Bluetooth module with Ackmaniac's app

ESK8 Electronics
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I guess you don’t get a error message when the module isn’t available anymore. Do you stop the app with the home button or by going backwards until the app closes?

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Hey i just got the module that Ackmaniac linked and tested. Is working just fine. Thank you very much you are the best.

Now i need to learn how to use it with a dual focbox setup. hopefully it wont be too hard .

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Ok. I believe I found the “bug” :smile: I realized the app doesn’t list any Bluetooth devices unless gps is turned on on the phone. As soon as gps is on, the BT devices show in the app! :joy: Thanks for the troubleshooting though!

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Working app. Donation on its way. @Ackmaniac

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Where is the app?

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Found it

Also there is a thread on it

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@Ackmaniac I open the app and connect the bluetooth but it says that the vesc is not connected. Any ideas?

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Did you connect it correct to the vesc? 5V, rx tx crossed and a baudrate of 9600? And you can also try to restart your smartphone.

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Yes, all the wiring is correct. It seemed to work after I re uploaded your firmware but it has since gone unresponsive to the remote.

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don’t understand that.

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The light doesn’t turn blue when I pull the trigger and the motor doesn’t spin. It did spin for the FOC detection though.

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go through the remote settings. after the firmware update you have to do the entire setup again.

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Ok, I will try that.

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Should the app to use be ppm or ppm and uart?

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I am back to square one. The remote is now running the motor but no data on the app.

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I got everything working now. :wink:

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@Ackmaniac I took the board for a test run and the app was amazing. I did notice that it never recorder max speed, only the current and GPS based speed.

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Hello. I would like to use the Ackmaniac App… I have a original metr.at bluetooth module which is detected by the App but all values will only display zero. I get no error message when I connect however - but it will not show anything, no real time data etc. everything is only zero.

Can anyone help me out ? I got the newest Ackmaniac Firmware on my VESC.

Have a good day

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Did you set the UART speed to 9600 baud?

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No because the metr.at bluetooth module instruction said I should keep it at 115200 baud. I will try to set it lower this evening. But a Side Note which is strange - the metr.at App also is not working (not displaying values) however I thought that could be because of the ackmaniac firmware that I run…