Is there a Follow Me tutorial?

[Halfcrazy]

Tom
2 things I will point out.

Enable BTS Net on every Classic you want to use the battery temp that is on the network. (Only plug in one BTS though)

Blue LED will have 2 states. Fast blink showing good comms (1/10 of a second), Long blink showing no comms (1/2-3/4 second)

Ryan

[TomW]

Ryan;

RE: the blue LED.

On the older one with a raised LED S/N 018XX the LED stays on longer (closer to the 1/2 to 3/4 second than the newer one with surface mount LEDs S/N 066XX which just flashes quickly. I kind of thought it was the difference in the LEDs?

Both have the same firmware:

Firmware:     
- Classic Rev: 1181
- Network Rev: 1122

It seems to work fine, regardless.

Just curious.

Thanks.

Tom

[boB]

Ryan;

RE: the blue LED.

On the older one with a raised LED S/N 018XX the LED stays on longer (closer to the 1/2 to 3/4 second than the newer one with surface mount LEDs S/N 066XX which just flashes quickly. I kind of thought it was the difference in the LEDs?

Both have the same firmware:

Firmware:     
- Classic Rev: 1181
- Network Rev: 1122

It seems to work fine, regardless.

Just curious.

Thanks.

Tom

Tom, the short LED blip is a good sign.  A slower on time for the LED means that it did
not receive the information from its neighbor.  The long blue LED is OK once in a while
though so not a problem if it is on longer as long as it isn't every single time, which could
mean some kind of communications problem like a cable or something else.

boB

[Eric L]

Just to update this for those who, like me, added the 1370 firmware revision and were initially confused.

Per the release notes, with networked classics, there is now no "Follow Me" number to set in Tweaks; it's just on or off with a default number of 15. Also, you have to set the BTS to "master" or "follow" for networked classics or the Classics will report different battery voltages.

[mjp24coho]

Wanted to revive this thread with a specific question. How would you wire 2 classics for Follow-Me, when both classics have a monitor and you also use a 3rd monitor for remote viewing (100' from the classics). I have 2 classics in my garage and a third display in my cabin, so I can monitor from all 3 screens. How do you wire for Follow-Me, since there are only 3 ports to plug into? I can't figure a way to do it based on the instructions, but it doesn't seem like that unusual of a scenario.

[boB]

Wanted to revive this thread with a specific question. How would you wire 2 classics for Follow-Me, when both classics have a monitor and you also use a 3rd monitor for remote viewing (100' from the classics). I have 2 classics in my garage and a third display in my cabin, so I can monitor from all 3 screens. How do you wire for Follow-Me, since there are only 3 ports to plug into? I can't figure a way to do it based on the instructions, but it doesn't seem like that unusual of a scenario.

I would either unplug one of the MNGPs (the remote display) from one of the Classics and just use that connection, OR,
you could plug each Classic's Ethernet into a router or switch or bridge and monitor/control them remotely using
the Local App panel.

boB