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As most will have seen we can now get LTO BMS cell voltage data from a complete pack of unique ID LTO blocks.
I also adapted an OBDIIC&C with the tiny CAN add on to allow it to talk to the blocks to get the ID's and cell voltages etc.
As i'm getting a bit more of a handle on the CAN stuff I had another idea. Sorry!.
It seems a good idea for LTO owners who don't have a BCM Replacer to be able to view the cell voltage data on a CAN modified OBDIIC&C instead.
A lot of Lithium converters already own an OBDIIC&C, and if it could talk directly to the LTO blocks that would be a useful additional facility.
It could do some of what the BCM Replacer does but in a much more limited fashion.
It will obviously do all the OBDIIC&C stuff but additionally could....
Watch/display the cell voltages and throw annoying errors/alarms.
Set the SOC to the three available BCM levels etc 40/60/75% when things go awry.
However I won't spend a lot of time adapting the OBDIIC&C software if there isn't likely to be any demand for it.
It's going to be a significant chunk of work. My time isn't free unfortunately, so I have to do stuff that ultimately helps pays the bills.
So any interest in the general idea?
It might also be able to control an external mains charger.
More on that later.
I also adapted an OBDIIC&C with the tiny CAN add on to allow it to talk to the blocks to get the ID's and cell voltages etc.
As i'm getting a bit more of a handle on the CAN stuff I had another idea. Sorry!.
It seems a good idea for LTO owners who don't have a BCM Replacer to be able to view the cell voltage data on a CAN modified OBDIIC&C instead.
A lot of Lithium converters already own an OBDIIC&C, and if it could talk directly to the LTO blocks that would be a useful additional facility.
It could do some of what the BCM Replacer does but in a much more limited fashion.
It will obviously do all the OBDIIC&C stuff but additionally could....
Watch/display the cell voltages and throw annoying errors/alarms.
Set the SOC to the three available BCM levels etc 40/60/75% when things go awry.
However I won't spend a lot of time adapting the OBDIIC&C software if there isn't likely to be any demand for it.
It's going to be a significant chunk of work. My time isn't free unfortunately, so I have to do stuff that ultimately helps pays the bills.
So any interest in the general idea?
It might also be able to control an external mains charger.