EXTENDED ACKMANIAC-ESC Tool based on VESC-Tool

Ackmaniac · March 11, 2019, 9:59pm

Appreciate it, thx.

RyuX · March 12, 2019, 4:58pm

Does anyone still have Ackmaniac 3.101 Firmware somewhere ? I would like to use this one as it is supported by the metr.at app - and I can’t get the ackmaniac tool to work on my android phone. Thanks

Bjork3n · March 12, 2019, 5:21pm

Metr supports Ackmaniac 3.102 fw.

If you have the old metr module and updated your phone to android 8 the old metr wont work anymore. Then you need the metr pro.

RyuX · March 12, 2019, 5:27pm

Thanks for the reply… I have Android 8 and with Ackmaniac 3.102 I can’t write the Modes anymore… However I tried 3.100 and it works without problems (i have the old metr.at module). So I wanted to try if 3.101 is working as well as 3.100… If not I will just stay on 3.100

Bjork3n · March 12, 2019, 5:29pm

Thats weird that the old metr module works on android 8. I couldnt even get the old module to connect with my phone with android 8. (Samsung s7). Got a metr pro and i use the modes feature all the time with the ackmaniac 3.102.

If you use canbus use the 3.101 with the fixed braking problem that the 3.100 had.

RyuX · March 12, 2019, 5:34pm

I don’t use the canbus - I also have a S7 Edge with the newest Android. So I will keep 3.100 then. It is essential for me to be able to switch to a “locked” mode when my board will only reach a maximum of 16 km/h in Case I ever get pulled by the police.

Bjork3n · March 12, 2019, 5:35pm

Yeah i also have a mode called “police”. Then the board is slow as a turtle no matter how much you push the throttle

pookybear · March 12, 2019, 5:44pm

So wait. Metro pro works w ackmaniac? FW 3.102? How did you get it to work?

Bjork3n · March 12, 2019, 5:45pm

Yes it works? Why wouldnt it? Metr pro supports most fw´s

pookybear · March 12, 2019, 5:47pm

What the… I just checked. I have FW 3.103. I’ll play w this again tonight.

Thank you!

Moza · March 18, 2019, 6:32pm

Hi guys.

Anyone know if there’s been any advance on changing modes for ackmaniac Vesc monitor for Android.

Last time I checked it wasn’t possible to change modes when using ADC. (I’m using Bluetooth hm-10 module)

Oh waite, sorry, I’ve just looked back on the posts and it looks like you can!! Excellent. Update to 3.103.

pookybear · April 5, 2019, 7:53pm

I have mixed results on researching whether vesc6 is compatible with ackmaniac firmware. I don’t want to try upload it as I don’t have ST-Link.

Is it compatible?

rey8801 · April 5, 2019, 10:40pm

I used for months with Flipsky6.6 and it worked fine.

pookybear · April 5, 2019, 10:52pm

Yaaasss! So stoked. I really like this firmware.

rey8801 · April 5, 2019, 10:53pm

It’s really nice. Pity it is not unity compatible.

pookybear · April 5, 2019, 10:56pm

Yea. Not really impressed w unity. It’s convenient and all but I like redundancy on my setup. Additionally w dual Vesc, you can easily add peripherals w extra ports from the second Vesc. I might be selling mine pretty soon.

rey8801 · April 5, 2019, 10:58pm

I keep unity because it save so much space… Enertion will release a similar telemetry app. The question is when?

pookybear · April 5, 2019, 11:03pm

It does! But I have no issues w space at the moment.

trampa · April 6, 2019, 8:57am

The telemetry is coded already, Benjamin has nailed that in VESC-Tool. Unity runs of modified VESC code, but they made the decision to create incompatibilities, so that users can’t use VESC-Tool. Until you can enjoy the new VESC-Tool features in the Enertion VESC-Tool fork it may take a while, depending on how fast they can integrate the Vedder Code.

rey8801 · April 6, 2019, 8:59am

Thank you for the explanation. So the data are all there, the part missing in the software to show them.