NEPTUNE LITE USER MANUAL ! ! !
By SPEEDICT TECHNOLOGY! ! !
TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION
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HARDWARE OVERVIEW
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SETTING UP YOUR NEPTUNE BMS CLIENT
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HOME SCREEN / DASHBOARD
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DASHBOARD
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CELLBAR
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DATAVIEW
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NEPTUNE LITE CLIENT OPTION
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DEVICE OPTION
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RECORD OPTION
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CHART VIEW
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MEMORY OPTION
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FIRMWARE OPTION
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FEED BACK
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SPECIFICATION
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WIRE AND CELL CONFIGURATION
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OTHER INFORMATION
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INTRODUCTION
Your Neptune Lite is specifically design for enthusiastic e-biker who wish to have live view the battery pack and cell information for achieving it’s best performance and shelf life. It supports Bluetooth 4.0 or BLE for both iOS and Android devices1. The Neptune Lite is merely 41 x 35 x 7 mm in size and weight less than 10 grams, the unique circuitry design allow Neptune Lite client via smartphone, two way communication between the user and Neptune Lite to displaying critical battery usage data.
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For compatible Android device, make sure it is BLE built-in and is version 4.3 or above; user may also download and run the Speedict Compatible Android Device tool to confirm that your device is compatible with Neptune Lite. This Manual only cover the Android devices; for iOS devices, we will release the manual once it is available.
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HARDWARE OVERVIEW
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Neptune Lite Main Body
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Temperature Sensor
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Power Switch
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Balance Wire Port
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Battery Pack
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Status LED Blue : Analogue Front End! Red : Core System! Green : Bluetooth!
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SETTING UP YOUR NEPTUNE LITE CLIENT
Wire up your Neptune Lite according to the wiring diagrams described above, and have it power on. Upon download and install the Speedict Neptune Lite client from Google Play Store, the Neptune Lite icon will appear, and click on it to open.
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When running the first time, Neptune Lite client will immediately search for surrounding Bluetooth 4 devices and the default device name Neptune Lite will display under the BLUETOOTH 4 DEVICES list, click on it to pair with the hardware.
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When paired, the Bluetooth icon will changed to solid green and Neptune Lite is running on the ON-Line mode. If Bluetooth is absent or unavailable, the Neptune Lite client will run on OFF-Line mode; which is useful for accessing local imported records for analyse purposes.
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HOME SCREEN / DASHBOARD
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The Neptune Lite Client home screen display most frequent use information such as, Pack Voltage, Bluetooth Status and Cell Voltage with graphical presentation.
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Menu Button! Dashboard page options or settings.
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Bluetooth Indictor! The Bluetooth status icon turn Green when Bluetooth is connected, Grey when it is disconnect or unavailable for Off-line local data accesses.
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Dashboard! Display Pack Voltage with session high, alert zone indication.
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Cell Voltage Indicator ! Display realtime cell information. Click on the cell bar for detail information.
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Option! For Neptune Lite Client options.
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DASHBOARD
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Dashboard display real time Voltage information with graphical presentation.
Click on page menu button and select DASHBOARD option.
On Dashboard view, user can define LOWEST ALERT ZONE; a graphical presentation with RED colour will appear to indicate the value reached preset value. Set the HIGHEST VALUE to indicate the dashboard end point to represent maximum value.
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Lowest Alert Zone (Dark Red)
Normal Range (Light Green) Current Value
Session High (Dark Green)
Lowest Value
The dark green circle appear to represent a historical or session maximum value; the live data bar display in light green as it is currently above LOWEST ALERT ZONE
Highest Value
The dark red circle appear when historical value reached or below LOWEST ALERT ZONE, the live data bar display in light green as it currently above LOWEST ALERT ZONE
The dark red circle appear when historical value reached or below LOWEST ALERT ZONE, the live data bar display in red as it is currently on or below LOWEST ALERT ZONE!
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Lowest Alert Zone
48.10
Lowest Alert Zone
48.10
Lowest Alert Zone
48.10
Lowest Value
39.00
Lowest Value
39.00
Lowest Value
39.00
Highest Value
54.60
Highest Value
54.60
Highest Value
54.60
Session Highest
52.13
Session Highest
52.13
Session Highest
50.13
Session Lowest
50.13
Session Lowest
47.87
Session Low
42.91
Present
56.65
Present
50.65
Present
46.72
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CELLBAR
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Cellbar area display realtime cell voltage with colour represent preset level.
Click on page menu button and select CELL BAR option, customise both Lowest Alert and Highest Alert Zone value which is present in RED and DARK GREEN respectively.
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CELL INFORMATION
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On DASHBOARD or DATAVIEW page, click on cell bar to display its details.
VOLTAGE
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Real time cell voltage
HIGHEST
Current session highest cell voltage value, such as trip start voltage, which is the moment Neptune Lite turns on and measured
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LOWEST
! AVG. DELTA
Current session lowest cell voltage, it can indicate the cell reaction at the moment of under stress Display Cell voltage differences amongst other cells on average, it can indicate the health status amongst other cells within the pack
Click on page menu button to set Title and Value font setting.
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DATAVIEW
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Swipe to left or right on the Dashboard screen to access DATAVIEW (or second screen) to view more live data on a single screen. To setup DATAVIEW display fields, click on page’s menu on the upper right hand corner and select the style menu item.
For instance Row = 3 and Column = 2
Press and hold on data field block to change its present data type.
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NEPTUNE LITE CLIENT OPTION
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To access NEPTUNE LITE Client available options, click on client Option button on the Lower right corner.
SYSTEM OPTION
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System Option store Unit preference and Bluetooth management information.
Click on PAIRED DEVICE button for Bluetooth management.
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When Neptune Lite is paired, it will shown as Neptune Lite’s Bluetooth name (by default it is Neptune Lite, can be renamed by user). If it has never been paired, Neptune Lite’s Bluetooth name will shown as UNKNOWN.
BLUETOOTH OPTION - RENAME
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After Bluetooth is connected, on Bluetooth option screen, click on DEVICE NAME button and the DEVICE NAME dialog box popup, assign a new name.
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DEVICE OPTION
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Device option change the preference and stored value of Neptune Lite.
CELL NUMBER!
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Set the number of battery cell connect to Neptune Lite, incorrect cell number selected will display null cell on CELL BAR according to multi-cell connection wire scheme.
Connect 13 cells battery pack with incorrect CELL NUMBER set to 15
Connect 13 cells battery pack with correct CELL NUMBER set to 13
According to the multi-cell wire scheme, the battery pack connector’s (wire) cell 9 and 8 is short together and solder to battery cell’s 8 and connector’s cell 14 and 13 short together and solder to battery cell’s 12, when CELL NUMBER is set to 15 it will display cell 9 and 14 with zero potential (0 V), therefore it is recommend to set correct cell number for proper display as well as data logging.
PACK CONNECTOR
13 CELL
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RECORD OPTION
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Record option provide interface for both on-line and off-line record management, import and data analyse.
IMPORT !
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To analyse or share record from Neptune Lite, data has to be imported to the Android client first. Click on the IMPORT button to download the records index; click on the selected check box of record and then click on IMPORT RECORD button to start the record import process.
DELETE RECORD !
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Individual record can be removed by left swipe to the record, and when Delete button appear, click on confirm to delete.
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CHART VIEW
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Chart View display historical data of trip record with both vertical and horizontal zoom features for pinpoint and compare selected value.
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Chart Window
Chart display area, drag chart to left or right direction for backward or forward time
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Data Window
Click on Data Label Circle to show or hide its value and data graph on Chart Window
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Time Cursor
Tap to place Time Cursor point to the time axis position for data value time reference
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Data Value
Data value refer to Time Cursor on time axis
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Tap to show or hide chart on left Chart Window
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Tap to relocate Time Cursor position
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Horizontal Pinch to Zoom out or Spread to Zoom in chart in time axis
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Vertical Pinch to Zoom out or Spread to Zoom chart attitude
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Drag time axis to left or right direction
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MEMORY OPTION
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Memory page provide single interface to manage storage and records and when data is recording.
IMPORT RECORD !
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Click on IMPORT RECORD button to import or synchronise records from Neptune Lite as described on RECORD OPTION section.
START / STOP LOG!
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Start or stop data record on Neptune Lite is available on-demand to prevent unwanted data record, for instance, if user wants to analyse battery performance during trip or stress test rather than battery charging, user can power on Neptune Lite and click on START LOG button to start new session record and click on the STOP LOG when done.
ICON SHARP
STATUS
NOMINAL
STOP
Automatic recording is suspended, whenever power on or reconnect battery to Neptune Lite, it won’t record unless click on this button and change it’s status to START
START
Automatic recording is turn on, data will keep recording even battery is reconnect, the new record will automatically appended to the previous record until click on this button again to stop the recording.
For instance, when trip record is needed and during the trip and Neptune Lite is power on and off several times for reasons such as journey break or rest until user click to stop the session at the end of the trip; Neptune Lite will wrap up as single trip record between the START STOP duration.
ERASE!
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Click on the ERASE button to free up all memories on Neptune Lite, please do make sure all wanted records are imported to client before erasing. any removed records can not be recovered.
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FIRMWARE OPTION
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Firmware option provide features for firmware version check and upgrade.
On Firmware main page, detail information of the current firmware version is shown on top section and on AVAILABLE VERSION section, both available update on the Internet (CLOUD) or downloaded (LOCAL) previously for upgrade or downgrade respectively.
Confirm upgrade and wait for the process complete.
During the upgrade process, when power is disconnected or there is an interruption that cause upgrade failed, user can re-start the process, and the Neptune Lite is not damaged.
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Because of last firmware upgrade failed and the existing firmware has been erased, the current firmware version is now changed to Bootloader. Redo the firmware upgrade process again and patiently wait for the upgrade process to complete.
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FEED BACK
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Use the Feed Back option to communicate with us about our products and services via Android Email service.
SPECIFICATION
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PARAMETER
VALUE
UNIT
35 x 41 x 7 (W x L x D)
Millmeter
10
Gram
Bluetooth
V4 / Low Energy / BLE
0 - 150
°C / °F
16-Bit ADC
mV
10 - 15
Cell
CELL MAX. SUPPORT VOLTAGE
5.0
V
CELL MIN. SUPPORT VOLTAGE
2.5
V
DATA LOG CAPACITY
130
Hour
OPERATION CURRENT
~3
mA
STANDBY CURRENT
~1
mA
Via Bluetooth
Android / iOS Device
1
Year
SIZE WEIGHT COMMUNICATION MODE TEMPERATURE SENOR RANGE PACK MEASURE RESOLUTION BATTERY CELL SUPPORT
FIRMWARE UPGRADE WARRANTY
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WIRE AND CELL CONFIGURATION
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The Neptune Lite support battery cell from 10 to 15 with different chemistry and cell number combination for market standard, e.g. 15 x LifePo4 cells or 13 x Li-ion cells for 48V pack, 10 x Li-ion cells for 36V pack.
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The below example of 10 cell configuration solder connector wire 12, 13 and 14 to cell 9’s positive, wire 7, 8 and 9 solder to cell 6’s positive, wire 3 and 4 solder to cell 3’s positive.
10 CELL
11 CELL
12 CELL
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13 CELL
14 CELL
15 CELL
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OTHER INFORMATION
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CARING INSTRUCTION! The Neptune Lite contains no user serviceable parts inside. It does not require special care, just gentle wipe the Neptune Lite with a damp cloth if it gets dirty and it can be stored anywhere other than an extreme environment or under direct sunlight for a prolonged period of time.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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Please visit out site www.speedict.com or email us at
[email protected] for more technical support if you are still having difficulties or have questions that aren’t covered in this manual.
WARRANTY
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The Neptune Lite is guaranteed to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one (1) year starting from the date of your original purchase. Please refer to the Speedict product warranty page for detailed terms and conditions as well as procedures for warranty claims.
CHANGES
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The material in this manual is for owners’ information only and is subject to change without notice. While reasonable efforts have been made in the preparation of this manual to ensure accuracy, Speedict assumes no liability resulting from errors or omissions in this manual or from the use of information contained herein. Speedict reserves the right to make changes in the product design without reservation and without notification to users. Please check out our website www.speedict.com frequently for the latest user manual.
COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (c) 2015 by Speedict. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may, without the written permission of Speedict be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by an means, analog, digital, electronic or mechanical, including imaging, photocopying and recording, for any purpose other than the owner’s personal use.
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