[Elithion]

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

 

[Elithion]

Do you know if the Elithion BMS CAN network can share the CAN bus of the car? Has this been done?

Yes, and yes. You can communicate with the Lithiumate Pro through the OBDII port.

will have to plan for an update

A couple of options:

• Send us the unit (get an RMA first) and we'll do it here
• Get a PIC kit II programmer, and we'll do it over the Internet

 

[Elithion]

Davide,

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

Like it?

 

[Elithion]

When it will be released?

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

What hardware is needed ?

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!

 

[Elithion]

 

[Elithion]

$31, not $70

now I refuse to pay.

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.

 

[Elithion]

Those same boards, if bought directly from Elithion as part of a system would cost less.

 

[Elithion]

Yes, the Elithion Lithiumate BMS is referenced to chassis ground.

Yes, thank you to Peter Chave!

We did end up doing it all from scratch, because Peter's solution has some fundamental issues that are insurmountable. Still, it was Peter who inspired us on the general approach.
We ended up doing the whole project using Python and Ajax, instead of PHP and iframes.

If you want more details, if you think it might help you in your project, please contact me off line and I'll talk to you about it.