Battery 0v (Build 957)

THX · Post by **THX** » Fri 29 Oct 2010 5:24 pm

I'm noticing that in the Cumulus status window is says Battery 0v.

Is this normal and\or expected behavior?

Post by **steve** » Fri 29 Oct 2010 5:44 pm

It's supposed to show the console battery voltage (so should be around 4.5V); it's working OK with my VP2, and I don't see why it shouldn't work OK with the Vue also. Was it working OK before you installed the beta version?

THX · Post by **THX** » Sat 30 Oct 2010 3:14 am

steve wrote:It's supposed to show the console battery voltage (so should be around 4.5V); it's working OK with my VP2, and I don't see why it shouldn't work OK with the Vue also. Was it working OK before you installed the beta version?

I'm getting a "low console batteries" warning. I'll switch-out the batteries and see if the error message disappears after that.

Post by **steve** » Sat 30 Oct 2010 10:05 am

THX wrote:I'm getting a "low console batteries" warning.

That's a bit worrying. Have a look for the recent thread from another Vue owner who had that problem and ended up getting a replacement from Davis.

THX · Post by **THX** » Sat 30 Oct 2010 2:12 pm

steve wrote:
THX wrote:I'm getting a "low console batteries" warning.
That's a bit worrying. Have a look for the recent thread from another Vue owner who had that problem and ended up getting a replacement from Davis.

I opened the battery cover this morning and to my horror a bunch of white calcified chunks fell out. All of the batteries were wasted and it may have ruined the unit.

I should have stated that I am using a Vantage Pro2 console with my Vantage Vue unit.

Right now in Cumulus the battery is reading 3.14 volts. Is this normal?

A suggestion for the Cumulus interface may be to change it to "Console Battery" instead of just "Battery."

Post by **steve** » Sat 30 Oct 2010 3:02 pm

THX wrote:Right now in Cumulus the battery is reading 3.14 volts. Is this normal?

No; it's 3x 1.5v C cells, so should be around 4.5V.

A suggestion for the Cumulus interface may be to change it to "Console Battery" instead of just "Battery."

Yes, I could do that (and there is space) - I just thought it was obvious, given that the transmitter battery status is down at the bottom.

THX · Post by **THX** » Sat 30 Oct 2010 3:10 pm

steve wrote:
THX wrote:Right now in Cumulus the battery is reading 3.14 volts. Is this normal?

No; it's 3x 1.5v C cells, so should be around 4.5V.

Looks like I'm going to have to RMA the console. That's a shame.

Thanks for your help.

Post by **steve** » Sat 30 Oct 2010 3:39 pm

Are all your new batteries definitely OK? If only two of them were good, you'd get around 3v.

THX · Post by **THX** » Sat 30 Oct 2010 9:14 pm

steve wrote:Are all your new batteries definitely OK? If only two of them were good, you'd get around 3v.

I tried switching to all three new batteries and I still only got 3.14v.

I had a spare Vantage Pro2 console and I switched to my spare and sure enough I am getting 4.78v now. It's good to have a spare!

I'll contact Davis and RMA this unit. This will be interesting to see how well the RMA process goes.

THX · Post by **THX** » Sat 06 Nov 2010 1:04 pm

By the way, thanks for making the change in Cumulus where the the screen now says "Console Battery." That is very helpful.

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