LAUNCH BST-560 User Manual for Battery Tester
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LAUNCH BST-560 User Manual for Battery Tester
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LAUNCH BST-560 User Manual for Battery Tester
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Product Summary........................................................1
1.1 Product Profile ............................................................................................ ...................1
1.2 Product Function ............................................................................................................ 1
1.3 Technical Parameters .................................................................................................... 2
1.4 Working Environment Requirement .............................................................................. 3
Chapter 2 Tester Structure...........................................................4
Chapter 3 Operation......................................................................5
3.1 Pre-Test .......................................................................................................................... 5
3.1.1 Connect Tester ............................................................................................................ 5
3.1.2 Key Description ........................................................................................................... 5
3.2 Tester Startup ................................................................................................................. 5
3.3 Battery Test .................................................................................................................... 6
3.3.1 Select Battery Type ..................................................................................................... 7
3.3.2 Battery System Standard and Rating ......................................................................... 7
3.4 Cranking Test ................................................................................................................. 8
3.5 Charging System and Rectifier Diode Test.................................................................... 9
3.5.1 Charging Test Result .................................................................................................. 9
3.6 Additional Functions..................................................................................................... 11
3.6 .1 View test result ........................................................................................................ 11
3.6 .2 Print Test Result ....................................................................................................... 11
3.6 .3 Select Language ...................................................................................................... 11
Chapter 4 Daily Maintenance.........................................................................12
4.1 Eliminate Common Fault ............................................................................................. 12
4.1.1 Screen Not Light ....................................................................................................... 12
Chapter 5 Warranty Clause.........................................................13
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Chapter 1 Product Summary
1.1 Product Profile
BST-560 Battery Tester adopts currently the world's most advanced conductance testing
technology to easily, quickly and accurately measure the actual cold cranking amps
capability of the vehicle starting battery, healthy state of the battery itself, and common
fault of the vehicle starting system and charging system, which can help maintenance
personnel to find the problem quickly and accurately, thus to achieve quick vehicle repair.
1. Test all automotive cranking lead acid battery, including ordinary lead acid battery,
AGM flat plate battery, AGM spiral battery, and Gel battery, etc.
2. Directly detect bad cell battery.
3. Polarity reverse connection protection, reverse connection will not damage the tester
or affect the vehicle and battery.
4. Directly test the battery with loss of electricity, no need to full charge before testing.
5. Testing standards include currently the world's majority of battery standards, CCA,
BCI, CA, MCA, JIS, DIN, IEC, EN, SAE, GB.
6. Support multi-languages, customer can select different language package, which
includes:
European version A: English, Russian, French, Italian, German,Polish
European Version B: Dutch, Sweden, Finnish, Turkish, Danish,Norwegian
American version :English, Spanish, Portuguese, French
Asian version A: English, Chinese Simple, Chinese Traditional
Asian version B: English, Japanese, Korean
1.2 Product Function
Main functions of BST-560 battery tester include: battery test, cranking test, charging test
and other additional functions.
Battery test is mainly targeted to analyze the battery healthy status to calculate the
actual cold cranking capability of the battery and the aging extent, which provide reliable
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analysis evidence for the test and maintenance of the battery. It notifies the user to
replace battery in advance when the battery getting aged.
Cranking test is mainly to test and analyze the starting motor. Through testing the
actual required cranking current and cranking voltage of the starting motor, it can find out
whether the starting motor works fine.There are several reasons why the starting motor is
abnormal: lubricating system fault causing the starting loaded torque increasing or rotor
friction of the starting motor causing the increasing friction of the starting motor itself.
Charging test is to check and analyze the charging system, including generator,
rectifier, rectifier diode, etc., thus to find out whether the output voltage of the generator is
normal, the rectifier diode works fine and the charging current is normal. Suppose one of
the above mentioned parts is not in normal situation, it will lead to over charge or
incomplete charge of the battery, thus the battery will be quickly damaged and also greatly
shorten the using life of other loaded electrical appliance.
Additional functions include:Set language, print test result
1.3 Technical Parameters
1、 Cold Cranking Amps Measure Range:
Measure Standard
Measure Range
CCA
100-2000
BCI
100-2000
CA
100-2000
MCA
100-2000
JIS
26A17--245H52
DIN
100-1400
IEC
100-1400
EN
100-2000
SAE
100-2000
GB
30-220AH
2、 Voltage Measure Range: 7-16VDC
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1.4 Working Environment Requirement
Working Environment Temp.: -20°C-50°C
It is applicable for automotive manufacturers, automotive maintenance and repair
workshops, automotive battery factories, automotive battery distributors, and educational
organizations, etc.
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Chapter 2 Tester Structure
BST-560 mainly consists of battery tester main unit and USB Cable.
BST-560 Battery Tester main unit cover is made of ABS acid-resistant plastic.
USB Cable (With attached picture)
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Chapter 3 Operation
3.1 Pre-Test
3.1.1 Connect Tester
Connect the red test clamp with battery anode and the black one with cathode,
the tester will power on automatically. Voltage battery below 7.0VDC can’t be
tested properly, then press OK key to continue.
According to the tester, you can press UP/DOWN key to choose:
① battery test
② starting system test
③ charging system test
④ battery test result
⑤ print test result
⑥ select language
3.1.2 Key Description
● Up and Down keys
Select upwards or downwards via UP and DOWN keys.
● Return key
Return to previous menu via RETURN key. 按
● Ok key
Confirm the selection via OK key
Key Photo
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3.2 Tester Startup
Tester automatically starts up after the clamps are correctly connected, and
displays the Launch startup interface refer to figure 1.
Figure 1.
Main menu
3.3 Battery Test
After entering battery test program, tester displays the tester model and version
approx. 2 seconds, Interface with tester model and version
Tester will display the following contents in a sequence, select accordingly.
Select the battery test and press OK key to continue:
Input testing standard: the standard which you can see the front of the
battery ,such as CCA、 BCI 、D IN. If you can’t find any info about the stan dard,
you can choose GB standard. Choose GB standards would lead little tolerance.
Input rated capacity: you can see the starting current standards in front of the
battery .Such as BCI/300A.
Then press OK key to start testing.
NOTE：
For power loss battery (such as a vehicle for a long time on hold, the battery is
not charged in time; forget to close the lights, the doors resulting in serious loss
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of battery electric vehicle and can not be started, etc.), in the actual testing
process may also be prompted to "Please replace the battery," for such batteries,
please consult the battery manufacturers, and then tested.
3.3.1 Select Battery Type
After the battery test selected, tester will prompt to select battery type, i.e.
Regular Flooded, AGM Flat Plate or AGM Spiral, and Gel battery. Press
UP/DOWN key to select battery type, and press OK key to confirm.
3.3.2 Battery System Standard and Rating
BST-560 battery tester will test each battery according to the selected system
and rating.
Use UP/DOWN key to select according to the actual system standard and
rating marked on the battery. Use UP/DOWN key to select according to the
actual system standard and rating marked on the battery. See in the below
picture, the arrow indicated location.
CCA: Cold Cranking Amps, specified by SAE&BCI, most frequently used value
for starting battery at 0°F (-18°C).
BCI: Battery Council International standard
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CA：Cranking Amps standard, effective starting current value at 0°C
MCA: Marine Cranking Amps standard, effective starting current value at 0°C.
JIS： Japan Industrial Standard, displayed on the battery as combination of the numbers
and letters, e.g. 55D23,80D26.
DIN： German Auto Industry Committee Standard
IEC： Internal Electro technical Commission Standard
EN： European Automobile Industry Association Standard
GB：China National Standard
Input correct test standard and rating, press OK key, tester starts to test, and
dynamic interface "TESTING" prompted. See below:
It takes around 3 seconds to display the battery test result.
3.4 Cranking Test
Tester prompts as following:
Starting the engine as prompted, tester will automatically complete the cranking
test and display the result.
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Normally, cranking voltage value lower than 9.6V is regarded as abnormal,
higher than 9.6V is OK.
Test result of the tester includes actual cranking voltage and actual cranking
time.
When cranking test is abnormal, battery test result will also be displayed at the
same time.
This is for the convenience of the maintenance personnel to quickly know the
whole state of the starting system according to the data.
3.5 Charging System and Rectifier Diode Test
When enter the charging test, tester will prompt "Loaded testing"
Press OK key again to start the charging test.
NOTE: Do not shut down the engine during the test. All electrical appliance and
device are in OFF state. Turn on/off any electrical appliance in the vehicle
during the test will affect the accuracy of the test result.
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Operate accordingly to increase the engine rotating speed to 2500turns, and
keep for 5 seconds.
Tester starts the charging volt test after increase rev detected.
After the test finished, tester displays the effective charging volts, ripple test
result and charging test result.
NOTE: If no increase rev detected, it shall be the fault of generator regulator or
connection with battery failed. Tester will try 3 times to further detect, if still
failed, it will skip the increase rev detect and the test result displays "No Volt
Output".
Check the connection between generator and battery, then retest.
3.5.1Charging Test Result
1) Charging Volt: Normal
Charging system shows the generator output normal, no problem detected.
2) Charging Volt: Low
Charging volt of the charging system is low.
Check drive belt of the generator whether slip or running off. Check the
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connection between generator and battery is normal or not.
If both of the drive belt and the connection are in good condition, follow the
manufacturer's suggestion to eliminate generator fault.
3) Charging Volt: High
Generator output volt is high.
Since most of the vehicle generators are using internal regulator, the generator
assembly has to be replaced.(Some old style cars are using external regulator,
then directly replace the regulator.)
The normal high volt of the voltage regulator is maximum 14.7±0.5V.If charging
volt is too high, it will overcharge the battery. Therefore the battery life will be
shortened and troubles will be caused.
4) No Volt Output:
No generator volt output is detected. Check the generator connection cable and
the belt whether they are normal.
5) Diode Test:
Through the test of charging current ripple, tester will find out whether the diode
is normal or not. When ripple volt is too high, it proves at least one diode is
damaged. Check and replace the diode.
Till now, all tests have been done.
3.6 Additional Functions
3.6.1 View test result
After entering the forth function, then press OK key you can view the final test
result.
3.6.2 Print Test Result
About Printing function, connect the tester to computer with USB Cable,then
export the testing result.(Before this ,need contact our company for the software
first,download a exporting software to your computer)
3.6.3 Select Language
This option is to let user select language.
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European version A: English, Russian, French, Italian, German,Polish
European Version B: Dutch, Sweden, Finnish, Turkish, Danish,Norwegian
American version :English, Spanish, Portuguese, French
Asian version A: English, Chinese Simple, Chinese Traditional
Asian version B: English, Japanese, Korean
Chapter 4 Daily Maintenance
4.1 Eliminate Common Fault
4.1.1 Screen Not Light
⚫ Check connection with the battery whether it's well or reverse connected.
⚫ Check the test cable whether break off or drop down.
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Chapter 5 Warranty Clause
The warranty clause is only applicable to users and distributors who purchased Launch
products via the regular process.
Within 3 years since the delivery, Launch guarantee the products damaged due to the
material or craft defects. Any damage to the device or part due to abuse, unauthorized
change, usage other than designed to, operation not following the user manual, etc. is out
of the warranty. Compensation for the auto instrument damage due to the device defect is
limited to repair or replacement, Launch is not responsible for any indirect or accidental
loss. Launch will clarify the device damage according to the specified test method. Any
distributor, employee and business representative of Launch are not entitled to do any
confirmation, presentation or promise related to Launch products.
Statement of Disclaimer
The above warranty clause can substitute for any other form of warranty clauses.
Purchase Order
Replaceable parts and optional parts are available from Launch authorized suppliers.
Purchase order should include:
Order quantity
Part Number
Part Name
Customer Service Center
Any question during the operation, please call to 86-755-84528888 or 400-0666666.
For maintenance and repair, please send back to Launch with Warranty Card, Product
Qualified Card, Purchase Invoice and problem description. Launch will maintain and
repair the device for free when it is within the warranty. Otherwise, Launch will charge the
maintenance and repair and the shipping.
Launch address:
Shenzhen Launch Tech Co., Ltd,
Launch Industrial Park, North of Wuhe Avenue. Banxuegang, Longgang District,
Shenzhen, P.R.China
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Receiver: Customer Service Center Postcode: 518129
Launch Website: http://www. cnlaunch.com
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