JK-BMS not Viewable in Bluetooth (JK-BD6A20S-6P) with 8S configuration, brand new.

[chrisski]

EDIT: Solved. To boot the JK BMS put a charging voltage. on the positive battery terminal and the negative on the BMS (p-) for a few seconds.
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I have a JK-BMS which does not appear when searched for in Bluetooth. Model # JK-BD6A20S-6P capable of 20S, but set up in 8S configuration for 24 volts. The BMS comes with temp sensors and bluetooth built into the BMS itself. The board appears to be a V11. The App came off the App store on the iPhone and the icon looks the same as on the link to the QR code. I can't read Chinese so I don't know which of the 4 apps to download.

Has anyone had the same issues?

I can't find the owners manual. The QR code takes me to some data, but nothing that can help me. Mostly in Chinese without enough diagrams.
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Thanks to @upnorthandpersonal for posting a JK BMS manual in English. I see that I may need a 36 volt booster. Before I get one, I'd like to know if this worked for you. I suspect I have a newer model that no longer requires a booster because it was not listed on the website I purchased and did not come with the unit. THe one in the manual at the resource seems to come with the unit.

I also tried to bring the BMS to life by charging above 4 volts above battery votlage, 28.3 and 5 volts across the B- and P- on the BMS cables. I can't take mine apart like in the resource.

 

[chrisski]

Solved. To boot the JK BMS put a charging voltage on the positive terminal and the negative on the BMS (p-) for a few seconds.

 

[DMcCook]

Greetings friends from a new member, just setting up my first LifePo4 system and found this thread when I couldn't turn on my new JKBMS B2A8S30P 3S-8S. I'm building two batteries with 4 EVE 306 MB30 cells in each.
Due to a chaotic purchasing process, I also have 2 200A BMS that I will be sending back to the shop. Those 200A models each came with power switches that plug into a port that I've translated as the Display Screen port - and they turn on the BMS quite easily!
I was frustrated that the 300A version didn't seem to have that port and mine did not come with a switch.
So just as I was getting my head around the need to apply ~4v across the P-B terminals, I suddenly woke up to the fact that the two ports that I thought were missing, were hiding under the cell sensor wires!
So I plugged the switch into my 300A BMS and it turns on with not stupid other battery required! Wow.
This could be so simple if there was such a thing as a manual for this model.
I have emailed Jikong repeatedly but my emails remain unanswered...<checks spam folder... nothing there.>
Thanks for this forum.
Hopefully someone will find this helpful in future.