Adept Lynx Platform - Manual (Page 71)

Adept Lynx Platform User's Guide, Rev B
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Chapter 6: Operation
Environmental Requirements
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Ambient temperature range: 5° to 40° C (41° to 104° F)
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Humidity: 5 to 95% non-condensing
Maintenance
The docking station contacts should be cleaned quarterly with isopropyl alcohol. See Docking
Station Contacts on page 85.
The guide roller can be replaced in the field. See Docking Station Roller and Bearing on page
94.
If necessary, the height of the docking station contacts can be adjusted. See Docking Station
Contact Adjustment on page 34.
Manually Charging the Battery
Inside the Platform
To manually charge a battery inside the platform, push the AIV backwards, with E-STOP
engaged, so that the rear of the platform slides over the contacts of the docking station.
NOTE: You will need to press the brake release button first.
Outside the Platform
The battery can be charged, outside of the platform, by using the connector on the left side of
the docking station (viewed from the front) with the provided charging cable. This will most
likely to be used for charging a spare battery, while the second battery is still in the platform,
and the platform is in use.
There is up to a 10-second delay between when you connect the battery cable and when the
charging LED turns on.
NOTE: The docking station cannot charge a platform and a separate battery at the
same time. If a platform is at the station, the power to the manual charge connector
is cut off.
6.4 Operator Panel
The Operator panel comprises a screen, an E-Stop button, ON and OFF buttons, a brake-release
button, and a keyswitch. The panel will typically be mounted on the payload, so that it is eas-
ily reached by an Operator.
Screen
The screen is a color TFT, 320 x 240 pixels, 3.5 in. diagonal. It can display 256K colors, and is
backlit.
NOTE: Tapping lightly on the screen will turn on the backlight, in case it has timed
out.