Owner`s manual

“RES” Bar
Remaining Runtime
Hours
Minutes
Fuel Gauge Bars
Side Bars
“InterActive”
“Service” Segment
3
OVER-DISCHARGED BATTERIES
An“over-discharged”voltagestateiscausedbyleavingabatteryoperateddeviceunattendedandallowingthebatterytodrainbeyond
thelowvoltagewarningpointoftheequipmentand/orthe“Flashing15minutesegment”indicationontheLCDoftheDIGITALbattery.
Lowvoltageover-dischargedbatteriescanalsobecausedbyallowingbatteriestoremainoffthechargerforextendedperiods.Return-
ingbatteriestotheLogicSeries
®
Lifesaver
®
Chargerassoonaspossibleafteruse,andleavingbatteriesintheLifesaver
®
modeuntiljust
priortousingwillavoidthistypeofover-dischargecondition.
Abatterythathasbeeninadvertentlyallowedtobecomeover-dischargedwillautomaticallytriggeraspecialrejuvenationroutinecon-
tainedinallAnton/BauerLogicSeries
®
Chargers.Insuchcasesthered/greenalternatingLED’s,onthecharger,indicatethattheauto-
maticrejuvenationcycleisbringingthebatterybackuptoasafechargingvoltage.WhentheLogicSeries
®
Chargerveriesthereareno
thermalviolations,itwillbeginacompletechargecycle(RedashingLED).
Intheextremecasethatabatteryisover-discharged,therejuvenationchargeroutinewillnotbeinitiatedbythechargeruntilallother
batterieshavecompletedtheirfastchargeroutines.Therefore,anextremelyover-dischargedbatterycanbeinstalledonaLogicSeries
®

Chargerwithoutthechargerindicatingrecognition.
LIQUID CRYSTAL REALTIME DISPLAY (LCD)
Thelargenumbers1,2or3indicateremaininghoursundercurrentload(onlyone
numberwilldisplayatanyonetime)Thepiechartnumbers(15,30,45,or60)indicate
remainingminutesundercurrentload.TheInterActive
®
SegmentindicatesaFULLY
CHARGEDbatteryveriedbychargercommunication
1. “INTERACTIVE
®
” SEGMENT:Whenilluminated,itindicatesthebatteryhas
completeditsfullchargeroutine.
2. “RES” Bar:Isthelast“FuelGauge”Barandwillstarttoashat6%capacity
andwillcontinuetoashuntilEODisreached.
3. “SERVICE” SEGMENT:Indicatesself-diagnosticfunctionshavedetected
anomalies.Abatterywitha“Service”agshouldbereturnedtotheAnton/
BauerServiceDepartment.
4. “SIDE BAR” SEGMENTS:WillremainON(seebelow).
IftheSIDEBARS(only)ash,ANDothericonsarelitandnotashing,thisindicates
thebatteryhasrequestedtobefullychargedanddischargedinordertoupdateits
“learnedcapacity”.This“learning”shouldtypicallyoccurduringnormalequipment
operation.However,ifthebatteryhasnotbeenfullychargedanddischargedforsome
time,thisindicationwillappear.ToremovetheashingSIDEBARS,fullychargethe
battery(STEADYGREENindication)ontheInterActive
®
2000charger.Theneither:
• Dischargethebatteryonacamerainnormaloperationcontinuingtokeepthe
camera“hot”untilitshutsdown.Thenreturnthebatterytothecharger.When
thebatteryisfullremoveitfromthecharger.
• ThiscanbedoneautomaticallywithanInterActive
®
2000PowerCharger
®
with
aDDM(DiagnosticDischargeModuleinstalled.Thisuniquefeatureiscalled
“AUTOCAL”andisincludedasstandardonQUAD2702andDUAL2722Power-
Chargers
®
.(PleasereferencetheappropriatePowerCharger
®
Owner’sManual.)
IMPORTANT NOTE: TheashingINTERACTIVE
®
segmentindicationisnotawarning
indication.Thebatterywilloperateperfectlynormalwhileawaitinga“learning”cycle.
Ratherthanrelyingonan“assumed”capacity,aswithsomeimitationfuelgauges,the
batteryreliesontheDigitalBatteryelectronicstoupdatecapacityinformationasthe
batteryseesdifferentoperatingconditionsandagesnormally.TheashingINTERAC-
TIVE
®
segmentismerelyanindicationthatthebatteryhasnotupdatedthisinformation
forsometimeandisrequestingaconrmationofits“learned”capacity.
TheDIGITALTRIMPAC
®
andDIGITALPROPAC
®
featuresanallNEW“RealTime
®
”LCDdisplayprovidingon-the-yremainingrun
timeestimatesin15minuteincrementsaswellassimultaneouslyprovidingremainingcapacityinformationusingthetraditional“Fuel
Gauge”approach.Nospecialadaptersorsetupisrequired.RealTime
®
automaticallycalculatestheloadanddisplayscapacityinfor-
mationandbatterystatusatalltimes.SpecialelectronicsprotecttheNiCadcellsintheDIGITALTRIMPAC
®
andDIGITALPROPAC
®

batteryfromdamageandtoensuresafeoperation.TheseelectronicsworkinconjunctionwiththeDigitalBatteryelectronicsandwill
givetheoperatoradditionalindicationsintheRealTime
®
displayofthebattery’sstatusasoutlinedbelow.
TOP BAR: Indicates75%-96%
2nd BAR:Indicates50%-75%
3Rd BAR:Indicates25%-50%
4th BAR:Indicates7%-25%
INTERACTIVE
®
96-100%
RES BAR:Indicates0-6%
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