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Checking battery life – Rockwell Automation 441-PEN25 Enpac Ex Data Collector User Manual

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Publication GMSI00-UM001A-EN-E - February 2005

14 The Enpac Ex

Table 2.4 shows the typical battery life for the NiMH battery, assuming the
battery is properly charged.

Checking Battery Life

You can check the status of the battery in the Enpac Ex by pressing the
Decimal (.) key. (You can perform this function on most screens.) The battery
status is also displayed in the upper-right corner of the caption bar, as
illustrated below.

Figure 2.4 Battery status indicator

The battery status icons show the relative strength of the battery. The icons are
described in Table 2.5.

Table 2.4 Battery capacity

Mode

State

Typical Battery Life

On (Windows CE)

On and performing typical
data collection

8 hours minimum

Off

Main battery

7 days minimum

Main Battery Charge Time

100%

8 hours

50%

3 1/2 hours

IMPORTANT

If the main battery is allowed to discharge completely, the
instrument will behave as if it has experienced a hardware
reset. On re-applying power, the current date, time and
status information will be lost.

Table 2.5 Battery status icons

Battery Icon

Meaning

Battery status is good (>30% life remaining)

battery status indicator