Robizzle Posted October 4, 2019 Posted October 4, 2019 Has anyone managed to bluetooth the powered up motor to another app? I'm looking to use some method to be able to hit a button in my home and have the christmas train along with various lights come on. Thanks in advance! Quote
Toastie Posted October 5, 2019 Posted October 5, 2019 On 10/4/2019 at 2:46 PM, Robizzle said: Has anyone managed to bluetooth the powered up motor to another app? Hi @Robizzle the powered up motor is just that: A DC-motor with two wires (+/-). Plus some passive "coding"on the other for the PuP hub to identify the motor as train motor. What you want sounds more like a god'ol 9V thing: Turn on the 9V rail power and off the train goes It depends on what you want: A BLE compatible device, which listens to a custom BLE "command", which in turn turns on the motor? Does it need to be BLE at all? Best Thorsten Quote
Roadmonkeytj Posted October 5, 2019 Posted October 5, 2019 6 hours ago, Toastie said: It depends on what you want: A BLE compatible device, which listens to a custom BLE "command", which in turn turns on the motor? Does it need to be BLE at all? Best Thorsten the only issue I see with the Blue tooth is the time out code ... You would have to change it to not sleep or to give a wake command. Im not saying its impossible but definitely would need to keep the hub powered or some how activate the pairing remotely Quote
Toastie Posted October 6, 2019 Posted October 6, 2019 18 hours ago, Roadmonkeytj said: the only issue I see with the Blue tooth is the time out code ... You would have to change it to not sleep or to give a wake command True. This is for the LEGO Hubs. However, custom BLE devices may "wake-up" upon addressing them (the power consuming circuitry wakes up that is). That is partly what BLE is about, I believe. The LEGO hubs consume way to much power when active. This is why they go to sleep so early Best Thorsten Quote
Robizzle Posted October 8, 2019 Author Posted October 8, 2019 I just have the bluetooth motor that came with the Powered Up Batmobile that I plan to put in the train. I want to use IFTTT to either press a button or issue a voice command that will turn on all the christmas lights in the house, play a playlist on spotify and start the train. It's easy to do the lights and music, the difficult be is finding a way to issue a command to establish a bluetooth connection (or wake it) and then set the train at a continuous speed until the button is pressed again. Quote
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