BMS monitoring

There goes app that meant for basic control and monitoring of values from battery management systems.

Approved UI layout

Client at first only wanted to design UI and stated his programmer will do the rest. Which I delivered to the clients satisfaction.
Project grew into full app anyway.
App incorporates client’s basic logic written in C++ into it’s own Java logic.
Java calls C++ when it needs data and translates it into UI human readable form.
It’s not most efficient way but it was one the requirements.

Most interesting experience about developing this app was reading binary communication sent via BMS protocol.

For those interested what is BMS communication like. Communication consists of frames.

#Frame unitL. note
1STX2Start frame: 0x4E(78″N”)        0x57(87″W”)
2LENGTH2The length of the frame
3BMS terminal number44 bytes ID
4Command word1Refer to the command word description,
5The frame source1BMS,1. Bluetooth,2.GPS,3. PC PC
6Transport type11. Response frame 2.BMS active upload
7Frame information unitNThe information domain BMS sets the data identifier code
8Record number4High 1 byte is random code meaningless (reserved for encryption), low 3 bytes is Record the serial number
9End of identity10X68
10The checksum4Accumulated checksum(high 2 bytes forCRC notyet enabledto fill 0, low 2 Byte for cumulative check)
Frame structure.

Each frame is basically bunch of bits, and when I say bunch in this case I mean hundreds. By grouping bits we get bytes, combining bytes makes real chunks of data readable. Communication frame has structure that has beginning, body and ending. By reading combinations of bits bunched into bytes we get to find data identifiers within long line of zeros and nulls.

Data Identifiers allows us to pinpoint starting points of data like voltage of battery cell 1,2,.. , etc . Then we just follow logic that is defined for each identifier to convert data into needed format. More about this concrete communication format can be found in the BMS communication protocol .

cs_CZCzech