Charging the Battery

Before you use the device for the first time, fully charge the integrated battery using main plug connector cable supplied. See Setup Cable.

Lithium-Polymer batteries have a limited storage time and lifetime.
During storage, the charge level must be kept in certain limits.
The limited lifetime reduces the full charge capacity of the battery after 500 charging cycles to 80% of the rated capacity.

Note on the integrated battery

• The integrated battery is charged using the power supply via terminal 30 and charging is only possible in a limited temperature range of:
  0 °C … +35 °C (+32 °F … +95 °F)

• Battery operation of the device is only possible in a limited temperature range of:
  -20 °C … +50 °C (-4 °F … +122 °F)

Note on batteries in CANlink® mobile 3700 devices

The BATTERY - CHARGE LEVEL device variable provides information on the current charge level of the integrated battery.

The BATTERY - CURRENT device variable (Index 0x5006, Sub-Index 0x09) provides information on the charging status of the integrated battery.

• BATTERY - CURRENT > 0: battery is being charged
• BATTERY - CURRENT = 0: battery is fully charged, and power is being supplied to the device via terminal 30
• BATTERY - CURRENT < 0: device is being supplied with power from the integrated battery