User Guide

Using the Report Generator
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22. Using the Report Generator
The BMDM Report Generator uses BMDM data files to create reports. After a BMDM-controlled
system reads voltage or resistance, the data is saved, and it is this data, presented in report format,
that battery monitoring personnel use to analyze battery system performance. The Report
Generator displays and prints text and graphs and saves customized reports in an archive ZRF
format that protects against changes. You may also view and print ZRF files using the Archive
Reader program.
String View > View|Reports|item
View|Reports accesses eleven Report Generator setup boxes. Use these boxes to create Detail and
Trend reports. Choose a Detail report to generate a report on an entire string by date. Choose
Trend to report on an individual cell or cells, temperature or overall voltage over a range of dates.
Some report dialog boxes let you select data sets. A data set is a set of historical float voltages,
resistance readings, alarm readings and/or discharge data for a string. A data set is for a single
date and time, and all data is displayed in one report.
After you select all the options on a Setup dialog box, click the Preview button to create a report
and display it on the Preview screen. Refer to Using the Preview Screens.
22.1. Detail Cell Voltage Report
String View > View|Reports|Detail|Cell Voltage
To create a Detail Cell Voltage report, click Cell Voltage. The Detail Cell Voltage Setup box
appears.
Figure 96. Detail Cell Voltage Setup
Click Use Preset Thresholds to use values set in the BMDM program when the test was run.
To ignore BMDM thresholds, click Override Preset Thresholds, then type values in
the Hi Threshold and Lo Threshold boxes.