BATTERY MODULE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INITIALISING BATTERY MODULES

摘要

Battery system comprising a plurality of control nodes, where each control node comprises an electronic circuitry containing control information adapted to control and monitor a battery assembly and further comprising circuitry for serial communication with other control nodes, where each control node is mounted to a battery assembly, and where each control node is adapted to receive a unique node number and to store the node number in a memory, where the assignment of a node number is performed when the control node is connected to a serial bus communication line for the first time. The advantage of the invention is that a battery module can easily be initiated by the battery system when it is connected to the system for the first time. There is thus no need to run a specific initiation process in the production of the module. The software version of a battery module is also checked during the initiation, which will prevent battery modules with outdated software to be used.