[frodus]

So you just need monitoring? (I highly doubt you'd need to set things up while driving)

For the Elithion (only if it's PRO) Why not just use Torque for Android + Bluetooth OBDII dongle:
http://lithiumate.elithion.com/php/torque.php

Not sure of anything for Zilla though, it's not CAN.

 

[frodus]

Lithiumate lite is USB only.... so your iPad would need to support USB Host, which it likely does not.

 

[frodus]

You can connect a computer via USB to the lithiumate lite.... because your computer supports the ability to install a USB driver and act as a USB host. iPad and android devices do not neccessarily do so, and if it's Apple, it's very very unlikely that you'd ever get it to act as USB host to anything other than a flash drive.

Get Console is serial and not usb. Zilla is serial. The issue is, Lithiumate Lite is USB.

I've seen people use Lithiumate Pro with get console, but that was via serial, which the lite does not have.

 

[frodus]

As long as you're running 4.0 or above and the device itself supports USB host, then it shouldn't be a problem supporting the FTDI chipset that Elithion uses.

I've had success connecting other devices that use the FTDI chipset (Prologix GPIB converter) with my Samsung Galaxy 2 7inch Tablet. Just got myself a terminal emulator and a USB adapter for it and off it went.

 

[frodus]

Just make sure that the Zilla is isolated on it's serial port, IIRC, it's not. It should use it's own supply for the bluetooth.

One way to check is is to check the ground of the serial port and see if it has continuity with B- of the controller.

 

[frodus]

Great idea - I missed this... I already have an OBDII-bluetooth adapter (cheap $15 device from fleabay) which works with Torque on my Android device...

Do you know if the Elithion BMS CAN network can share the CAN bus of the car? Has this been done? I am not a CAN guru - how would you access each device (assuming only 1 bluetooth connection to the cars OBD port is necessary)?

I see it requires a new version of the BMS firmware - will have to plan for an update... I may even want to buy a spare Elithion base unit - will have to look around for pricing...

It should work. You just need to know CAN header of each of the devices and set that up in Torque with a custom PID. You can change that on the Elithion if it conflicts with something else in the car.

Just need to use 12V, GND, CANH and CANL on the OBD connector and tap into that with the Elithion.

 

[frodus]

There's a ton of terminal emulators out there.

I used Slickdev Labs "Slick USB 2 Serial Terminal"