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Set options
1. Connect PowerLab 6 to a 10
–32V DC power supply or Lead Acid battery.
2. Press any button on PowerLab 6
’s panel.
3. At the
Power Source?
screen, use the
INC
or
DEC
button to select
Battery
or
DC
Power Supply
(i.e., what is currently powering the PowerLab 6).
4. Press
ENTER
to display the User Preset menu.
5. Press
INC
+
DEC
(i.e., press both
INC
and
DEC
at the same time) to display the
Options menu (
Choose TASK?
).
6. Press
INC
or
DEC
until you see
Charger Options
, then press
ENTER
.
7. The
Charger Address?
screen should display
PRIMARY CHANNEL
(unless you are
running multiple PowerLabs in
). If it doesn’t, press
INC
until you see
PRIMARY CHANNEL
. Press
ENTER
.
8. The next screen is the
Power Source?
Screen. (See
for
instructions on setting the Power Source and Regenerative Discharge
options.)
9. Press
ENTER
until you see the
Node Connector?
Screen. For more information
FMA Wiring mode vs. XH/EH Wiring mode
10. Press
ENTER
until you see the
Decimal Places for
Cells?
screen. At the
Decimal
Places for Cells?
screen, press
INC
or
DEC
to select
2
or
3
, then press
ENTER
.
(This controls how many decimal places are displayed in cell voltage data screens.)
11. At the
Quiet Charging?
screen, press
INC
or
DEC
to select
Y
or
N
, then press
ENTER
. (
Y
= no beeps during charging,
N
= beeps during charging.)
12. At the
Speaker Volume?
screen, press
INC
or
DEC
to set speaker volume, then
press
ENTER
. (1 = quietest. While setting volume, speaker beeps at volume shown
on screen.)
13. At the
Charge Complete Beeps?
screen, press
INC
or
DEC
to set the number, then
press
ENTER
. (This controls how many times PowerLab 6
repeats “beep beep beep”
when charging is complete.)
14. At the
Preset Changes Always Save?
screen, press
INC
or
DEC
to select
Y
or
N
, then press
ENTER
. (
Y
= changes made to a User Preset at PowerLab 6 are
always saved to the loaded preset and uploaded to the Charge Control Software.
Setting to
N
is not recommended, but it provides a way to temporarily override
preset parameters
—once you move to another preset, any changes you made
will be lost and the preset will revert to its previous state.) No matter what you
choose for this option, you can always over-ride charge and discharge rate on-
the-fly at the PowerLab 6 after a charge is started by pressing
ENTER
. This
method never saves the changes to the preset in use.
15. At the
Choose TASK?
screen:
Press
INC
or
DEC
to select another setup function.
Press
BACK
to display the User Preset menu.
See also
Tip:
A setting is saved as soon as you change it. Also, you don’t have to
go
through the entire sequence below
—at any time, you can press and hold the
BACK
button to return to the User Preset menu.