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Chargery - BMS V4.0 Update Instructions

This document provides instructions for updating the firmware on Chargery BMS main units and LCD display modules. Key points include: 1. The main unit and LCD module require separate firmware updates and have separate USB ports. 2. Do not turn off the BMS during the update process or an incorrect firmware file could damage the BMS. 3. Download the appropriate update tool, main unit firmware, and LCD firmware files from Chargery's website. 4. Use the update tool to upload each firmware file via USB to the corresponding component to complete the update.

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Chargery - BMS V4.0 Update Instructions

This document provides instructions for updating the firmware on Chargery BMS main units and LCD display modules. Key points include: 1. The main unit and LCD module require separate firmware updates and have separate USB ports. 2. Do not turn off the BMS during the update process or an incorrect firmware file could damage the BMS. 3. Download the appropriate update tool, main unit firmware, and LCD firmware files from Chargery's website. 4. Use the update tool to upload each firmware file via USB to the corresponding component to complete the update.

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Chargery BMS update instructions

Warning:
1. BMS main unit and LCD display module have different firmware file, and must be updated separately.
2. There are USB port on main unit and LCD unit separately.
3. Don’t turn off BMS during updating
4. If load wrong firmware, BMS will be damaged and don’t be resumed.
5. Generally BMS need not install USB driver on BMS8T, 16T and 24T. If need, please install USB driver on
PC.
6. Main unit V4.0 cannot communicate with lower version LCD, such as V3.03, it means, when press START
button on LCD unit, the BMS DON’T start.

Update operations
Before update, please down load update tool software, new firmware for BMS
main unit and LCD unit. Generally windows PC can identify BMS and
communicate with BMS successfully as right image (COM3)
If the below image or others with yellow mark is showed up in device manager,
please install USB driver on pc.

1. Please down load BMS8T, 16T and 24T USB driver for window PC
2. Please down load update tool on
http://www.chargery.com/uploadFiles/Update_Tool_V1.03.zip, it is for BMS8T v3.0, BMS16T v3.0 and
BMS24T v3.0 (new hardware with COM3 communication port),
3. Please down load the latest firmware according to your BMS model, including main unit firmware and LCD
unit firmware, take as BMS16T-300 as sample, the correct link is BMS16T-300 main unit v4.0 and
BMS16T LCD module V4.0
All files are here http://chargery.com/update.asp,
4. Install USB driver if need,
a) Turn on BMS, connect BMS to PC,
b) If above image with yellow mark is
showed in device manager, please run
the USB driver. If don’t show it, please
check the USB data cable and BMS
turned on or not.
c) After running USB driver, when right
image showed, please press INSTALL
button, continue to install the driver.
d) When Installation finished, installation
finished menu will be pop up.
e) Check the device manager, USB-SERIAL CH340 (COMx) will be listed in Ports(COM&LPT) list.

Update BMS main unit


1. Connect PC to BMS by USB data cable
and turn on BMS, the LCD display
module need not connect to main unit.
If connect LCD to main unit, the update
information will not be showed on LCD.
2. On PC “device manager” find the
correct COM port, as above image, it is
COM3.
3. Unzip the update tool software, and
run the software, choose correct COM
port, See right image, choose COM3
4. Click OPEN button lock the port please.
5. Click Open File button load the
firmware file. The file should be .hex
file. Such as
BMS16C3_V4.00_APP.hex. “C3”
means 300A model. See right image.
6. Click Update button start to update,
the update progress bar will be
showed on PC,
7. Finish installation, the complete
information will be displayed on PC.

Continue to update LCD unit


1. Connect LCD unit to main unit and connect LCD unit to PC by usb data cable.
2. Click Close button unlock the port, then click Open button lock the port on update tool software
3. Click Open File button load the firmware file. The file should be .hex file. Such as BMS16T_V4.00_APP.hex,
it is for BMS16T LCD model.
4. Click Update button start to update, the update progress bar will be on PC and LCD, update complete
information will be displayed on PC.

Finish update, the BMS will start automatically. You can find the main unit version on the bottom line of
program setup interface, when power on BMS, you can find the LCD module version on the first interface.

NOTES:
a) If display “update time over”, or don’t display any COM port, please run update tool software again, the
software version must be V1.03.
b) After BMS main unit and LCD unit updated to V4.0, please enter into program setup interface and press
UP or DOWN choose Default Settings, then choose Enable press START button, resume all parameters
settings as default. As below.
Resume default settings in factory

BMS16T-300 Main unit firmware version

Firmware v4.0 is the latest version, add some new features as below,

1. Improve the SOC---based on battery power charged in and discharged out


2. Add WH setup,
3. Add each cell internal resistance measurement
4. Add WH, AH and cell internal resistance send out.
5. Add balancing indicator

After calibration when discharge or charge, the SOC reading will be accurate.

Thanks for your enjoy the BMS.


Chargery R&D team.
6/15/2020

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