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Quick Start Guide: Before You Begin

This quick start guide provides 8 steps to set up a battery management system (BMS): 1. Determine how to control the load and charger before wiring the BMS. 2. Wire the main I/O, thermistor/current sensor, and voltage sensor connectors based on pin-out diagrams. 3. Read instructions before wiring batteries and keep wiring harness unplugged from BMS.

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Quick Start Guide: Before You Begin

This quick start guide provides 8 steps to set up a battery management system (BMS): 1. Determine how to control the load and charger before wiring the BMS. 2. Wire the main I/O, thermistor/current sensor, and voltage sensor connectors based on pin-out diagrams. 3. Read instructions before wiring batteries and keep wiring harness unplugged from BMS.

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QUICK START GUIDE

BEFORE YOU BEGIN 1 Determine how to control load


and charger 2 Wire Main I/O, Thermistor/Current
Sensor, and Voltage Sensor
Read the provided safety sheet before you Before you wire the BMS, it is important to Use the provided pin-out diagrams to wire
begin to set up your BMS. figure out how you will control the load and the Main I/O, Thermistor/Current Sensor,
the charger. See the “Interfacing the Load and Voltage Sensor Connectors.
As you wire the various connectors, please and Charger with the BMS” section of the wir-
keep them DISCONNECTED from the BMS ing manual for assistance in how to determine See the wiring manual for detailed instruc-
until you are instructed to connect the BMS. this for your specific BMS application. tions on wiring these connections.

3 Wire Batteries / Voltage Taps 4 Verify Battery Wiring 5 Download BMS Utility
Read the entire “Wiring the Batteries” section Verify the wiring of your batteries using the Use the provided disc to download the BMS
of the wiring manual before you begin wiring tap validation tool (can be purchased or Utility to your computer.
your cells. rented from Ewert Energy) or using a multime-
Keep the wiring harness UNPLUGGED from ter.

6 Connect BMS to computer and


the BMS while you wire the batteries. See “Verifying Cell Voltage Tap Wiring” in
DO NOT plug the BMS into the batteries yet. the wiring manual for more information. to all wiring harnesses.

7 Program BMS using the Profile Set Up Wizard 8 Test the BMS
Things to know when you begin the Set Up Wizard: Before putting the BMS into regular use, watch it closely for one full
 Battery configuration (chemistry, number of cells in series/parallel, charge and discharge cycle to ensure that wiring and profile are
location of fuses and long cables (if used)) correct.
 Size of current sensor used Make sure the BMS correctly turns off the charger when cell voltage hits
 What other devices are being used (charger, motor controller, etc.) the maximum or shuts off the load when the cell voltage hits the mini-
mum. If there are any problems, please correct before putting the BMS
Things to check after completing the Set Up Wizard: into regular use.
 Maximum/minimum voltage settings
 Maximum current limits
Your BMS should be ready to use. Please follow all
Upload the settings to the BMS after making your profile. See the soft- guidelines in the safety instructions and manuals to
ware manual for more information about programming your BMS.
avoid damaging the BMS or the batteries.

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