Manual - Orion XS 1400 DC-DC battery charger Table of Contents 1. Safety instructions ................................................................................................................... 1 2. General ................................................................................................................................. 2 2.1. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 2 2.2. Features ...................................................................................................................... 2 2.3. What's in the box?
........................................................................................................... 4 3. Installation ............................................................................................................................. 5 3.1. Mounting ...................................................................................................................... 5 3.2. Cable type recommendations .............................................................................................. 5 3.3. Cable and fuse recommendations ......................................................................................... 7 3.4.
Recommended torque ...................................................................................................... 7 3.5. GND connection ............................................................................................................. 8 3.6. Strain Relief .................................................................................................................. 8 3.7. Connection setup for DC-DC power supply mode ....................................................................... 9 3.8. Connection setup for charger mode ....................................................................................... 9 3.9.
Connection setup for remote on/off ...................................................................................... 10 3.10. Wiring examples for BMS-controlled operation ....................................................................... 11 3.11. External engine running signal wiring .................................................................................. 12 4. Operation, configuration and monitoring ...................................................................................... 13 4.1. Automatic engine shutdown detection .................................................................................. 13 4.1.1.
How it works ..................................................................................................... 13 4.1.2. Setup for Euro 6 vehicles ....................................................................................... 13 4.1.3. Using an external engine running signal ...................................................................... 14 4.2. Emergency reverse charge ............................................................................................... 15 4.2.1. Starting an emergency reverse charge ....................................................................... 16 4.3.
LED indicators ............................................................................................................. 19 4.4. Setup & monitoring with VictronConnect ............................................................................... 20 4.4.1. Setup ............................................................................................................. 20 4.4.2. Charger mode settings ......................................................................................... 20 4.4.3. Charger mode - Battery settings ............................................................................... 21 4.4.4.
Power supply mode ............................................................................................. 22 4.4.5. Power supply mode settings ................................................................................... 22 4.4.6. Engine shutdown detection & input voltage lock-out ........................................................ 23 4.4.7. Product information page ....................................................................................... 26 4.4.8. Monitoring ........................................................................................................ 27 4.4.9.
Charger mode - Status screen ................................................................................. 27 4.4.10. Charger mode - Graph screen ............................................................................... 28 4.4.11. History screen .................................................................................................. 28 4.4.12. Trends screen .................................................................................................. 29 4.4.13. Instant readout over BLE ..................................................................................... 29 4.5.
Monitoring with a GX device ............................................................................................. 30 4.6. Remote sensing with VE.Smart Networking ............................................................................ 32 5. Troubleshooting & Support ...................................................................................................... 33 5.1. The Orion XS is not operational ......................................................................................... 33 5.1.1. Visual Check ..................................................................................................... 33 5.1.2.
Battery supply check ............................................................................................ 34 5.1.3. Battery not charged ............................................................................................. 34 5.1.4. Reverse battery polarity ........................................................................................ 35 5.1.5. Battery full ........................................................................................................ 35 5.1.6. Remote terminal is missing, is disconnected or external control is active ................................ 35 5.1.7.
The charger is disabled ......................................................................................... 36 5.2. Batteries are undercharged .............................................................................................. 36 5.2.1. Too much DC load .............................................................................................. 36 5.2.2. Battery charge voltages are too low ........................................................................... 36 5.2.3. Battery is almost full ............................................................................................ 37 5.2.4.
Battery cable voltage drop ..................................................................................... 37 5.2.5. Temperature difference between Orion XS and battery ..................................................... 38 5.2.6. Insufficient alternator power .................................................................................... 38 5.2.7. Wrong temperature compensation setting ................................................................... 38 5.2.8. Battery charge current too low ................................................................................. 38