process However this applies only to impedance measurements performed immediately after charge rest followed by discharge or immediately after discharge rest followed by charge of a new cycle For measurements immediately after charge or immediately after discharge followed by rest the phase moves to rest even if the impedance measurement has not been performed This is because the PFX2000 system hardware automatically processes the transition and the Test Executive has no control over it The impedance measurement is performed only at the timing immediately after charge immediately after charge rest immediately after discharge or immediately after discharge rest specified in the test conditions However
107. ls behave as specifiled below Behaviour Abandon the ALARM CHANNEL and other channels continue tests Item Description Behaviour Select the operating description at the alarm occurrence Other channels stop When the alarm is occurred all the channels in the group stop immediately This immediately default means that the data of the cycle when the alarm occurred is discarded also on S normal channels 5 5 Other channels stopat Even the alarm is occurred normal channels do not stop immediately They T the cycle end automatically stop after completing the discharge phase of the cycle in the 3 current test This means that the data of the cycle at the time the alarm occurred Pe can be retrieved on normal channels KS Abandon the ALARM Even the alarm is occurred normal channels continue the test without CHANNEL and other stopping The data after the alarm occurrence is not retrieved on the channel on channels continues which the alarm occurred tests When the setting is completed click OK Continue the test E When the Other channels stop immediately is selected If you reset the alarm on the corresponding channel you can restart the test on all channels from the beginning of the cycle at which the alarm occurred E When the Other channels stop at the cycle end is selected The channel on which the alarm occurred could not complete the test cycle and is 1 cycle behind other channels Adjust the cycle and corr
108. ltage Temp for cut conditions BPChecker2000 Creating Test Conditions 39 40 Seq Sheet Pulse Charge mode PFX2000 series only Battery voltage Charge current The following figure is shown as an example of the Pulse charge operation In pulse charge charging is performed over three periods constant current charge CC constant current pulse charge CC Pulse and PWM pulse charge PWM constant current charge gt maximum transition voltage detection constant current pulse charge gt maximum transition voltage Pulse ON current gt Pulse OFF current gt minimum voltage detection It time charge rest fs when the period from pulse OFF to minimum voltage detection is less than or equal to It time Charge time PWM time lt gt Maximum voltage voltage j i Maximum i 7 Pulse time 1 pp ON time 1 Pulse time 2 oi o T Constant omen Pulse Pe Pulse ON current puso OFF current ME img current 1 current2 i CC period WED CC Pulse period 2 _ PWM period 3 k Recording Method Impedance Measurement Life Judgement Cell Voltage Temp al Efrat BPChecker2000 Seq Sheet Pulse Charge mode PFX2000 series only E Setting descriptions p 43 p 60 Range Mode CC Period 1 CC Pulse Period 2 PWM Period 3 Charge Time
109. ltages When the cutoff voltages are reached discharging is stopped Enable Unbalance Voltage Detection Select this check box to set the unbalance margin The multiple cells that you have specified for measurement the terminals that you have set cutoff voltages for are compared for pulse discharge the measurements are taken at the Measurement Low point and the difference between the maximum and minimum cell voltages is the unbalance voltage Discharging is stopped when the unbalance voltage exceeds the unbalance margin For pulse discharge the measured values vary more than normal Take this into account when you configure the settings The unbalance voltage is detected approximately 1 second after the cell voltage measurement completes If the charge discharge voltage fluctuates greatly the internal voltage of the DUT is high this function may not operate correctly If the measured voltages are different or sensing cables are not connected to both ends of the cells this function will not operate correctly For information on how to connect the cells to the PFX2500 Series see the PFX2500 Series operation manual Enable batch setting for all terminals If you select this check box you can set one terminal and those settings will be applied to all other terminals The PFX2021 does not detect the cutoff voltage until it measures the ptn voltage that has been set by the cutoff voltage s Measurement Low If you h
110. n a new test is started or when the test is aborted and restarted When performing the Startup Predischarge specify the description of the Predischarge e Use Predischarge Sheet For the Startup Predischarge use the Predischarge sequence sheet Sequence sheet 0 e Use Discharge Sheet of Previous Cycle The discharge sheet of the sequence sheet that corresponds to the cycle previous to the restart cycle is used For the setting of Startup Predischarges when the Do Predischarge when the sheet is first used is selected for the Charge sheet of each sequence sheet the setting on the sequence sheet takes priority the sequence 0 is used Set Chamber When Finished Aborted Temperature This setting is enabled when the test is executed using the temperature chamber synchronization If the checkbox is selected the temperature and humidity of the temperature chamber specified on the sequence sheet can be reset to the values specified here when the test is finished or aborted Set the temperature at the time when the test is finished or when the test is aborted Humidity Set the humidity at the time when the test is finished or when the test is aborted When setting the humidity check the control range of the temperature and humidity of the temperature chamber being used Depending on the performance of the temperature chamber some humidity ranges may not be possible against the specified temperature In such case specify 1
111. n the END icon status After the power failure recovers or after turning on the power the status indication of the channel retains the OFF icon You can execute the test as in the normal case If a power failure occurs on a charge discharge unit displaying an OFF icon The OFF icon status indicates that you can deliberately insert or remove the unit Therefore the Test Executive cannot determine whether the condition in which the power is not supplied to the unit is due to a power failure or because the unit is removed from the frame The Test Executive is not monitoring the channel when the channel is in the OFF icon status After the power failure recovers or after turning on the power the status indication of the channel retains the OFF icon You can execute the test as in the normal case If you execute the test while the charge discharge unit is not available power is not supplied an error occurs When a Power Failure Occurs on the Host PC If a charge discharge unit executing a test RUN icon indication exists when the power failure occurs The unit executing the test continues the test until the phase charge or discharge that was running at the time of the power failure is finished If the unit is charging the test continues until the end of charge rest 1 Restart the PC and restart the Test Executive The Test Executive stops the operation of all units The test in progress on channels is aborted and the status chang
112. nate the tests handle the tests as terminated finish the operation of the test To terminate the test the channels that you wish to terminate must be stopped p 70 1 Confirm that the channel which you wish to terminate has been stopped When the test is not stopped apply the stop process 2 Select the channel which you wish to terminate from the channel list pane 3 Choose Channel gt Toggle End Mark This operation can also be used to remove the END marks from the channels that already have END marks BPChecker2000 Test Execution 75 76 Recycle the Channel When a test is started or re executed the Test Executive always checks to see if there are files present in the test data generation folder This is to prevent overwriting existing test data inadvertently If any files exist in the generation folder the Channel Recycle And Data Backup dialog box appears When you wish to dispose existing test data and recycle the empty channel to test back up the channel data then recycle it It is effective for when you wish to restart the test from the beginning immediately after connecting with the DUT Battery and confirming the operating condition or when you wish to test connecting with the other DUT Battery to the empty channel of which the test has been already terminated The data analysis for the backup data can be performed by the Graph Viewer All the recycled channel becomes to the reset status Completed tes
113. ndition Settings E Discharge CC Plse mode CP Pulse mode The values inside parentheses are setting range for the low range Item PFX2011 1 PFX2021 PFX2511 PFX2511 PFX2511 PFX2511 PFX2511 PFX2511 PFX2511 21 5101 5102 5103 5104 5106to 5111 5112 5110 Discharge Time h min 9999h 59min lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt Rest Time h min 9999h 59min lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt Setting Num Of Pulse 8 20 lt lt lt lt lt lt lt Current A 0 0000 to 5 0000 0 000to 0 000to 0 000to 0 000to lt lt 0 000to 0 000 to 0 00000 to 0 50000 10 000 50 000 20 000 50 000 33 000 50 000 Power W 0 02 to 0 1 to lt 0 1 to 0 1 to 0 1 to 0 1 to 0 1 to 200 00 1000 0 2000 0 330 0 1000 0 165 0 330 0 Time ms 0 50 to 65000 00 5 0 to lt lt lt lt lt lt 65000 0 Cutoff Cutoff Voltage V 0 5000 to 5 0000 2 000 to 0 000to lt lt lt lt lt lt condition 20 000 60 000 Measure Capacity Voltage 0 5000 to 5 0000 2 000 to 0 000to lt lt lt lt lt lt ment V 20 000 60 000 Number of pulse 2 lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt voltage points Cell end conditions only on a PFX2500 Series in which an OP01 PFX is installed Item OP01 PFX Max voltage V 0 000 to 20 000 Unbalance margin V 0 010 to 5 000 Temperature chamber Item PFX2011 1 PFX2021 21 PFX2511 5101 to 5103 Temperature C 273 0 to 200
114. nected to both ends of the cells this function will not operate correctly For information on how to connect the cells to the PFX2500 Series see the PFX2500 Series operation manual If you select this check box you can set one terminal and those settings will be applied setting for all to all other terminals terminals eeee0 Creating Test Conditions 45 46 Seq Sheet Predischarge p 53 p 61 Set the predischarge to execute for the case when starting the test or when the sequence sheet is used for the first time E Setting descriptions Range Mode Discharge Time Rest Time Capacity Voltage Cutoff Voltage Enable Chamber Control Cell Voltage Temp for cut conditions BPChecker2000 Seq Sheet CC Discharge mode p 53 p 61 BPChecker2000 Battery voltage Discharge current Discharge Time Capacity Voltage Cutoff Voltage Discharge time Cutoff voltage aik q i s 3 3 Tl ii E Setting descriptions Enable Chamber Control Cell Voltage Temp for cut conditions Discharge current T Rest time The following figure is shown as an example of the Constant Current CC discharge operation The figure illustrates the transition of constant current discharge gt voltage drop to the cutoff voltage gt discharge termination gt discharge rest Select 1 or greater for Num of OP01 PFX boards to use under Module to display the Cell Vol
115. nnot be assigned 91 92 Alarms List of Status Codes A list of codes or mnemonics that are displayed under Status on the Channel Pane of the Test Executive Codes that are 8000 or above indicate that an alarm is occurring The status can be displayed using a code hexadecimal code or mnemonic Status Code of status Code Mnemonic Description 0000 0100 Stand by Standby status internal power supply OFF 0001 0101 Idle Idle status test execution possible 0002 0102 Idle DUT Connection Idle status test execution not possible abnormal connection Warning Awarning occurs if the difference in the electric potential between the output cable and the voltage sensing wire is greater than or equal to the prescribed value in idle status 0003 0103 Idle Protection Warning Idle status test execution not possible protective function activated A warning occurs when the DUT voltage is in the H_OVP or H_LUVP trip range in idle status 0004 0104 H Protection Hardware OVP UVP setup mode 0006 Idle Shock Detect Standby state Disable to execute the test the protection function Warning activated When the shake or the shock is detected in the standby state with the vibration sensor is on or if the PFX2500 series is not installed on the level surface it becomes the warning state 000A 010A Charge Charging 000B 010B Charge Rest Charge rest 000C 010C
116. o 60 0000 V You can enter a value outside the indicated range but when you select an item from a different item pane a message will appear Battery Info Li ion 10cell 70 0000 20000 0 BPChecker2000 Creating Test Conditions 23 24 Setting the Module This screen displays information about the charge discharge power supply unit to be used The screen is used to enter basic settings The Model ID selected here and the actual model ID of the module power supply module that is actually used in the charge discharge test must match or the test cannot be executed A Untitled BPChec ker2000 Test Condition Editor File Edit View Tools Help Dsm aa wl A E W Test Conditions Module Comments Battery Info Protections Recording Method Model ID Select a Model ID that is applied to this Test Condition PWREOOL PLZ1004W H Impedance Measurement Use This Model ID As Default Life Judgement Cell Voltage Temp Seq Sheets Item High Range Sequence Model ID S101 x Charge Max Voltage V 60 000 Predischarge Discharge Max Voltage v 60 000 1 Charge Max Current A 50 000 4 2 Discharge Max Current A 50 000 4 3 Charge Max Wattage W 800 000 wW 4 Discharge Max Wattage W 1000 000 W 5 6 7 s I Enable Autorine Num of OPO1 PFX boards to use T Enable DUT Connection Check 2 x Moving Average OFF Description Model ID Set the mo
117. odule to display the Cell Voltage Temp Setup screen E Setting descriptions Range Mode Discharge Time Rest Time Pulse Setting Capacity Voltage Cutoff Voltage Enable Chamber Control Cell Voltage Temp for cut conditions Creating Test Conditions 49 Seq Sheet CC Pulse Discharge mode Pulse setting example of the PFX2021 This example is for the case when detecting the discharge cutoff voltage on the high end using two pulses Pulse Settings Number of pulses 2 e Pulse mode CC Measurement High Pt1 Measurement Low Pt2 Current 1 2 000A current 2 0 500 A Time 1 0 50 ms Time 2 0 50 ms Pulse Settings pe Num OF Pulse Pulse Mode aot l p d oo Vo ltag e Current A Timefms Current A Time ms 1 sso fs00 a7 o Ss 1 1 2 20 000 150 0 18 0 000 5 0 3 ae 19 L i 1 4 0 000 5 0 20 0 000 5 0 i i f 7 0 000 5 0 23 0 000 5 0 i i i 8 o oo 5 0 24 o 000 5 0 10 6 000 5 0 26 0 000 5 0 urreni Pulse Pulse of oa ae z a Ee 13 0 000 5 0 29 Jo 000 5 0 14 eoo m 3 ooo fso Pulse operation and voltage measurement Seem ss EEN CS Battery voltage Measured pt2 voltage specified by Measurement Low Discharge finished A Measured pt1 voltage specified by Measurement High Discharge NN cutoff voltage Charge operation If you set Measurement High to High the voltage of Pt2 is retrieved The data is the same as
118. off If the Tes Is Contimued Ignoring the Danger v Test Mode a 7 i Cutoff U Wire Wire Voltage Setting Setting Voltage Connection Check Function Level He Condition CV or maximum voltage is never A UVP reached because the DUT is actually Charge Reverse Correct _ Charge time discharged As a result the voltage AV drops even though the DUT is charged j Cutoff voltage is never reached OVP F because the DUT is actually charged As Discharge Reverse Correct t Discharge a result the voltage increases even are though the DUT is discharged Charge Correct Reverse pare Test execution not possible due to UVP ka Warning 0 0 Vor 3 P Charge Correct Reverse _ greater E Test execution not possible due to UVP ka Warning Negative Test execution not possible because Charge Correct Reverse 0 0 V to 1 2 V Ss battery the detectediwoltage reverse po arity Warning voltage or of the battery voltage fall below the greater UVP setting Negative After the test charge is started CV or UVP Charge Correct Reverse 0 0V to 1 2 V pattery maximum voltage is never r ach d t Charge time voltage or because the voltage drops even though AV less the DUT is charged i Charge Correct Reverse 0 0V to 1 2 V Min Discharge Correct Reverse par Test execution not possible due to UVP ka Warning 0 0 V or P P Discharge Correct Reverse 5 greater Test execution not po
119. ol does not work The CD B alarm may occur if the DUT is not connected or correctly because the resistance in the DUT or output cable is the output cable breaks in the middle of the test large an alarm occurs and the output is turned OFF CD B PFX2500 series When the DUT is not connected the voltage drop of the During discharge operation if any abnormality onthe DUT or output cable is large the discharge voltage exceeds the the output cable were found the alarm occurred at the rated value of the electronic load or lower than electronic load or any failure found at the electronic load it minimum operating voltage or the setting of discharge becomes the alarm to be activated and the output is turned operation were incorrectly arranged the CD B alarm will off be occurred PEX2000 series If an error is detected and the alarm trips the alarm se oe cannot be reset using alarm reset When the internal power supply circuit section is abnormal A The alarm is cleared when you recycle the power to the overvoltage or overheat an alarm occurs and the output is A i i frame If an alarm occurs again stop using the unit and turned OFF i request repairs PS B PFX2500 series When the DUT is not connected the voltage drop of the fa output cable is large the charge voltage exceeds the During charge operation if any abnormality on the DUT or rated value of the electronic load or lower than the output cable were found the alarm occurred atth
120. olled by software computation The settling time update time from the voltage measurement by the ADC to the computation and the assignment of the discharge current is constant 2 ms typ independent of the pulse time width BPChecker2000 Oe The Setting Descriptions for the Discharge Conditions Item Description Range You can select the range if you selected the PFX2011 Charge Discharge Power Supply Unit for Model ID in Module Depending on the range selection the valid ranges for settings concerning current capacity and power vary Mode Select the mode Select CC CP or Pulse To select CC Pulse or CP Pulse select Pulse and then select CC or CP for Pulse Mode of Pulse Setting Other modes may be included depending on the Test Condition Editor version However they are for special order features Dimmed items are not selectable Discharge Time Set the discharge time The discharge time is one of the factors that terminate discharging Discharging ends when this discharge time elapses If the entry is 0 00 discharge is skipped Rest Time Set the time after discharging has ended state in which nothing is performed after discharging If the entry is 0 00 rest is skipped Current Set the discharge current The input range varies depending on the range setting on the PFX2011 Charge Discharge Power Supply Unit Wattage Set the discharge wattage value The input range varies depending on the range setting
121. on the PFX2011 Charge Discharge Power Supply Unit Limit Current Set the limit current In constant power discharge the discharge current increases as the battery voltage drops The limit current value is the upper limit value for the discharge current The input range varies depending on the range setting on the PFX2011 Charge Discharge Power Supply Unit Pulse Settings Set the Pulse Num Of Pulse Set the number of pulses per cycle In the CC Pulse discharge mode you can set up to 8 values on the PFX2011 and 20 values on the PFX2021 and PFX2500 series Pulse Mode To select CC Pulse mode select CC To select CP Pulse mode select CP Measurement Specify the points for measuring the voltage during pulse discharging Voltage can be measured at two points The discharge cutoff voltage is detected at the lower of the measurement points Measurement High or Measurement Low for the PFX2011 and at the Measurement Low point for the PFX2021 and PFX2500 series e High Select the voltage measurement point from High Highest voltage point in the cycle and pt1 to ptn n number of pulses Point immediately before the switching of each current value e Low Select the voltage measurement point from Low Lowest voltage point in the cycle and pt1 to ptn n number of pulses Point immediately before the switching of each current value Current Set each current value of pulse discharge You can set a current value
122. otection circuit inside the device is tripped if a short circuit occurs A CONT connector modular cable was inserted into the DUT connector There is no danger but normal measurement is not possible Different frame numbers were connected in the connection of the DUT connector The CONT connector was connected correctly Impedance is measured on unintended DUTs channels Because the scanner in the frame does not function measurement is made with the load open infinity Different frame numbers were connected in the connection of the DUT connector Likewise different numbers were connected on the CONT connector Impedance is measured on an unintended DUT channel The scanner in the frame functions However measurement is made with the load open infinity when the corresponding DUT channel is charging or discharging When the corresponding DUT is resting or stopped the impedance of the DUT is measured Incorrect Connection through the CONT Connector Modular Cable Cause Description A telephone line was inserted into the CONT connector This act is dangerous because high voltage is supplied to the telephone wire at all times This may damage the internal protection circuit Different frame numbers were connected in the connection of the CONT connector The DUT connector was connected correctly Impedance is measured on an unintended DUT channel Because the scanner in the frame does not f
123. oup Administrator BPChecker2000 Set Up This chapter provides instruction for the installation of the BPCheker2000 application software and the USB driver and describes the Hardware Config Wizard that composes the hardware of the PFX2000 series PFX2500 series NOTE Installation requires an administrator privilege 12 Software installation and Hardware configuration see p 12 see p 13 see p 14 see p 16 To perform the charge and discharge test using by the BPChecker2000 install entire program of the BPChecker 2000 and the USB driver first Then configure the hardware It is required to install the VISA library on the PC when communicating with the temperature chamber 1 Install the VISA library when communicating with the temperature chamber Install the BPChecker2000 Connect the PFX2121 4 Install the USB driver using the Hardware Config Wizard Configure the hardware using the Hardware Config Wizard For recognizing the charge discharge power supply unit channel module connected with the control unit and for setting the connecting configuration of other hardware devices such as the impedance measurement unit the temperature chamber For the system with the PFX2500 series it is required to set the model information of the connected DC power supply and the electronic load Installing the VISA Library A VISA library is required to communications with the temperature chamber VISA
124. prox 50 ms PFX2511 approx 200 ms During this period if the voltage of the DUT varies the rest time is set to short time etc it may cause generation of the alarm even when the connection is wired properly In such case please disable the connection check function Voltage measurement Voltage measurement of the voltage sensing wire of the output cable PFX2511 Approx 200 ms PFX2011 PFX2021 Approx 50 ms Specified Voltage Reference PFX2011 3 mV PFX2021 30 mV PFX2511 100 mV DUT voltage It becomes an alarm state when the value is more than the specified voltage The connection check function is not a function to verify the wiring condition completely for which might be the case of difficult judgement such as connection failure Moving Average Select the moving average value You can decrease the fluctuation of the measured value even further by performing moving average The processing of moving average caan be performed even at the time of Pulse discharge When the setting of the width of pulse time is long and the other than OFF is selected the measurement result will take time to be up dated Num of OP01 PFX boards to use only for the PFX2500 Series When OP01 PFX option boards are installed in the PFX2500 Series select the number of boards that are installed If no boards are installed select 0 If you select 1 or greater the cell voltage test is enabled eeee0 Creating Test Condi
125. r setup conditions in test conditions using a common sequence template other test conditions that use the same template are also changed 1 Select the channel which you wish to change the description of the test conditions 2 Choose Channel gt Edit Test Conditions The Test Condition Editor starts with the test conditions assigned to that channel loaded 3 Change the test information as necessary and save overwrite the file The new test conditions are applied when charging is started on the next cycle or when you restart the test after stopping it once E Scheme of Changing Test Conditions When the test is executed the Test Executive loads the test conditions and creates a copy of the information for execution at the point the cycle starts charging starts The Test Executive refers to the copy while the cycle is being executed When the cycle is complete the Test Executive creates a test result file The test condition data that is included in the file is also the copy of the information The changes you make using the Test Condition Editor while the test is in progress apply to the original file The Test Executive is not affected while the test is in progress because it does not refer to the original file It creates a copy from to the original file at the start of the next cycle or when the test is restarted from the stopped status This is the reason why the changes to the test conditions are applied to the next cycle or when
126. raph and add or delete the graph Using the tree window Using Windows Explorer You can create Independent Graph or Superimposed Graph and add the graph However you can not delete the graph Using Graph Explorer You can add the graph Using the Select Graph dialog box 1 Select item s to show from the left ist If you selected Select item s to show From the left list IF you selected Z Rise iste graph w bes an overlapped graph mgs be osne oe pi Ed graph Cycles To Show T show Folder Folder To Seach Channels To show I Show Folder yF ECH 1 0011 2009 10 28 17 39 am Kj gt Channels multi select j CH_4_001 _00002_kikusui_OP01 CH_1_001 _00003_kikusui_OPO1 Ed CH _1_001 _00004_kikusui_OP01 Add gt gt add gt gt Ed cH_1_001 00005 _kikusui_OP01 Ed cH_1002 _00005_kusu_ Longa srt Bfoe gt gt Insert Before gt gt Ed cH 1001100006 _kkusui 0P01 Greer After Ss ae 041 ce Ht Lr ette Alter d CH_1_001 00007 _kikusui_OP01 1 CO al Ess Raney ps a 4 gt _ lt lt Bemove a gt Of Cancel Help OF Cancel Help A pE C D Life Choose C D Graph or Life Graph gt New gt File The Select Graph dialog box appears Click of Folder To Search and select the folder containing the graph you wish to display For the C D Graph select the folder of the channel For the Life Graph select the folder of the test condition When the Show Folder is selected the file
127. rch for all the active channels Configuration on Name Node ModelID CPU LON Option T cH_1_001 1 1081 1 01 1 01 1 T CH_1_002 2 1081 1 01 1 01 1 When the setting is completed When the configuration of channels is completed click Next The Step 3 3 Chamber Configuration will be displayed e e BPChecker2000 b 19 e 20 Configuring the Hardware Step3 3 Temperature chamber configuration see p 12 Fy BPChecker2000 Hardware Config Wizard Step 3 3 4 xj ES Chamber Configuration Set the number of Chamber Units and the I O device name such as GPIB for the Protocol Converter Also set measurement margins for temperature and humidity monitoring Chambers Num of chambers H a Chamber Driver ChamberDryTabai ChamberController VISA Resource GPIBO 1 INSTR X Temperature Margin C 3 0 Humidity Margin 3 0 I Control Humidity lt Back Cancel Help In case the temperature chamber is not used 1 2 Set the number of temperature chamber at 0 A value of O means that the temperature chamber is not used Click Finish The configuration of hardware has been completed The Hardware Config Wizard is finished In case the temperature chamber is used 1 Set the number of temperature chambers It can be set up to 6 units In case the temperature chamber is used the VISA library must be installed in the PC Set the Chamber Driver a driver software for
128. recorded data of charge discharge characteristics of each cycle for creating the C D graph by the Graph Viewer The file for creating the Life graph The file with the recorded data of the changes in the capacity of each channel for creating the Life graph by the Graph Viewer Test Condition Sample Name IDLE cH_1_o05 1 0 cccv charge 18650 IDLE cH_1_006 1 o cccv charge 18650 1 select the channels select the checkboxes on which you wish to start the test Click Select All to select all channels Click Unselect All to cancel selecting all channels The dimmed channel can not select or cancel When performing the synchronized operation with the temperature chamber the execution channel can not be selected individually When one of the channel is selected all the executable channels in the group will be selected 2 Click OK to start the test see p 104 Creates the file for creating the C D graph and the file for creating the Life graph p 72 If there is a file in the created folder of the test data the dialog Proceed Test And Data Backup is displayed BPChecker2000 Test Execution 69 70 Stopping Tests In order to stop the test specify the timing of when the stop process to be applied Choose Test gt Stop Test Execution Panel STOP appears There are 4 types of timing for stopping the test Item Description Don t Stop It does not stop the test It is valid for the case when the specified ch
129. rent During the OFF current period the operation moves to ON current when the battery voltage drops to the ON voltage and the OFF time has elapsed Min voltage ON voltage ON current OFF current PWM charge period start OFF current elapsed and dropped to the ON voltage PWM period The relationship of the current ON OFF time The actual current ON time ON time The actual current OFF time 2 OFF time BPChecker2000 The Setting Description for the Charge Conditions Item Description Range You can select the range if you selected the PFX2011 Charge Discharge Power Supply Unit for Model ID in Module Depending on the range selection the valid ranges for settings concerning current capacity and power vary Mode Select the charge mode Select CC CV CC or Pulse Other modes may be included depending on the Test Condition Editor version Dimmed items are not selectable Charge Time Set the maximum time for a charge period Charge Time is one of the function that terminate charging Charging stops after this time elapses if it has not already been ended by another factor In the Pulse charge mode when the total time of all periods CC CC Pulse and PWM exceeds this value the operation terminates charging and moves to rest If the entry is 0 00 charge is skipped Rest Time Set the state in which nothing is performed after charging is fini
130. ries For the system with the PFX2500 series the model ID is varied depends on configuration of the connected DC power supply and the electronic load The model ID for the PFX2500 series is set at 5101 as a factory default settings of which system configuration consists of the PFX2511 PWR800L and PLZ1004W H range Therefore when the BPChecker2000 is installed it is required to customize the model ID using Hardware Config Wizard Model ID Configuration of the PFX2500 series 5101 PFX2511 PWR800L PLZ1004W H range 5102 PFX2511 PWR800L PLZ1004W M range 5103 PFX2511 PWR1600L PLZ1004W 2 units parallel 5104 PFX2511 PWR800L PLZ334W H range 5106 PFX2511 PWR1600L PLZ1004W H range 5107 PFX2511 PAS10 70 PLZ1004W H range 5108 PFX2511 PAS20 36 PLZ1004W H range 5109 PFX2511 PAS20 54 PLZ1004W H range 5110 PFX2511 PAS40 27 PLZ1004W H range 5111 PFX2511 PWR800L PLZ164W H range 5112 PFX2511 PAS10 35 PLZ334W H range Click Customize Model ID Displays the Customize Model ID BPChecker2000 Configuring the Hardware Customize Model ID x Which MODEL ID do you use for customization Select one Displays the Model ID and the system configuration elect the Model ID 5102 PFX2511 config 2 PWR8OOL PLZ1004W M 5103 PFX2511 config 3 PWR 16001 PLZ1004WW 2Para The MODEL ID selected above will be written to the followin
131. rm occurrence Example If status code 9300 is displayed This indicates that CD B 1000 and H_OVP 200 alarms 8000 occurred simultaneously while operating in low range 100 Cell condition status codes The status of the cells is shown on the Graph Result Pane s cell monitor Code Mnemonic Description 0001 CONN Option board connection error detected 0002 S_OVP Overvoltage protection software 0004 S_UVP Undervoltage protection software 0008 BURN OUT Thermocouple burn out 0010 OTP Overheat protection 0020 UNBAL Unbalance voltage protection 0040 COMM Option board communication error detected BPChecker2000 gt 93 Alarms Alarm Code Cause Corrective Action OHP C000 The heat sink temperature of the internal electronic load exceeded approximately 95 C Maximum rated operation was performed in an environment with an ambient temperature of 40 C or greater Use the system in the operating temperature range 0 C to 40 C Malfunction of the fan or the fan control circuit Malfunction of the internal circuit power loss control Request repairs PS B A000 The heat sink temperature of the internal bias power supply exceeded approximately 100 C Maximum rated operation was performed in an environment with an ambient temperature of 40 C or greater Use the system in the operating temperature range 0 C to 40 C Malfunction of
132. s E W Test Conditions Module Comments Battery Info Protections Recording Method Impedance Measurement Life Judgement Cell Yoltage Temp Sequence E Seq Sheets Predischarge Item B Frequency Hz oo neroet T Auto Range Measure Immediately After T Charge T Charge Rest T Discharge I Discharge Rest Impedance Measurement Description Frequency Set the measurement frequency The frequency is fixed to 1000 Hz in the current version of the software Range Select the measurement range Auto Range The auto range function is enabled if the checkbox is selected Once the Auto range function becomes valid whenever it is required the range will be switched auto matically from the position of the selected range Measure Immediately After Specify the point in the test execution cycle when impedance measurement is to be carried out It is possible to select multiple measurement points It measures the selected items Charge Measures immediately after charge is complete Charge Rest Measures immediately after charge rest is complete Discharge Measures immediately after discharge is complete Ddischarge Measures immediately after discharge rest is complete Rest BPChecker2000 Oe U Setting the Cell Voltage Temp Only on the PFX2500 Series This screen is used to configure the voltage and temperature measurement of the cells and their protection functions
133. scharge dat Beet BACKUPR TXT lt File containing the text that was entered in the memo box CH_instrument ID_node number _LIFE_C D_group folder name_test conditions name BPCL 4 CH_instrument ID_node number _cycle number_group folder name_test conditions name BPCG The channel folder is renamed and a file named BACKUP TXT is created in the channel folder This file contains the text backup data that was entered in the memo box Other files that are created Sequence information file SI extension If the Use Common Sequence Info checkbox is selected on the sequence page of the Test Conditions Editor a sequence information file with SI extension is created in the group folder Test data file in text format TXT or CSV extension etc If Generate Text Files is selected of the Test Executive files with the same name as the files with BPCG and BPCL extensions in each channel folder are created in the same folders with different extensions TXT CSV etc Graph files BPCO extension When the overlay condition of the graph is saved by the Graph Viewer the graph file file name extention BPCO is created Graph data file in text format TXT extension If you save graphs to text files on the Graph Viewer graph data files with TXT extension are created BPChecker2000 eeeee S QO Folders and Files BPChecker2000 Analyzing Test Results This chapter describes the Graph Viewer a tool
134. shed and before transiting to discharging If the entry is 0 00 rest is skipped Current Set the charge current The input range varies depending on the range setting on the PFX2011 Charge Discharge Power Supply Unit CV Voltage Set the voltage value at which the battery voltage moves to constant voltage CV operation CV Time CV time is one of the factors that terminate charging Set the time from shifting to the constant voltage CV operation due to the increase of the battery voltage until the charge is finished Enable It Functionality Selecting this checkbox enables you to set It Current and It Time It Current Set the It current value 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 once the set It time elapses The input range varies depending on the range setting on the PFX2011 Charge Discharge Power Supply Unit It Time It time is one of the factors that terminate charging Set the time from detecting the It current until the charge is finished Max Voltage Set the maximum voltage Maximum voltage is one of the factors that terminate charging Charging ends when the battery voltage reaches the specified value during charging Enable Delta V Functionality Select this checkbox enables you to set dV and dV Mask Time dV Set
135. sions are 1 xx and 2 xx cannot be connected together 2 If you want to record data at the highest speed 1 second interval connect three devices or less Program Construction BPChecker2000 consists of the five programs Hardware Config Wizard This program is used to detect the charge discharge power supply units that are connected to the control unit and configure the connection environment with other hardware devices impedance measurement unit temperature chamber etc Group Administrator This program is used to create or delete groups for performing tests The HELP can be viewed by the F1 key Test Condition Editor This program is used to create and edit all test conditions related to charge discharge tests Test Executive This program is used to execute charge discharge tests according to the test conditions file that you created using the Test Condition Editor Graph Viewer This program is used to display graphs of the test data created by the Test Executive on the screen and print the graphs System Requirements The PC equipped with the Pentium IV or the higher specifi cation Windows2000 Professional SP4 Update Rollup1 Windows XP SP2 or later x86 Windows Vista x86 x64 Windows 7 x86 x64 Windows 8 x86 x64 Memory RAM 512 MB or greater Hard disk 50 MB or greater of disk space Display monitor must be capable of a minimum resolution of 1024 X 768 or better DPI setting 96 DPI
136. software UVP undervoltage protection If battery voltage falls below the UVP value during testing an alarm occurs and the test is aborted The accurateundervoltage detection is possible because of the detection accuracy is the same as the voltage mea surement accuracy The detecting speed is 150 ms max In normal cases set a voltage relatively close to the cutoff voltage for discharging UVP delay PFX2500 series only Set the activation delay time for the protection function the period of time to start activation of the protection function OAH Set the software OAH overcharge capacity protection If battery capacity exceeds the OAH value during charge testing an alarm occurs and the test is aborted The value is a percentage with respect to the nominal capacity mAh that was entered in Battery Info Set an appropriate value when performing overcharge or overdischarge tests OTP Set the software OTP overtemperature protection If battery temperature exceeds the OTP value during testing an alarm occurs and the test is aborted Specify an appropriate value by taking the temperature measurement error and ambient temperature fluctuation into consideration If the temperature measurement is not required including the case for not connecting the thermistor invalid the OTP protection function OCP Automatic Set either valid or invalid of the Software OCP Over Current Protection function The OCP value is set
137. ssible due to UVP ka Warning Negative Test execution not possible because gt battery the detected voltage reverse polarity p P Discharge Correct Reverse 0 0V to 1 2 V voltage or of the battery voltage fall below the Warning greater UVP setting Discharge ends immediately because Discharge Correct Reverse 0 0V to 1 2 V snes the detected voltage is below the cutoff a Guto greater voltage voltage Discharge ends immediately because Discharge Correct Reverse 0 0 V to 1 2 V 00 Vor the detected voltage is below the cutoff gt Cutoff greater voltage voltage aae Rea Cutoff voltage is never reached Discharge Discharge Correct Reverse 0 0V to 1 2 V y Y because the voltage increases even 9 voltage or voltage or Aer time though the DUT is discharged less less Negative P batter Cutoff voltage is never reached Discharce Discharge Correct Reverse 0 0Vto1 2V Min Y because the voltage increases even a voltage or ene time less though the DUT is discharged e e BPChecker2000 gt 97 e Alarms Current Sensing Battery H_OVP H_UVP Cutoff If the Tes Is Contimued Ignoring the Danger separ Test Mode i F s Cutoff Wire Wire Voltage Setting Setting Voltage Connection Check Function Level Aa Condition CV or maximum voltage is never Charge 1 Correct f reached because no current flows Charge time through the DUT Cutoff voltage is never reached Diechar
138. t cycle 0 No assignment of the test condition The new test can be performed with keeping the channel name and the group configuration When you wish to dispose the test data and recycle select Test gt Recycle to display the Test Execution Pane RECYCLE rest execution Panel RECYCLE bpc_demo Chamber Synchronisation _ For All Channels l Don t Use Test Conds z Stop When pa Channels on this group Name O DLE cH_1_001 1081 O DLE cH_1_002 1081 Select the channel of which you wish to recycle Possible to select multiple channels The dimmed channel can not be selected Click OK to display the dialog Channel Recycle And Data Backup of the selected channel Channel Recycle And Data Backup CH_1_001 This action recydes test channels for uses with other new tests Then you can select it with or without data backup M Backup Options Folder Suffix 2009_03_16_16_03 Memo J Apply the same action for all channels J7 Do not show this dialogue for subsequent channels ma BPChecker2000 see p 104 BPChecker2000 Recycle the Channel In the dialog box you select whether to back up the data folder Item Description Which action do you take Select the action to execute Do not recycle this channel The channel is not recycled This is the same as clicking Cancel on the Test Execution Panel Recycle Recycle this
139. t saved is located is not registered yet by the BPChecker2000 system as a Group Folder To use the Test Condition for actual battery tests the Folder must be registered Do you wish to register the following Folder to BPChecker2000 System right now Folder Path C My Documents When the folder is not recognized as the group folder the test can not be executed in this case click YES then following dialog Add Group displays FolderPath Documents and Settings GIKAN Desktop sample Name sample OK Cancel Unless there is a special reason not to do so recommended that the same name be used for the group name and folder name When creating the group folder is completed the icon of the selected folder changes to as Dig and it becomes registered and controlled as a group of the BPChecker2000 system It can be recognized by the Test Executive program The Desktop INI is a file to manage the icon of the folder Do not delete this file Do not delete this file E Deleting a group The group can be deleted by the Group Administrator Refer to the Help file of the Group Administrator e e gt 55 e 56 Oe Common Sequence Templete e eee0 see p 35 When performing tests in synchronization with the temperature chamber it is required that all the channels of synchronized operation must be bound to the same group The general rule is to collectively assign the same test conditions to all the channels in the group w
140. tage Temp Setup screen Creating Test Conditions 47 48 p 53 p 61 Seq Sheet CP Discharge mode The following figure is shown as an example of the Constant Power CP discharge operation The figure illustrates the transition of constant power discharge gt voltage drop to the cutoff voltage gt discharge termination gt discharge rest Discharge time Battery voltage Discharge current Rest time Limit current 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 T Select 1 or greater for Num of OP01 PFX boards to use under Module to display the Cell Voltage Temp Setup screen E Setting descriptions Range Mode Discharge Time Rest Time Wattage Limit Current Capacith Voltage Cutoff Voltage Enable Chamber Control Cell Voltage Temp for cut conditions BPChecker2000 Seq Sheet CC Pulse Discharge mode p 53 p 62 BPChecker2000 The following figure is shown as an example of the Constant Current and the Pulse CC Pulse dis charge operation The figure illustrates the transition of pulse discharge gt voltage drop to the cutoff voltage gt pulse discharge termination gt discharge rest Discharge time Battery voltage Cutoff voltage Pulse discharge current Enlarged view Battery voltage Pulse discharge curet Lo Lr Rest time Select 1 or greater for Num of OP01 PFX boards to use under M
141. tant Voltage CC CV charge operation The figure illustrates the transition of constant current charge gt constant voltage charge gt CV time gt charge rest In this example charge is complete when CV time is reached Charge time CV time Battery voltage CV voltage Charge current Rest time It time i 1 gt et Select 1 or greater for Num of OP01 PFX boards to use under Module to display the Cell Voltage Temp Setup screen E Setting descriptions Range Mode Charge Time Rest Time Current CV Voltage CV Time Enable IT Functionality Enable Chamber Control Do Predischarge when the sheet is first used Cell Voltage Temp for cut conditions BPChecker2000 Seq Sheet CC Charge mode The following figure is shown as an example of the Constant Current CC charge operation The figure illustrates the transition of constant current charge gt dV detection gt charge termination gt charge rest Battery voltage Charge current Charge time Maximum voltage Taner a Rest time Select 1 or greater for Num of OP01 PFX boards to use under Module to display the Cell Voltage Temp Setup screen E Setting descriptions p 43 p 59 Range Mode Charge Time Rest Time Current Max Voltage Enable Delta V Functionality Enable Temperature Functionality Enable Chamber Control Do Predischarge when the sheet is first used Cell Vo
142. tery voltage exceeded the voltage drop during charge does not exceed S_OVP protection of the load was f adivafed S_OVP setting the OVP setting i Set the S_OVP setting in the Test Condition Editor to an appropriate value A problem exists such as an improper Connect properly The connection check function connection in the output cable current Conn detected a problem in the wire or sensing wire see p 96 8001 connection of the current wire BPChecker2000 or sensing wire The output cable current wire or sensing wire is not connected Clear the Enable DUT Connection Check check box in the Test Condition Editor 95 96 ae Operation Examples When Connections Are Improper PFX2000 series only If the Connection between the Frame and Impedance Measurement Unit Is Not Correct If you connect a frame with a different number unintended impedance measurement is made on the DUT It is especially difficult to detect an incorrect connection when performing numerous test on DUT with matching characteristics Use extra caution when configuring the test system E Incorrect Connection through the DUT Connector UTP Cable Cause Description ALAN cable was inserted into the DUT connector There is no electrical danger because the circuit is isolated through a transformer on the LAN side However because power is supplied on the outside pins 7 and 8 the pr
143. the model ID to be updated KN BPChecker2000 Hardware Config Wizard Step 2 3 ACH1001 1 1081 101 ef CH_1002 2 1081 1 01 ea Node number Instrument ID When configuring new channels Select the system of controller configured by the Configuration On and click Search All the data including present channel configuration group and channel assignments and the progress status of the test will be lost and the channel connecting to the selected controller will be displayed NOTE When serch is carried out all the data including the current channel configuration group and channel assignments and the progress status of the test are lost Use extra caution when performing this procedure To add or delete channels use the Add or Delete In this case the existing configuration information is retained 15 In case the USB driver is not installed properly the error message I O error of the PFX controller IP will be displayed Confirm that the USB driver is properly installed e e e e 17 e BPChecker2000 18 Configuring the Hardware e eee0 When adding channels Click Add The Add Channel dialog box appears Enter the node number of the channel module to be added and click Add CE 8 x Node When using PFX2500 series the model ID needs to be customized When deleting channels Select the channels you wish to delete and click Delete You can select multiple channels at once Customize Model ID s only for the PFX2500 se
144. the temperature chamber Select the driver software for the temperature chamber Currently Tabai is supported Set the VISA Resource Specify the COM number of the serial port Example For serial port COM1 Select ASRL1 INSTR When you wish to control the humidity select for the Control Humidity If the Control Humidity is not selected it is limited to control for the temperature only Set the Temperature Margin and the Humidity Margin Click Finish The configuration of hardware has been completed The Hardware Config Wizard is finished BPChecker2000 Creating Test Conditions This chapter describes the Test Condition Editor and the procedure for creating test conditions 22 Starting the Test Condition Editor The Test Condition Editor is a program used to create and edit all test conditions related to charge discharge tests To start the Test Condition Editor double click the shortcut icon of the Test Condition Editor program from the Windows desktop folder or program folder You can also start the program from the Group menu of the Test Executive program Creating Test Conditions Files Creating a new file To create a new test conditions file choose File gt New The condition of the program when it is started is the same as when the Test Condition Editor is first started from the shortcut icon The test conditions file name is shown as Untitled Changing an existing file To chang
145. ting Setting Voltage Connection Check Function Level e Condition 1 2 Vor P Charge Reverse Reverse greater Test execution not possible due to UVP k Warning 0 0 Vor A s Charge Reverse Reverse g greater Test execution not possible due to UVP sd Warning Negative Test execution not possible because Charge R verse R ver 0 0 V to battery the detected voltage reverse polarity Warning 12V voltage or of the battery voltage fall below the greater UVP setting Negative The battery is actually discharged and battery Charge time Charge Reverse Reverse the maximum voltage is never reached voltage or OAH There is a danger of overdischarge less c The battery is actually discharged and 2 Charge time Charge Reverse Reverse Min the maximum voltage is never reached OAH There is a danger of overdischarge a x lt i 1 2 Vor i i uu Discharge Reverse Reverse Test execution not possible due to UVP ka Warning greater T v 0 0 V Discharge Reverse Reverse grea aa Test execution not possible due to UVP ka Warning Negative Test execution not possible because 0 0 V to battery the detected voltage reverse polarity P Discharge Reverse Reverse 1 2 V voltage or of the battery voltage fall below the 3 Warming greater UVP setting 0 0 Vor Discharge ends immediately because Cutoff Discharge Reverse Reverse the detected voltage
146. tions 25 26 Enter the comment This screen is used to enter the date the name of the operator and notes Comments Battery Info Protections Recording Method Impedance Measurement Life Judgement Cell Voltage Temp Sequence Seq Sheets Predischarge Item Description Date Enter the date directly or click the arrow on the right and use the date picker calendar screen used to enter the date that appears Input format dd mm yyyy or some similar format The actual input format of the date depends on the Windows region setting Operator Enter the name of the operator You can enter up to 63 characters Notes Enter an arbitrary note or comment You can enter up to 255 characters a Enter the battery information see p 58 This screen is used to enter information concerning the battery Condition Items Test Conditions Comments Protections Recording Method Impedance Measurement Life Judgement Cell Yoltage Temp Sequence Item Battery Info Description Sample Name Enter the name of the DUT battery You can enter up to 63 characters Nominal Voltage Enter the nominal voltage of the DUT Nominal Capacity Volume Enter the nominal capacity of the DUT The nominal capacity is used as a reference when setting OAH overcharge capacity protection Enter an appropriate value Enter the volume of the DUT Weght Enter the weight of the D
147. to 20 000 0 000 to 60 000 Nominal Capacity 0 1 mAh to 110000 0 mAh lt 0 0000 Ah to 2000 0000 Ah Volume ml 0 01 to 99999 99 lt Weight g 0 01 to 99999 99 m Protections Item PFX2011 1 PFX2021 21 PFX2511 5101 to 5112 Software OVP V 0 0000 to 5 1000 0 000 to 21 000 0 000 to 63 000 Software UVP V 2 1000 to 5 0000 2 100 to 19 000 6 000 to 57 000 OAH 100 to 1000 lt OTP C 40 0 to 100 0 OVP delay ms 0 to 5000 UVP delay ms 0 to 5000 OCP delay ms 0 to 5000 Cell end conditions only on a PFX2500 Series in which an OP01 PFX is installed Item OP01 PFX Software OVP V 0 000 to 21 000 Software UVP V 2 000 to 19 000 OTP C 100 0 to 400 0 OVP delay ms 0 to 5000 UVP delay ms 0 to 5000 Unbalance margin V 0 010 to 5 000 Recording Method Item PFX2011 1 PFX2021 21 PFX2511 5101 to 5112 Delta Time s 1 to 50000 lt lt Auto Delta Time Max Data 1000 to 5000 lt Count Delta Voltage V 0 0001 to 0 9999 0 001 to 0 999 Delta Current A 0 0001 to 0 9999 0 001 to 0 999 Impedance Measurement Item PFX2011 1 PFX2021 21 PFX2511 5101 to 5112 Frequency Hz 1000 lt Range Q 0 1 1 10 Auto g BPChecker2000 Range of Test Condition Settings Life Judgement Item PFX2011
148. toFine 25 B Basic Edition 3 Battery information 26 Binding 66 C C D graph 108 CC Discharge mode 47 CC Pulse Discharge mode 49 Chamber Pane 65 Channel Binding 66 Recycle 76 Test Executive Cannot Identify 101 Channel Pane 65 Charge Condition Setting description 43 Charge Discharge characteristics graph 108 Common Sequence Templete 35 56 Concept Hardware Configuration 8 Controller Test Executive Cannot Identify 100 Controller Group Pane 65 CP Discharge mode 48 CP Pulse Discharge mode 51 Customize modelID 17 Cycle life characteristics graph 108 D Delta Current 29 DeltaTime 29 Delta Voltage 29 Discharge Condition Setting Description 53 Document Window 109 DUT Connection Check 25 E Edition 3 Emergency Stop Function 71 BPChecker2000 F file for creating the C D graph 69 file for creating the Life graph 69 FullEdition 3 G Graph Displaying 110 Printing 117 Saving 118 Graph Result Pane 65 Graph Viewer 108 Group 8 Group folder 55 H Hardware Config Wizard 16 Hardware Configuration Concept 8 Impedance Measurement 30 82 Impedance Measurement Unit Test Executive cannot identify 102 Impedance measurement unit 8 Independent graph 110 L Life graph 108 Life Judgement 33 M model ID Customize 17 Module 24 Moving Average 25 O OAH 28 OCP 28 OCP delay 28 Operation Examples Connections Are Improper 96 OTP 28 OVP 27 84 119 OVP delay 27 P Predischarge 46
149. unbound if the test conditions have not been assigned to them simply moved to plugged status Binding Channels 1 Select the controller with specified channel which you wish to bind 2 Select the group which you wish to bind Select one or more channels you wish to bind and click Bind gt gt The channel moves from the list of controller to the list of group Unbinding Channels 1 Select the group which you wish to unbind Select one or more channels you wish to unbind and click lt lt Unbind The channel moves from the list of group to the list of controller BPChecker2000 ee Assigning Test Conditions see p 80 BPChecker2000 You must assign test conditions before starting the tests Choose Test gt Start to display the Test Execution Panel START Test Execution Panel START x sample For All Channels Be Chamber Synchronisation Don t Use Channels on this group Name Mode Cycle Test Condition _Sample Name O OFF cH_1_005 1 0 ccev charge 18650 O OFF cH_1_006 1 0 cecv charge 18650 i Unselect All There are two methods for assigning test conditions Assign the same test conditions to all the channels in the group Assign Change different test conditions for each channel Test conditions that have been assigned can be changed before the execution of the tests If you wish to assign the same test conditions to all the channels except one ch
150. unction measurement is made with the load open infinity Different frame numbers were connected in the connection of the CONT connector Likewise different numbers were connected on the DUT connector Impedance is measured on an unintended DUT channel The scanner in the frame functions However measurement is made with the load open infinity when the corresponding DUT channel is charging or discharging When the corresponding DUT is resting or stopped the impedance of the DUT is measured BPChecker2000 Alarms When the Test Is Executed with Improperly Connected Output Cables 00008008800008HHOOHOHHOHHHOHHHHOOHHHHHOOHHHHHO8HHHHHHH8HO888HO8888888E8 Operation examples are given when tests are executed with improperly connected output cables Extremely dangerous conditions may result depending on the cutoff condition settings such as OVP UVP and time Use extreme caution when making connections to the DUT Hardware OVP and UVP functions are very effective when the DUT is connected improperly Be sure to set these functions when configuring the system Symbols used in the table t Possibility of overcharge Possibility of overdischarge Other dangers No danger to the DUT c E When the connection check function is enabled abnormalities can be detected 2 using the connection function v x lt W i Stop or w Current Sensing Battery H_OVP H_UVP Cut
151. urem Capacity Voltage 0 5000 to 5 0000 2 000 to 0 000 to lt lt lt 5 ent V 20 000 60 000 UO Nn e Cell end conditions only on a PFX2500 Series in which an OP01 PFX is installed D Item OP01 PFX Max voltage V 0 000 to 20 000 v Unbalance margin V 0 010 to 5 000 v E Discharge CP mode The values inside parentheses are setting range for the low range Item PFX2011 1 PFX2021 PFX2511 PFX2511 PFX2511 PFX2511 PFX2511 PFX2511 PFX2511 21 5101 5102 5103 5104 5106to 5111 5112 5110 Discharge Time h min 9999h 59min lt lt lt lt lt i lt Rest Time h min 9999h 59min lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt Setting Wattage W 0 01 to 25 00 0 02 to 0 1 to co 0 1 to 0 1 to 0 1 to 0 1 to 0 1 to 0 001 to 2 500 200 00 1000 0 2000 0 330 0 1000 0 165 0 330 0 Limit Current A 0 0000 to 5 0000 0 000to 0 000to 0 000to 0 000to lt 0 000 to 0 000 to 0 00000 to 10 000 50 000 20 000 50 000 33 000 50 000 0 50000 Cutoff Cutoff Voltage V 0 5000 to 5 0000 2 000to 0 000to lt lt lt lt lt lt condition 20 000 60 000 Measurem Capacity Voltage 0 5000 to 5 0000 2 000to 0 000to lt lt lt lt lt lt ent V 20 000 60 000 Cell end conditions only on a PFX2500 Series in which an OP01 PFX is installed Item OP01 PFX Max voltage V 0 000 to 20 000 Unbalance margin V 0 010 to 5 000 BPChecker2000 e 61 Range of Test Co
152. v folder are folders CH_n_nnn for 10 channels In the channel 1 folder CH_1_001 are C D graph data and Life graph data For each channel a C D graph data file is created for each test cycle that is performed as well as 1 charge data file and 1 discharge data file for the Life graph For example to display the C D graph corresponding to the second cycle of channel 1 you select the CH_1_001 folder To display the Life graph of channel 1 you select the cccv test conditions folder that is one folder higher than channel 1 Independent Graph and Superimposing Graph The type of graph is available for the Independent Graph and the Superimposing Graph Independent graph The Life Graph indicates to displays the capacitance variation of the cycle of each battery and the C D Graph indicates to display the characteristics of charge discharge of the specified cycle of each battery Superimposing Graph Displays to superimpose of the graph over the plural numbers of same type of graph You cannot superimpose C D graphs and Life graphs together You can superimpose the graph or the data or delete from the superimposed graph afterwards You can save the selected graph superimposing conditions BPChecker2000 Displaying Graphs Displaying Graphs see p 110 BPChecker2000 The procedure for displaying the graph describes as follows Using the Select Graph dialog box You can create Independent Graph or Superimposed G
153. ve shows the normal screen Because the temperature chambers have not been identified a communication error is displayed in the Chamber Pane If the temperature chambers are not connected correctly or if VISA is not set setup correctly The Test Executive can not recognize the temperature chamber Chamber Temp C Humidity Status Timer 1 NAN NAN I O Comm Error 00 00 00 Communication error with the temperature chambers See the respective instruction manual and connect the temperature chambers correctly After connecting the temperature chambers correctly right click on the Chamber Pane and choose Recover Connection The communication resumes and the temperature chambers are identified If the temperature chambers fail to be identified close the Test Executive once wait a few seconds and restart the Test Executive When the test synchronizing with the temperature chamber the channel can not be selected 0000 HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH8H88O88 BPChecker2000 When the test condition is being inconsistency in sequence or the number of completed cycle are not matched to the entire channels the channel can not be selected The setting condition of the temperature chamber can be set by each charge discharge sheet If various test conditions exist in the same group it may cause to combine the setting condition of the temperature chamber and the condition at the time of execution of the charge
154. was set lower than capacity setting the actual capacity Te fi testatat t The DUT is actually releasing heat oper a fi ischial arctan z Or an irregular test such as overcharge exceeding 100 C remove the thermistor l and clear the OTP check box in the Test OTP The temperature measurement and overdischarge was performed Condition Editor 8010 result exceeded the OTP temperature setting Correct temperature cannot be Check the thermistor connection If you are i 7 not using the temperature measurement measured because the thermistor is not lat function clear the OTP check box in the Test connected or is short circuited T A condition Editor An abnormal current flowed due to some load condition when using a constant Check the load conditions S OCP A large current flowed as current source T compared with the specified 8008 current This normally does not occur A current greater than the setting flowed Request repairs due to a problem in the PFX series Correct the problem in the DUT battery Thesoftware hdervoltage If a resistor is used as a load check that the S_UVP rotection oftheiload n The load voltage dropped below the voltage drop during discharge does not fall 8004 SRE S_UVP setting below the UVP setting Set the S_UVP setting in the Test Condition Editor to an appropriate value Correct the problem in the DUT battery Thesoftwareiovervoltade If a resistor is used as a load check that the y g The DUT bat
155. xtension You can select either Life_C BPCL or Life_D BPCL Displays the graph If multiple files are selected multiple graphs are displayed superimposed E Superimposing graph over the other graph 1 Activate the graph document you wish to superimpose Open Windows Explorer Select the data file of graph you wish to add and move it to the active window of the opened document using a drag and drop operation For C D graphs select files with BPCG extension For Life graphs select files with BPCL extension or channel folder The graph will be added Using Graph Explorer Superimpose the graph over the other graph to display It is not possible to create a new graph or delete the graph 1 Choose Options gt Graph Explorer Graph Explorer starts Search the test data by using the file extension instrument ID channel number and cycle number as keywords Drag and drop the search result onto the Graph Viewer BPChecker2000 Changing the type of C D graph display When selecting View gt Graph Type the graph display of the C D graph can be selected e Charge Discharge graph e Charge graph e Discharge graph The charge graph displays only the charge characteristics discharge graph displays only the discharge characteristics The charge and discharge graphs are continued to display from the charge characteristcs followed by the discharge characteristics as shown in figure below Charge Discharge A Ms
156. you restart the test after stopping it once They are not changed immediately while the test is in progress The changes cannot be applied at the discharge section within the cycle The assignment of test conditions cannot be changed The test condition can be modified only for the test condition file which is currently used Once the test is started you cannot assign a different test conditions file The changes apply to all the channels sharing the same test conditions If the same test conditions are shared among multiple channels changing the test conditions affect all the channels sharing them Changes cannot be made to individual channels Does not affect cycles that have already been completed Changes cannot be made on the cycles that have been executed already For example suppose cycle 20 uses test conditions sequence sheet 2 Even if you change the contents of test conditions sequence sheet 2 while cycle 20 is in progress cycle 21 will not accept the changes if cycle 21 is set to use sequence sheet 3 If you change the repeat settings of a sequence you can change the information If the total number of cycles after the change is smaller than the number of the cycle that is currently being executed the entire test is terminated when the test moves to the next cycle When using a common sequence template other test conditions are affected If you change items such as the sequence repeat loops and temperature chambe

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