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Operation Manual 1.

0 Captest PD-01

Operation Manual

Processor Controlled
Capacity Tester PD-01
12V 0.3A-25A
also for 24V 0.3A –25A
PENDRIVE RECORDING

English Version
Operation Manual 1.0 Captest PD-01

Introduction:
With this processor controlled capacity tester you can measure the capacity of the
batteries. You can set the cut off voltage (The voltage limit where you want to stop
the discharge), the discharging current, and the charging time between the cycles.
You can program 1-8 cycles. The tester measures the charged/discharged Ah and the
elapsed time since the start of each cycle.

Connecting the tester to the battery


After connecting the tester to the battery you can see the software version and the
serial number of the tester for a few seconds. After that, you can see the voltage of the
battery on the display.

Menu System:
The main menu consists of 5 screens. You can change between the screens with the
Display Change button.

1. Voltage screen

Voltage
12.8 V

2. Test Parameter screen

Test parameters

3. Read Test Result

Read test result

4. Charge

Charge

5.Discharge

Discharge

5.Pendrive suspend

PNDRV Susp
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Setting the test parameters:


To set the test parameters you have to switch to the test parameters screen and press
the Start/Stop button.
This submenu consists of 4 different screens. You can change between the screens by
pressing the display change button. In order to change the values use the UP and
Down buttons. If you keep the UP / Down button pushed, the values change more
rapidly.

First you can set the desired number of cycles.

Number of cycles
Enter 1

You can change the values 1-200 by pressing the up/down arrow button.

After selecting the number of cycles, press the Display Change button to skip to the
Charging time screen.

Charging time
Enter 02h

You can change the charging time between 1-99 hours. ( up / down arrow button.)

After setting the charging time press the Display Change button to skip to the
Discharging Current screen.

Disch Current
05,5 A

You can set the discharging current between 0.3A and 25A . (0.1A steps) (up/down
arrow button.)

After setting the discharging current press the Display Change button to skip to the
Cut off voltage screen

U-cut off 07,2 V


Enter 1.2 V/c
Here you can set the cut off voltage (Volts or Volt/cell) between 6V-15V with 0.3V
steps. (0.05V/cell step)

Sampl interval
Automatic
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The required sampling interval can be selected. We recommend to use the automatic
sampling. This uses 2000 points ,so the file will be small, and easily edited in the
software. If you record a very long test, then the resouluton will be not very high.

After finishing the setting of the parameters, press the Start/Stop Button to go back to
the main menu screens.

Reading the test results:


In the main menu go to the read test result display and press the Start/Stop button.

Pressing the Display Change button you can see the result of the each cycle.

A cycle consists of a charging and a discharging part.


The last cycle is always a half cycle. It means that there is only charging because the
tester charges the battery after the test process. So for example if you have
programmed 4 cycle, after the 4th cycle the tester connects the charger to battery and
does the charging. When reading the test result of this last cycle you see only charged
A*h.

Minutes Discharged A*h

025 min 05.2 A*h


4/5 Read 06.2 A*h

Cycle Number Charged A*h

To go back to the main menu press Start/Stop button.

Starting the test:


Start with discharging:
If the battery is fully charged, you can start the test with discharging. In this case this
first cycle is a half cycle (there is no charged Ah), you will see only discharged A*h
when reading the test result.

To start the test with discharging, change to the discharge Screen (See menu system)
and press the Start button for 1 second.

Start with charging:


If it is necessary to charge the battery before discharging it, you should select this type
of start. In this case the tester connects the charger to the battery and does the
charging as long as you have programmed the charging time. (You can program the
charging time in the Test Parameters menu)

To start the test with charging, change to the Charge Screen (See menu system) and
press the Start button for 1 second.
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Before the tester starts the process it checks if there is a charger connected to it. If not,
it will ask you “ Charger Ready?? “.

During the test:


During the test you can see the following screen:

Elapsed time Voltage

0025 min 12,0 V


1/1 Disch 1.3 A.h

Cycle Process Ah

Elapsed time: This is the time since the beginning of the actual process (charging or
discharging)

Voltage: The voltage of the battery (during discharging), or the actual charging
voltage (during charging)

Cycle: Number of cycle

Process: Charging or Discharging

Ah: The actual charged or discharged A*h since the beginning of the actual process
(charging or discharging)

Pressing the Display Change button you can see the result of the finished cycles.

Pendrive suspend:
Before removing the USB Stick from the tester , make sure that the actual test is
finished. Then enter the Pendrive Suspend menu and press the start button. Remove
the pendrive and plug it into the PC USB Slot and open the files with Akku.exe

The test file on the pendrive is finished when the test is finished or stopped by
START/STOP button. Removing the pendrive or disconnecting the battery from
the tester during the test ,will cause the loss of test data of the entire test.

Technical Data: 12V Version 24V Version

Measured Voltage Range: 6-18.6V


Max. Input Voltage : 20V
Min Input Voltage: 6V
Discharging current: 0.3-25 (0.1 A steps) 0.3-25A (0.1 A steps)
Current error: +2% + 0.05A
Cut off voltage 9-18,6 V
Charging time: 1h -99 h
Max Number of cycles: 200
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Dimensions 154x105x235 [mm]


Weight. 2 Kg

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