How to Charge a V4 CropX Sensor

How to Charge a V4 CropX Sensor

The CropX sensor must be charged periodically.

The V4 sensor comes with a removable battery that you can re-charge. You can also purchase additional batteries to have on hand so you can swap them out in the field.
(Our legacy CropX sensor doesn't have a removable removable battery, so the entire sensor will need to be extracted in order to be charged.)

Prerequisites
  1. A CropX Sensor or CropX Telemetry
  2. Charging cable (your hardware should have come with one)
  3. Charger to connect to charging cable
  4. Outlet connected to electricity

To Charge the V4 CropX Sensor or CropX Telemetry

  1. Remove the charging socket cover on the CropX Sensor or open the door on the Telemetry.
  2. Remove the black battery
    battery
  3. Connect the USB cable to the battery's USB cable port (cable provided) and connect to any USB power adapter.
  4. Allow the battery to fully charge for at least 12-24 hours, or until the light changes to green
  5. Place battery back in unit, you will hear an audible chirp when the battery is in place.
  6. Place cover back on unit.


To Charge the Legacy CropX Sensor 

  1. Gently remove the 5 screws on top of sensor.
  2. Remove the charging socket cover.
  3. Connect the USB cable to the USB cable port (cable provided) and connect to any USB power adapter.
  4. Allow the sensor to fully charge for at least 12-24 hours, or until the light changes to green (or flashing blue depending on the version).
  5. Before reattaching the charging socket cover, make sure the rubber gasket is in place.


If Recharging with a Power Bank:

The Specifications should be:
  1. Output: DC 5V
  2. Capacity: At least 11000 mAh

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