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Power Shield 8

The brain of your Battery  Monitoring System

The Controller is an intelligent hardware device that at four second intervals captures, processes and stores all relevant data collected from batteries and the operating environment.

With regular monitoring comes the accumulation of data, the ability to report and spot trends, and make informed decisions. At the heart of this is the Controller.

The Controller captures, processes and stores data from the Hubs and mSensors. This includes battery voltage (DC and ripple), impedance and temperature, string voltage and current (DC and ripple), humidity, plus ambient temperature.

Description

What’s the juice?

  • Have confidence that battery data is being gathered and recorded every four seconds.
  • Know that battery data will always be available and problems identified quickly.
  • Find the option for accessing and understanding the data recorded that suits your operation.

Battery Monitoring System

Capability up to 512 blocks

up to 8 strings

Battery system information Block Voltage, Block Temperature, Block Ohmic, Block Ripple Voltage
Ambient Temperature, Humidity, Current, Ripple Current and String Voltage
Battery types Lead Acid (2V, 4V, 6V, 8V, 12V & 16V) Ni-Cd (1.2V, 3.6V)
Battery Charging Regime Float and Intermittent
Interfaces Link Battery Management Software

Controller Web Interface

16 x 2 character LCD & keypad

Communication ports 2 x 1000Base-T Ethernet

2 x Expansion ports

RS485 (optional)

USB port for storage devices

Protocols ModbusTCP, SNMP and HTTP

ModbusRTU when RS485 card is fitted

Outputs 4 relays
Digital Inputs up to 18

2 via Controller, up to 16 via Hubs

Environment* Operating temperature*: 0 to 50°C / 32 – 122°F Storage temperature: -10 to 70°C / 14 – 158°F 10 to 90% RH non condensing

Altitude: 2000m max. , Indoor use only.

Link battery management software

Minimum pc system requirements

Processor Intel i3-4170 or faster
Operating system Windows 7, 10

Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016

RAM 4GB (32bit OS) or 8GB (64bit OS)
Storage 20GB available hard disk space
Monitor 1024 x 768 or 1366 x 768

Controller

Service Port Front Ethernet port (1000Base-T)
Port 1 Back Ethernet port (1000Base-T)
Port 2 Expansion port
Port 3 Expansion port
Port 2/3 Expansion option RS485 card
Display 16 x 2 character LCD
Front USB USB data storage
Relay outputs

Rating

Selectable

4 Single Pole Double Throw (SPDT)

1A @ 30VDC, resistive

Any relay configurable to any alarm

Configuration interface

Minimum version

Web browser

Chrome 50, Firefox 45, Safari 6.1, Internet Explorer 10, Edge 12

Physical dimensions 1U High 19” rack mount

Width: 430mm / 16.9 inches

Depth: 265mm / 10.4 inches

Height: 45mm / 1.8 inches

Power supply AC Model: 90 – 260V 50/60Hz

24V DC Model: 18 – 30V

48V DC Model: 35 – 60V

110V DC Model: 80 – 150V

Power consumption Typical 5W + 1.6W per Hub

Max. 6W + 1.8W per Hub

Digital Inputs

type

2

Voltage free

Memory 2GB RAM

4GB Flash