SillyComm VoltBolt, User Manual

Page 1: ...VoltBot User Manual 1 Graphical DC charger Power Supply User Manual V1 1 SillyComm 2019 05 27 ...

Page 2: ...m Icons 9 4 Quick Start Guide 10 1 Charge a Normal Phone 10 2 Charge an iPhone X PD support 10 3 Power a Gadget 10 5 Connect VoltBot with a Web browser 11 6 Touch Key 18 7 Connect VoltBot with Arduino 22 8 Connect VoltBot with App 24 A App download 24 B APP requirement 24 C Demos 25 9 Share VoltBot on Internet 38 10 Clear all Configuration 44 11 Trouble Shooting 44 12 Tips 45 13 Privacy Disclaimer...

Page 3: ...Volt Bot is a multi channel charger and power supply Support quick charge technology Real time feedback of current change Monitor power consumption and power curves Digital interfaces Wi Fi and UART 2 Introduction 1 Ports and Symbols ...

Page 4: ...he electric field it will generate a touch signal Calibrated every power up to fit the environment DC INPUT Normal 5 5 2 5 socket but it only fits for 5 5 2 5 12mm plug 5 5 2 5 9mm plug is too short to reach the leads LIGHT SENSOR Sense the environment light to auto adjust the LCD back light UART 3 3V TTL UART 115200 Baud 8N1 no parity no flow control Meant to be used to connect with external MCU ...

Page 5: ...ls QC 1 2 3 MTK Pump express Compatible with QC4 and higher MTK Pump express 2 and higher Apple 2 4A Samsung 2 1A Battery Protect Auto Shutdown with current thread Auto Shutdown with timer Charge Curve Graphical Power Voltage Current Raw Data Sheet CSV Power Voltage Current Curve Type 1 second precision 0 1s 1 minute precision 1s 1 hour precision 1min 1 day precision 10min DC Supply Parameters Out...

Page 6: ...siderable temperature rise would occur if current is larger than 3A Due to contact resistor is not predictable you can touch the plug to make sure the temperature is OK If the temperature Charge Curve Graphical Power Voltage Current Raw Data Sheet CSV Power Voltage Current Curve Type 1 second precision 0 1s 1 minute precision 1s 1 hour precision 1min 1 day precision 10min Other Functions Backlight...

Page 7: ... Touch key Switch Equipped UART Port 3 3V TTL Level Baud 115200 8N1 Leads VBUS Floating ID Floating D RX D TX GND There are a level convertor board shipped with VoltBot Wireless Configuration WPA WPA2 security Static IP Configurable host address ...

Page 8: ...ew B Channel Icons Channel Number Charger Mode DC source Mode Apple supported Android supported Quickcharge enabled Quickcharge detected Device detected Voltage 9Volts Current 2Amper Power 5W ring Channel Icons System Icons Unique ID Input Voltage ...

Page 9: ...IFI Wi Fi on bright Wi Fi off dim Communication blink Joined to hotspot bright Un joined dim Communication blink Reserved it indicate some internal process has unexpected response UART Link blink Sound on bright Sound off dim Over heat or over current bright Otherwise dim Touch key off bright Touch key on dim ...

Page 10: ...tender 2 Follow the steps in previous section and adapt a C to Lightening Data Cable 3 The iPhone 8P 9P X XR Xmax will start quickcharge and auto set the voltage into 9V 3 Power a Gadget 1 Make sure the input voltage required by the gadget possible 5V 3 3V 9V 2 Press the side key once There will be something shown on the screen You will see 1324 is the right code to configure output 3 Touch these ...

Page 11: ...to turn Channel 1 into DC output of 9v and then restore Channel 1 back into quick charge model 1 Power on VoltBot 2 Search the WiFi hotspot list of your phone find one named with VoltBot 3 Join it 4 Check the IP you got if you don t know how google What is my iPhone s IP 5 You probably see the IP is 1 1 1 X or 10 1 1 X 6 Open the web browser on your phone Safari 7 Type in http 1 1 1 1 or http 10 1...

Page 12: ...VoltBot User Manual 12 8 Press Output ...

Page 13: ...Bot User Manual 13 9 Press 1 DC Source in turn then enter the number 9 00 and press Submit Now you probably see the Channel 1 in VoltBot has been assigned with 9 00 Volts and under DC power supply mode now ...

Page 14: ...VoltBot User Manual 14 10 Press Home ...

Page 15: ...VoltBot User Manual 15 11 Press Output ...

Page 16: ...VoltBot User Manual 16 12 Press 1 Charger Quick Charger in turn ...

Page 17: ...VoltBot User Manual 17 13 Success will be shown on the image The Channel 1 in VoltBot comes back to Charge mode now ...

Page 18: ...he history of the web browser request the page with real action instead fetch the one stored in cache 6 Touch Key Here is a demo to turn Channel 1 into DC output of 9v and then restore Channel 1 back into quick charge model through touch key 1 Press the side key the single yellow key on the side of VoltBot then you will see the image above It requests you to input 1324 2 Find these marks on the to...

Page 19: ...ser Manual 19 3 If you touched the wrong sequence Failed is shown on screen If failed is shown the input is reset And you could retry the right sequence 4 Press the touch key 1324 and press 1 to choose channel 1 ...

Page 20: ...VoltBot User Manual 20 5 Press 2 to choose DC Source 6 Press 4 to choose 9v 7 Success will be showed on the image 8 Repeat step 2 and 3 ...

Page 21: ...VoltBot User Manual 21 9 Press 1 to choose Charger 10 Press 1 to choose Quick Charger ON 11 Success will be shown on the image ...

Page 22: ...chapter 7 Connect VoltBot with Arduino Arduino is a convenient and flexible open source electronics prototyping platform which includes Arduino boards and Arduino IDE When you connect Arduino with your VoltBot you could follow the instructions below and communicate with UART Communication Protocol Here is something you need Level Convertor Arduino Jump wires USB to Micro USB cable Then here is the...

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Page 24: ...l Convertor GND GND RX RX TX TX 5V UMOD 8 Connect VoltBot with App A App download Google Play or App Store search VoltBot B APP requirement Android Version 4 0 and higher IOS Version 10 0 and higher Screen Resolution 1280 720 and higher ...

Page 25: ...VoltBot User Manual 25 C Demos Demo to connect VoltBot 1 Connect VoltBot WiFi Tap the info button on the right side ...

Page 26: ...VoltBot User Manual 26 2 Read the Router line or Gateway line That s the VoltBot IP 3 Open the APP VoltBot Then you could press the radio icon ...

Page 27: ...search the IP of the phone and then replace the last digit into 1 as VoltBot IP B Assign VoltBot IP manually This applies to situations that VoltBot has double IPs or a wrong IP are assigned by auto searching Therefore this option allows to access VoltBot via the Internet which will be elaborated in next chapters A B ...

Page 28: ...VoltBot User Manual 28 Demo to watch curves of Channel 1 1 Press the first column to choose Channel 1 then the power curve of Channel 1 is shown on the screen ...

Page 29: ...29 2 Press the curve 3 Then voltage current and power curves are shown on the screen Slide left or right you could toggle the curves among 6 seconds 1 minute 1 hour and 1 day If you Voltage curve Power curve Current curve ...

Page 30: ...VoltBot User Manual 30 touch one of the three it will zoom If you long touch on it the raw data in the curve will be paste into the clipboard Demo to turn Channel 1 into DC output of 9V 1 Press Ports ...

Page 31: ...VoltBot User Manual 31 2 Press 1 to choose Channel 1 3 Press the DC Mode enter 9 volts and press OK Then you will see the output of ...

Page 32: ...t User Manual 32 Channel 1 is 9 volts on VoltBot Demo to restore Channel 1 back into quick charge model 1 Press the Charge Mode and Quick Charge in turn Then your Channel 1 of VoltBot is in Quick Charger mode ...

Page 33: ...ot User Manual 33 Demo to shutdown Channel 1 1 Click the section in the picture you will see the On Off setting Demo to update firmware 1 Open Google Play or App Store to check the APP is the newest version ...

Page 34: ...VoltBot User Manual 34 2 Connect VoltBot s WiFi 3 Press the System Setting icon ...

Page 35: ...VoltBot User Manual 35 4 Press Update firmware 5 S1 If a VoltBot is connected the title of S2 will go bright Otherwise diagnose the IP setting S1 S2 S2 ...

Page 36: ...s If the APP connect the server successfully the newest version will show then you could decide whether to update the VoltBot S3 In this step the APP need to connect to VoltBot to download the update files So we need to enable WiFi connection back or connect VoltBot s hotspot back If done both the APP and VoltBot will show the progress of downloading 6 Just wait until its done but don t be afraid ...

Page 37: ...e power your VoltBot and the new version will show Note After the updating there are two issues in updating process of some very old firmware 1 Sounds off When you start updating the sound is turned off by default You could long press the key on the right side of your VoltBot to turn sounds back on ...

Page 38: ...ion is lower than 27112018 Channel 1 will be closed by mistake You could re enable Channel 1 after you have updated your VoltBot 9 Share VoltBot on Internet Here is a demo to make VoltBot join the home WiFi 1 Connect VoltBot WiFi 2 Connect VoltBot with a Web browser ...

Page 39: ...VoltBot User Manual 39 3 Press Wireless this page will take a while to open Because it will instruct VoltBot to scan every hotspot it can reach ...

Page 40: ...VoltBot User Manual 40 4 Check whether your home WiFi is in the connectable list If the name is too long only first characters will show Then fill in its full name and its password then press Submit ...

Page 41: ...VoltBot User Manual 41 5 Wait about 60 seconds generally the image above will be shown then press Home 6 7 Press Wireless again ...

Page 42: ...VoltBot User Manual 42 8 Remember the joined Hotspot IP ...

Page 43: ...VoltBot User Manual 43 9 Connect your home WiFi the 301 is an example 10 Enter the Joined Hotspot IP in the web browser ...

Page 44: ...e updating If you know how to set port forwarding on your router You can access VoltBot remotely just as a web http server 10 Clear all Configuration Press side key then plug in power cable hold side key until Factory Reset screen appears This could clear all channel setting and wireless setting It will be helpful when you forget wireless password or static IP address 11 Trouble Shooting You could...

Page 45: ...ly takes passive connections It has no function that requires an active connection and we have no server to accept any active connection 14 Moral Disclaimer SillyComm is a manufacturer of industrial instruments established in 2012 We are an entity owned by 100 private shareholders and we will not have any contract with the CCP government or its agents including state owned research facility state ...