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Advanced BQMtester and EV2400

Jens-Petter Ringvold
Prodigy 20 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: BQMTESTER, EV2400, BQ20Z65, BQ20Z80, ADVANCED-BQMTESTER

I have an Advanced BQMtester board, HPA495 REV A and I have installed the Advanced BQMtester SW version 2.18.  SW installed correctly. All hooked up and connected to EV2400, HPA 500 REV A. When I try to run BQ tester station setup.exe I get this error message.

Any idea why?

Does the Advanced BQMtester SW support the EV2400 or only EV2300?

I have been using the EV2400 together with BQ20z65 EVSW and this is working perfectly. I have run the EV2400 support components SW. Running it all on Windovs 7 64 bit.

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    TI__Guru 73830 points

    Jens-Petter,

    The bqMTester does not work with the older devices, including the bq20z65. You will have to used the EV2300 for proper communications.

    Best regards
    Tom

  • 0 in reply to ThomasCosby
    Prodigy 20 points

    Just to clarify things, I do have the Advanced BQMtester and the the datasheet for this, SLUU397A states the following:

     

     FEATURES

    – Programs and Calibrates Smart Battery Modules Based on the Following Devices: bq306x and

    bq28xxx, and the Impedance Track™ devices bq20z4x, bq20z6x, bq20z7x, bq20z80, and bq20z9x

    – Calibrates Coulomb Counter Offset, Voltage, Temperature, and Current

    – Programs

    • Serial Number

    • Date

    • Pack Lot Code

    • Other Defaults Obtained from a Golden Image File

    – Provides Test Software Compatible with Windows XP and 32-Bit Windows 7

    – Preserves Calibration Records with Its Data Logging Feature

     

    So I thought that this would include the BQ20z65. Is this not right?

     

    SLUU397A states the following:

     

    2.1.1 Advanced bqMTester Multi-Station Tester

    • Computer: PC or compatible

    • Operating System: Windows XP or 32-bit Windows 7

    • Minimum video resolution is 640 x 480. The recommended video resolution is 800 x 600 or above.

    • One available USB port

    • One EV2x00 USB-based PC Interface Board for Battery Fuel Gauge Evaluation from Texas

    Instruments that includes the USB Tester Ready label. (This must be ordered separately.) The

    bqMTester software verifies the EV2x00 (firmware version 3.1L or greater). For more information, see

    Section 4.2.2.

    • One Texas Instruments HPA495 Advanced MTester Calibration Board

    • Two SMBus connectors

    • For Multi-Station support: 5 V/4 A and 24 V/0.5 A power supplies with isolated grounds (not included)

    • 10 Mbytes of available hard drive space

    • Test software (to be downloaded from

    http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/advanced-bqmtester.html)

    • Visual Basic version 6.0 with Service Pack 6 is required to alter program operation (open-source

    compatible)

     

    Thus I assumed I could use EV2400.

     

    From the error I get it looks as if the SW can’t communicate with the EV2400.

     

    Does the Advanced BQMtester SW 2.18 only work with EV2300 and not with EV2400?

     

    Looking forward to your reply.

     

    Jens-Petter