Battery Power

Charging the Batteries

There are several methods for charging the battery pack and backup battery. LEDs on the Pegaso, the Single-Slot Dock, and the Four-Slot Battery Charger give visual indication of the charge state. Table 2 on page 10 gives an overview of all the LEDs and what they indicate.

Table 2. Battery Charging Methods and Indications

 

 

Pegaso seated in

Pegaso

Charging slot of

Pegaso

Charging

 

connected to an

 

a Dock (Single or

Dock (Single or

Four-Slot

Location:

 

Four-Slot)

external power

Four-Slot)

Battery Charger

 

 

supply

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charging

 

4-6 hours

4-6 hours

3-5 hours

> 3 hours

Duration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Battery Pack

 

Charging: RED

Charging: RED

 

 

Charge

 

Fully Charged:

Fully Charged:

 

 

Indication:

 

GREEN

GREEN

 

 

 

 

Battery above or

Battery above or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

below allowed

below allowed

 

 

 

 

charging

charging

N/A

N/A

Pegaso

 

temperature, or

temperature, or

 

 

 

Battery

Battery

 

 

Charge LED

 

 

 

 

Communication

Communication

 

 

 

 

Fault:

Fault:

 

 

 

 

FLASHING RED

FLASHING RED

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charging:

Charging:

Dock or

 

 

 

Solid RED

LEDs are RED

Charger

 

No effect

No effect

Fully charged:

Fully charged:

Battery

 

GREEN

Ready LEDs are

 

 

 

Charge LED(s)

 

 

 

Fault:

GREEN

 

 

 

 

FLASHING RED

Error: AMBER

Simulta-

 

 

 

 

 

neously

 

 

 

 

 

Charges

 

YES

YES

N/A

N/A

Backup Bat-

 

 

 

 

 

tery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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