[TEV]

Did anyone succeed to connect an Android tablet to a Lithiumate Lite ?

 

[TEV]

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.

The Samsung galaxy tablet has a usb, so I can just plug the Lite , but what programs I would need ?

 

[TEV]

There's a ton of terminal emulators out there.

I used Slickdev Labs "Slick USB 2 Serial Terminal"

Thank You.

 

[TEV]

We're now working with a user of the Lithiumate Lite, developing a solution that will bring graphic monitoring of the Lite to any platforms, by using WiFi and any browser.
We'll announce it when it's ready.

That will be great.

Thank You.

 

[TEV]

Davide,

how is the progress on this? Some are anxiously waiting!

Dito .....................

 

[TEV]

Like it?

Very nice, when it will be release ? What hardware is needed ?

 

[TEV]

Any day. It took us some time to make it work with Apple products, but now we're all set.



It's a plug and play box, which we're about to sell. It's a "black box" with a 12 V power input and a USB cable. It's pretty straightforward:

1. Power it; connect it to the Lithiumate
2. Select the "Lithiumate" WiFi network on your device; enter "elithion" as the password
3. Open a browser, go to 10.1.1.1

That's it!

Sounds good, I hope the price will be good too

 

[TEV]

I'm placing an order right now for an elithiumate lite, and the new wifi option adds $228 to the price. This is great!

Indeed it's a "great" price. I was afraid of that. Some people are too greedy

 

[TEV]

Greedy : " Excessively desirous of acquiring or possessing, especially wishing to possess more than what one needs or deserves. "

 

[TEV]

$228-$158=$70 for the greedy dealer who does nothing and allready got a chunk of money when he sold the BMS.

This is not a separate product is an improvement of the product making it more attractive for the buyers.

And don't get me rong, I consider your BMS being a very good one and you are free to charge how much you want for it, but after purchasing the BMS I needed to buy extra cell boards and the stealer charged me an insane price, and I did buy the system from the same stealer, and now I refuse to pay the stealer for a product feature who should be included in the product from the beginning.

 

[TEV]

$31, not $70



I respect that, so I am offering you the instruction on building your own WiFi Hot-spot, courtesy of Peter Chave.

Please do let us know how it works out for you, how much it ends up costing you, and how many hours you'll spend on it.

If it's working with others smartphone, not only with the iPhone, then it's the perfect solution for me.

I will look into it.

 

[TEV]

Doesn't sound excessive to me. Wireless display is fairly new, and I'm glad they added it as an option to this BMS. How much did you get charged for replacement/spare boards?

1PR0106M - Elithion 106mm Cell Board (Middle) $15.00 each
106N1PR0106N - Elithion 106mm Cell Board (Negative) $26.00 each
106P1PR0106P - Elithion 106mm Cell Board (Positive) $17.00 each

The reason for needing more cell boards was that I changed my battery configuration going for more cells , when I ordered it, I wasn't planning for so many cells.

Make sure you got enough cell boards and some extra with your BMS order otherwise you will pay again for the "honor of doing business"