EMS OPERATION AND INSTALLATION MANUAL
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1 Introduction
NOTE: It is important that you read this manual before
installing or operating any of these components.
Thank you for purchasing Elite Power Solutions Energy Management System
(EMS). This manual covers operating and installation information for the Elite
Power Solutions Energy Management System.
he EMS system has everything needed to display the condition and maintain
the health of your lithium batteries. It consists of two major components, the
computer and the cell sense boards. The computer will tell you many things
about the condition of your batteries. It will tell you overview information like the
battery state-of-charge, battery current, battery voltage as well as the voltage and
temperature of individual cells.. The cell sense boards mount on each individual cell
to read voltage and temperature. They also have a battery balancing circuit to
equalize the charge of all the cells in a battery pack. There are programmable outputs
from the computer for battery over voltage and battery under voltage interlocks.
These can be used to control other systems in the vehicle such as battery chargers
and motor controllers. In addition, there are warnings to let you know that error
conditions are approaching.
One of the important safety features of the EMS is ground fault detection. When an
inadvertent connection is made between the battery pack and the vehicle chassis, it
is detected and a warning is shown on the screen.
The EMS is designed so that the battery monitoring is completely isolated from the
regular vehicle 12V system. The EMS is powered by a powerful, 8 core 32-bit
