Owner`s manual

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BATTERY AND DISPLAY
TheRealTime
TM
LCDprovideson-the-yremainingruntimeestimates
in15minuteincrementsaswellasprovidingremainingcapacityinfor-
mationusingthetraditional“gasgauge”approach.Inthisway,the
LCDprovidestwodifferentmethodsofdeterminingbatterycapacity.
Thefollowingisadescriptionofthefeaturesoftheremainingruntime
LCD:

1.
Theremainingruntimeiscalculatedusingthepresentavailable
capacityandameasureofthepresentpowerload.
2. Ifnoloadhasbeendetected,orifthebatteryiscomingoffachar-
ger,thedefaultassumedpowerforremainingruntimecalculations
is20watts.
3. Whenthebatterydeterminesthataloadisattached,thedefault
20wattloadwillbeabandonedandanewremainingruntimewill
becalculatedbasedonthenewloadpresentedtothebattery.
4. Thebatterywill“learn”thisnewloadandretainthatloadinforma-
tioninnon-volatilememory.
5. Ifthebatteryisremovedfromaloadandplacedonashelffor
extendedperiods,theremainingruntimecalculationwillcontinue
tousethelearnedloadvalueforupto30minutes.
6. After30minutes,theremainingruntimecalculationwillagainuse
thedefault20wattloadasacriteria.
TheDIONIC®HCfeaturesanallNEW“RealTime
TM
”LCD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 information and battery status at all times.
SpecialelectronicsprotectthelithiumioncellsintheDIONIC®HC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.
7.Whenthebatteryreacheditslearnedcapacityvoltagelevel(12.7
Vdc),theLCDwillbeginashingthe15minuteiconuntilthebat-
teryisreturnedtoacharger.
8. IfthebatteryreachesanEODcondition(12.4Vdc),theLCD’slast
fuelgaugesegmentwillbetheonlyremainingiconashinguntil
thebatteryisreturnedtoacharger.
9. IfthebatteryvoltagedropsbelowtheFuelGaugecutoutcircuit
voltage(10.0-10.8Vdc)theFuelGaugewillbedisabledandthe
LCDwillgoblankuntilthebatteryisreturnedtoacharger.
I. ANALOG FUEL GUAGE
LCD Segments % Capacity
1
st
Bar, 2
nd
Bar, 3
rd
Bar, 4
th
Bar, 5
th
Bar 100
2
nd
Bar, 3
rd
Bar, 4
th
Bar, 5
th
Bar 80
3
rd
Bar, 4
th
Bar, 5
th
Bar 60
4
th
Bar, 5
th
Bar 40
5
th
Bar 20
5
th
Bar ashing EOD (12.4 Vdc)
Digital readout
in Hours and
Minutes
Analog readout like a
“gas gauge”
15 minute arc
60 minute arc
Number of hours
45 minute arc
30 minute arc
Analog fuel gauge
5
th
bar
1
st
bar
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