User Guide

ES210 Hardware Guide: Installation
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2.1.2 Battery Use and Maintenance
CAUTION: To en-
sure optimal per-
formance, the battery
should be fully charged
before its initial use.
The ES210 Bridge is equipped with a 7.4 volt, 4 amp-hours (29
watt-hours), lithium ion polymer battery. The battery can power
5–8 hours of Bridge operation, depending on the specific
power requirements of your deployment. It is specified to
operate for at least 500 charge cycles.
When the Bridge is powered on and is not receiving external
power, battery power is automatically switched on. The Bridge
will automatically power off five minutes after reaching a
Low
Battery condition (below 6.3 volts), if external power is not
supplied first. A
Low Battery condition is indicated by the top-
panel
Battery LED slowly flashing green (complete Battery LED
indications are described in Section 3.1.1).
2.1.2.1 Installing the Battery
The ES210 battery ships, partially charged, with the Bridge.
You must install it before you can charge or use the battery.
Figure 2.1. ES210 Battery Cover with Screws and Serial Port Cap
To install the battery for the first time:
1 Unscrew the ES210 battery cover screws and lift the
battery cover (Figure 2.1).
NOTE: The battery
is keyed to install
in only the correct orien-
tation.
2 Orient the battery so that the contacts are at the bottom and
facing back, with the corner cut situated on the lower right.
3 Seat the battery squarely in the ES210 battery
compartment.
4 Replace the battery cover and retighten the cover screws.
NOTE: The Battery
LED will not pro-
vide a charge indication
when the Bridge is pow-
ered off.
5 Connect the Bridge’s DC Power input to the power adapter
that shipped with the Bridge, and connect the adapter to a
properly rated AC power outlet.
6 Permit the battery to fully charge, as indicated by a solid
green
Battery LED, before using it for the first time.
(Complete LED indications are described in Section 3.1.1.)
battery cover
battery cover screws
serial port screw cap