REVBC-100-C1-US Revolectrix BUMP Control Unit Manual

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Operation – Charger Setup
The Bump Controller and PowerLab Touch chargers support several methods of charger setup for battery
management. The best method is installing and configuring BumpTags for each battery pack, but that
might not always be feasible or desirable.
The table below gives a comparison of setup methods and should help to determine when it makes sense
to use each.
BumpTag
(Attached to
Battery)
BumpTag
(Shared by
multiple batteries
of same type)
Battery Preset
Manual
Operation
Per-pack
identification
Yes
No
No
No
Battery history
tracking
Yes
No, history can be
uploaded, but all
packs of that type
are combined
No
No
Automatic “bump”
setup
Yes
Yes
No, must select
Preset from list
No
Portable across
multiple chargers
Yes, all setup
stored on BumpTag
Yes, all setup
stored on
BumpTag
No, configured
and stored per
device
No, nothing is
stored for
Manual setups
Typically, the BumpTag is attached directly to the battery pack and serves to uniquely identify that pack
and to perform automatic charger setup by simply “bumping” the pack on the charger. If individual battery
history tracking is needed, then use separate BumpTags for each pack. Sometimes you may want to use
a single BumpTag for several batteries of the same type – this will not allow you to track battery history
per-pack, but can be useful in situations where history tracking is not critical – see BumpTag Installation
for more ideas for BumpTag placement and usage.
Battery Presets can be used in situations where the features of the BumpTags (per-pack or shared) are
not required. In many cases, a Battery Preset will serve the same purpose as a shared BumpTag, and the
decision comes down to which one is more convenient – to have a shared BumpTag handy (on a
keychain, battery container, etc.), or to manually select a Battery Preset from your list of presets
configured in the charger. If multiple chargers are used, then a shared BumpTag may be more convenient
since there’s no need to configure/manage the Battery Preset across multiple devices – the BumpTag
makes it portable.
Manual Operation is used for one-off operations for packs that you don’t normally maintain – possibly
someone else’s pack that needs charging in a pinch. The Manual Operation screen accepts a minimal set
of parameters needed to setup the charger – similar to many entry-level chargers.