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CHARGE PROCESS

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE - SETUP

VIEW LAST DATA

P1 PROFILE NAME .

LINEAR CHARGE

SETUP START

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DISCHARGE

SETUP START

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CYCLE

SETUP

START

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BALANCE

VIEW

START

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CONFIG

SETUP

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MOTOR-ESC-SERVO

SETUP

START

P1 CHARGE [1/2] X

Chg Mode : Linear

Current : 4.0A

DPeak : 20mV

Trickle : Off

Safety Time: 90min

SET

P1 CHARGE [2/2] X

Cut-Temp : 55°C

SET

P1 DISCHARGE X

Current : 20.0A

Pack.Volt : 7.4V/2S

Cutoff.V. : 3.2V/C

Cut-Temp : 50°C

SET

P1 CYCLE X

Direction : CD

Cycles : 1

Chg Delay : 10min

Dischg Delay: 10min

SET

P1 BALANCE [1/2] X

1s:0.000V

▲2s:0.000V

3s:0.000V

▼4s:0.000V

Gap 0.000V

P1 DATA VIEW [1/3] X

Input : 0.000V

Output : 0.000V

Batt.Temp : 0.0°C

Max Temp : 0.0°C

Resistance : 0.0mΩ

P1 CONFIG [1/2] X

Button Sound : ON

Finish Sound :15sec

Finish Melody: 1

LCD Contrast : 10

Temp Scale : °C

MOTOR-ESC-SERVO X

Signal Min : 1100

Signal Max : 1900

SET

P1 PROFILE NAME .

LINEAR CHARGE

SETUP

START

CHARGE START X

Chg Mode : LiPo

Pack.Volt : 7.4V/2s

Current : 6

.0A

Cut-Temp : 40°C

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LIPO CHARGE

SETUP START

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STEP CHARGE

SETUP

START

P1 PROFILE NAME .

LIFE CHARGE

SETUP

START

CHARGE START X

Current 0.0

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Capacity 0.0

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

CHARGE START X

Chg Mode : Linear

Pack.Volt : Auto

Current : 4

.0A

DPeak : 2

0mV

Trickle : Off

Cut-Temp : °C

CHARGE START X

Chg Mode : LiFe

Pack.Volt : 6.6V/2s

Current : 6

.0A

Cut-Temp : 40°C

CHARGE START X

Autostart : 0min

Storage Charge

XXXX : 0.0X

START

CHECK STATUS:

BATTERY......ok

Connection...ok

AUTOSTART TIMER _

Time to Start

00m00s

STOP START

P1 PROFILE NAME .

VIEW LAST DATA

START

_XXXX CHARGE 02m30s

Capacity 250mAh

Current 6.00A

Voltage 7.82V

Resistance 0.0mΩ

Temperature 0.0°C

STOP

P1 CHARGE [1/2] X

Chg Mode : Step

1st: _ _ 1.0A/0.1Ah

2nd: _ _ 4.0A/1.0Ah

3rd: _ _ 8.0A/4.0Ah

4th: 4.0A/5.5Ah

SET

P1 CHARGE [2/2]

DPeak : 15mV

Trickle : Off

Safety Time : 120min

Cut-Temp : 50°C

SET

P1 DATA VIEW [1/3] X

Input : 0.000V

Output : 0.000V

Batt.Temp : 0.0℃

Max Temp : 0.0℃

Resistance : 0.0mΩ

GRAPH VIEW [3/3] X

0:00:00 0.00V Gr=V

0.000Vc 0.000V =A 0X

P1 PROFILE NAME ..

VIEW LAST DATA

START

CYCLE DATA 0 [2/3] X

-Chg- -Dischg-

000m00s 000m00s

0.000Vp 0.000Va

000.0Ah 000.0Ah

DATA VIEW [3/3] X

0:00:00 0.00V Gr=V

0.000Vc 0.000V =A 0X

Autostart: This handy feature lets you preselect when you want to start charging your battery with the Pulsar Touch. The Autostart Timer is adjustable from 0 - 99min. If you stay in the „Autostart Display“ for longer then

30sec without setting a value, the charging process will start automatically.

Storage Charge: Never store your batteries completely empty as this will harm them and lower their performance. Due to this fact, the Pulsar Touch features a „Storage charge“ mode. With this function, you can set a

fixed voltage (vor Lixx batteries) or fixed capacity (for Nixx batteries) value and the battery will be partially charged or discharged (in case of Lixx) exactly to this level. Thus you can always perfectly prepare your battery

for storage, if you want to store them over a longer period of time.

Our recommendations: NiMH/NiCd: 50% of nominal capacity *** LiPo: 3.8V/cell *** LiFePo: 3.4V/cell

After starting the operation by pressing „START“ button or cell

symbol (both works!) the choosen settings will be indicated

for you again to avoid incorrect settings for the battery you

intend to charge.

You can cancel the operation, and return to main menu, by

pressing the „X“ symbol in the upper right corner.

Depending on which profile you have choosen or if you altered

the settings under „SETUP“ the designated charge type „LINE-

AR“, „LIPO“, „LIFE“ or „STEP“ will be indicated on the screen.

time until charging starts, you

can skip and start immediate-

ly by pressing „START“ or you

can return to the main menu

by pressing „STOP“.

your charger checks if all con-

nections and the battery itself

are ok and if charge process

can be started.

After powering up your Pulsar Touch you are in the main menu where you can scroll through all functions (Charge / Discharge / Cycle / Balance / View Last Data / Config / Motor-ESC-Servo) and either start the required process by press „START“ button or access the

particular functions setup by pressing „SETUP“. All the functions and our recommendations are explained in detail on next pages.

CHARGE - explanations:

LiPo/LiFe pack voltage: The packs rated voltage for LiPo/LiFePo batteries must be set according to the packs rating.

Linear Charge: the most common method for NiMH/NiCd cells, a constant current from beginning to end of charge

process, the easiest method for charging.

Step Charge: should only be used by experienced racers and only for NiMH cells!

Charge Algorithms: the Pulsar Touch contains high-accuracy charge profiles for each type of battery, make sure you

always use the correct „Chg Mode“ setting for the battery you want to charge, as wrong setting may result in damage to

the battery!

LiPo/LiFePo  charging using the CC/CV-charging method. With this charging method, the battery gets charged with

a constant current first. As soon as the battery voltage reaches the max. allowed charging voltage per cell

(for example, LiPo 4.2V and LiFePo 3.7V), the charger automatically reduces the charging current till the

battery is fully charged.

NiMH/NiCd  charging with constant current (Linear- or Step-Mode!) + delta-peak detection. This is the most

popular charging method for NiMH/NiCd-batteries in competition

Charge Current: The charge current can be set from 0.1 to 12.0A, for racing cells (Sub-C size) in LiPo, LiFe and NiMH

technology you can usually use 1.5C charge rate (e.g. 7.5A for a 5000mAh pack) with no problem. However, for lower

grade cells and receiver-/transmitter battery packs you should use a lower charge current and should follow your battery

manufacturer‘s recommmendations.

Delta Peak: With NiMH/NiCd-batteries, you only obtain the optimum battery performance by slightly „overcharging“ the

battery. In real terms, it will not be overcharged, but charged to an optimum level. The battery voltage drops at the end of the

charging process (delta). The size of the drop (delta peak) is adjustable in the range between 1 - 200mV. The higher the value,

the hotter the battery will be at the end of the charge. We recommend to start with the works-default settings.

Note: The adjustable Delta-Peak value applies to the whole battery pack and not to one single cell!

Trickle Charge: This current, which flows after delta peak cutoff, is adjustable from 0.0 - 0.5A to achieve the highest

possible voltage for NiCd cells. Set this function to „Off“ for NiMH cells. Alternatively you can use the Auto Trickle Function

for an automatic Trickle Charge setup.

Connections: make sure you use high-quality wire and connectors for maximum accuracy, a poor connector or poor wire

may create heat and affect the accuracy,

Temperature Sensor: there is an optional temperature sensor available, so you can monitor the battery temperature

during charging and discharging. As it‘s normally not required for most users, we didn‘t include it with the charger as it would

have only increased cost for everyone. When no sensor is connected, display will indicate „0.0°C“

The Pulsar Touch

can charge LiPo, LiFePo, NiMH and NiCd batteriesand incorporates the designated charge algorithms for each particular cell type for best performance, reliability and safety with up to 12.0A charge current. Please always follow your battery

manufacturers recommendations for maximum allowed charge current and make sure you always use the correct „Chg Mode“ setting for the battery you want to charge, as wrong setting may result in damage to the battery!

Time elapsed since start of charge

Charge capcacity

Charge current (adjustable during charging!)

Actual pack voltage

Internal resistance of your pack during charging

Temperature of your pack (optional with sensor)

Chg Mode

Current and Capacity for 1

step, should be a low

value for current and capacity (1.0A and 0.1Ah is our

suggestion)

step current can be higher, we suggest to charge for

25% of batteries nominal capacity with 1C charge.

step, this current you can set fairly high (up to 2C

charge rate), only charge to 75% of batteries nominal

capacity with this rate.

step, use lower current again to end of charge for

accurate peak detection and best performace. Set ca-

pacity for this step to ~110% of nominal capacity.

Same settings on the second screen of „Step Char-

ging“ as for normal linear charge of NiMH/NiCd cells!

You may select special

charging methods for

to 3

step (4

step is

fixed to linear!):

_ = Linear charge

∏ = Impulse -

charges with 1.5x of

selected current for

short periods.

∐ = Refl ex - char ge s

with short discharge

spikes every few se-

conds.

The Pulsar Touch allows to view the stored data of the last 11 processes (charge, discharge or cycle). You can access the

same data also during any operation (charge, discharge, etc) by pressing the „NEXT“ button, this means you can view the

stored data from a previous operation during actual use! The last operation is always the memory „0“.

using up/down arrow keys allows you to scroll

through the stored 11 cycle data‘s (number is

indicated in headline, 0 - 10).

discharge time

average voltage during discharging

discharged capacity

here you can view the charge or discharge

curve of the selected data and can even select

different curves, zoom into the curve, etc as

explained below (this is only useful for expe-

rienced users!)

charge time

peak voltage at end of charge

charge capacity

Charger‘s input voltage

Voltage at output socket

Actual battery temperature

Maximum temperature which battery reached

Internal resistance of battery

you can display three different parameters

as a curve and you hop through them by

pressing circled area briefly (V = voltage,

I = current, T = temperature

increase or decrease the marked (inversed/

black background) value.

Zoom Level of X-Axis (Time, horizontal):

AT = Automatic Zoom

1x to 43x = Manual Zoom

press curve to activate

measurement line, which

can be moved with up/

down buttons.

Resolution of Y-axis (voltage,

current or temperature), if „=A“

it‘s on automatic setting

middle point of Y-axis

CHARGE - further screens:

During running charge process there is additional information available, by pressing „NEXT“ button you may access those.

The available screens are (you jump to next by pressing „NEXT“ again):

- Voltage of each cell in pack (if balancer is used!), for description see section „Balancer“.

- Internal resistance of each cell in pack (if balancer is used!), for description see section „Balancer“.

- Data View screens, , for description see section „View Last Data“.