{"id":587,"date":"2016-05-07T11:21:17","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T09:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/?p=587"},"modified":"2016-07-01T11:43:03","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T09:43:03","slug":"rp_manager-faq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/rp_manager-faq\/","title":{"rendered":"rp_manager FAQ &#8211; frequently asked questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/rpmanager.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-492\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/rpmanager-300x49.png\" alt=\"rp_manager matching batteries\" width=\"300\" height=\"49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/rpmanager-300x49.png 300w, https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/rpmanager.png 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_548\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-548\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2019_2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-548 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2019_2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"rp_manager discharger equalizer for matching miniz batteries\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2019_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2019_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2019_2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">rp_manager hardware<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>What is rp_manager?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>rp_manager<\/strong> is a discharger equalizer plus a software for Windows or Linux Operating systems that help us what batteries AAA are better to come in same pack.<\/p>\n<p><strong>rp_manager<\/strong> is not just a discharger its a equalizer too, cause it will discharge your batteries from top to 0.9Volt, per each cell, in this process rp_manager will get data from batteries and will be able to see what of them is best or worst and with the clould software you will be able to make correct groups of 4 units to put in the same pack and same car.<\/p>\n<p><strong>rp_manager<\/strong> will include a USB connector in order to be connected to your computer and send the entirely discharge process data to the computer, this computer software will create a .csv file for each battery under its name, and this file could be uploaded to our cloud system to select best batteries for the competitions.<br \/>\nThis .csv file could be read for any kind of software like Excel or open Office and its write in a open code with a easy structure.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nG3_4mWSuC0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>File format:<\/strong><br \/>\nColumn 1: Serial Number<br \/>\nColumn 2: Battery name or battery code<br \/>\nColumn 3: Time in seconds<br \/>\nColumn 4: Voltage at this time<br \/>\nColumn 5: Average Voltage<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to match batteries?<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Connect your PC computer to the Discharger Equalizer rp_manager unit.<br \/>\n2. Install the software for your platform in your PC.<br \/>\n3. Install the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ftdichip.com\/Drivers\/CDM\/CDM%20v2.12.16%20WHQL%20Certified.zip\">drivers<\/a> form your computer only in windows operating system is necessary.<br \/>\n4. Run the software.<br \/>\n5. Select the COM port.<br \/>\n6. Put the label on your battery.<br \/>\n7. Introduce the name of the battery in each channel.<br \/>\n8. Press Next button<br \/>\n9. Push Connect<br \/>\n10. Introduce each battery in the desired channel, please check the name of battery correspond to a name of channel position.<br \/>\n11. Wait and see the result on the screen.<br \/>\n12. One the process will end will appears at right of each channel \u201cFinish\u201d and a soon all channels are finished a next button will appear.<br \/>\n13. Push the button, save files in to your computer. Files will be saves on MyDocuments folder and they will be ready to upload to the cloud system<\/p>\n<p><strong>What will be necessary to the matching process?<\/strong><br \/>\n1. rp_manager discharger equalizer<br \/>\n2. A USB Cable USB &lt;\u2013&gt; Mini USB<br \/>\n3. 4 AAA batteries<br \/>\n4. A PC Computer, Ubuntu or Windows 10.<br \/>\n5. Some time.<br \/>\n6. If you want to upload the data to the cloud you will need create an account there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Download Drivers:<\/strong><br \/>\nWindows Drivers:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ftdichip.com\/Drivers\/CDM\/CDM%20v2.12.16%20WHQL%20Certified.zip\"> *** Download ***<\/a><\/p>\n<p>rp_manager \u2013 Linux Ubuntu 32b (Available soon)<br \/>\nLinux Drivers: You no need drivers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_596\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-596\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/captura_rp_manager.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-596 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/captura_rp_manager-300x207.png\" alt=\"captura_rp_manager\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/captura_rp_manager-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/captura_rp_manager-768x530.png 768w, https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/captura_rp_manager-1024x707.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/captura_rp_manager.png 1345w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Windows 10 Software<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you have any question, please post your question in this article, We will try to reply a soon will be possible.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_572\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-572\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/rp_manager_home.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-572 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/rp_manager_home-300x174.png\" alt=\"rp_manager cloud\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/rp_manager_home-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/rp_manager_home-768x446.png 768w, https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/rp_manager_home-1024x595.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/rp_manager_home.png 1595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cloud system image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video how to use rp_manager<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LymDFTGGSv4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>I would like to match all my batteries, what is the best procedure?<br \/>\n<\/strong>We recommend you to be the more strict that you can, discharging and charging before match the batteries.<\/p>\n<p>Our recommended procedure is:1. Discharge the pack with a cut on 1.0V per cell.<br \/>\n2. Charge the batteries at 1.0 Amp<br \/>\n3. After no more than 10 min put the batteries on the rp_manager and start the matching process.<\/p>\n<p>Please understand that, results can be different if you change the method on charge and discharge previous to the matching process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can I use the rp_manager to know the best way to charge some kind of batteries?<\/strong><br \/>\nYes, you can, you can evaluate the results over same batteries changing the charge process and see what is the best way to charge looking the results.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can the results be afected by the charger used?<\/strong><br \/>\nYes, If you mix everything your will a a good mix of results.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where I can see the updates of the software?<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/rp_manager-versions\/\">You can see this link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have a video with a tutorial?<\/strong><br \/>\nYes, but for the moment just in Spanish.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLBm_OUTcUkcXLJvRqQmFuMEHGVvcweamX\">Youtube channel<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>I try to open a cloud account and appears this error message: \u201cYour aplication has ben denied, provided information is not correct\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nThere are diferent reasons that can cause this, the most typical is that you try to open an account with a incorrect serial number more than 2 times, if you fail more than 3 times, the system blocks your IP some hours.<br \/>\nPlease could you try after 12h?<\/p>\n<p><strong>I have problems to install the drivers on my Windows 10 Operating system.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are different ways to install drivers on a Windows 10 Operating System.<br \/>\nFirst think is download the driver from Download section and un pack cause the driver is coming with as zip file.<br \/>\nSecond is when you plug the rp_manager and the operating system is asking you for a driver, you must select the folder where you have unpack the drivers.<\/p>\n<p>Another way to install the driver is just click on right button on the file \u201cftdiport.inf\u201d and click over install. Also over &#8220;ftdibus.inf&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/drivers.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-677\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/drivers-300x160.png\" alt=\"Installing rp_manager drivers\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/drivers-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/drivers-768x408.png 768w, https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/drivers-1024x545.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/drivers.png 1207w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Im sure this video from Youtube can help if you have another diferent operating system.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H0UA4xYDq6c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/models\/86ab411f6e004e28b88ca17d5e8616f4\/embed\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; margin: 5px; color: #4a4a4a;\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #1caad9;\" href=\"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/models\/86ab411f6e004e28b88ca17d5e8616f4?utm_medium=embed&amp;utm_source=website&amp;utm_campain=share-popup\" target=\"_blank\">trpscale box rp_manager<\/a><br \/>\nby <a style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #1caad9;\" href=\"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/trpscale?utm_medium=embed&amp;utm_source=website&amp;utm_campain=share-popup\" target=\"_blank\">trpscale<\/a><br \/>\non <a style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #1caad9;\" href=\"https:\/\/sketchfab.com?utm_medium=embed&amp;utm_source=website&amp;utm_campain=share-popup\" target=\"_blank\">Sketchfab<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Can I use rp_manager with Japanesse Computers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When i run rp_manager I see strange numbers on screen such a impossible voltages or others issues.<br \/>\nThis can happens if the software is running in a Japanese or Chinese windows 10.<br \/>\nThere are some different solutions:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Solution 1:<\/span><br \/>\nSet up the locale ID for non Unicode software in Spanish or English.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ruv7QoY8xZQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Solution 2:<br \/>\n<\/span>If you do not want restart the windows each time you change this locale ID, you can use this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/Locale.Emulator.2.1.1.0a.zip\">software to SET LOCALE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ekJCcCnqjeo\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Solution 3: (Recommended)<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s use a rp_manager software Version &gt; 1.2. With rp_manager 1.2 or higher its solved this problem with international computer issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CSV Files, when I see the CSV Files seams that some values are missing cause time is not increasing one by one. Is all going well?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, all ingoing well, the CSV files only contain values when rp_manager is discharging. The rp_manager is discharging by pulses, so we only take in account the values of voltage when is in discharging process.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/pulse.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-811\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/pulse-300x89.gif\" alt=\"rp_manager pulse discharging\" width=\"300\" height=\"89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/pulse-300x89.gif 300w, https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/pulse-600x178.gif 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>I got same discharge time for each battery, discharge must be the same on all batteries, but discharging mAMp are not the same, why?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/WS002345.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-813\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/WS002345-300x94.jpg\" alt=\"discharging rp_manager\" width=\"300\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/WS002345-300x94.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-content\/uploads\/WS002345.jpg 587w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>mAmp are different cause the mAmp are calculated by the &#8220;Ohm Law&#8221; based on &#8220;I = U\/R&#8221; and not all batteries have the same internal resistance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why only rp batteries have image on the cloud?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cause other manufacturers have not applied to be our sponsors ;-(<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is rp_manager? rp_manager is a discharger equalizer plus a software for Windows or Linux Operating systems that help us what batteries AAA are better to come in same pack. rp_manager is not just a discharger its a equalizer too, cause it will discharge your batteries from top to 0.9Volt, per each cell, in this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rp_manager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":818,"href":"https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions\/818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trpscale.com\/miniz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}