• 30 Oct 2009 / 

    Valve-regulated lead-acid battery “VRLA” (also known as maintenance-free battery) as a back-up power supply in various fields, the extensive use of the surface sense of the maintenance-free. As the power industry and the telecommunications industry  base stations, substations and other fields increasingly high degree of unattended, resulting in all kinds of batteries in the course of problems. Such as: electric power system minutes / closing operation failed or UPS failure, the communications industry breakdown in communications, and so on, will have serious consequences. The traditional methods of battery maintenance takes a lot of manpower and material resources on a regular basis for testing. 

    ZJK3-B Series battery monitoring system is mainly used in various industries for remote monitoring of battery, so that staying at home and can always understand the different batteries on-line running. Power DC operating power supply, communications, power or large capacity UPS systems are used by more than just a concatenation of the accumulator battery. Since the battery used in tandem, when either a battery failure, may cause the entire battery pack does not work.

    To prevent accidents, DC power  toshiba PA3399U-1BAS batterytoshiba PA3399U-1BRS batterysystem equipped with multi-battery tester. According to test theory can be divided into the following categories:

    1. Judged by measuring the internal resistance of battery performance battery 

    This method must be discharged battery pack can not be used in-line continuous monitoring. And the battery internal resistance with ohm impedance and electrochemical impedance reflects a variety of factors, measured under different conditions of battery internal resistance vary greatly, it is difficult to make accurate judgments on the battery performance. And measurement principles of complex and costly.

    2. By measuring the battery terminal voltage to determine battery performance 

    This method is easier to achieve cell-line inspection. The battery terminal voltage and batteries are the relationship between electric potential and resistance, measuring the battery terminal voltage comparison can reflect the actual state of the battery  toshiba PA3399U-2BAS batterytoshiba PA3399U-2BRS battery. Produced using this principle battery inspection device in the power system has been widely used. But the measurement of each battery terminal voltage must be on the connection, when the cell number of more or distance, it will use a lot of sample cables, installation of wiring complexity, and the quantity likely to cause ground cable or short circuit accident. Thus the method is used for the following 18 test battery.
    2, ZJK3-B surveillance system is characterized by

    Composition and Theory 

    ZJK3-B battery monitoring systems use a dedicated integrated chip monitors the battery voltage, current, temperature, and the remaining capacity of the dedicated chip and a microprocessor packaged together into a single sensor, a battery of data collected for each sensor, 20 sensors were divided into a Groups http://www.ec8080.com/connected to a hub. Hub Management 20 sensors and collected data transmission to the display units, display unit for data processing and adoption of large-screen liquid crystal display. May be right temperature, voltage and current parameters set alarm conditions, when there is an exception signal control the output relay sound and light alarm. Display unit can connect up to 10 hubs, simultaneous monitoring of up to 200 cells.

  • 29 Oct 2009 / 

    Microsoft has released a tool that lets netbook owners install Windows 7 on their machines using a USB flash drive, sidestepping the usual requirement of a DVD drive.

    The utility, Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool, creates a bootable flash drive from a downloaded .iso file, or disk image, of Windows 7, and can be purchased from Microsoft’s online store.

    “This tool allows you to create a copy of the .iso file to a USB flash drive or a DVD,” said Microsoft in the instructions accompanying the tool. “To install Windows 7 from your USB flash drive or DVD, all you need to do is insert the USB flash drive into your USB port or insert your DVD into your DVD drive and run Setup.exe from the root folder on the drive.”

    The USB/DVD Download Tool solves the problem facing netbooks users who want to upgrade to Windows 7, since virtually all netbooks lack a DVD drive. Earlier this year, rumors circulated that Microsoft might offer Windows 7 upgrades on a flash drive, but the talk turned out to be nothing but wishful thinking.

    Users need a 4GB USB drive to install Windows 7 on a PC without an optical drive, Microsoft said. Other requirements include .NET Framework 2.0 or later, and the ability to run as administrator on the to-be-upgraded netbook.

    The netbook’s BIOS must also be modified to set the boot order so that the USB drive is first on the list. “Please see the documentation for your computer for information on how to change the BIOS boot order of drives,” Microsoft recommended.

    Last Thursday, Microsoft warned users to seek help if they were unfamiliar with tweaking the BIOS. “If you are not comfortable making this type of BIOS change, I recommend you seek some assistance from your favorite ‘tech geek,’” Microsoft spokesman Brandon LeBlanc urged in an entry to the Windows 7 blog .

    Because most netbooks run Windows XP, only a “clean” upgrade to Windows — Microsoft dubs it “Custom” during the installation — is possible. That requires users to back up data and application settings before upgrading, then restore the data and settings, as well as reinstall all applications. (This Computerworld FAQ outlines the steps to take before beginning the Windows 7 upgrade from XP.)

    The USB/DVD Download Tool is a 947KB file that can be downloaded from Microsoft’s site ( download .exe file ).

  • 27 Oct 2009 / 

    Lenovo announced two new additions to the business-oriented ThinkPad family, the 14-inch ThinkPad SL410 and 15.6-inch SL510, both of which come with Windows 7.

    These new ThinkPads are designed with small- to-medium businesses in mind and feature higher-resolution webcams, clearer microphones, and a microphone mute button for voice and video conferencing. The higher-end configurations for the SL410 and SL510 feature built-in 3G broadband internet via AT&T mobile broadband, as well.

    Both models are available in different configurations that range from $500 to $700, the lower-end model with a 160GB hard disk drive and an Intel Celeron T3000 1.8GHz processor and the higher-end with a 250GB hard disk drive and an Intel Core 2 Duo T5870 2.0GHz processor. All configurations have the same integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD chipset, Dual Layer 8x DVD Recordable optical drive, 4-cell battery, 802.11n Wi-Fi networking, HDMI and VGA output, and multitouch trackpad.

    These models also fall under Lenovo’s Windows 7 Enhanced Experience Certification, which is advertised as booting and shutting down up to 56% faster than other laptops on an identical un-optimized configuration. (Haven’t heard of it? Read our news post here.)

    The ThinkPad SL410 and 510 are currently available through retail channels (TigerDirect, Amazon.com, and Best Buy, though Best Buy only has the SL410) as well as Lenovo’s website