Anton/Bauer Hytron 100 Owner's Manual - page 5
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The HyTRON
™
features an all NEW “RealTime
®
” LCD display
providing on-the-fly remaining run time estimates in 15 minute
increments as well as simultaneously providing remaining capacity
information using the traditional “Fuel Gauge” approach. No special
adapters or set up is required. RealTime
®
automatically calculates the
load and displays capacity information and battery status at all times.
Special electronics protect the Ni-Mh in the HyTRON
™
battery from
damage and to ensure safe operation. These electronics work in con-
junction with the Digital Battery electronics and will give the operator
additional indications in the RealTime
®
display of the battery’s status
as outlined below.
ALL NEW REALITME
®
LCD DISPLAY
“RES” Bar
Remaining Runtime
Hours Minutes
Fuel Gauge Bars
Side Bars
“InterActive”
“Service” Segment
- The large numbers
1, 2 or 3 indicate remaining hours under current
load (only one number will display at any one time)
- The pie chart numbers
(15, 30, 45, or 60) indicate remaining
minutes under current load.
- The InterActive
®
Segment indicates a
FULLY CHARGED battery
verified by charger communication.
1. “INTERACTIVE
®
” SEGMENT: When illuminated, it indicates the
HYTRON
TM
battery has completed its full charge routine.
2. “RES” Bar: Is the last “Fuel Gauge” Bar and will start to flash at
6% capacity and will continue to flash until EOD is reached.
3. “SERVICE” SEGMENT: Indicates self-diagnostic functions have
detected anomalies. A battery with a “Service” flag should be
returned to the Anton/Bauer Service Department.
4. “SIDE BAR” SEGMENTS: Will remain ON (see diagram to the
right).
If the SIDE BARS (only) flash and other icons are lit and not flash-
ing, this indicates the battery has requested to be fully charged and
discharged in order to update its “learned capacity”. This “learning”
should typically occur during normal equipment operation. However, if
the battery has not been fully charged and discharged for some time,
this indication will appear.
To remove the flashing SIDE BARS, fully charge the battery (STEADY
GREEN indication) on the InterActive
®
2000 charger. Then either:
a. Discharge the battery on a camera in normal operation
continuing to keep the camera “hot” until it shuts down. Then
return the battery to the charger. When the battery is full
remove it from the charger.
b. This can be done automatically with an InterActive
®
2000
PowerCharger
®
equipped with a DDM (Diagnostic Discharge
Module installed. This unique feature is called “AUTOCAL”
and is included as standard on QUAD 2702 and DUAL 2722
PowerChargers
®
. (Please reference the appropriate Power-
Charger
®
Owner’s Manual.)
IMPORTANT NOTE: The flashing SIDE BARS indication is not a warn-
ing indication. The battery will operate perfectly normal while await-
ing a “learning” cycle. Rather than relying on an “assumed” capacity,
as with some imitation fuel gauges, the HyTRON
™
battery relies on
the Digital Battery electronics to update capacity information as the
battery sees different operating conditions and ages normally. The
flashing bars are merely an indication that the battery has not updated
this information for some time and is requesting a confirmation of its
“learned” capacity.
Remaining Runtime
“Service” Segment
Segment
Top BAR: Indicates 75%-96%
2
nd
BAR: Indicates 50% - 75%
3
rd
BAR: Indicates 25% - 50%
4
th
BAR: Indicates 7% - 25%
INTERACTIVE 96 - 100%
RES BAR
: Indicates 0 - 6%
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