REVLC08S40A-SPAX2 PowerLab 8 V2 Battery Workstation Manual

Manage presets

On PowerLab 8 you can:

 Clear a User Preset. 

 Copy a Library Preset for use as a User Preset.

Clear a User Preset

You can remove User Presets you don’t need. For example, if you don’t regularly charge

A123 and Lead Acid batteries, you can remove those to limit the Preset Menu to the

presets you do use.

1. In the User Preset menu, use INC or DEC to select the preset you want to clear.

Press and hold INC or DEC to scroll rapidly.

2. Press INC+DEC to access options.

3. In the Choose TASK? screen, press INC until you see Manage Presets, then press

ENTER.

4. In the Clear Current Preset? screen, press INC to display Y, then press

ENTER.

5. In the Confirm CLEAR Preset? screen, press INC to display Y, then press ENTER.

6. In the Preset Cleared screen, press and hold BACK to return to the User Preset

menu. You’ll see EMPTY PRESET for the preset you just cleared.

Copy a Library Preset

PowerLab 8 is equipped with up to 50 Library Presets. A Library Preset (which you can’t

change) is a starting point for creating your own User Preset (which you can change).

FMA configures Library Presets with optimal charge characteristics for a variety of

battery chemistries and charging strategies. You can replace an existing User Preset

with a Library Preset, or—if less than 25 User Presets are installed—you can create a

new User Preset from a Library Preset. After you load a Library Preset into a User

Preset slot, you can change its properties.

Tip: You can also use the Charge Control Software’s Presets tab to hide,

show, re-arrange, copy and modify presets.

Note: If the Preset Changes Always Save? option is set to Y in PowerLab 8

options, or if the Save Preset Changes done at PowerLab option is enabled

in the CCS Options tab, and if CCS is running and communicating with

PowerLab 8, cleared and copied presets are reflected in the CCS Presets tab.

Tip: The CCS has better tools for managing presets (see Presets tab).

Deleting a preset at the PowerLab 8, for example, leaves an empty preset

location. In contrast, the CCS lets you hide presets, which can reduce the

number of visible presets to a manageable level without actually deleting the

preset.