Anton/Bauer Interactive 2000 PowerCharger Owner's Manual - page 5
DIONIC
®
90 REALTIME DISPLAYS AND INDICATORS
The Dionic
®
90 features an all NEW “Real Time” LCD display
providing on-the-fly remaining run time estimates in 15 minute incre-
ments as well as simultaneously providing remaining capacity informa-
tion 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 lithium ion cells in the DIONIC
®
90
battery from damage and to ensure safe operation. These electronics
work in conjunction with the Digital Battery electronics and will give
the operator additional indications in the RealTime
®
display of the bat-
tery’s status as outlined below.
1. “INTERACTIVE” SEGMENT: When illuminated, it indicates
the DIONIC
®
90 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
above).
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 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
®
Power-
Charger 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 PowerCharger 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 DIONIC
®
90 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.
•
When the DIONIC
®
battery is being charged remaining runtime is
not displayed.
•
Remaining run time is calculated using the present available bat-
tery capacity and a constantly updated accurate measurement of
the present load on the battery.
•
If no load is detected, or if the battery is removed from the char-
ger before any discharge load is applied, the default assumed
power for remaining run time calculations is 20 Watts.
•
When the battery determines that a load is attached, remain-
ing run time will be calculated based on that load and the time
remaining will be updated.
•
The battery will “learn” this new load and retain that load informa-
tion in non-volatile memory. If the battery is removed from the
camera it will retain this information for 30 minutes or until it is
returned to the charger or sees a new load. After 30 minutes the
battery will return to the default load of 20 watts.
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“RES” Bar
Remaining Runtime
Hours Minutes
Fuel Gauge Bars
Side Bars
“InterActive”
“Service” Segment
Remaining Runtime
Segment
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) indi-
cate remaining minutes under current load.
•
The InterActive Segment indicates a
FULLY
CHARGED battery verified by charger com-
munication
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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