Juniper Systems Allegro DOS Manual - Manual (Page 32)

32 Allegro DOS Owner’s Manual
Press ESC or ENTER to save your settings and exit the Battery
Charge Detected screen.
The Battery Charge Detected screen closes and the charge status is set.
Once the battery pack is fully charged, the gauging automatically
sets to 100%.
Setting the Battery Charge Percent
Based on the status of the battery pack, the following
recommendations are designed to help you set the battery charge
percent in the Battery Change Detected screen.
Battery Pack Recommended Setting
Fully charged 100% (default)
Removed and replaced Last
without charging
Uncertain, can Select charge
estimate from 10 to 100%
Uncertain, can’t See suggestions
estimate that follow
If you insert a battery pack and do not have a good idea what the
status of it is, we recommend that you do the following:
Plug the Allegro into the AC wall charger and set the battery
charge to 10% as previously instructed. Fully charge the pack,
this can take up to three to fi ve hours.
Once the battery pack is fully charged, the gauging is
automatically set to 100% and the battery LED indicators
accurately refl ect the battery charge.
Setting the Battery Capacity
The charge capacity fi eld should be set to the charge capacity of the
newly installed battery pack in milliamp-hours (mAh). The charge
capacity of the NiMH batteries we have provided for the Allegro are
as follows:
Gold Peak ™ (GP) VR151 3800 mAh
Empire ™ 3500 mAh
Duracell ™ DR9 3000 mAh
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