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

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    VoltBot User Manual Catalog Summary ..............................3 Introduction ..............................3 Ports and Symbols ........................... 3 Functions and Parameters ......................4 Working Conditions ........................4 Charger Parameters ........................5 DC Supply Parameters ........................5 Other Functions ..........................6 Graphical UI ..............................8 Overview ............................

  • Page 3: Summary

    VoltBot User Manual 1. Summary 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: Functions And Parameters

    VoltBot User Manual TERMINOLOGY DETAILS CHANNEL A circuit module that implement independent functions. Channels are working parallel, with no interference between each. USB PORT USB 2.0 has four leads. VBUS and GND are power leads. D+ and D- are data leads. Standard USB 2.0 ports has a current limit of 0.5A (such as PC, notebook).

  • Page 5: Charger Parameters

    VoltBot User Manual Recommended Power of 60~65W Adapter Output Socket USB2.0 (Strengthened for 3A) USB-Type C (Extendable) Recommended Environment Temperature 0~55℃，Humidity 0%~60% Condition Maximum Rated Temperature -20~75℃，Humidity 0%~99% Environment Condition Charger Parameters Output 5.0~12V 3A Maximum Ports Short Protect Charge Mode Quick charge and Normal charge Quickcharge protocols QC 1/2/3、MTK Pump-express，Compatible with QC4 and...

  • Page 6: Other Functions

    VoltBot User Manual Current Accuracy 1% plus 0.02A Line regulation <0.5% Load regulation <0.5% Ripple Vrms(no-load) <0.1mV Ripple Vpp(no-load) <1mV Ripple Vpp(full-load) <5mV Efficiency (full-load) Transient Characteristics Short Protect One-time Short Protect Recoverable Current limits (>250ms) 3~4A Current limits (<250ms) Note: 1.
  • Page 7 VoltBot User Manual Sound Switch Equipped 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: Graphical Ui

    VoltBot User Manual 3. Graphical UI A. Overview Power 5W/ring Voltage 9Volts Channel Icons Current 2Amper B. Channel Icons Channel Number Charger Mode DC source Mode Apple supported Android supported Quickcharge enabled Quickcharge detected Device detected...

  • Page 9: System Icons

    VoltBot User Manual Unused Reserved, factory use C. System Icons WIFI： Backlight： Wi-Fi on: bright Auto-mode: bright Wi-Fi off: dim Manual-mode: dim Communication: blink Joined to hotspot: bright Reserved, it indicate some Un-joined: dim internal process Communication: blink unexpected response Sound on: bright UART Link: blink Sound off: dim...

  • Page 10: Quick Start Guide

    VoltBot User Manual 4. Quick Start Guide 1) Charge a Normal Phone 1. Connect Power Input 2. Channel 4 for example. Check channel 4 is under charger mode 3. Check channel 4 has quick charge switch on 4. Connect data-cable in channel 4 and start charging. 2) Charge an iPhone X (PD support) 1.

  • Page 11: Connect Voltbot With A Web-Browser

    VoltBot User Manual key again. (Old code cleared and new code are ready). 5. Select a channel, touch 1 for example 6. Choose mode for channel 1, touch 2 7. Choose the voltage, touch 3 for 5V 8. Use the USB-to-DC cable to connect Port 1 and the Arduino board. 5.
  • Page 12 VoltBot User Manual Press “Output”...
  • Page 13 VoltBot User Manual 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 10. Press “Home”...
  • Page 15 VoltBot User Manual 11. Press “Output”...
  • Page 16 VoltBot User Manual 12. Press “1” “Charger” “Quick Charger” in turn.
  • Page 17 VoltBot User Manual 13. “Success” will be shown on the image. The Channel 1 in VoltBot comes back to Charge mode now.

  • Page 18: Touch Key

    VoltBot User Manual 14. If you opened 1.1.1.1 and find it is a site named “Cloud Flare” instead the page above. This is because the phone didn’t request the right address from VoltBot. You need to close mobile data link (forcedly request every address with VoltBot), and clear the history of the web-browser (request the page with real action instead fetch the one stored in cache).
  • Page 19 VoltBot User Manual 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. Press the touch key 1324, and press 1 to choose channel 1.
  • Page 20 VoltBot User Manual Press 2 to choose DC Source Press 4 to choose 9v “Success” will be showed on the image. Repeat step 2 and 3...
  • Page 21 VoltBot User Manual Press 1 to choose Charger. 10. Press 1 to choose Quick Charger ON 11. “Success” will be shown on the image.

  • Page 22: Connect Voltbot With Arduino

    VoltBot User Manual Note: You could also click http://oss.sillycomm.com/demos/key_touch_01.mp4 to see the process of turning Channel 1 into DC output of 9v. Note: If the touch key triggered itself while no touch action did, go to the trouble-shooting chapter. 7. Connect VoltBot with Arduino Arduino is a convenient and flexible open source electronics prototyping platform which includes Arduino boards and Arduino IDE.
  • Page 23 VoltBot User Manual...

  • Page 24: Connect Voltbot With App

    VoltBot User Manual Arduino Level Convertor 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: Demos

    VoltBot User Manual C. Demos Demo to connect VoltBot 1. Connect VoltBot WiFi. Tap the info button on the right side.
  • Page 26 VoltBot User Manual 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 VoltBot User Manual 4. Press the button labeled with A. Note: A: Using the gateway IP as VoltBot IP. The app will auto-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.
  • Page 28 VoltBot User Manual 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 VoltBot User Manual 2. Press the curve. Voltage curve Current curve Power 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...
  • Page 30 VoltBot User Manual 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 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 VoltBot User Manual 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 VoltBot User Manual 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 2. Connect VoltBot’s WiFi. 3. Press the System Setting icon.
  • Page 35 VoltBot User Manual 4. Press “Update firmware” 5. S1: If a VoltBot is connected, the title of S2 will go bright. Otherwise, diagnose the IP setting.
  • Page 36 VoltBot User Manual S2: In this step, the APP need to connect to update server to check updates. Currently we connected the hotspot ‘VoltBot’, which has only local access instead of Internet access. So we need to shutdown WiFi connection, use mobile data and retry step 2. Or we could connect another hotspot which has Internet access.
  • Page 37 VoltBot User Manual next power-up will keep the current version and nothing bad will happen. 7. Re-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.

  • Page 38: Share Voltbot On Internet

    VoltBot User Manual 2. Channel 1 off This is a bug if the version 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.
  • Page 39 VoltBot User Manual 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 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 5. Wait about 60 seconds generally, the image above will be shown, then press “Home”. 7. Press “Wireless” again.
  • Page 42 VoltBot User Manual 8. Remember the joined Hotspot IP.
  • Page 43 VoltBot User Manual 9. Connect your home WiFi (the 301 is an example). 10. Enter the Joined Hotspot IP in the web-browser.

  • Page 44: 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 visit the link below. http://www.sillycomm.com/voltbot/trouble-shooting/...

  • Page 45: Tips

    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-owned enterprises, social group, and so on).

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