Battery management - System description SVCN

Your SmartIntego locking devices automatically measure the battery status daily between midnight and four o'clock in the morning (set time). The measurement takes a few seconds. The locking device cannot be opened during the measurement.

Upstream file

The (optional) upstream file on the cards can be used to transport battery warnings in the virtual network to the updater. The integrator system can then alert the locking system administrator to the weak batteries.

Locking devices with the battery status Warning or Alarm write the battery status to the card held. The locking device does not overwrite the list even if it is full. Instead, the locking device waits for the next card with free space in the list. The list is always read and cleared on the updater. Important information cannot be lost as a result of normal inspections. Writing increases an internal counter in the locking device and after six times the locking device no longer indicates its battery status. The counter first differentiates between the cards in AX components. So in older or mixed projects, it is possible that a single card is described six times.

The counter is reset when the battery is changed and the locking device can write the battery status back on cards the next time the batteries are low again.

Beeps

Beeping is an alternative/additional signalling of the battery status. The locking device will beep to indicate its battery status to the end user who activates the locking device:

  • Battery status Ok: 2× beeps
  • Battery status warning: 8 beeps before engaging
  • Battery status alarm: Multiple beeps for 30 seconds before engaging

NOTE

notice

Unnoticed battery depletion

In a system without any battery warning, the batteries in the locking devices are discharged unnoticed. The batteries can only be replaced "if suspected" and locking devices fail due to empty batteries.

  1. The integrator should implement at least one of the two possible battery warnings (upstream file or beeps).
  2. Please check the integrator documentation.