Hey Myles,
Do you run a cable to the Palm Pilot or is it somehow wireless? The current readings are really what I want at the helm. If you get back to that project please keep us updated.
Thanks, Mark
Santa Cruz
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "Myles Twete" <matwete@...> wrote:
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> Well here's a kind of whacky idea if the PakTrakr has a serial port output
> with current/voltage data packets being sent.
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> You could then get an old, cheap, used Palm Pilot and load something like
> the EVdash software <http://www.ohler.com/palm/EVDash.html> (modified for
> your serial comm. Data) to monitor, display and even log the data from your
> trip. The EVdash SW was written quite a long time ago now and hasn't been
> updated (still at v1.01). It was written exclusively for use with Xantrex
> Link-10 or Emeter. I've run this on a Palm105 on my boat, but found that
> the data wasn't lining up right coming out the serial port. I suspect that
> the data packets changed at some point and since the EVdash SW didn't get
> updated, I think it was the current display didn't show anything meaningful.
> I haven't gotten back to that project yet.
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> -mt
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> From: electricboats@yahoogroups.com [mailto:electricboats@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of acsarfkram
> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 10:35 AM
> To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Electric Boats] display at helm
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> So for Christmas I would like a current and voltage display at the helm.
> I've got a PakTrakr but it lives down below out of the elements. Other than
> a full on additional weatherized battery monitor, any thoughts?
>
> Mark
> Santa Cruz
>
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