Datasheet

Software Instructions
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Figure 42. Loading Screen That Shows the Board Detection Is Failing
4.3 Software Instructions
When the software is running, you can select 4 tabs: 26231 Registers, Graphs,
Read/Write Regs., and Setup.
4.3.1 bq26231 Registers Screen
The register section at the top of this screen is common to the Graphs and the
Read/Write Regs. tabs. In the register display section, each of the allocated
bq26231 registers can be viewed in hexadecimal (Hex) or decimal (Dec). To
update each register, click Scan Registers. This can be made automatic by
checking the Enable Polling box. The period of each scan is set in the timing
box provided beneath the automatic polling check boxes. The bottom of this
screen shows the data being collected when the data logging is active. Click
the Turn Log On button and follow the instructions on the screen to activate
this function. See Figure 41.
4.3.2 Graphs Screen
Below the register set display on this tab is shown a graph. The user
chooses the data for this graph by checking the appropriate box on the
right of the register desired. Any of the registers can be displayed, as
many together as the user desires. An example of the Graph feature
is shown in Figure 43.