User Guide

Programming Battery Setup for the BDS
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18.2. Battery Setup: Parameters (BDS)
String View > Setup|Battery|Parameters
The following appear on the Parameters dialog box. For the BDS-40, the OV Enable,
Cell Voltage selection, and Intercell Enabled boxes are not available.
Figure 61. Battery Setup - Parameters (BDS-256)
DCM - For all DCM units 1 to 16 in use, configure these items according to the configuration
chart on the following pages.
Cells - Total number of cells monitored by the DCM.
LS/D - Load Steps per DCM.
R/LS - Reads per Load Step.
RLLS - Reads on Last Load Step.
SS# - Starting Step Number.
T1 and T2 columns - Temperature 1 and 2. Each DCM can monitor up to two
temperatures. No more than ten temperatures may be monitored for the entire string.