13 Monitoring the supply voltage
The Transceiver Power Supply information pane shows you the current supply voltage provided to the transceiver. This is very useful if you operate your EK80 from a battery.
Context
If you operate your EK80 from a battery, it is very useful to keep an eye on the supply voltage. The EK80 software measures this supply voltage in the transceiver, and the result is automatically returned to the Transceiver Power Supply information pane.
| • | As long as the supply voltage is kept between 11.5 and 15 Vdc, the transceiver will work normally. |
| • | If the supply voltage drops to any value between 10 and 11.5 Vdc the transceiver will still work, but the EK80 will give you a message to say that the supply voltage is low. |
| • | If the supply voltage drops to below 10 Vdc, the transceiver will stop. The EK80 will then notify you with another message. |
One information pane shows you the supply voltage for all the transceivers in use on your EK80 system. The information pane shows the supply voltage for all transceivers that broadcast this information on the communication link
to the Processor Unit. This includes the Wide Band Transceiver (WBT) and the General Purpose Transceiver (GPT). The WBT Mini and WBT Tube transceivers are also supported.
Procedure
| 1 | Click in the view you want to activate. |
| 2 | On the top bar, select Transceiver Power Supply. |
| 3 | Change the physical size and shape to fit your preferences. Click in its lower right corner, and drag to a new size. To reset the information pane to its default size, select the Reset size button in its top right corner.
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| 4 | Use the Transparency function to control how much you can see "through" the information pane. You can adjust the setting from 0% (no transparency) to 90% (almost full transparency) in steps of 10%. The Transparency function is located on the Display menu.
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| 5 | Select Close in the top right corner to close the information pane. |