User Manual

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another battery the user has to manually connect to the desired network
every time.
Client Mode
The battery automatically becomes a ‘client’ of a network called
“BLUESHAPE Granite Link”, if this exists. This network is generated, for
instance, by our portable GRANITE Link Wi-Fi router - a solution that
offers convenient connectivity on the field. More batteries can be on this
same network at the same time and within this mode, the same device (a
smartphone, tablet, PC) also connected to the same network can monitor
several batteries.
The battery has the ability to be connected to any other 2.4Ghz 802.11
b/g/n network, and to do so the user has to instruct the battery through
the GRANITE Link App. Once the battery is connected to a new network
and has acquired an IP, this network becomes a preferred one and the
pack will attempt to connect to it every time on start-up. If not available
the battery will try to connect to any other preferred networks it has
already connected to, if these exists.
“BLUESHAPE Granite Link” has the topmost priority among the preferred
networks: if it exists, the battery connects automatically.
A battery is in Client Mode when:
 There is a portable access point (GRANITE Link Wi-Fi router), or
 There is a third party network (conventional Access point like for
example, a camera equipped with Wi-Fi connectivity) and the battery
has therefore been instructed to connect with this preferred network.
Operation
When the Wi-Fi module is on, the battery automatically sends out
continuously data packets to any client connect to its network (AP mode)
and any other clients of the same subnet (Client Mode), so that any
device connected is updated with the same info.
The data broadcasted contains information such as:
 Voltage
 Current
 State of charge
 Capacity
 Residual runtime to empty (or to full, if in charge)
 Cycle life
 Wi-Fi signal strength
 Other status information, including the rental timers
At the same time, the battery listens and waits for specific commands that
are available to engage other actions, such as:
 “findme”, to have the 5th topmost RGB LED to blink red-green for
some seconds
 Set a personal password in a battery, so that only the owner can lock
and unlock it (lock means the battery cannot release any power,
while it can be normally charged)