Overkill Solar BMS Series - E.3 JBDTools PC Application

4. Params Setting: In this screen, you can read and write the BMS settings. See Appendix A for
recommended settings.
5. Function Setting: In this screen, the general BMS settings, can be set (external switch on/off, load
check on/off, balance enable on/off, charge balance on/off, and NTC temp sensors on/off).
6. App Setting: asdf
7. About XiaoXiang: In this screen, you can view information about the author of this app.
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E.3. JBDTools (PC)
This application was provided by the manufacturer of the BMS.
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1. Download the application from here: JBDTools_V1.B-20180820.zip
2. Install the drivers, if necessary (see Section 2.4.7.1)
3. Plug in the USB adapter (see Section 2.4.7.1). Use Device manager to take note of what the COM port
is. If you unplug the USB interface, the port should disappear and re-appear.
4. Open the application. When it opens, most of the text on the screen will be unreadable. This is
because it was written in Mandarin Chinese. On the top-right part of the interface, click the button
labeled “English.”
5. The interface should switch over to English (see image below).
6. Next, click the CommPort button.
7. Select the COM port that was previously identified in step 3. Press the OK button.
8. Press the Start button. The application should connect to the BMS via the USB interface, and the
screen should populate with real-time BMS data.
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