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Lyft has entered into the ES4 game

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2019 3:26 pm
by dustydog256
Es4 are floating around Nashvillle

I wonder if their firmware is different than Burns and will allow faster speeds or flashing
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Re: Lyft has entered into the ES4 game

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2019 6:39 pm
by James007
dustydog256 wrote:
Sun Mar 03, 2019 3:26 pm
Es4 are floating around Nashvillle

I wonder if their firmware is different than Burns and will allow faster speeds or flashing
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The controller is different. Has an extra blue wire. Have no idea what the blue wire is for. The cable from the controller to the dashboard has this extra blue wire. So its 5 cables, not 4.

Re: Lyft has entered into the ES4 game

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2019 8:31 pm
by dustydog256
James007 wrote:
Sun Mar 03, 2019 6:39 pm
dustydog256 wrote:
Sun Mar 03, 2019 3:26 pm
Es4 are floating around Nashvillle

I wonder if their firmware is different than Burns and will allow faster speeds or flashing
Image
The controller is different. Has an extra blue wire. Have no idea what the blue wire is for. The cable from the controller to the dashboard has this extra blue wire. So its 5 cables, not 4.
You are correct, and ill tell you this, dont plug a straight 4 wire into the five wire or you will fry your dashboard... take it from experience. Now what I will tell you is I think this is alot like the LYFT dashboards on the m365s where it has something to do with the battery voltage, I dont feel like tearing it down to compare tonight, but I would like to find the answer, these also do not have the lights below the deck.

Re: Lyft has entered into the ES4 game

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2019 9:50 pm
by James007
I've already taken one completely apart. Only thing funny is the extra blue wire. Its probably getting the extra power it needs from the controller and not directly from the battery like on the mi scooter.

Re: Lyft has entered into the ES4 game

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2019 10:53 pm
by dustydog256
So did it run faster? What did you do with the blue wire?

Re: Lyft has entered into the ES4 game

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2019 11:19 pm
by James007
dustydog256 wrote:
Sun Mar 03, 2019 10:53 pm
So did it run faster? What did you do with the blue wire?
Nothing. I could only get it to run with a birdie dash & controller. Looks like their firmware doesn't care about serials. I can mix and match motors, controllers and batteries. But can not add the external battery, nor do firmware upgrades or change speed modes.

Re: Lyft has entered into the ES4 game

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 1:20 pm
by Dpham
Any idea how to connect a dashboard to the lyft es4? The lyft es4 mother board has a 5 pin higf o connector and when i plugged in my 4 pin dashboard it fried it

Re: Lyft has entered into the ES4 game

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 5:31 pm
by James007
Dpham wrote:
Tue Mar 05, 2019 1:20 pm
Any idea how to connect a dashboard to the lyft es4? The lyft es4 mother board has a 5 pin higf o connector and when i plugged in my 4 pin dashboard it fried it
You didn't read the warning in this thread? You need to change the control board, as lyft control board puts out to much juice to drive the lyft brain. You could possible install an inline resistor or something if you want to experiment.

Re: Lyft has entered into the ES4 game

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 6:13 pm
by Lilkwazy2
Don't feel bad, I learned the hard way too and just fried my dash before discovering this thread. Damnit...

Re: Lyft has entered into the ES4 game

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 2:16 pm
by Florenj90
Any word back on what you need to do to convert one? I have a ES4 circuit board or whatever spare. Is that and the LCD what needs to be replaced?