User interface – Campbell Scientific PS200/CH200 12 V Charging Regulators User Manual
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PS200/CH200 12 V Charging Regulators
6. User Interface
Unlike any other power supply that Campbell Scientific has ever built the
PS200/CH200 has the unique ability to send a wealth of information back to
the user to observe and manage power requirements and possible problems. It
can also be configured to work with a wide range of batteries and input power
supplies and test the existing battery system for possible shorting and sulfation
problems.
If viewing this manual as a PDF file all the datalogger
programming examples can be highlighted, copied, and pasted
directly into the CRBasic editor.
NOTE
The PS200/CH200 can be used directly from the factory without any
configuration or communication interface. Programming examples are
provided in this manual but can also be downloaded directly from Campbell
Scientific’s web
For those who wish
to take advantage of some of the additional features of the PS200/CH200,
however, the PS200/CH200 supports four kinds of serial communication:
1. Campbell Scientific software, Device Configuration Utility (DevConfig),
via RS-232 by which PS200/CH200 settings can be viewed and changed.
Or, an upgraded operating system can be sent to a PS200/CH200. Also,
battery voltage, battery current, load current, input voltage, input current,
temperature, charge state, charge source (solar or continuous), and a check
battery flag can be viewed. DevConfig may be downloaded free of charge
from Campbell Scientific’s web
See Section 6.1, Configuring the PS200/CH200 Using Campbell Scientific
Device Configuration Utility.
2. A simple text based interface via RS-232 that can be used with Microsoft
Hyper Terminal or Campbell Scientific DevConfig terminal screen.
Battery voltage, battery current, load current, input voltage, input current,
temperature, charge state, charge source (solar or continuous), and a check
battery flag can be viewed. Also, the SDI-12 address of a PS200/CH200
can be changed via the text based interface. See Section 6.1.3, Terminal
Tab.
3. SDI-12 by which the PS200/CH200 performs as an “SDI-12 sensor”
according to the SDI-12 stan
oltage,
battery current, load current, input voltage, input current, temperature,
charge state, charge source (solar or continuous), and a check battery flag
can be read from a PS200/CH200 via SDI-12 using the Campbell
Scientific CRBasic instruction “SDI12Recorder” (Campbell Scientific
CR1000 datalogger program examples in Section 6.2.2, SDI-12
Measurements). See Section 6.2, SDI-12, for an in-depth explanation.
4. RS-232 communications specifically designed to work with a Campbell
Scientific datalogger and a Campbell Scientific datalogger program using
CRBasic commands “SerialOut” and “SerialIn” (Campbell Scientific
CR1000 datalogger program example in Section 6.3.4, Datalogger
Programming for RS-232 Communication to the PS200/CH200). Battery
voltage, battery current, load current, input voltage, input current,
temperature, charge state, charge source (solar or continuous), and some
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