Nickel Metal-Hydride  
Nickel Metal-Hydride cells do false peak easily when cold.  Pro-Trak overcomes this problem by allowing the user to select discharge before charge.  This allows Pro-Trak to ignore a false peak until the input capacity is more than 1000mA.  When the input capacity reaches this value Pro-Trak resets the fallback and starts to track fallback from this point.  This we call the lockout capacity, and can be programmed to the users requirements. Lockout is only used when discharge before charge is selected.

Nickel Cadmium cells
A lockout capacity for Nickel Cadmium cells can also be programmed.  This allows Pro-Trak to charge poor cells that would normally false peak. Lockout is only used when discharge before charge is selected.

Safety is paramount with Pro-Trak.
No need to keep changing the delta peak between charging Ni-Cd and Ni-Mh. Pro-Trak warns the user which type of peak detect is being used, so charging a Ni-Mh battery at the Ni-Cd peak and causing damage or injury is substantially reduced with Pro-Trak.

Profile Charge
Profile charge is a new charge mode that linear charges to 9 volts then will switch over to Repulse charge to finish the charge.

 Turbo Increase
Turbo increase is applied to the 4 main charge modes, ie Profile, Linear, Softpulse and Repulse.
Turbo Increase can be set from 0.00 amps to 2.00 amps in 0.50 amp steps, if set to 0.00 then Turbo Increase is not applied. When Turbo Increase is set to a value more than 0.00 Pro-Trak charges with whatever charge mode you have selected, however when the fallback of the pack is more than 0.03 volts the charge current is increased by the amount programmed for Turbo Increase in 0.1 amp steps. This extends the charge period and should improve pack performance.

If the charge current is set to 4.50 amps and Turbo Increase is set to 1.00 amps, when the pack fallback is more than 0.03 volts the charge current is slowly increased in 0.10 amp steps to 5.50 amps

Discharge messages

After discharge with the remote leads fitted, Pro-Trak makes an assessment of the pack match and will also indicate the worst cell.
This assessment makes it even easier to select the best packs. The assessment is made as follows:

After discharging the following message is displayed:

Pack Match 97%
Cell 4 worst 80%

The above would indicate that the pack would benefit from maintenance. The match for all cells can be viewed, and gives a good indication of the pack condition.

99% 98% 98%
80% 96% 97%

Motor Run-in

Requires Pro-Trak motor run-in assembly priced at £28.20

Motor Run-In Assembly connected to Pro-Trak Motor Run-In Assembly

Pulsed Run-in

This runs the brushes in quickly as it applies a load to the motor via the run-in assembly. Voltage is pulsed to the motor ( as a speed controller would do ), this pulsed output is also pulsed on and off every ½ second. The speed can be varied slightly by increasing the Pulse level using the scroll keys. If the voltage applied to the motor exceeds 6 volts Pro-Trak will automatically step the Pulse level down.

Linear Run-In

This supplies a linear voltage to the motor ( not pulsed ), this voltage is controlled by stepping the Level up or down with the scroll keys. If the voltage applied to the motor exceeds 6 volts Pro-Trak will switch to pulsed run-in automatically.

Delta Fallback  

If the delta fallback volts is above 0.03, a short bleep will be given every 2 seconds.
If this is heard in the early part of charge it is a sure sign that the cells are in a poor state and could false peak.

Changing charge current during charge  

Pressing key 5 while charging is in progress will allow the charge current to be changed. Use the scroll keys to change the current then press 0.

The change current display will automatically return to the charge display after 5seconds if key 0 is not pressed.