West Mountain Radio Battery Box Technical Information

1 Optim Engineering CBA III © Optim Engineering Computerized Battery Analyzer Software Introduction Thank you for purchasing the West Mountain

10 The CBA standard software version has selections of “Discharge” (A constant current discharge which is the most common way to evaluate battery capa

11 The graph of our completed test is shown below: Test Data: During the test all variables are displayed. Voltage: Initial voltage (was 12.6

12 File Menu: New: Starts a new test document. Overlay: Will allow you to open a saved test document and allow you to overlay the tests in that fi

13 Test Menu: New Test: Opens a “New Test” window as explained above. Start, Stop, Properties: These will be grayed out unless you have filled

14 Lab Calibrate: "Tools", "Lab Calibrate" gives you the option of calibration of temperature, discharge current. The Extended

15 Optim Engineering CBA III © Optim Engineering Computerized Battery Analyzer Software Saving and Printing Saving: After completing a batte

16 If you choose, “new test”, you will later be able to save the tests on the screen as one file with all the individually named tests in it. You will

17 If you wish you may go to “File”, “Print Preview” window to see how it will look before printing. If it is OK, press “Print” at the top of th

18 Select the file names from the directory list with the tests that you need labels for, or use the “Select All” button for all files and tests.

19 Optim Engineering CBA III © Optim Engineering Computerized Battery Analyzer Software Extended Software Features This section covers the ad

2 Optim Engineering CBA III © Optim Engineering Computerized Battery Analyzer Software Safety Precautions The West Mountain Radio CBA is inhere

20 In addition the Extended software includes provision for operating with one or two CBA Amplifiers, which allows the user to test at up to 500 watts

21 Temperature Graphing (Extended Software) Note that you can select “Graph Temperature” for most of the test types, but not all. This will put

22 Record the voltage that the software reads “V_CBA:” Record the voltage that your voltmeter reads “V_Battery:” at the calibration point Record t

23 Set the pixels in the “px box and the direction of offset with the “Location” check boxes. You may also change font style and size with the selec

24 Constant Power Testing (Extended Software) You may also run a test with constant power instead of constant current. With this test the current

25 Optim Engineering CBA III © Optim Engineering Computerized Battery Analyzer Software CBA Multi Upgrade This addendum explains the additional

26 Setup and Numbering Disconnect all of the CBAs except the one that you have the license code for. Re-boot the computer. With the license regist

27 information part of the test name. Be certain to choose test and file names that allow you to keep track of the test data in a way that is satisf

28 Optim Engineering CBA III © Optim Engineering Computerized Battery Analyzer Software Temperature Probe Plug the probe’s two-pin connector in

29 Optim Engineering CBA III © Optim Engineering Computerized Battery Analyzer Software Troubleshooting If the CBA program indicates “No CBA un

3 Lithium Safety Warnings: Reprinted with permission of the Academy of Model Aeronautics Words in () in red were added by West Mountain Radio Lithi

30 Optim Engineering CBA III © Optim Engineering Computerized Battery Analyzer Software Computer System Requirements Basic Requirements: A P

31 Optim Engineering CBA III © Optim Engineering Computerized Battery Analyzer Software Support If you cannot find the answer to a question abo

32 Index E Extended Software Features... 19 G Getting Started ... 4 I In

4 Optim Engineering CBA III © Optim Engineering Computerized Battery Analyzer Software Getting Started We highly suggest that you read this enti

5 10. The test will continue until the test “Cutoff V” is reached. At that point the test will automatically stop and the program will beep and disp

6 Optim Engineering CBA III © Optim Engineering Computerized Battery Analyzer Software CBA Program Details The installation and basic operatio

7 Profile: Profile defaults to "<Auto Check>" which causes the program to automatically recommend appropriate test discharge current

8 Double check that this voltage is correct before starting a test! Note: Changing this manually will also change the battery cell count. Weight

9 Test Example: Testing a battery The following example will lead you through testing a 3 cell (3S, 11.1 volt) lithium polymer battery. After st