PAtools Battery Software Suite System Requirements

Your PAtools development machines and the PAtools test generator machine must meet the following minimum requirements to run the PAtools Battery Software Suite. You must have a test generator machine for PAtools if you are using PAtools as a part of the Modern Battery Lab. Refer to The Modern Battery Lab for more information.

Table 1. PAtools Battery Software Suite System Requirements
System Component Requirement

Test stations

 Each test station requires a PXI controller that you configure to run PAtools tests. For the best performance of the battery application, NI recommends using a PXIe-8862 or PXIe-8881 as the PXI controller.

User PCs
  • Test engineering PCs—Windows 10 or Windows 11 with PAtools developer software
  • Operator PCs
    • With SystemLink Enterprise—any operating system with a Chrome browser or an Edge browser
    • Without SystemLink Enterprise—Windows 10 or Windows 11 with PAtools developer software
  • Other engineering PCs—with SystemLink Enterprise, any operating system with a Chrome browser or an Edge browser

Microsoft SQL Server

 SQL Server 2017 Express Edition or later.

NI SystemLink Enterprise

 NI recommends using PAtools Battery Software Suite with SystemLink Enterprise as described in The Modern Battery Lab. If you choose to use SystemLink Enterprise, refer to SystemLink Enterprise Requirements for Kubernetes cluster requirements.

Test generator machine for PAtools
  • Operating system—NI recommends Windows Server 2016 or later, but you can use Windows 10 or Windows 11.
  • Processor—Quad-core i5 equivalent or greater
  • Disk space—10 GB, or 30 GB minimum if using a locally installed SQL server
  • RAM—8 GB, or 16 GB minimum if using a locally installed SQL server

Device Driver Requirements

Additional drivers might be required for PAtools Battery Software Suite to connect and to interact with your device.

Note Most of these drivers are not publicly available. To learn more, contact NI.
Table 2. Groups of Device Drivers
Function Device Drivers

Power Supply
  • RMX-412x Power Supply Driver
  • PSI9: Elektro-Automatik GmbH Power Supply, 9000_10000 SCPI
  • SM15K: Delta Elektronika DC-Power-Supplies
  • Keysight RP7900

Water Conditioning Units (Chillers)
  • FEVCC: FEV CoolCon
  • HUSPO: Huber Unistat series with Pilot ONE control
  • LaudaIntT: Lauda Integral Cooling Unit
  • WCUA: Water Conditioning Unit Autotherm
  • WCUC_: Water_Conditioning_Unit_CTS
  • WCUL_: Water_Conditioning_Unit_Linggong
  • LWC: Lauda Water Conditioning Unit SUK150

Climate Chambers
  • ACC: Angelantoni Climatic Chamber
  • CSZ: Cincinnati Sub-Zero
  • CTS: Clima Temperatur Systeme climate chamber
  • WCCSI: Weiss Climate Chamber Simpati
  • Thermaton SE-2000 and S32: thermal chamber

DC Cyclers
  • Heinzinger ERS-BIC
  • NHR 9200/9300
  • EA BT-20000 series: Elektro-Automatik
  • Webasto AV900/ABC170/MT30
  • Nebula 05300B02-V010
  • VES3: TLU Vehicle Energy System Version3
  • TLU: Vehicle Energy System
  • Kewell

Contactor Control
  • ACBox
  • DCBox

Communication
  • NI-XNET
  • AMCD3: ASAM MCD3 ASAP3
  • CANlog: Logging of CAN Communication
  • GLP2: SCHLEICH Safety & Function Tester
  • OWI: LinkLocator One Wire ID-Scanner

Simulation
  • BMPT: Battery Model Powertrain
  • FPGA_VES: FPGA interface for Vehicle Energy Systems
  • DHB: DrvHIL Burst

Diagnostics
  • OBD2: On-Board Diagnostics
  • UDS: Unified Diagnostics Service
  • FMM: Fluke Multimeter 8846A

Module Creation
  • Template: Module template with PAscript