XTs2500 battery gauge

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n3obl
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XTs2500 battery gauge

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Will the xts2500 battery gauge work off an ht1250 impres battery?

When i click the batt button it says smart batt data not avail

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Re: XTs2500 battery gauge

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Don't know the definite answer to your question, but I can say I've never been able to get it to work. And yes, the batteries were properly initialized and charged in Impres chargers. Li-ions.

I'm running:
HOST 08.05.01
DSP 08.50.00

on an 8 Meg Model 3 XTS2500.

I get the same info you get on my display - smart batt data not avail.
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had a situation like this... put the battery into the impres charger, showed red, removed it, counted to 3, replaced it.. turned to yellow... let it cycle from the yellow to red to green... and put it on the radio, and the guage came back, with the batt info...
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Re: XTs2500 battery gauge

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I am using an ht1250 impres battery. dont know if the radio is getting the info off it.

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Re: XTs2500 battery gauge

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n3obl wrote:I am using an ht1250 impres battery. dont know if the radio is getting the info off it.

Frank
ooooh... your using a HT1250 impres battery on an XTS-2500... im not sure thats going to work, even if its IMPRES.
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Re: XTs2500 battery gauge

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It wont work. It will power the radio but it won't provide the gauge or impres info.

Same case if you put an XTS2500 Battery on a pro series (HT1550-XLS etc) it will power the radio but it will not provide battery capacity/condition info.
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Re: XTs2500 battery gauge

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Does it use the same row of pins as an ht1250. I know there is two rows on the battery

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Re: XTs2500 battery gauge

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If you peel back the label on an xts2500 battery, it will reveal a second set of pad's, which will then power a ht750/1250/1550.

Keep in mind that doing so will violate warranties and intrinsically safe certifications.

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