Maintaining the Batteries
Routine Maintenance
2-4 Efficia CM Series Service Guide
Viewing Battery Information
As a battery ages, its capacity decreases and the battery status indicator becomes
increasingly less accurate, relative to the total number of charges and discharges.
To view information about the battery:
Battery Info Window
The Battery Info window displays the following information:
Step
1
Open the Diagnostics Menu. See “Accessing the Diagnostics Menu and
Maintenance Options” on page 3-6.
2
Select the Battery Info button.
The Battery Info window appears.
If the monitor has two batteries, the information is displayed in two
columns. The information for the battery in the top position is displayed as
Battery 1 Value and the bottom battery information is displayed as Battery 2
Value
.
To view the entire list of results, select the scroll bar or select the up and
down arrows.
Note — If the message, No data from battery. Please see Service Guide.
appears, you must reseat the battery. For detailed information, see
“Battery Replacement” on page 2-6.
Parameter Description
Manufacturer Name of the battery manufacturer
Chemistry Battery’s chemistry type (e.g., LiON)
Serial Number Battery serial number
Manufact. Date Date of battery manufacture
Cycle Count The number of cycle counts the battery has accrued
Max Error The expected margin of error (%) in the state of
charge calculation
Relative Charge The predicted remaining battery capacity, expressed
as a percentage of full charge capacity
Absolute Charge The predicted remaining battery capacity, expressed
as a percentage of design capacity
Battery name Device name of the battery
Voltage Terminal voltage of the battery (sum of all cells)
Current Current being supplied (or accepted) by the battery
Temperature Battery temperature
To Next Page
Loading...
