I have been using the 100a Overkill BMS for almost 3 years now. Most of the initial problems I had were my fault, like bad crimps or wrong settings. As I have added more battery banks to my system, it has become kinda a pain to check on them all. I use an Android phone and have to log in to each one individually. Is there a way to view them all at the same time? Blue tooth is fine but the batteries are far enough away from my living space that I cannot view anything without going to the battery room. I dream of having an app for all at once or a separate tiny screen for each bank showing the basic info...
I know there is an ethernet adapter available...can I run 4 or more into a network switch and monitor them through my pc or mac somehow?
I also hate having to enable location services on my phone every time I want to check something. What does my location have anything to do with my batteries?
An audible alarm where I can hear it would be sweet, rather than finding out there is a problem when the power goes out. Then I have to go investigate, switch to shore power/generator and charge after fixing any glitches. This randomly happened twice this week. I got it sorted but not very efficient.
Anyway overall the BMS's have been great. I have 3 banks paired with a Heltec balancer and thats been fine. On the fourth build I skipped that. After top balancing I tried letting the Overkill balance everything and its been working. Simpler and I saved some coin I guess.
Thanks for any suggestions.
I know there is an ethernet adapter available...can I run 4 or more into a network switch and monitor them through my pc or mac somehow?
I also hate having to enable location services on my phone every time I want to check something. What does my location have anything to do with my batteries?
An audible alarm where I can hear it would be sweet, rather than finding out there is a problem when the power goes out. Then I have to go investigate, switch to shore power/generator and charge after fixing any glitches. This randomly happened twice this week. I got it sorted but not very efficient.
Anyway overall the BMS's have been great. I have 3 banks paired with a Heltec balancer and thats been fine. On the fourth build I skipped that. After top balancing I tried letting the Overkill balance everything and its been working. Simpler and I saved some coin I guess.
Thanks for any suggestions.