Predictika · Rugged batteries and chargers

An AI sales agent's battery and charger kit, checked before it goes out

An AI sales agent puts together a kit for a field team: an Ultralife UBI-2590 family battery, a desktop charger, the voltage mode the device runs on, the current the device draws, the temperatures it works in and how the batteries will ship. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of the figures in the public Ultralife technical datasheets and returns a verdict, every reason and the figures it computed.

Scope: Four UBI-2590 family batteries (UBBL02-01, UBBL10-01, UBBL13-01, UBBL62) with three chargers (CH0002, UCH0057, UCH0071): charging bays, voltage mode, load current, temperatures and air-shipping charge. See everything this validator covers

This validator models kits built from the Ultralife UBI-2590 family batteries and chargers listed here, using the public Ultralife technical datasheets, not just the scenarios shown below.

  • Charging bays — how many batteries the charger takes at once (one bay on the UCH0057, six on the UCH0071; the CH0002 datasheet does not state a bay count, so it is not checked).
  • Voltage mode and load — the 30 V or 15 V mode (24 V or 12 V on the UBBL62), the voltage range of each mode, the most current each mode delivers continuously, and whether the device accepts the full battery voltage.
  • Temperatures — use from -32 to 60 degrees Celsius, and charging from 0 to 45 degrees at the chargers.
  • Shipping — the 30% state of charge setting for air shipping (UCH0071 charger and an SMBus battery), batteries shipped packed in equipment, and the energy rating the quote states.

Any kit built from these four batteries and three chargers is in scope — not only the scenarios pictured here. Not covered: prices (Ultralife publishes no list prices for these products, so this page shows no price build-up), the other UBI-2590 family batteries (UBBL09, UBBL36, UBBL38), the other chargers (UCH0053, UCH0054, UCH0056, CH0014), cables and solar chargers, custom battery packs, and runtime under real loads. Charger-to-battery pairing is not checked: the CH0002 datasheet names the UBBL02, UBBL10 and UBBL13 but does not say it cannot charge the UBBL62, so no pairing rule is modeled. The device cut-off voltage is not checked either, because the datasheets give no rule for it.

The AI sales agentPuts the battery and charger kit together from the conversation and says it is ready.
Predictika validatorChecks every rule at once and returns the verdict, each finding, and the computed figures.

7 scenarios in 3 groups · each group runs from the agent’s first attempt to the outcome · click one to switch

What the agent proposes

The AI sales agent says

Illustrative agent statement. The validator receives the structured request below.

Proposing agent: AI sales agent (scripted)

Before sending, the agent must call Recorded run

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Where rules-based CPQ gets it wrong
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Our assessment of what a typical rules-based CPQ (product rules, price rules and validation rules, as in Salesforce CPQ) does with the same cases. It is a judgment about effort and reliability, not a claim that nothing can be built.

    
What the validator caughtTypical rules-based CPQPredictika
Limits that change with the voltage modeOnly with care
Voltage range and continuous current differ by mode and by battery, so each combination needs its own comparison.		The mode and battery select the limits inside one model, in any order of choices.
Charging bays and the shipping charge functionOnly with workarounds
The 30% shipping charge exists only on one charger and only for batteries with SMBus communication, so a rule has to read two other lines.		Both conditions come back as separate findings with the rest.
Energy rating the quote statesOnly with care
The stated figure is derived from the battery, so a rule has to recompute it and compare.		The stated figure is a field in the request, compared with the datasheet figure on every call.
Every problem returned in one answerOnly with workarounds
Rules tend to fire as the quote is saved or a step is completed, so a person often fixes one error and meets the next.		All findings come back together, whatever order the choices arrived in.

  

  

    
What this validator catches: findings from its test cases
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Every rule is checked on every call, in any order the choices arrive; one problem never hides another. Blocking findings stop the quote; approval findings need a person to sign off; everything else is computed.

    
1The customer needs to charge 2 batteries at once; this charger has 1 bay.
2The customer needs to charge 7 batteries at once; this charger has 6 bays.
3The load draws 11 A; this battery in this mode allows at most 10 A continuously.
4The load draws 21 A; this battery in this mode allows at most 20 A continuously.
5The load draws 9 A; this battery in this mode allows at most 8 A continuously.
6The device accepts at most 33.0 V; this battery in this mode reaches 33.6 V when full.
7The battery is used at up to 61 degrees Celsius; discharge is rated to 60 degrees Celsius.
8The battery is used at down to -33 degrees Celsius; discharge is rated down to -32 degrees Celsius.
9Charging takes place at 46 degrees Celsius; the chargers operate up to 45 degrees Celsius.
10Charging takes place at -1 degrees Celsius; the chargers operate from 0 degrees Celsius.
11Setting the battery to 30% state of charge for air shipping is a function of the UCH0071 charger; the quoted charger does not have it.
12The 30% state of charge function works only with batteries that have SMBus communication; this battery has none.
13The quote states 288 Wh for the battery; its energy rating is 250 Wh.
14The batteries ship packed in equipment; Ultralife asks to be contacted for guidance on UN 3481 shipments.
15The load draws 12 A; this battery in this mode allows at most 8 A continuously.
16The device accepts at most 20.0 V; this battery in this mode reaches 25.2 V when full.
17Charging takes place at 50 degrees Celsius; the chargers operate up to 45 degrees Celsius.
18The quote states 250 Wh for the battery; its energy rating is 123 Wh.

  

  

    
Scenarios and results
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The recorded result of the validator for each scenario on this page: the request the AI agent sent, the verdict, and every finding, in the order they appear above.

    
1. Four batteries on one charger: Four batteries on a one-bay charger, set to 30% for air shipping

    
The agent's request. Please quote 4 Ultralife UBBL10-01 batteries with a UCH0057 charger, run in 30 V mode. The device accepts up to 34.0 volts and draws 8 amps. The batteries are used from -10 to 40 degrees Celsius and charged at 20 degrees Celsius. The batteries ship by air set to 30% state of charge. The quote states 250 Wh for each battery. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • More batteries than charger bays. The customer needs to charge 4 batteries at once; this charger has 1 bay.
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  • 30% shipping charge needs the UCH0071. Setting the battery to 30% state of charge for air shipping is a function of the UCH0071 charger; the quoted charger does not have it.
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2. Four batteries on one charger: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please quote 4 Ultralife UBBL10-01 batteries with a UCH0071 charger, run in 30 V mode. The device accepts up to 34.0 volts and draws 8 amps. The batteries are used from -10 to 40 degrees Celsius and charged at 20 degrees Celsius. The batteries ship by air set to 30% state of charge. The quote states 250 Wh for each battery. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Battery summary. In this mode the battery runs from 20.0 V to 33.6 V, delivers up to 10 A continuously and has 8.7 Ah nominal capacity; its energy rating is 250 Wh.
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3. A robot pack: A 24 V robot pack drawing more current than the battery allows

    
The agent's request. Please quote 2 Ultralife UBBL62 batteries with a CH0002 charger, run in 24 V mode. The device accepts up to 26.0 volts and draws 12 amps. The batteries are used from -10 to 40 degrees Celsius and charged at 20 degrees Celsius. The quote states 123 Wh for each battery. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Load current over the battery limit. The load draws 12 A; this battery in this mode allows at most 8 A continuously.
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4. A robot pack: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please quote 2 Ultralife UBBL62 batteries with a CH0002 charger, run in 12 V mode. The device accepts up to 13.0 volts and draws 12 amps. The batteries are used from -10 to 40 degrees Celsius and charged at 20 degrees Celsius. The quote states 123 Wh for each battery. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Battery summary. In this mode the battery runs from 7.5 V to 12.6 V, delivers up to 16 A continuously and has 11.4 Ah nominal capacity; its energy rating is 123 Wh.
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5. An arctic deployment: An arctic deployment with hot charging, packed in equipment

    
The agent's request. Please quote 3 Ultralife UBBL13-01 batteries with a UCH0071 charger, run in 30 V mode. The device accepts up to 34.0 volts and draws 8 amps. The batteries are used from -40 to 40 degrees Celsius and charged at 50 degrees Celsius. The batteries ship packed in the equipment. The quote states 288 Wh for each battery. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Use temperature below the discharge range. The battery is used at down to -40 degrees Celsius; discharge is rated down to -32 degrees Celsius.
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  • Charging temperature above the charger range. Charging takes place at 50 degrees Celsius; the chargers operate up to 45 degrees Celsius.
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  • Shipped packed in equipment. The batteries ship packed in equipment; Ultralife asks to be contacted for guidance on UN 3481 shipments.
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6. An arctic deployment: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please quote 3 Ultralife UBBL13-01 batteries with a UCH0071 charger, run in 30 V mode. The device accepts up to 34.0 volts and draws 8 amps. The batteries are used from -30 to 40 degrees Celsius and charged at 25 degrees Celsius. The batteries ship packed in the equipment. The quote states 288 Wh for each battery. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Needs approval.

    
    
      
  • Shipped packed in equipment. The batteries ship packed in equipment; Ultralife asks to be contacted for guidance on UN 3481 shipments.
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  • Battery summary. In this mode the battery runs from 20.0 V to 33.6 V, delivers up to 10 A continuously and has 10.0 Ah nominal capacity; its energy rating is 288 Wh.
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7. An arctic deployment: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please quote 3 Ultralife UBBL13-01 batteries with a UCH0071 charger, run in 30 V mode. The device accepts up to 34.0 volts and draws 8 amps. The batteries are used from -30 to 40 degrees Celsius and charged at 25 degrees Celsius. The quote states 288 Wh for each battery. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Battery summary. In this mode the battery runs from 20.0 V to 33.6 V, delivers up to 10 A continuously and has 10.0 Ah nominal capacity; its energy rating is 288 Wh.
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Narration transcript
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The text of the narrated walkthrough, step by step.

    
    
      
  1. Welcome to a demo of Predictika's Validator. An AI sales agent puts together a kit for a field team: an Ultralife UBI-2590 family battery, a desktop charger, the voltage mode the device runs on, and more. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of the figures in the public Ultralife technical datasheets and returns a verdict, every reason and the figures it computed.
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  2. I will start with the first request by the agent.
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  3. The agent says. Please quote 3 Ultralife UBBL13-01 batteries with a UCH0071 charger, run in 30 V mode. The device accepts up to 34.0 volts and draws 8 amps. The rest of the request is on screen.
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  4. Before it goes out, the agent calls the validator.
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  5. Blocked, with two findings and one approval, all in one answer. The battery is used at down to -40 degrees Celsius; discharge is rated down to -32 degrees Celsius. Charging takes place at 50 degrees Celsius; the chargers operate up to 45 degrees Celsius.
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  6. The validator returned two blocking findings and one approval in one answer. A check that reads one field at a time would pass most of this; it shows only when the choices in the quote are checked against each other.
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  7. What this shows: for charging bays and the shipping charge function, a rules-based CPQ can do this only with workarounds.
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  8. Now the agent resubmits.
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  9. The corrected request. It changes the lowest use temperature to -30 degrees Celsius and the charging temperature to 25 degrees Celsius.
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  10. It calls the validator again.
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  11. Not blocked, but held for a person.
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  12. The two blocking findings are cleared; one approval remains for a person: shipped packed in equipment.
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  13. The agent resubmits once more.
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  14. The revised request. It changes the shipped packed in equipment to no.
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  15. It calls the validator once more.
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  16. This time the validator clears it.
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  17. The earlier finding is cleared, and the validator's figure matches the quote.
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  18. Three problems caught in one call, fixed in two passes, and a clean quote. That is the value of Predictika's validator: catching mistakes before they reach the customer. Now you can try the other scenarios yourself.
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