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1 Page Issue 0. nexgeneraion II Firmware V.0 and higher nexgeneraion II Firmware version V.0 and higher Issue 0., page Insrucion manual nexgeneraion II x-0, -0, -0, -0 Firmware version V.0 and higher Microprocessor conrolled Quick charger, Discharger, Capaciy eser, Baery condiioner for sealed Ni-Cd-, Ni-MH-, ead- (ead-acid, ead-gel) and ihium-baeries (i-fepo, i-ion, i-po) Graphical display of charge volage Daa ransfer inerface for personal compuer (PC) Full display by buzzer Inegraed elecronic discharge load Inernal emperaure conrolled fan Schulze Elekronik GmbH Prenzlauer Weg Weiersad Fon: 00-0-, Fax: Deuschland

2 Page Issue 0. Issue 0., page nexgeneraion II Firmware version V.0 and higher nexgeneraion II Firmware V.0 and higher Insallaion of he USB-driver on a PC (for all who are no so familiar wih he Windows operaing sysem). Insallaion of he USB driver If you like o display he online-charge/discharge-daa (which are available on he USB-por of he nexgeneraion II ) via Schulze-Sof as well as insalling a firmware updae hen you have o insall he USB driver on your PC firs (available on our Homepage in secion C - schulze-nex-ii.inf)... Windows operaing sysems iniially ask he user a he momen when you have conneced he USB-por of a charger (or USB-adaper) wih he USB-slo on your compuer where o find he fiing driver (for he nexgeneraion II i is he schulze-nex-ii.inf file). Se he desired file-pah o he downloaded file. If you have abored he hardware insallaion assisan you can sar i again by a righ-click on MyCompuer ( Arbeisplaz in german) -> Properies, -> Hardware, -> Device Manager, -> Oher devices, -> Schulze nexgeneraionii hen righ click on -> updae driver and sar again (or similar ex). I is no necessary ha he charger is conneced o any power supply - i is powered via he USB-cable... When he driver is successfully insalled and ha you will be able o receive and sore baery daa wih a normal erminal program or an elder version of he Schulze-Sof - hen you have o look on which COM por he operaing sysem has insalled your USB-device (see chaper..). The laes Schulze-Sof offers in he connecion -> propery -> connec wih menu very comforable o make a selecion on "Schulze nexgeneraionii", so ha i is no necessary o perform chaper..... On Windows XP you can esablish he number of he COM por occupied by he driver by righclicking on he workplace symbol of your PC; click or double-click on Properies, Hardware, Device Manager, Pors (COM and PT). You will find a COM por wih he name "Schulze nexgeneraionii". Windows normally insalls he device on COM or higher. Imporan noe: This connecion is only displayed when he charger or our USB-adaper is conneced o he USB por of he PC! Also imporan: If you use more han one nexgeneraionii hen he driver will insall for each nexgeneraionii charger an addiional USB por number. PS: These proceedings are no specific for he Schulze-Sof or any conneced charger, bu is specific for insalling a driver on he Windows operaing sysem.. Seing he COM por in he Schulze-Sof analysis program... Open Schulze-Sof. Open he pull-down menu eniled Connecion, hen click on Properies. Selec he por idenified under secion.. /.., hen click on OK... Checking he funcion of he COM inerface (in he Schulze-Sof analysis program). Click on Info, hen on Online Info. An informaion window opens, displaying he communicaion beween he charger and he PC. Now connec he charger o he power supply, or if you have already done ha connec a baery o he charger. The inerface daa appears in he Online Daa window menioned above.. Firmware updae When his es (secion..) was successful hen you also can upgrade he firmware via his USB-ink. Click on Tools and hen FirmwareUpdae. Bu firs you have o selec he fiing file ype for he nexgeneraion II (file ending.nx). Follow he on he updae-screens. Noe: Conrary o chaper.. i is no(!) allowed wih he firmware updae ha he charger is conneced o any power supply - i mus be exclusively powered via he USB-cable.

3 Page Issue 0. nexgeneraion II Firmware V.0 and higher nexgeneraion II Firmware version V.0 and higher Issue 0., page 0 Insalling he nexconn-ii module The nex-xx-xxx- eco ypes are supplied as sandard wihou nexconn-ii module. The nexconn-ii module can very easily be insalled if required. Noe: Opposie figures similar. 0. Opening he case Undo he six cross-poin screws ( ) and remove he boom case secion. 0. Insalling he nexconn-ii module and he side panel inser.. Remove he side panel () and replace i wih he new, perforaed panel. You may find ha he side panel comes away ogeher wih he boom case secion. 0.. ocae he en holes in he smooh underside of he nexconn-ii module (9) and posiion hem direcly over he en connecor pins () mouned on he large base circui board. Don use force! The nexconn-ii module will auomaically (!) fall ino place on he base circui board if correcly posiioned. Check ha he wo nylon screws engage in he corresponding holes in he base circui board. 0. Pressing he nexconn-ii module ino place Press he nexconn module down genly as far as i will go, o ensure ha he connecors make good conac. The ips of he connecor pins () mus be exposed a he op of he en-pin socke (0). 0. Closing he case Posiion he boom case secion accuraely on he op case secion, aking care o engage he side panels correcly. Re-fi he screws ( ); ake care no o over-ighen hem. Noe: he nexconn-ii module is no screwed o he base circui board. Neverheless, i is held in place securely by he moulded-in suppors ( ) and he wo nylon screws ( ) when he case componens are screwed ogeher. Bild. Bild. 9 Bild. 0 Bild. Conens Chaper Topic Page General informaion General remarks and precauions Commonly used erms Useful informaion abou baeries and mainenance.... Mouning CE ring Funcions The firs sep Nickel- (Ni-Cd/Ni-MH) baery programs ead- (Pb = lead-acid/lead-gel) baery programs ihium- (i-fe, i-ion, i-po) baery programs Charging/discharging of Ni-Cd / Ni-MH ransmier baeries Hins (plug-in proceeding / charging/discharging of - cells / soring). "full" Cu-off Circui Monioring and safey faciliies Monioring funcions on CD-panel Special adjusmens (inclusively Moor Run-In) Wriing/reading (inernal) cusomer configuraions..... Wriing/reading of exernal configuraions Addiional sockes (on he righ side) Proecion circuis, error-messages and warnings..... Imporan noes egal maers Menu overview Sandard ready made configuraions Sandard seup charge- and discharge programs Daa forma PC inerface Balancing connecors and measuring inpus Addiional sockes on he righ side Specificaions Insalling he nexconn-ii module Insallaion of he USB-driver on a PC Annex Trouble shooing / service quesionaire TS, SQ

4 Page Issue 0. nexgeneraion II Firmware V.0 and higher nexgeneraion II Firmware version V.0 and higher Issue 0., page üfer- Ansaugung (FREI HATEN!) + Akku - Akku -Parameer und Kurven-Bildschirm Geräe-Parameer escape* (Abbruch) Akku -Parameer* und Kurven-Bildschirm Cursorbewegung, Werauswahl ener (Auswahl) Bei Grafik-Bildschirmen auch Informaionen über die angeschlossenen Akkus und Geräeeigenschafen & Anschlußwere. ade-anzeige = Dauerlich Voll/eer-Anz. = Blinklich Deakivierung = Kap.. -polige EH-Seckverbinder zum Anschluss von s-s Balancer-Adapern Balancer-Adaper- Anschluss für Schulze BalAd-SE-- oder BalAd-SEx (*) Für langjährige Benuzer des nexgeneraion können <esc> und <> geausch werden. Siehe Kapiel. General informaion üfer- Ein- oder Ausblasung (FREI HATEN!) + Akku - Congraulaions! Wih he nexgeneraionii you have purchased a op of he line produc made in Germany. Reliable SMD echnology, ousanding performance and flexibiliy and las bu no leas heir easy handling and he new echnological feaures you will have a lo of fun wih i. By using he up-odae elecronic devices (a he momen of he developmen) he nexgeneraionii has become even more powerful and flexible han all our predecessors. We are convinced ha he charger ses new sandards for baery charging echnology. The nexgeneraionii requires no mainenance, bu needs o be proeced agains dus and moisure. Openings in he housing are essenial for cooling and mus no be blocked! The nexgeneraionii provides bes operaing comfor and maximum reliabiliy. Using he paened auomaic charging opion for Ni-Cd and Ni-MH baeries, you will noice ha he microprocessor inside will charge you baeries as fas as possible, ye as carefully as necessary (don' be worried abou he relaively high sar curren of he Ni-MH curren calculaion auomaic). Addiionally you can discharge your baeries, measure heir capaciy and condiion hem. Same opions are available for all ypes of baeries so ha also combinaion programs (charge, discharge or discharge, charge - up o imes) for all baery ypes are available. Boh oupus may be in use a he same ime and independen from each oher - when hey are no inernally conneced in parallel (only possible on nex-.xxx). The graphical CD (iquid-crysal-display) panel provides a visual represenaion of he charge volage curve relaive o ime, in addiion o he display of charge daa in alpha-numeric form. The uni also enables you o ransfer he charge daa on-line o a home compuer, where i can be displayed and analysed using he Akkusof sofware, wrien by Marin Adler. In order o make full use of your new charger we srongly recommend you o read he Insrucion Manual page by page and ake noe of he hins. Alhough he supplied ex is raher long, here is valuable informaion in each senence. The nexgeneraionii series is equipped wih a compleely silen ED back-lighing graphical screen. Baery and oupu nex-x-0 nex--0 nex--0 nex--0 Ni-Cd/Ni-MH-Akkus: Cell coun (@.V / cell) * - cells * - cells * - cells * - cells max. baery capaciy Ni-Cd... 0, - Ah 0, - Ah 0, -, Ah 0, -,0 Ah do. wih paralleled charge circuis , - Ah 0, - Ah 0, - Ah...for safe "full" deecion max. baery capaciy Ni-MH... 0, - Ah 0, - Ah 0, - Ah 0, - 0 Ah do. wih paralleled charge circuis , - Ah 0, - Ah 0, - Ah...for safe "full" deecion Charge currens x 0, - A x 0, - A x 0, - A x 0, - 0 A do. w. paralleled charge circuis - 0, - A 0, - A 0, - A Charge x 00 W Charge V abou x 0 W x 0 W x 00 W x 90 W Charge V abou x 0 W x 0 W x W x 0 W Table for V inpu - V (~- Ni / i) ~ x,0 A x,0/ x,0 A x,0 / x,0 A x 0 / x,0 0 V (~ Ni / i) ~ x, A x, / x 9, A x, / x, A x, / x,0 0 V (~ Ni / 9 i) ~ x, A x, / x,0 A x, / x, A x, / x, V (~ Ni / i) ~ x, A x, / x, A x,9 / x, A x, / x, 0 V (~0 Ni / i) ~ x, A x, / x, A x, / x,0 A x,0 / x 0,0 0 V (~ Ni / i) ~ x, A x, / x, A x,9 / x, A x, / x, A ead-acid/i-fepo,i-io, i-po baeries Balancing circuis x x / x / x / Max. balancing curren / cell - 00 ma - 00 ma - 00 ma - 00 ma Cell coun lead baeries - cells - cells - cells - cells Cell coun i-fepo ba. - cells - cells - cells - cells Cell coun i-io baeries - cells - cells - cells - cells Cell coun i-po baeries - cells - cells - cells - cells Max. capaciy in Ah 0,-unlimied 0,-unlimied 0,-unlimied 0,-unlimied Discharge circuis Cell coun Nickel (@,0 V) Cell coun ihium (@,0 V) Discharge currens ~ 0, - A 0, - A 0, - A x 0, -,0 A do. wih paralleled discharge circuis x 0,-,0 A Discharge power up o ~ 0/x0**** W 0/x0**** W x 0 W x 0 W do. wih paralleled discharge circuis x 00 -, V (~- Ni / i) ~,0 (,0) A,0 (,0) A x,0 A x / x -0 V (~- Ni /, i) ~,0 (,0) A,0 (,0) A x,0 A x / x0 0 V (~ Ni / i) ~,0 (,) A,0 (,) A x,0 A x,/x,0 V (~ Ni / i) ~ 0,9 (,) A 0,9 (,) A x 0,9 A x, /, V (~ Ni / 9 i) ~ 0, (,) A 0, (,) A x 0, A x,9 /, 0 V (~0 Ni / 0 i) ~ 0, (,0) A 0, (,0) A x0, A x,/x, 9 V (~ Ni / i) ~ 0, (0,) A 0, (0,) A x 0, A x,0/x,0 V (~0 Ni / i) ~ 0, (0,) A 0, (0,) A x 0, A x0,9/x, A

5 0 Page Issue 0. nexgeneraion II Firmware V.0 and higher nexgeneraion II Firmware version V.0 and higher Issue 0., page Addiional sockes on he righ side General remarks and precauions USB - +.: mini-usb (sandard).: Flashing ligh oupu (nexconnii module only).: Exernal fan oupu (nexconnii module only).: Temperaure sensor inpu (nexconnii module only).: AMS (Akku-Memory-Schniselle) for baery. On he opposie side of he charger also for baery. (Included as a sandard. See also chaper.) 9 Specificaions Common: All daa given is based on a car baery volage of. vols unless oherwise noed. Recommended car baery V / bigger han 90 Ah, minimum V / Ah. baery and currens: ypical %; max. abou % resp. 0mA (larger value couns) nex x-0 nex -0 nex -0 nex -0 Weigh abou 0 0 g Dimensions (w*d*h) abou 0*0* 0*0* 0*0* 0*0* mm Supply volage V Under-volage warning adjusable ~ V - cu-off: vols lower ~ V Supply V up o ~ / / / / A Max. Eingangsleisung bis ca W Idle curren abou ma + display illuminaion (disconnecable) ~ ma Fan (inernal) V/,W/ V/,W/ xv/,w/ xv/,w/ dba Trickle currens Ni-Cd Trickle-Pulse Trickle-Pulse Trickle-Pulse Trickle-Pulse Trickle currens oher baery ypes none none none none Addiional connecion erminals Sandard mini-usb B mini-usb B mini-usb B mini-usb B Numb. of cell volage measuring inpus** x x x x AMS connecors for baery and baery Yes Yes Yes Yes Opional available for nexgen.ii- eco Geräe. Sandard a non- eco devices ) Temperaure sensor Sensor included ready for use Resoluion: C ) Flashing ligh connecor + cable cable abou m, flashing ligh no included Volage: Supply volage of he charger, max. curren,0*** A ) Fan connecor + cable cable abou m, fan no included Volage: Supply volage of he charger, max. curren,0*** A Remarks * Charging is possible from cell and higher. However he Dela-Peak cu-off auomaic has o do a hard job a low cell couns because he peak volage of... cells is no very high. ** via balancing connecors *** Flashing ligh curren plus fan curren added ogeher = amps max. curren. **** When boh baeries are discharging a he same ime he he lower value is valid a he nex-xx-0 chargers. The CE marking which you will find on all schulze producs indicaed ha he equipmen has been esed o mee he sringen European safey and radiaion requiremens; his does no mean ha you do no have o follow hese! Please remember ha fas-charging baeries can push he baeries o heir limi; never operae he chargers unaended. The charger as well as he baeries may ge warm; when in use, hey should be placed on an appropriaely sized, non-hea-conducing and non-combusible surface. By following hese rules exensive damage will be avoided in case of a mishap. This applies in he same way also for he aached baeries. Many modern ransmiers are equipped wih an inernal reverse-volage proecion diode. No smar charger can fas-charge hese ransmiers unless his diode is bypassed (shuned) (see chaper for addiional informaion when charging ransmiers). Preferably, you can remove he ransmier s baery and fas-charge i ouside he ransmier. If you wan o bypass he diode, conac he ransmier manufacurer. In many cases he fas-charge curren for a ransmier pack should no exceed. Amp (see operaing of ransmier). => In order o keep possible damages small in he case of an error, we recommend srongly o remove he baeries from he ransmier! RISK OF SHORT CIRCUIT! When a baery is plugged in o a balancing adaper (accessory) hen he corresponding pins of he remaining connecors are also carrying volage. Therefore i is neiher allowed o shor pins nor connec a second pack o hem! Do no cross-connec individual oupu charge cables. Do no shor circui oupu o oupu. Each charger oule has is own sensing circuiry - bu no cross-sensing. Place he charger on a safe suppor, do no hang i somewhere under he hood. Use a separae, fully charged, dedicaed -V baery (wih he nex--0 also a s ifepo wih > Ah baery is recommended) and ake i o he fligh line. Do NOT operae he charger in he case ha any of he cables are damaged or frayed, or in case he display panel indicaes an ERROR. The nexgeneraionii charging devices operaes on a wide range of inpu voage bu may also be conneced direcly o a V car baery! Do no run your car engine or aemp o charge your car baery wih exernal equipmen while operaing he charger or as long as he charger is hooked up o your car's baery. Should you decide o operae he charger from a (0V/0V AC/DC) power supply, make sure his power supply is well regulaed, can supply coninuous DC curren as high as necessary for he ype of charger, has a very high oupu capaciance (which ofen he power supplies for laboraories do NOT have), very low ripple and is insensiive o he frequency of he charger s inernal swiching volage converer. Using any oher source is likely o damage your charger or your baeries, and voids he warrany. NEVER use an auomoive baery charger (even when i is clamped o a car baery o charge i)as he source for he precision-engineered schulze charger because of i's unsabilized oupu. You are on he safe side when you use OUR power supplies (ha fis your charger) and you connec only ONE charger o i:nex-...-0: n-a; nex--0: n-0a; nex--0: n-0v-0a. When a nexgeneraionii is conneced o an AC/DC power supply/dc-generaor/solar power/conducorrail (e.g. in a club home) and/or more han one charger is powered by hese power supplies, he charger mus be de-coupled o his power supply and buffered by a buffer baery or capacior bank of abou µf (consising of many individual capaciors wih low inernal resisance for swiching power supplies, low-esr) o avoid ineracion beween differen chargers. The nexgeneraionii mus be conneced direcly o ha de-coupled buffer - oherwise here is no effec of he buffer. In paricular, we warn especially agains he simulaneous operaion of such chargers which ac on he power supply wih srong pulses and endanger oher chargers! Ask us! You should expec malfuncions and/or damages o he nexgeneraionii when you modify he charger s car baery power cables or he enclosed connecing clamps and/or when you inser fuses and or plug he charger ino he car s cigaree ligher and/or use an unsuied power supply and/or le he warnings above unnoiced! Because of he high charge curren capabiliies of hese chargers, you should always use high-qualiy, gold-plaed connecors in he charge cables o your baeries. Also, use heavy-duy (-g) flex wire. We recommend you o use eiher Schulze shor circui proeced charging cables and/or (in he USA) mm

6 Page Issue 0. Issue 0., page nexgeneraion II Firmware version V.0 and higher nexgeneraion II Firmware V.0 and higher 9 bulle connecors, he Deans Ulra plug or similar. See you local hobby dealer. Always connec he banana plugs of your charge cables firs; hen, connec he charge cable o he baery. Noe ha open banana plugs, when he charge cable and baery are conneced, carry he full baery volage (and curren) if you do no use he special Schulze charging cables. Avoid shor circuis of he charge oupus or he baeries wih he car body - he nexgeneraionii is no proeced agains wrong connecions like he above menioned. Place he charger bes on he ground. Noe ha all chargers have venilaion holes. Especially in discharge mode or when charging baeries less han V, he charger will dissipae energy, and ges warm (he nexgeneraionii even has an inernal cooling fan). Do no block hese venilaion holes and make sure you allow free air flow. Proec he charger from direc exposure o he sun (he sun s hea may emporarily urn he C-display black), dus, moisure and rain(!). Even hough he schulze chargers are smar (hey are micro-processor equipped and can deermine a baery s number of cells and is opimum charge curren paern), aemping o charge he following packs should no be aemped: baeries buil up from cells of differen ypes and capaciies baeries made from differen ypes of single cells baeries wih a differen charging level of he cells non rechargeable cells (dry cells) baeries which are no expressly designed for fas charging and recharging. defecive or damaged packs or cells already fully charged and/or ho baeries baery packs wih inernal charge-curren limiing devices (no valid for Schulze ipotx und iporx) baeries which are build-in (inernal) o oher equipmen Do no exceed a baery s design (maximum) charge curren as specified by is manufacurer; noe ha he schulze chargers will sill opimally charge hese Nickel-packs in auomaic charging mode; you can program he charger s max (limi) charge curren. Please bear in mind ha new rechargeable baeries do no achieve heir full capaciy unil hey have compleed several charge / discharge cycles. New baeries generally, and deep-discharged Nickel baeries in paricular, may cause premaure charge erminaion. For his reason i is absoluely essenial o check ha he auomaic charge cu-off circui works correcly and reliably; his is achieved by carrying ou several es-charges, and checking he quaniy of capaciy charged ino he pack. When charging baery packs wih less han Ni-cells, exercise exra care o make sure ha hese are no overcharged (especially when you use less han he specified curren for his baery ype - see chaper ). Nickel packs which are (oo) deeply discharged may cause he charger o cu off oo soon. New baeries will only achieve heir maximum capaciy afer several charge/discharge cycles; schulze chargers can be programmed o provide hese cycles auomaically. Please remember ha baery packs can hea up considerably especially during muliple charge/discharge cycles; program your charger s max discharge curren o preven overheaing of he packs unless you provide addiional cooling (some of he racing pilos use a ube wih elecric fan cooling!). Noe ha packs wih low capaciy will dangerously overhea a high discharge currens; he schulze charger can (and) should in his case be programmed o he limi discharge rae o a more accepable level, for insance C and/or a baery cooler in combinaion wih he emperaure sensor for cu-off mus be used. You can also use our build in low-emperaure-sar circui. (Do no forge o acivae emperaure sensor o he righ pack oupu and fix i a he righ baery.) Safey hin: Always verify he charge amoun which your baery has absorbed (mah or Ah) afer a full charge (his is indicaed on he display panel); his is probably he bes gauge of a baery s healh and/or he proper operaion of he charger. This way, you will avoid unexpeced loss of power and/or conrol. An addiional imporan funcion is he selecion of he auomaic cu-off circui. Read he imporan commens in Chaper ). Maximum proecion agains malfuncions of he cu-off auomaic is provided by selecing addiional cu-off crierias like max. emperaure, max. energy inpu and max. charge ime. For rouble-free operaion, please check ha he ferrie ring in he charge lead does no fracure. The ring prevens he charge lead acing as an aerial, i.e. radiaing he pulsed frequency of he volage converer and he processor in an unaccepable way. I is absoluely essenial if he charger is o operae in he manner required for CE approval. ha he charge leads used for he Baery and oupus are as shor as possible. The maximum oal cable lengh - from he sockes o he baery - should be no longer han 0 cm. Twis he wires ogeher o help suppress inerference. ha he charge lead for charge oupu is wound hrough one of he ferrie CE rings a leas four imes. These rings are probably familiar o you from long servo exension leads, albei in a differen size. The ring mus be locaed no more han cm from he plugs which are aached o he chargers end of he charge lead.. Sandard Balancing Adapers We offer a selecion of prined circui adaper boards which allow he balancing of s-s (...s) baery packs which are equipped wih he mos differen balancing connecors. The balancing adaper boards are fied wih a cable conaining an pin EH socke - suied for he EH connecor of he nexgen.ii... BalAd-Se for baery and/or baery Se conaining adaper PCBs wih differen plug sysems (EH, XH, PQ, TP) and each wih differen pin couns o connec s... s baery packs... BalAd-EH for baery and/or baery Adaper PCB equipped wih EH male connecors of differen pin couns o connec s... s baery packs.. BalAd-XH for baery and/or baery Adaper PCB equipped wih XH male connecors of differen pin couns o connec s... s baery packs.. BalAd-PQ for baery and/or baery Adaper PCB equipped wih PQ male connecors of differen pin couns o connec s... s baery packs.. BalAd-TP for baery and/or baery Adaper PCB equipped wih TP male connecors of differen pin couns o connec s... s baery packs.. BalAd-EH. For baery use only - due o he fac ha all balancing circuis can be used and he second balancing group is no longer available for baery. Adaper PCB equipped wih EH male connecors of differen pin couns o connec s... s baery packs which can be separaed ino packs. Noe: When he packs are combined or equipped wih wo connecors hen i is essenial ha he pack wih he lower cell coun (...) has o be conneced o he balancing oupu EH of he charger - and also wih he black ("-") power cable o he charge oupu.. Schulze Balancinbg Cables The ses are assored o make 0- and 0-pin. balancing cables which can be coded baery ypical - o allow plug-and-play charging of your baeries wih modern Schulze chargers. Noe: A deailled descripion of he pinou and he mouning are enclosed in he balancer cable kis (BalCab0 or 0 - Se). BalCab0-Se/BalCab0-Se BalCab0/0-Verlängerung Das Anschlußprinzip der Schulze Balancer (Anordnung der Zellen wie die Eagen in einem Hochhaus) + Zelle (sieber Sock) = + Akku + Zelle (sechser Sock) = - Zelle + Zelle (fünfer Sock) = - Zelle + Zelle (vierer Sock) = - Zelle + Zelle (drier Sock) = - Zelle + Zelle (zweier Sock) = - Zelle + Zelle (erser Sock) = - Zelle - Zelle (Parerre) = Masse = - Akku

7 Page Issue 0. Issue 0., page nexgeneraion II Firmware version V.0 and higher nexgeneraion II Firmware V.0 and higher Balancing and measuring connecors. The charger conains wo balancer connecors which could be used direcly (wihou any adaper). Each balancing connecor is equipped wih a -pin EH-connecor (male, whie), on which on principle can be conneced baery packs up o s - when hey are plugged in lef jusified(!). This means ha wo s-s baeries can be charged and balanced independenly from each oher a he same ime. Pracically you should use separae balancing adapers for each cell ypes wih a collecion of connecors for each cell coun (see below). When you connec a baery pack wih wo balancing connecors or cells or more hen boh balancing groups are working auomaically for oupu. In his way up o ipo cells in only one pack can be balanced. The charge oupu can furher be used regardless of charge oupu if i was no coupled o charge oupu. Only he second balancing group is in his case no longer available for oupu.. Beween boh EH plugs a -pin socke is locaed for he Schulze adaper boards BalAd-SE- - or BalAd-SEx. These boards are assembled wih Schulze BalCab male connecors and in addiion o i equipped wih wo EH connecors for he simple reason ha he board covers he wo connecors on he charger's main board below. Please place he adaper board compleely and horizonally so ha he board ress fully upon he chargers plasic case. Noe: Do never plug he balancing connecors of differen baery packs o hose connecors which are elecrically joined in parallel. These hereby are causing shor circuis and i can happen ha he conneced baery pack will be damaged. Also he copper leads on he PCB could explode. Danger of shor circuis! Open pins of he elecrically joined connecors lead volage when o one of he connecors a balancing cable is conneced!. Schulze BalAd-SE-- To avoid shor circuis i is essenial ha you use only one of he differen balancing connecors which are assigned o he same baery because hey are conneced o each oher by prined wires!.. Baery ; up o max. s: Please use eiher he lef BalCab0 connecor (0-pin, black) or he lef -pin EH connecor (whie)... Baery ; up o max. s: Please use eiher he righ BalCab0 connecor (0-pin, black) or he righ -pin EH connecor (whie)... Baery +; up o s: When you use he BalCab0 connecor in he middle he i is no allowed o use any of he oher connecors on he lef (..) and he righ (..).. Schulze BalAd-SEx To avoid shor circuis you may use only one of he differen balancing connecors which are assigned o he same baery because hey are conneced o each oher by prined wires!.. Baery ; up o s: I is essenial ha you use eiher he lef BalCab0 socke (0-pin, black) or he lef -pin EH connecor (whie)... Baery ; up o s: I is imporan ha you use eiher he righ BalCab0 connecor (0-pin, black) or he righ -pin EH connecor (whie). Commonly used Terms Final charge volage: he volage a which he baery's charge limi (capaciy limi) is reached. The charge process swiches from a high curren o a low mainenance rae (rickle charge) a his poin. From his poin on furher high curren charging would cause overheaing and evenual erminal damage o he pack. Final discharge volage: he volage a which he baery's discharge limi is reached. The chemical composiion of he baeries deermines he level of his volage. Below his volage he baery eners he deep discharge zone. Individual cells wihin he pack may become reverse-polarised in his condiion, and his can cause permanen damage. Memory effec: The real memory effec has been recorded by Nasa, caused by repeaed charge / discharge cycles. Nasa has found ha full capaciy can be regained by overcharging he cells. In modelling applicaions differen effecs are responsible for he reducion in cell capaciy. The problem can be cured by balancing he cells (see below), and prevened by he measures described in Chaper... Baery condiioning: a mehod of regaining full (nominal) capaciy by alernaely charging and discharging he pack, someimes several imes. This process is especially useful afer a long period of non-usage (e.g. afer purchase, or afer several weeks wihou flying), and is also used o disperse he memory effec (see below). The effec of baery condiioning is o break down he coarse crysaline srucure (low capaciy) inside he cell and conver i ino a fine crysaline one (high capaciy). Power-On (- rese): he saus of he nexgeneraionii afer i has been conneced o he car baery. Ready message: charger ready o run he program you jus have seleced (baeries no conneced). The display shows "ready". C: Coulomb or capaciy: Uni of measuremen relaing o he quaniy of charged energy. In conjuncion wih charge curren daa his uni is used o deermine he recommended / prescribed charge curren of a baery of a given capaciy. Example: if he charge or discharge curren of a 00 mah baery is 0 ma, we refer o his as a charge or discharge a one enh C (C/0 or /0 C). A, ma: uni of measuremen relaing o charge or dis-charge curren. 000 ma = A (A=Ampere, ma=milliampere) Ah, mah: uni of measuremen for he capaciy of a baery (Amperes x ime uni; h = hour). If a pack is charged for one hour a a curren of A, i has been fed Ah of energy. I receives he same quaniy of charge ( Ah) if i is charged for hours a 0. A, or minues (=/ h) a A.

8 Page Issue 0. Issue 0., page nexgeneraion II Firmware version V.0 and higher nexgeneraion II Firmware V.0 and higher Useful informaion abou baeries and mainenance.. General informaion Do no charge below 0 C, opimum is C. A cold cell is no capable of acceping as much curren as a warm one. For his reason you mus expec differences in charge characerisics if you use fully auomaic charge curren calculaion for your nickel cells (in Winer he charging properies will be worse han in Summer). The bes working emperaure for a Ni-MH cell is C. A lower emperaures he cell can no supply higher currens. Cauion when using hose cells a a receiver baery in a helicoper in he winerime. The lower he inernal resisance of he baery, he higher he charger can increase he charge curren for ha baery. For a baery charger which ses he curren auomaically he resisance of he cable is added o he inernal resisance. For his reason: use heavy duy wire (large cross-secion), even for receiver baeries, and keep hem shor. Do no charge via a swich or swich harness! If you wish o measure he maximum baery capaciy a suiable discharge curren is usually /0 C... Reflex charging Charging processes which include a brief discharge pulse definiely have he effec ha he baery is several degrees cooler a he end of he process. However, from he poin of view of he compeiion operaor his is an undesirable effec, as he cell chemisry can only supply high currens if is emperaure is raised o a cerain exen. All hese effecs, wheher hey acually occur or are simply hear-say, have no pracical significance if baeries are correcly handled in he firs place. When a baery is full, you can fill i any fuller! Read also chaper.. for his subjec area... Memory effec of Ni-Cd & Ni-MH cells If cells are repeaedly sored parially discharged, or are recharged from a half-discharged sae, wha is known as he memory effec ses in. The cells noe ha heir full capaciy is no required, and reac by refusing o make i available. One aspec of his is ha he crysalline chemical srucure inside he cell changes; he cell s resisance rises and is volage collapses under load, wih he resul ha full capaciy can no longer be exploied a normal discharge currens. Even if reflex charging were o eliminae he memory effec, here is no denying he necessiy o sore your cells in he discharged sae; his applies o Ni-Cd cells and also o Ni-MH cells. A characerisic fac of hese cells is ha hey self-discharge - and he rae of self-discharge is differen for each individual cell in a baery pack! If a fully charged pack is lef for a considerable ime, i will evenually consis of cells of widely varying saes of charge. If a his poin you... a)... give he pack a full charge: he cell wih he highes charge will be overcharged, hea up and be ruined, while he cell wih he leas charge will sill no be full afer he same period of charging. b)... discharge he pack: he cell wih he leas charge will be compleely fla firs, hen reverse polariy and ofen suffer an inernal shor-circui. A he poin when his happens, he cell wih he mos charge is sill no ye compleely discharged. This is a reliable mehod of wrecking your mos valuable packs - and res assured ha reflex charging will make absoluely no difference. However, here is one mehod of avoiding he problem: discharge cells afer use, and recharge hem jus before use! Daa forma PC inerface Daa ransfer rae: 900 Baud, No Pariy, Sop-Bi, Sar-Bi Daa block - forma wihou single cell volage oupu (wihou balancer): P:sssss:uuuuu:iiiiiVS (ASCII) Daa block - forma wih single cell volage oupu (balancer cable is conneced): P:sssss:uuuuu:iiiiiVS;uuuZ;uuuZ;uuuZ;uuuZ;uuuZ;uuuZ;uuuZ;uuuZ; egend: P Pack-Oupu-No. : Separaion sign sssss Time in seconds : Separaion sign uuuuu Baery volage in millivol : Separaion sign iiiii Curren in milliampere V[:,-] Charge/discharge indicaor S[l,,E,P,v...] Charge-/Discharge program saus [-,,0..9] Temperaure (***) ; Separaion sign uuuz Volage of cell in millivol ; Separaion sign uuuz Volage of cell in millivol ; Separaion sign... ; Separaion sign uuuz (or uuuz) Volage of cell /* in millivol ; Separaion sign uuuz (or uuuz) Volage of cell /* in millivol ; Separaion sign Hins: (*) No exising cells are displayed as 0. No leading zeros are displayed. Commenary lines sars (as a rule) wih a leading * Example: * PackOupuNo UsedProgram CellCoun BaeryType Re cell coun: Calculaed cell coun a nickel-baeries or Seleced cell coun a lead- and lihium-baeries. (***) The display of he emperaure: When a emperaure sensor is conneced (nexconn-se-ii necessary) he emperaure of he conneced emperaure sensor is displayed in he forma shown above - and is also shown in he C-display of he nexgen. Oherwise one of he inernal emperaures is displayed: a) A discharge programs = measured near he cooling fins b) A charge programs = measured near he volage converer or - a he nex--0 only: near he balancing sages, when hese are hoer han he volage converer (when hey are balancing exremly de-balanced baeries). The forma changed ino: i, i.e. wo emperaure digis followed by an i (means: inernal emperaure ).

9 Page Issue 0. Issue 0., page nexgeneraion II Firmware version V.0 and higher nexgeneraion II Firmware V.0 and higher Sandard ready-made configuraions For your own configuraions space for 0 or 0 seups are available - which can be assigned alernaively from he baery oupus or. If you are in he menu for baery you are no able o read seups wrien by he baery menu (or he oher way round - he name of he configuraion is crossed ou). We recommend ha you sore seups for he baery oupu from "behind" i.e. beginning wih he las (highes) seup number. If you have your own ideas abou configuraion names, or if you wish o aler he order of he configuraions, you can cerainly do his exacly as you wish wihin he limis of he sofware's faciliies. For example, o copy a paricular configuraion o a differen number, simply read in he configuraion wih he old number, hen sore i under he new number. Only he name has o be alered. # Oup. Name B.Type Program ccurr [ma] dcurr Quan. Time CuOff Po-CAh i-po fix_c 00 (00) v-max Po-CAh0 i-po fix_c 000 (000) v-max Po-CDA i-po fix_c 00 (00) v-max MH-CAh Ni-MH auoc max. (max.) sensiive MH-DAh Ni-MH auod (max.) max. (000) (0) (sensi.) MH-CDA Ni-MH auocd max. max sensiive Cd-CAh Ni-Cd auoc max. (max.) 00 0 normal Cd-DAh Ni-Cd auod (max.) max. (00) (0) (normal) 9 Fe-CAh i-po fes 00 (00) v-max 0 Pb-CAh0 ead fes 00 (00) v-max Hin: Values in parenhesis are se bu no used. For he baery oupu all pre-seings are copied in reverse order o he memory: Using he nex--0 all values of seing No. 0 (baery ) are copied from seing No. (baery ), all values of seing No. 9 (baery ) are copied from seing No. (baery ), e..c. Wih he nex he sorage locaion No. 0 (baery ) corresponds o he sorage locaion No. (baery ), he sorage locaion No. 9 (baery ) corresponds o he sorage locaion No. (baery ),... Addiion: All CombinaionCycles, C-Raes, CellCouns (excep nickel baeries) = ; Sandard seup charge-/discharge programs Menu oupu oupu Baery ype ("btype") ipo ipo Charge/discharge program ("prog.") fix_c fix_c Charge curren ("ccurr").00 A.00 A Discharge curren ("dcurr").00 A.00 A Cu-off mode ("cuof") normal normal Cu-off delay ("delay") minue minue Cell coun ("cells") - can no be configured Charge quaniy limi ("quan>") 000 mah 000 mah Charge ime limi ("ime>") 0 minues 0 minues Temperaure cu off limi ("emp>") OFF OFF Discharge proecion Diode ("diode") NO NO Refresh (shor discharge pulses) ("refr.") OFF OFF Charger parameers: Car baery minimum volage. V Temperaure 0 C Curren / power (depends on ype of charger) maximum Full / Empy igh Oupu Flashing ligh Oher parameers: All CombinaionCycles, C-Raes, CellCouns (excep nickel baeries) = ; lihium-full/ empy-limis as saed in chaper or shown in Fig..... Nickel-Cadmium-baeries (Ni-Cd) Nominal volage level:. V / cells. Selecing he fas charge curren (manual seing): Charge curren = C (never less!) (C=nominal baery capaciy). Oherwise he cells do no make a deecable peak and he peak cu off auomaic is no able o work resp. o work reliable. Maximum coninous discharge curren: Currens of 0 C o 0 C are possible, depending on cell ype. ong ime sorage: Empy i.e. discharged o he discharge volage cu off level, a low emperaure (-0 C o +0 C). Mainenance: Charging: The auomaic curren seing circuiry (paen applied for) provides opimum proecion o your Ni-Cd baeries during charging. The reduced curren owards he end of he charge ensures a compleely full pack combined wih only a sligh emperaure rise, as you will easily see in comparison wih convenional consan curren echniques. Do no use he auomaic charge curren calculaion of he Ni-Cd baeries when charging Ni-MH baeries! Discharging: To preven your cells from memory effec and o keep he full capaciy you have o discharge i afer use, even when you sore i over nigh (selec Auo-D program o discharge down o 0.V / cell). If a baery is brand-new or used irregularly i is ofen only possible o condiion i compleely by carrying ou several discharge - charge cycles. Amongs model car operaors i is sandard pracice o erase any memory effec by compleely discharging each cell individually via a resisor (approx. Ohm). This deliberaely un-forms he pack, bu i can cause he auomaic charge erminaion circuiry o swich off he curren premaurely during he charge process. Remedy: Discharge wih a 0 Ohm resisor in series o a A diode (N00). For receiver baeries special ypes such as he Sanyo KR00AAEC / N00AC (high reliable) are a good choice. Warning: If using reduced charge curren wih - cells makes he volage peak in he charge curve very sligh, especially wih baeries of high nominal capaciy. In his siuaion he charger is someimes unable o deec he full condiion due o he ill-defined peak.. Nickel-Meal-Hydride baeries (Ni-MH) Volage level:. V / cell. Selecing he fas charge curren manually (no auomaically): Charge curren ypical C (never less!) (se a fixed curren of, for example,. A wih 00 mah baeries, or A wih Ah cells). Oherwise he cells do no make a deecable peak and he peak cu off auomaic can no work reliable. Some modern high-curren Ni-MH cells made by paricular manufacurers can safely be charged a a higher rae of up o. C (Panasonic 000:, - A, GP 000/ 00: A, Saf 000: A (no if baery is charged inside a ransmier!), Sanyo 000/00: - A). Because of is high inernal resisance do no charge high capaciy cells of mignon(aa)-size from 00 mah upward wih auomaic curren calculaion (AuoC, -CD, -DC). Maximum coninous discharge curren: Currens of C o C are possible, depending on cell ype. ong ime sorage: Sore old generaion cells empy, (hose ypes which had been available in he SUB-C size up o. Ah) i.e. discharged o he cu off level (see mainenance), a low emperaure (-0 C o +0 C). The new generaion cells should NOT be sored empy - The self discharge rae is oo high! Discharge down o he cu off level (see mainenance) and hen charge in abou 0% of heir capaciy (use he quaniy cu off feaure). Sore all cells a low emperaure (-0 C o +0 C). Mainenance: To proec your Ni-MH baeries from he memory effec and keep he full capaciy, discharge he cells afer use down o he discharge volage limi even when you sore i over nigh and add 0% (new cell ypes). Never discharge by car bulbs or he drive moor (premaure charge erminaion!), bu use only he Auo- D programm when he baery ype Ni-MH is seleced. The cu off volage is vol / cell. This eliminaes he danger of deep discharge erminaion and polariy reversal (over-discharge). I is imporan ha you ake he rouble o give Ni-MH cells when soring a C a charge / discharge cycle around every four weeks, oherwise hey become ired, and have o be pampered.

10 Page Issue 0. Issue 0., page nexgeneraion II Firmware version V.0 and higher nexgeneraion II Firmware V.0 and higher o resore hem o full vigour. This involves going hrough he iresome business of many repeaed charge / discharge cycles. The auomaic curren seing circuiry (paened) provides opimum proecion o your Ni-MH baeries during charging. Please use he Ni-MH auomaic curren calculaion always wih a correcly adjused charge quaniy monioring circui (see chaper..). Do no use he Ni-Cd auomaic curren selecion for Ni-MH baeries! Warning: Never charge fully charged Ni-MH baeries wih he Auo C (or..cd programs): Overheaing and danger of explosion! The cu off auomaic is disabled for abou he firs minues of charging - his could lead o a minimum charge ime of abou 0 minues! Warning: A lower cell couns (-) and low charge currens (below C) he baery makes only a very low volage peak when fully charged. Under hose condiions he cu off auomaic works less reliable hen wih higher currens and/or higher number of cells. Hin: The opimum operaing emperaure of Ni-MH baeries is 0-0 C! Typical for Sanyo Twicell indusry ypes wih fla op and RC00HV cells: High maximum load capaciy and volage level. Typical for Panasonic P000NIMH cells: High maximum charge capaciy and volage level, load curren up o 0 amps. Typical for GP 00 cells: Exremely high charge capaciy, good volage level. Can be discharged wih medium currens (abou 0... amps; from year 00 up o 0 amps). Typical for GP 00 / GP00 / IB00 cells: Very high volage level. Very high self discharge curren. Up o 0 amps load curren.. ead-acid baeries (Pb) and VRA (valve regulaed lead-acid baeries = lead-gel baeries) Nominal volage level:.0 V / cell. Charge volage level:. V / cell;. V / cell for hours max. Min. discharge volage:. V / cell (his reduces lifeime). Number of cells o be seleced on he nexgeneraionii: Nominal volage of he baery o be charged divided by he nominal volage level of lead-acid baery cells = cell coun. Example: V-ead acid baery divided by,0 V => cells. Selecing he fas charge curren: Charge curren = 0. C (C = nominal baery capaciy) if no daa shees are available. Charge curren up o 0. C for special ypes. Maximum coninous discharge curren: Typically 0. C, shor ime load up o C. ong ime sorage: Full a low emperaure, more precise: A +0 C up o monh, a max. 9 monh, a C max monh, a C monh. Charge again afer his period. Mainenance: In conras o Ni-Cd/Ni-MH baeries, lead-acid baeries mus be fully recharged afer use in order o mainain full capaciy. The nominal capaciy can be reduced very quickly by incorrec handling (overloading, repeaed 00% discharges, and especially by deep-discharges). Please observe he baery manufacurer s recommendaions. Typical: The characerisics of lead-acid baeries are quie differen o hose of he Ni-Cd sealed cell packs which are used as he power source in model aircraf, cars and hydro-boas. They can only olerae relaively low currens relaive o heir capaciy if heir full capaciy is o be exploied, and/or he volage is no o collapse oo far. Used as single-cell glowplug energiser baeries and power source in some scale boas. ow self-discharge rae. Fig... lef column....le: Value selecion via able (Fig..0.A.) or numerical (Fig..0.A.) digi by digi modes: nusric: Values beween 0-9 can be seleced. nuaround: 0 follows 9 or he oher way round. numcarry: neighbouring digis are also affeced a a run over of a digi (9->0 or 9->0). Hin: When single digis are changed and he resul is an under- or overflow of he limi of he complee value hen he value is se o he max. or min. limi. Hin: Only long ables can be adjused digi by digi....le: Charger sars working auomaically afer connecing he baery or sars manually afer pressing he <+> key. To sop i working: press he <-> key....le: The balancing circui works a auoma. wih sliding precision: a) he higher he cell volage he closer he volage deviaion of he cells in he pack OR b) fixed values beween mv o 0 mv OR c) "OFF" (no balancing => only volage measuring) are allowed...//.le: Fine uning of he i-discharge volage limi (see also chaper..)...le: Charge circui of baery is paralleled o oupu. This leads o double power on oupu. Oupu is disabled. Fig.. righ column:...ri: Menus narrow ("small", Fig...) all parameers a a glance or "wide" (Fig...). This menu changes auomaically when reaching he firs/las value or afer pressing <l> or <r>....ri: Reseing he complee device and baery parameer ses o sandard values (does no affec he values of he cliens seups and he owners name).. Change parameers in Device Parameer Se (nex-0 & nex-0 only) Display he hird device parameer se by anoher push on key <par>..le: The lef column is self-explanaory. The inernal ckock is seed o he presen weekday, dae and ime...ri: This secion jus includes a few noes relaing o he daa memory:..z.ri: M->PC: ransfers he daa in he inernal memory o he conneced USB por. Three differen ransfer speeds are available, which should be seleced o sui he performance of he PC you are using. A furher facor which affecs he ransfer rae is he graphic display "Auomaic Window Graph" in he receiving program "Akkusof" or "Schulze-Sof"; if his funcion is acive i requires considerable compuing power (for drawing he curves)...z.ri: M-clr: clears (erases) he daa in he inernal memory afer a query and confirmaion. If, for example, you simply wish o record he las charge / discharge process and ransfer he daa o your PC, you can save ransfer ime o he PC by erasing he memory before connecing he baery (and herefore before you sar recording daa). Noe: If a faul of he charger occurs, we need he recorded daa (.lad (!) file) o locae he problem. For his reason please do no (Device-) Parameer se Fig... ParameerSe nexgen value abul menu small sar auom auom seto defl balan auom auom carb rese rese uipo *000 UiPo *00 uiio *00 UiIo *00 uife *000 UiFe *0 b+b OFF UpCas OFF (Dev.-) Parameer se "wide" Fig... ParameerSe nexgen Value selecon abul Sar release auom BalancPrecision auom EMPTYvol.iPo *000 EMPTYvol.iIo *00 EMPTYvol.iFe *000 coupling b+b OFF...ri: Reseing of he capaciy display of he car baery which is shown on he info screen Fig.....//.ri: Fine uning of he i-charge volage limi....ri: All leers on he screen are changed ino capials. erase he memory conen if an error occurs; insead read i ou ( M->PC ) and send he file o us for examinaion...z.ri: Mmode canno be seleced; i is se o rolling. This means ha he oldes daa are overwrien by new daa when he memory is full; for his reason i is generally no necessary o erase daa - unless o avoid carry ou daa ransfers aking a long ime...z/.ri: w.cd/dc waiing ime bew. combinaion programs. Momenarily sec. fixed. (Device-) Parameer se Fig.. ParameerSe nexgen weekd Fri. M->PC sar day M-clr sar monh 0 Mmode roll. year - - hour - - minu w.cd * * 0M sec. 0 w.dc * * 0M

11 Page Issue 0. nexgeneraion II Firmware V.0 and higher nexgeneraion II Firmware version V.0 and higher Issue 0., page 9 Fig..0.A Baery ype selecion b. Param. Selecion ba Baery ype selec RunIn + change --> i-po <-- value i-io - change <esc> press o abor.0 Changing charge- and device- parameers: On Fig..9.A (see las page) he cursor (he black recangular field) is locaed on he baery ype. If you hen press he <ener> key he selecion menu for he baery ype opens. When you are changing e.g. he baery ype hen he selecion is always abulaed (differen values one below he oher) which can be alered/moved by he <+> and <-> keys. <ener> selecs he baery ype. When you press <ener> in Fig..9.A (las page) hen he charge capaciy selecion menu opens. In his case: When numerical values shall be changed hen you can swich from he abulaed selecion (Fig..0.A.) o he numerical selecion (Fig..0.A.) (someimes only available when ables are very long). In he numerical mode <l> and <r> change he posiion of he digis, <+> and <-> he value. eading zeros indicae he number of digis o be changed. See also a more deailed descripion in chaper...li (device parameer se (press <par> x)).. Change parameers in Device Parameer Se There are wo parameer screens in he -0 devices and hree in he -0 and -0 ypes. Display he firs device parameer se by pressing he <par> key one ime Fig... (Device-) Parameer se ParameerSe nexgen fan OFF curr> * 0A ligh blink powr> *900W buzzr allon ba< *V illum ON emp> *0 C dquan OFF melod:0, 0 name >new< passw >new< Schulze Elekronik GmbH Fig.. lef column...le: exernal fan off/on (*)...le: exernal "full"-ligh (off/flashing/on) (*)...le: "full"- and/or key buzzer off/on....le: Display background illumin. off/on....le: Coupling off/on; Charge quaniy limi is also valid for discharging...le: Changers owners name. Chaper / Fig..0 Name selecion screen Tabulaed selecion Fig..0.A. Param. Selecion ba Max Charge Capaciy sel Ah + change -->.0 Ah<-- value. Ah - change <esc> press o abor Numerical selecion Fig..0.A. Param. Selecion ba Max Charge Capaciy sel change -->0000mAh 0000mAh<-- value - - change <esc> press o abor Fig.. righ column...re: max. primary curren (supply curren)...re: max. charge power...re: under vol. warning limi car baery. Shows rue warning volage for V / V / V baeries. Menu is sandardized on V....re: Cu-off emperaure limi for he exernal emperaure sensor (*). Hin: The sensor has o be acivaed by assigning i o a baery oupu. (Fig..9..ri)...re: no funcion a he momen....re: Changing he pass word o enable he change of he owners name Chaper / Fig..0 Name selecion screen (*) NexConn-Se-II necessary!. Change parameer of Device Parameer Se The second device parameer se is displayed by anoher push (he second) on key <par>. ihium-iron-phosphae baeries (i-fepo) Nominal volage:, V / cell. Max. charge volage:, V / cell. Min. discharge volage:,0 V / cell. Selecing he fas charge curren: Up o C. Maximum conin. discharge curren: Up o 0 C. ong ime sorage: The manufacurer recommends ha 0% o 0% sae of charge a C is bes for a maximum ime of monh. I offers a compromise beween impedance creep and sorage safey. Then discharge and charge o 0% capaciy (use "quaniy cuoff"). Typical: These cells are even recommended as receiver baeries ( cells have abou he same volage as fully charged Nickel-cells), bu also recommended for feeding a moor.. ihium-ion baeries (i-io & i-po) Nominal volage iio:, V / cell (e.g. SAFT) Nominal volage iio/ipo:, V / cell (e.g. SANYO, KOKAM) Max. charge volage iio:, V +-0mV / cell (e.g. SAFT) (absolue limi. V / cell) ipo:, V +-0mV / cell (e.g. MoliCel) Min. discharge volage iio:, V / cell (MoliCel),, V / cell (e.g. SANYO) (absolue limi. V / cell) ipo:,0 V / cell (e.g. KOKAM) Number of cells o be seleced on he charger: Nominal volage of ipo-pack div.by nominal cell-volage = cell coun. -->, V ipo-pack divided by. V => selec cells! If you would selec more cells, he pack would explode during charging! Example: The Thunderpower TP00 sp pack consiss of cells. of 00mAh are conneced parallel (p) -> *,0 Ah = 00mAh. of he paralleled cells are conneced in series (s)-> *,V=, V. Selecing he fiing cell ype: Selec ha baery ype from he nexgeneraionii menu which characerisics mach bes wih he daa shee of he baery manufacurer. Selecing he fas charge curren: Charge curren = C (SANYO / KOKAM) or less (0, C PANASONIC) (C = nominal baery capaciy). Maximum coninous discharge curren:... 0 C (very new ypes), depending on cell ype. ong ime sorage a low emperaures: Empy, i.e. discharged o he discharge volage cu off level (see above Min. discharge volage), a low emperaure (-0 C bis +0 C). ong ime sorage a higher emperaures (ambien emperaure): See chaper.. Mainenance: Discharge wih up o C down o above lised discharge volages. Always sore hese cells in he discharged sae, if sored fully charged, he resul can be a permanen reducion in capaciy. When sored a +0 C or more charge addiional every wo monhs. Typical: Very good weigh : energy raio. High load cells have also a good weigh : power resp. performance raio. Hin: Many manufacurers direc how many cells are allowed o use in series and/or parallel use. The exac echnical erm of a i-po cell is ihium-ion-polymer baery. These are hybrid cells and conain gelled elecrolye o enhance ion conduciviy. The "rue" (dry) ihium-polymer cells suffers from poor conduciviy and work only wih higher emperaures of more han 0 C.

12 0 Page Issue 0. Issue 0., page nexgeneraion II Firmware version V.0 and higher nexgeneraion II Firmware V.0 and higher Mouning CE ring for charge cables Use. mm cables, cable red, cable black. Solder male socke a every end of cable. Slide ring from free end of cables o cm ( ") o he male sockes and fix i wih your fingers. Make addiional windings hrough he cener of he ring. Cu charge cables o 0... cm. The charging cables now looks like he picure on he righ. Bind cables wih shor pieces of hea shrink Charging cables, ubes. Solder your connecors on o he free ends of NOT Power Supply cables! he cables now. You can also use our pre-fabricaed safey charge cables CE-kab-i. They are equipped wih isolaing sleeves which proecs agains shor circuis and which auomaically are sliding back in use. Funcions Please read secion "The firs sep" firs ha you know how o selec all he charge and discharge programs lised below. Charge- and discharge programs of baery oupu are spli ino groups, which can be seleced using he +/- buons in he belonging prog. menu. The charger will perform he opion you selec by pressing he ener buon. All programs use hose currens as heir maximum, which were separaely seleced under ccurr and dcurr in he parameer screens of boh oupus. fixed curren combinaion programs fix_cd, fix_dc, (up o cycles) auomaic curren calculaion combin.programs auo_cd, auo_dc, (up o cycles) fixed curren charge programm fix_c, fixed curren discharge programm fix_d, auomaic curren calculaion charge program auoc, auomaic curren calculaion discharge program auod. Currens (abular) [Amps] 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.,.0,.,.,.0,.,.0,.,.0 <b>,.,.0,.,.0 <c>,.,,, 9,0 <d>,, <e>,,, <f> <b>.0 amps is max. for discharge programs <c,d> differen maximum charge currens on boh oupus (depends on he ype of charger). <e,f> charge currens on oupu when oupu is paralleled o oupu (max. on nex--0). The acual charge curren may also vary wih baery ype, number of cells, baery condiion ec. Especially for he users of brushed moors he nexgeneraionii offers a special runin program, which can be seleced in he baery ype menu. ( btype:runin ). Many parameers for an opimum run-in procedure can be seleced in his menu: The maximum moor curren, he maximum run-in volage, he maximum run-in ime, he maximum moor emperaure and he maximum charge -quaniy which is available when a baery of a deermined capaciy would be used for he run-in procedure. A push on <> changes o he parameer selecion screen of baery (Fig..9.A). If you press again key <>, he screen changes back o curve screen (..A). If you press <> insead of <> hen he curve screen (..A) will be displayed. Fig..9.A baery parameer screen ParameerSe baery btype ipo cells +B prog fixcd crae *.0 ccurr.0a quan> 00 dcurr.00a ime> h0 cuof v-max emp> OFF delay min diode OFF sora NO refr. OFF Fig..9.A shows all for baery relevan parameers (Fig..9.A for baery ) = ine, lef column:.9..le: Selec baery ype (chosen: ipo/nimh)..9..li: Program selecion (b: fixed curren, charge firs, hen discharge; imes running)..9..le: Program selecion (b: fully auomaic chargeand discharge-curren calculaion)..9..le: Charge curren (chosen:, A /,0 A).9..le: Discharge curren (chosen:,0 A /,0 A).9..le: FU cuoff mehod (No selecion baeries - selecion menu crossed).9..le: Sorage programm (sorage volage in his example, V/cell. You can chose among NO or up o sorage volages). The charger decides auomaically if i uses he fix-d or fix-c program. No available on Nickel- and ead-baeries. = inee, righ column:.9..ri: Number of cells. Is auomaically se when a balancing cable of a ihium baery is conneced. On Nickel baeries he fiing cell coun is calculaed using he cell volage afer(!) hey are conneced o he charger. The cell coun will be re-adjused when charging or can be alered manually..9..ri: C-Rae. Menu only appears when a ihium baery is conneced which is equipped wih he Schulze BalCab Sysem. The curren, which is on principle given by he resisor value, can be varied by his menu. Example: A baery is equipped/configured wih a KiloOhm resisor corresponding o is capaciy of Ah. When his baery shall be charged/discharged wih A hen.0 C is he righ choice. Oherwise he B.Cap (baery capaciy) menu is displayed (see Fig..9.A)..9..ri: quan>: Charge quaniy limi. Selec a ihium baeries abou 0% more Ah han he nominal capaciy of he baery. When you use Nicke baeries A push on <> changes o he parameer selecion screen of baery (Fig..9.A). If you press again key <>, he screen changes back o curve screen (..A). If you press <> insead of <> hen he curve screen (..A) will be displayed. baery parameer screen Fig..9.A ParameerSe baery btype NiMH cells 0 prog. auoc B.Cap 00 ccurr.00a quan> 000 dcurr.00a ime> h0 cuof sens. emp> OFF delay min diode NO sora NO refr. OFF you have o selec abou 0-0% more han is nominal capaciy (he charge efficiency is less good in comparison o ihium baeries). If his limi is ripped before he charger cus off as usual (full baery) hen he display shows QUAN (charge quaniy exceeded)..9..ri: ime>: Charge ime limi. When ihium baeries are charged wih C hen hey are fully charged in abou h0min when here are normal balancing aciviies. When he seleced ime limi is ripped hen he charger sopps charging and shows TIME (ime limi exceeded) on he display..9..ri: emp>: Temperaure monioring. Selec OFF or he preseleced emperaure value. When emperaure monioring is acive hen a) he nexconn-ii module mus be exisan (e,g, no in he eco ypes) and b) he emperaure sensor mus be conneced o i and c) he emperaure value has o be chosen in he in he firs device parameer menu (press <par> x). The dispülay shows TEMP when i was exceeded..9..ri: diode. When your e.g. ransmier is equipped wih a discharge/shor circui proecion diode in he charge inpu hen he charger does no sar o charge auomaically when you connec he charge cables (because here is no volage on i). Effecs o be known when seleced diode: YES : a) You have o sar charging by pressing <+>. b) The device does no make any charge inerrupions o measure he inner resisance of he baery. c) I is no possible o use ihium programs. d) I is no possible o use auomaic curren calculaion programs (auo_c). e) I is no possible o use discharge- or combined programs ( _D, _CD or _DC ).9..ri: refresh. When selecion is ON hen brief discharge pulses are applied o he baery. (See also chaper and...ri). No useful when charging ihium baeries - especially when balancing hem and he volage varies by he pulses).

13 Page Issue 0. Issue 0., page nexgeneraion II Firmware version V.0 and higher nexgeneraion II Firmware V.0 and higher If <info> is pressed again hen device saisics appear. Depending from which curve screen you pressed he buon <info> he firs ime Fig...A (baery ) or Fig...A (baery ) is displayed. Fig...A (device) sae info for ba. SaisicsNexG.IIb OperangTime/h Charge couns 9 Dischar.couns ChargeTime /h DischaTime /h ChargeQuan/Ah DischaQuan/Ah Of course you can aler beween he displays of baery and baery by pressing <l>, <-> or <r>, <+>. Hin: The coupled use of he -- chargers is only couned on baery saisics. To reurn from all he info screens o he graphical screens you have o press buons <> or <>. Fig...A Curve screen baery ipo 00: V b fixcd (.0A) 0mAh a V ready V From he he curve-screen of baery (Fig...A) you can ge he following informaion: In he firs wo lines he mos imporan parameers of hose parameers are displayed which had been seleced in he screen showed below (Fig..9.A). Hin re Fig...A: On he lef side of he line he cell coun () of he ipo baery pack is shown, in line he seleced program (fixcd) is displayed wih he seleced cycle coun () in fron of he program ype. The fig. also shows ha a balancing socke is conneced bu no he charging cable - so ha he balancing display ( and ) is visible bu he "ready" display is sill on. Acive balancers will be displayed in reverse video. By he use of he balancing cable he cell coun is known and can no be changed. For his reason he cell coun Fig..9.A is crossed. (device) sae info for ba. Fig...A SaisicsNexG.IIb OperangTime/h Charge couns 9 Dischar.couns ChargeTime /h DischaTime /h ChargeQuan/Ah DischaQuan/Ah Curve screen baery Fig...A 0NiMH 00: V b auoc (.00A) 0mAh a V ready V The curve-screen of baery (Fig...A) shows: In he firs wo lines he mos imporan parameers of hose parameers are displayed which had been seleced in he screen showed below (Fig..9.A). The charge curren value, showed in parenhesis, shows he seed curren. The 0.00V and 0mAh show ha neiher a byery is conneced nor a baery was charged before. When e.g. a. Ah baery wih a correcly configured Schulze balancing cable (wih a. kiloohm resisor) would be conneced o he BalCab-SE adapers hen he charging curren in Fig..9.A would auomaically change from.0a o.0a (. kohm muliplied wih he C-rae which is seed o.0). The resuling curren value is no crossed ou so ha you can even choose anoher curren manually.. The firs sep - he screens. Take he nexgeneraionii ou of he packaging. See Chaper : General Remarks and Precauions. ack of air circulaion may cause overheaing... Connec he nexgeneraionii o he vol power source car baery. Noe: Do no connec baery packs o he charger during his procedure. Firs ry o ge a good conac o he car baery erminals, oherwise you may no ge he power-on screen on he display. In his case disconnec he charger immediaely from he car baery and rery afer abou seconds. Power-On screen Fig..... Iniially he liquid crysal screen very briefly shows nexgeneraion -0 he sofware version of he display processor; he screen backlighing is swiched on and displays he V. english PowerOn menu screen along wih he ype designaion Owner nexgeneraionii xx-yyy (exac ype designaion), Schulze Elekronik GmbH he ms logo, he sofware version and he owner s Mi.09. :0: name. ine shows dae and ime (only on nex-- Menüsprache ändern in 0 and 00 ypes). A his poin you can also swich Sprache = deusch <esc> o he second menu language, if you wish; simply follow he on-screen (see chaper / figure.). If YOUR language is no available on he charger please check if i is available on our homepage or our USB-sick (in preparaion) and insall i on your charger. Follow he help ex of he insallaion program.. The nexgeneraionii feaures nine operaing buons. The hree buons <>, <par> and <>, which consiue he Parameer buon group, are used o move o he baery and device parameer baery curve screen Fig... screens. ipo 00: V b.. Selecing <> or <> iniially brings up he graphic fix_c (.0A) 0mAh a screens which display he charge / discharge volage V curves and he mos imporan se parameers - shown in he firs wo lines of he screen (pic. righ). ready... If he curve screen for Baery is on he screen, you can swich direcly o he curve screen for Baery (and vice versa) by pressing <> (or <l>, <r>). V... If one of he wo curve screens is displayed (Baery or Baery ) you can press <info> (= <ener>) o access saus displays for hese baeries which are no included in he curve screen (Chaper.). Pressing he <info> buon again calls up informaion abou he sae of he power supply (e.g. he car baery) (Chaper.). baery parameer screen Fig..... For example, if he curve screen for Baery is Parameer Se baery displayed (Fig..), anoher press on <> swiches o btype ipo cells +b he parameer seings for Baery (and vice versa). prog. fix_ B.Cap 000 The informaion for all parameers are shown on a ccurr.00a quan> 00 single screen, and is herefore slighly compressed, dcurr.00a ime> h bu his is in response o requess from many users cuof v-max emp> OFF ha all he parameers should be visible wihou hav- delay min diode NO ing o swich beween screen displays. When a combi- sora NO refr. OFF program is in use, he circle shows he number of cycles. Remark: You also can selec an opion in he device parameer se wih "wide" screens (chaper.). Seing he crae : By he definiion of he Schulze-balancing cables he charge curren depends on he curren resisor soldered in. If you wish o use a higher (or lower) charge curren han he defined by he configuraion of he cable, you can urn his parameer up or down.

14 Page Issue 0. nexgeneraion II Firmware V.0 and higher nexgeneraion II Firmware version V.0 and higher Issue 0., page.. For example, if he parameer screen for Baery is displayed hen pressing wo imes on <> swiches via he graphical screen o he parameer screen for Baery (see Fig...). Fig... Parameer-screen Baery Parameer Se baery btype NiMH cells 0 prog. auoc B.Cap 000 ccurr.00a quan> 000 dcurr.00a ime> h0 cuof sens. emp> OFF delay min diode NO sora NO refr. OFF... The parameer se for Baery is on principle idenical o he parameer se for Baery. Because of he fac ha differen baery ypes are seleced in he Figs.. and.., some lines are differen. In Figs... and.. you see ipo and NiMH in reverse leers (he so called "cursor box") around he baery ype. Pressing <ener> a his locaion of he box would ake you o he se-up menu for ha baery ype... The second buon group (of four buons, i.e. he <+> and <-> buons and also he <l> and r buons) is used o move he cursor box o any of he parameers which can be changed (!). If parameer values are no presen (e.g he coupling a nex-x chargers), or if a paricular parameer canno be changed during he charge phase (e.g. he charge curren when he baery is almos full - in order o avoid upseing he peak cu-off circui - or he number of cells when using a ihium program), hen he cursor box canno be moved o hese posiions. Such posiions are marked wih a minus sign, or are shown emporarily crossed ou.. Move he cursor box back o he posiion shown in Fig... nex o btype, and press <ener>... This acion opens he menu screen shown in Fig..., whose firs line (ile) reflecs he menu by displaying Parameer selecion - baery. Fig... Baery ype selecion baery ine shows in a plainer, less crypic form which parameer value you can change, as in he previous Param.Selecion ba parameer se menu (Fig.. or.); in his case: selec baery ype baery ype selecion ead + change.. You can move he various baery ypes up and --> Ni-MH <-- value down in a small window using he <+> and <-> buons. Ni-Cd - change ine of he small window shows he value o be selec ed, and in each case he adjacen (predecessor, suc- o abor press <esc> cessor) able value: line (below i) shows he preceding value, line (above i) he subsequen value. The end (and he sar) of he able is marked by horizonal lines (minus signs)... Once you have se he appropriae baery ype, press he <ener> buon o conclude he Selecion menu... If you moved o he baery ype selecion menu by misake, you can leave i wihou changing anyhing by pressing <escape> (inerrup), even if you have changed he baery ype in he meanime using he <+> and <-> buons... Noes: choosing a new baery ype auomaically acivaes he parameers which were se las ime you used he same baery ype. For his reason, if you wish o swich baery ype you should always sar by selecing he baery ype iself and as he nex sep always he baery capaciy (B.Cap), raher han perhaps by changing he charge curren or he charge program, as changing he baery ype would in any case overwrie your earlier changes. When leafing hrough he baery ype selecion menu you will noice ha addiional menu poins in he form of wrie and read are presen in addiion o he baery ypes. These enries refer o configuraions which you can sore and subsequenly call up (see Chaper ). All he oher parameer menus (e.g. charge curren, charge quaniy limi) are navigaed and used in he same way. If a graphical screen is displayed (Figs..x) AND (ba. ) Cell volage info Fig...A when a baery wih balancing cable is conneced hen pressing <info> shows he cell volage display Fig...A b: Uzell,Udiff Ri/m In his example badly balanced cells are conneced s column: Cell number nd column: Cell volage in millivol c : 0 mv rd column: volage difference o he lowes cell c : 0 0 mv c : 0 mv (All cells wih higher volages will be balanced) h column: Inner resisance of he cell in milliohm c : mv Hin: The inner resisance of a cell is measured afer one c : 0 mv minue charge/discharge ime by swiching of he curren for some seconds. This volage drop is visible in he curve on he screen. If a graphical screen is displayed (Figs..x) AND when NO balancing cable is conneced hen pressing <info> shows he sae info display Fig...A ine : Sae of baery conneced o oupu ine : Seleced program ine -: Col.: In his example only measuring uni Col.: sign ( - a discharge) Col.: charge- (+) or discharge quaniies (-) ine : Inner resisances of baery pack inclusively cables and plug sysems. End of line : inner resisance of he cells divided by he cell coun: abou inner resisance of one cell. Common noe for all screens which show baery daa: pressing <l> or <->: Show values of baery pack, pressing <r> or <+>: Show values of baery pack. When he above shown baery sae of baery (Fig...A) is visible: Pressing <r> or <+> leads o Fig...A ine : Sae of baery conneced o oupu ine : Seleced program ine -: Col.: Number of he cycle (@ combi progs) Col.: sign ( - a discharge) Col.: charge- (+) or discharge quaniies (-) ine : Inner resisances of baery pack inclusively cables and plug sysems. End of line : Inner resisance of one cell. Pressing <info> (once again) leads o he device sae info screen Fig.. The numerical values in he lines, and are refreshed every second. ine displays he discharged capaciy from he car baery (or power supply) This value ( carb ) can be zeroed when e.g. ha car baery is freshly charged. How o do: see Chaper / Fig....Z.re (ba. ) Sae info Fig...A Sae bdischa progr fix D [mah] - 0 Ri = = m /c (baery ) Sae info Fig...A Sae bcharg. progr auocd cycl cycl [mah] Ri= = m /Z (charger) Sae info Fig.. SausInfo nexgen Dev.Type: nex -0 Sofware Vers:. Device Number: Inpu Volage:.0V Inp.Curr.Draw:.0A TakenCapaciy:.Ah Schulze Elekronik GmbH

15 0 Page Issue 0. Issue 0., page nexgeneraion II Firmware version V.0 and higher nexgeneraion II Firmware V.0 and higher Fig.. Power-On screen nexgeneraion -0 V. english Owner Schulze Elekronik GmbH Th.09. :0: Menüsprache ändern in Sprache = deusch <esc> Fig.. Changing language screen Keep old language language=english <esc> Menüsprache ändern in Sprache=deusch <en> Pressing <> leads e.g. o Fig...A Baery curve screen (graphic screen). Hin: Baery and are no coupled. Fig...A Baery curve screen ipo 00: V b fix_d (.0A) 0mAh a V ready V If baery and are coupled (-- ypes): Pressing <> leads e.g. o Fig...A Baery curve screen (graphic screen). Fig...A Baery curve screen, coupled ipo 00: V b fix_c (0.0A) 0mAh V + b ready V Menu overview Power-On screen (Fig..): I shows he device ype in line, he sofwareversion in line, he owner's name in line dae/ime in line (nex--0 and nex-- 0 only) and in he lines and are he o swich over o he second menu language. Hins: If he firs and second language is no Your naive language you should check he Schulze homepage if your naive language is available. When you press a <buon> he screen changes. Pressing <esc>: Iniializes he change of he language. Please follow he of he screen Fig... Pressing <> leads e.g. o Fig...A Baery curve screen (graphic screen). Hin: Baery and are no coupled. Baery curve screen Fig...A 0NiCd 00: V b aucd (.0A) 0mAh a V ready V If baery and are coupled (-- ypes): Pressing <> leads e.g. o Fig...A Baery curve screen (graphic screen). Baery oupu can no be used! Baery curve screen, coupled Fig...A 0NiMH 00: V b fix_c (.0A) 0mAh a V b=b! V. The lef buon group includes a buon marked <par>... Pressing he <par> buon once calls up he parameer screen.., which conains he device seings described below. For example, his menu segmen includes seings which Device parameers Fig... define how you wish he charger o behave when a Parameer Se nexgen baery is fully charged. fan OFF curr> * 0A A his poin you can also resric he charger s power ligh blink powr> *00W consumpion, so as o avoid overloading mains PSUs buzzr ON ba< *V of limied capaciy when charging a baery. illum ON emp> *0 C No leas of hese menu funcions is he abiliy o ener dquan OFF melod 0, 0 your name. name >new< passw >new< Schulze Elekronik GmbH The meaning of all he parameers is described in Chaper... Pressing he <par> buon a second ime calls up he parameer screen.., which primarily conains se-up parameers for ihium baeries Device parameers Fig... (upper and lower volage limi values). The charger s funnel-shaped balancing funcion "balan:auom" is well Parameer Se nexgen known from oher Schulze balancers. value abul menu small sar auom auom seto defl Noe: The funcion o parallel he charging oupus b+b balan auom auom carb rese rese is only available in he nex--xxx. uipo *000 UiPo *00 Noe: he aserisks * which precede he se-up values in uiio *00 UiIo *00 he righ-hand columns of Figs... and.. mean uife *000 UiFe *0 ha he user has se he recommended parameers (sug- b+b OFF UpCas OFF gesed values) for he menu poin in quesion... If you press he <par> buon repeaedly, you alernae beween he wo device parameer screens, i.e. Figs... and... In he nex--0+0 a hird parameer screen is shown o se he real ime clock and o read ou / erase he inernal curve memory... You can move o he Power-On screen (Fig..) by pressing he <esc> buon, o he baery curve screen (Fig...) by pressing <>, and o he Baery curve screen by pressing <>.. When he screen is displaying a curve raher han one of he parameer displays, he <ener> buon (acually) has no funcion. For his reason we have used he <ener> buon in his case for displaying screens wih addiional informaion conen <info> relaing o he curren charge / discharge process for Baery and Baery, or he sae of he device... Pressing <info> when one of he wo curve screens (Baery or Baery ) is on he screen causes line o show he saus for he baery (b ready, b charging), he curren program for he baery, he number of cycles for he baery (up o he maximum number of five cycles) and he inernal resisance of he baery in he boom line (see also Fig... on he nex page). Noe: The info screens o display daa for Baery or are changed by pressing <l> or <r> (or <+> or <->)... Pressing <info> wo imes when one of he wo curve screens (Baery or Baery ) is displayed calls up informaion abou he device and he curren power supply siuaion (see also Fig... on he nex page)... Pressing <info> repeaedly oggles beween he screens.. and.. and he curve screen previously displayed. When a balancing connecor of a baery is plugged in, hen he cell volages are displayed a he firs push on he <info> buon (Fig.. on page ). The display can be alernaed beween cell - and - (= - of ba.) by pressing <l> or <r> (or <+> or <->). Pressing he <esc> buon akes you o he las curve screen displayed, while he <> or <> buons ake you direcly o he corresponding curve screens.

16 Page Issue 0. nexgeneraion II Firmware V.0 and higher nexgeneraion II Firmware version V.0 and higher Issue 0., page 9 Fig... Sae info (shown: baery ) sae: b charg. progr auocd cycl cycl [mah] Ri= = m /Z Sae info (device) Fig... Sae info nexgen. DeviceType: nex -0 Sofware Vers:. Device Number: Inpu Volage: 9.0V Inp.Curr.Draw:.0A TakenCapaciy:.Ah Schulze Elekronik GmbH. The firs sep - he mos imporan seings In Chaper. you have become familiar wih he menu screens and how hey are navigaed and used; for example, which parameers have o be se in order o charge a Nickel baery properly. If you find you have made so many changes ha you no longer undersand wha is going on, hen you may need o carry ou a general rese o resore he defaul seings (Fig... seto:defl ). Press he <> buon repeaedly unil he curve screen is displayed. The screen displays an empy co-ordinae sysem wih minues running from lef o righ, and he volage axis running upward. The screen name Baery is shown in inverse video (black background) a he righ-hand margin of he screen, wih a verical column of characers. Before you carry ou an iniial es by charging he firs baery, please examine he upper lines of he screen o check ha he saus displays mach he baery o be charged. Of course, when you operae he uni for he firs ime many fields will no conain any values, bu once you disconnec he baery he old values will be reained for checking purposes unil you connec a new pack. In Fig.. curve screen baery mos cases he righ choice for Nickel baeries is he fully Cell coun Ba.ype Time (mm:ss) Pack volage auomaic charge program auoc. During he charge process he fully auomaic programs measure he baery repeaedly o deermine is abiliy o accep curren, and se he required charge curren auomaically. In pracice his means ha here is no need o have exac knowledge of he Cycles Program Curren Charge quaniy ype of Ni-Cd/Ni-MH sinered cell in use, provided ha is Balancing sae info capaciy lies wihin he permissible range of 00 mah o several Ah. The only imporan poin is ha Ni-Cd cells mus ensured a charge curren of C and a Ni-MH's a curren of C. If you charge a Nickel baery and he auomaically se charge curren remains below C (C = nominal baery capaciy), his generally means ha he cells are no - or are no longer - capable of being fas-charged (e.g. high-capaciy Ni-MH baeries of AA or AAA cell size). If he pack has a low cell-coun, hese low charge currens will presen problems when he auomaic cu-off circui aemps o deec he baery full sae, as he volage peak which develops is no sufficienly pronounced. In his case he only recourse is o charge he pack wih a manually se curren, or - even beer - change o a more suiable baery ype; assuming, ha here is no problem wih he charge lead. The fully auomaic programs can only work correcly if he conducors of he charge lead are of adequae cross-secion (. mm - even for charging ransmier and receiver baeries!!) and if he baery cells are soldered (!) ogeher, i.e. hey are no simply clamped in a baery box... If you wish or are obliged o change he parameers relaing o Baery, press he <> buon again: his calls up a ex screen wih he ile line in inverse video; his is he parameer se-up menu for Baery, which should be familiar o you already from Fig.... If you wish o give your Nickel baeries a full charge combined wih maximum safey, he following parameers mus be se o sensible values before you sar charging he pack.. Warrany All Schulze devices are carefully checked and esed before dispach. If you have a complain, send he uni back o us wih a clear descripion of he faul. A message such as "doesn' work properly" or "sofware error" doesn' help us much! For all supply of warrany services our Terms of Sale and Supply are applicable (see Schulze Homepage). One furher noe: If a problem arises wih any Schulze produc, send i direcly o us wihou inerfering wih i in any way. Changes or exensions of he device can lead o addiional coss if hese impede or preven services. Non-suiable componens will be replaced or build back o he delivered condiion a he owners expense wihou any consulaion. This ensures ha we can repair he uni quickly, pick up warrany fauls wihou any dispue, and keep coss o a minimum. You can also be sure ha we will fi genuine replacemen pars which will work properly in your uni. Unforunaely we have had bad experience wih hird-pary Service Cenres which claim echnical compeence. Noe also ha any ou-side inerference wih our producs invalidaes he warrany. Incompeen aemps a repair can cause furher damage. We ofen find i impossible o esimae he repair cos of devices in such condiion, and in cerain circumsances we are hen obliged o decline o repair i alogeher. egal maers. CE approval All Schulze devices saisfy all relevan and mandaory EC direcives: These are he EMF direcive 00/0/EG The produc has been esed o mee he following basic echnical sandards: Inerference radiaion: DIN EN 0-: 00-0 Inerference suscepibiliy: DIN EN 0-: You are he owner of a produc whose design and consrucion fulfil he safey aims of he EC for he safe operaion of devices. The approval procedure includes a es of inerference radiaion, i.e. of inerference generaed by he charger. This charger has been esed under pracical condiions a maximum load curren and wih a large number of cells, and remains wihin he inerference limis. A less sringen es would be, for example, o measure inerference levels a a low charge curren. In such cases he charger would no produce is maximum inerference level. The procedure also includes also a es of inerference suscepibiliy, i.e. he exen o which he device is vulnerable o inerference from oher devices. The es involves subjecing he charger o RF signals similar o hose produced by an RC ransmier or a radio elephone.