Pongbot Nova S Pro owners' review and discussion thread

[The_mfk_Dude]

@olanga Great work, keep it up! Thanks from my part. During the xmas holidays i'll do more robi2pon.
@The_mfk_Dude Yes there's always a risk with Einfuhrabgaben. Otherwise 198US$ shipped would be a steal and well worth it. Please feel free to post links of this deal. I caht tell anything about combining the 2 pongbots, hopefully some other Omni owner can 🤞

With this post, i only wanted to welcome a forum newbie: Hi @pongbot68 , congrats to your very first post on the forum! 💐 🌷

I just pulled the trigger. I paid 207€ with all "steuern", delivered to germany by alibaba standard shipping (17th february guaranteed delivery date).
Alibaba added the 19% "Einfuhrumsatzsteuern" themselves. So it is relatively safe to say, that everything will go smoothly on customs.
Same seller, I bought my omni: https://www.alibaba.com/product-det...7xVH&priceId=441b441f8eb0490b901cd32450892526

 

[xeNTric]

Who wants the original app? Its crap...

😂 so my guess is, if you were to get a white nova, then you'd use smee / olanga's solution is that it?

 

[The_mfk_Dude]

😂 so my guess is, if you were to get a white nova, then you'd use smee / olanga's solution is that it?

Sure. As I said, I have the omni and with it I have to use the original app. Unfortunately it is not good - but not worse than with amicus prime software.
Withe smees and olangas solution, the functions are limitless and than you can really dig deep.

 

[xeNTric]

Sure. As I said, I have the omni and with it I have to use the original app. Unfortunately it is not good - but not worse than with amicus prime software.
Withe smees and olangas solution, the functions are limitless and than you can really dig deep.

Understood! Thank you for the feedback.

 

[plunder]

For the users that have bought the white nova, could you share if you are able to use the original app and also if it works in english or only chinese?

i had bought'n received the white nova (and might be the only owner so far in this thread posting about it). for reasons later to be unveiled, i did not download/install the chinese app nor tested the english app with it. so honestly, at this point of time, i really(!) doht know (from my own testings) if the english app works with it or if the chinese app can be downloaded, installed, and used with it (on an EU phone in the EU). i haven't tried either app version with it.

🤷‍♂️

the truth is that i only tested @smee0815's webclient with it, and it worked instantenously and beautifully with it; i vouch for this info.

why haven't i tested the two original apps yet? .. anyway, recheck the previously shared photo and you tell me what's ..erh..

💀

 

[xeNTric]

i had bought'n received the white nova (and might be the only owner so far in this thread posting about it). for reasons later to be unveiled, i did not download/install the chinese app nor tested the english app with it. so honestly, at this point of time, i really(!) doht know (from my own testings) if the english app works with it or if the chinese app can be downloaded, installed, and used with it (on an EU phone in the EU). i haven't tried either app version with it.

🤷‍♂️

the truth is that i only tested @smee0815's webclient with it, and it worked instantenously and beautifully with it; i vouch for this info.

why haven't i tested the two original apps yet? .. anyway, recheck the previously shared photo and you tell me what's ..erh..

💀

Thank you for your feedback also @plunder !

 

[olanga]

Nova Drill Control - added optional, "random" balls within a drill

It is now possible to define optional balls for each ball in a sequence in a drill.
This can be done in a csv file (see an example in the repository).
Balls defined with the same number will be treated as alternatives and picked at random during a drill.
Format of the CSV file has changed (new item) in order to implement this feature. Configuration export supports this new item.

Example. There are 3 balls in a drill where 1st ball will be picked at random from 2 first lines.
One can also define 3,4 etc optional balls for any ball in a sequence.

Set;Ball;Name;Top;Bottom;Height;Drop;Freq;Reps
A;1;push 1;1000;1000;-40;6;0;1
A;1;push 1;1000;1000;40;6;0;1

A;2;push 1;1000;1000;0;6;0;1
A;3;push 1;1000;1000;10;6;0;1

Repository: https://github.com/olanga/nova
Webapp: https://olanga.github.io/nova/

 

[Oliverpool]

Sure. As I said, I have the omni and with it I have to use the original app. Unfortunately it is not good - but not worse than with amicus prime software.
Withe smees and olangas solution, the functions are limitless and than you can really dig deep.

The original Omni which is black and orange does not work with this app?

 

[The_mfk_Dude]

Nova Drill Control - added optional, "random" balls within a drill

It is now possible to define optional balls for each ball in a sequence in a drill.
This can be done in a csv file (see an example in the repository).
Balls defined with the same number will be treated as alternatives and picked at random during a drill.
Format of the CSV file has changed (new item) in order to implement this feature. Configuration export supports this new item.

Example. There are 3 balls in a drill where 1st ball will be picked at random from 2 first lines.
One can also define 3,4 etc optional balls for any ball in a sequence.

Set;Ball;Name;Top;Bottom;Height;Drop;Freq;Reps
A;1;push 1;1000;1000;-40;6;0;1
A;1;push 1;1000;1000;40;6;0;1

A;2;push 1;1000;1000;0;6;0;1
A;3;push 1;1000;1000;10;6;0;1

Repository: https://github.com/olanga/nova
Webapp: https://olanga.github.io/nova/

Now, I can not wait to get my nova.
Thanks again!!!

 

[The_mfk_Dude]

The original Omni which is black and orange does not work with this app?

No, it does not work with smees GitHub version.

 

[pongbot68]

Nova Drill Control - added optional, "random" balls within a drill

It is now possible to define optional balls for each ball in a sequence in a drill.
This can be done in a csv file (see an example in the repository).
Balls defined with the same number will be treated as alternatives and picked at random during a drill.
Format of the CSV file has changed (new item) in order to implement this feature. Configuration export supports this new item.

Example. There are 3 balls in a drill where 1st ball will be picked at random from 2 first lines.
One can also define 3,4 etc optional balls for any ball in a sequence.

Set;Ball;Name;Top;Bottom;Height;Drop;Freq;Reps
A;1;push 1;1000;1000;-40;6;0;1
A;1;push 1;1000;1000;40;6;0;1

A;2;push 1;1000;1000;0;6;0;1
A;3;push 1;1000;1000;10;6;0;1

Repository: https://github.com/olanga/nova
Webapp: https://olanga.github.io/nova/

thank you.
But I think your example csv is not updated.

 

[olanga]

thank you.
But I think your example csv is not updated.

thx, indeed, uploaded a new version.

 

[pongbot68]

Hello Olanga,

to make your nice App more usable you should add:
- add or delete a shot in a drill,
- add "save as", to save a changed drill with a new name in a set.

thx and greetings

 

[Panchete78]

Appreciate the hard work on writing up your findings, very very useful.

Since I am unfamiliar with the interface of the app, all the serves configuration looks really intimidating. But I can just tell that the Tomahawk serve settings is one of the most useful pieces of information for any Nova S or prospective owners.

 

[plunder]

@Panchete78 holáketal yet another new member with his very first post in this thread, amazing! Welcome to the forum! 💐
i profited immensely from cerve receive training with the robi2 thru the Android app. maybe i should revisit the tomahawk drills and re-create them with smee's webclient.

 

[olanga]

@Panchete78 holáketal yet another new member with his very first post in this thread, amazing! Welcome to the forum! 💐
i profited immensely from cerve receive training with the robi2 thru the Android app. maybe i should revisit the tomahawk drills and re-create them with smee's webclient.

yes please, I was just about to ask if somebody could do this

 

[olanga]

Hello Olanga,

to make your nice App more usable you should add:
- add or delete a shot in a drill,
- add "save as", to save a changed drill with a new name in a set.

thx and greetings

I'm looking into it

 

[olanga]

@plunder please try this converter link to migrate app drill settings to smee notation.
I hope it provides meaningful results. I still don't have a table to properly test everything.

 

[pongbot68]

Hello,

I made some measurements with Spinsight:

The max Spin for Topspin is 68 rps on my nova. A little more than the 60 from the pongbot website.
(spin 10, speed 4.5)
Unfortunately, I forgot to test it with the app from smee0815 and olanga.

And realistic Speed/spin values I get for my "Konter" (TTR 1700, rps 50-55) are: speed 4.5, Spin 6.5, Height 30.

Maybe that helps someone.

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[amitmnagarwal]

Where to buy this?