User Guide

Programming Battery Setup for the BDS
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Note: When cell 1 is most negative, when assigning an intertier to a cell, use the cell number
after the intertier.
The cell number is the lower of the two cell numbers across which the intertier is connected.
For example, typing 16 assigns the intertier between cells 16 and 17. Each DCM can monitor
up to ten intertiers. No more than 15 intertiers can be monitored for the entire string.
20.3. Battery Setup: Test Parameters (BDS)
String View > Setup|Battery|Test Parameters
The following appear on the Test Parameters dialog box.
Figure 82. Battery Setup - Test Parameters (BDS)
Logging / R-Test Time Mode area - Click the Absolute Date and Time option button to
specify the exact day of the month, from 1 to 28 (29, 30 and 31 are not used), and time the
historical log is updated and the resistance test is performed. Click the Day Interval button to
specify how often (in days) the historical log is updated and the resistance test is performed.
Historical Log area - Click Enable to activate, then complete Period (days) and
Period (time) described below. Specify how often in days or the date and time the voltages,
currents, and temperatures are recorded in the history log.
Period (days) and Period (time) - Either select how often the historical log is updated, or
select the day of the month and time the log is updated.