Concorde Battery BC-8000 Instruction manual - page 16
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Manual: BC-8000
BC-8000 REPORT PRINTING
1. Disconnect the BC-8000 from the test battery. Place the BC-8000 power switch to the ON position. Start the
PC with BC Report installed. Connect the USB cable (4161-40) from the PC to the BC-8000 USB port located in
the rear of the tester. Run the BC Report application by double clicking on the desktop BC Report icon.
2. With the BC Report active on the desktop, type the battery serial number into the Battery Serial Number box.
Make sure the data source selected is the BC-8000 by high lighting the indicator circle. Connect to the BC-
8000 by clicking on the CONNECT button.
3. Place the mouse cursor on the Load Data button and press the left mouse button. The status bar in the lower
left corner of the BC Report window will display program activity and status messages as data is transferred.
4. To print the report, place the mouse cursor on the Print Report button and press the left mouse button. The
Windows
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print preview window will appear showing the report available to print. Place the mouse cursor
on the printer icon and press the left mouse button.
5. To print a BC-8000 battery test report that has been already down loaded, use the From Disc function to print
the report. The data file uses the file extension tdf. The file name is a combination of battery serial number,
date, and time and can be found in the Concorde file located at C:\Concorde\BC-8000. Place the mouse
cursor on the Load Data button and press the left mouse button. The Open test data file window will open on
the desktop. Choose the data file that is to be printed by selecting the file with the left mouse button. Click
Open at the bottom of the window. Place the mouse cursor on the Print Report button and press the left
mouse button. The Print Preview window will become active on the disk top. To print report, left mouse click
the printer icon.
TIP: A paperless report copy can be obtained by using a print driver that will create a PDF file.
These drivers are available for sale or freeware and install in the Windows
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printer devices. This report
format allows BC-8000 test reports to be sent by means of e-mail attachments.
TIP: At the completion of a capacity test or discharge test, BC REPORT generates a CSV file
that is stored on the computers Local disk (C:) > Concorde > BC-8000. The CSV file can be imported into a
spread sheet program for viewing or generating custom reports if needed.