Argus 3 User Manual

 e2v technologies (uk) limited 2014 118707 P7030UM version 6, page 15
3. RECHARGEABLE BATTERY PACK AND CHARGER
The rechargeable battery system
supplied with the Argus
®
4 camera has
been specifically designed to fast-charge
the Argus
®
4 Ni-MH rechargeable
batteries (P7030R). The charger is to be
used with the Argus
®
4 Charging Shoe
and is mains powered. The charger is a
fully automatic “smart charger”,
monitoring voltage, time and temperature
and ensures optimum charge for the
battery.
3.1 Rechargeable Battery Pack
The Argus
®
4 camera is supplied with two rechargeable battery packs. The
rechargeable packs are designed to power an Argus
®
4 for 4 hours from a full
charge and use Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) cells. The battery pack contains
circuitry that monitors the cell’s temperature to ensure that maximum performance
is provided and that correct charging is performed. The pack also has a recoverable
short-circuit protection.
The battery pack provides an output to the ‘battery status Indicator’ on the camera
display. This battery status indicator provides a continuous colour display of the
remaining charge, allowing the fire-fighter to avoid unpredicted power loss.
Battery Indicator
With a new, fully charged battery, the battery indicator will
show full with a solid green bar.
The full length of the battery indicator represents 4 hours of
normal use, so a new good condition battery will show ‘full’
(solid green bar) for some time, as it will run for a little over
4 hours.
When using transmitter accessories the solid coloured bar
will drop faster as they consume more power.
The solid coloured bar will progressively decrease as the
battery capacity is consumed. When the bar has reached a
quarter full, its colour will turn orange and there is
approximately one (1) hour of battery life remaining.
As the battery capacity is consumed further, the bar will
turn red and there is approximately 30 minutes of battery
life remaining.
When the battery capacity has been consumed, the battery
status bar border will turn red and flash to alert the
operator. The time remaining will typically be 10 minutes.

Argus 3 Specifications

General

Field of View	24° x 18°
Spectral Range	8 - 14 μm
Focus	Fixed
Operating Temperature	-15 °C to +50 °C
Storage Temperature	-40 °C to +70 °C
Power Supply	Rechargeable Li-ion battery
Interface	USB