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System Description

The PowerAgent BMS has three components:

Sensors: A sensor is attached to the terminal posts of each monitored battery. The sensors measure the battery’s admittance (internal resistance), voltage, and post temperature

A Site Controller: The site controller communicates with each of the sensors and collects the most recent measurement data. It checks each measurement against locally stored alarm thresholds and alerts the user’s monitoring software if an abnormality occurs. The site controller is fully Ethernet TCP/IP compatible, and has a built-in web server as well as an SNMP interface.

Monitoring Software: The PowerAgent BMS system, with its native standards-based SNMP interface, is the only battery monitoring system that gives the user ‘freedom of choice’ to select the optimum software for the application. Software choices include:

• No software – The site controller’s internal web pages are all that is needed for many users

• Free Lookout^TM Software provided by Phoenix Broadband provides a global view of multiple installations with the ability to “drill in” to details

• Continuity SBL enterprise-class battery system monitoring and analysis package provides predictive trending information and can manage thousands of battery sites.

• Any software that supports an SNMP interface

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