Pongbot Nova S Pro owners' review and discussion thread

[olanga]

Let's have a look at Spinsight spin and speed values for serves.
All tests were done from position 7 and all balls were landing on the table.

Backspin serve parallel

Speed	Spin	Height	Drop	Speed km/h	Spin rps
1	4	-30	7	8	11
1.5	4	-30	7	9	11
1.5	6	-30	7	10	18
2	4	-30	7	12	11
2	5	-35	7	12	21

Backspin serve diagonal

Speed	Spin	Height	Drop	Speed km/h	Spin rps
1.5	4	-30	-7	13	8
1.5	5	-30	-7	9	18
2	5	-30	-7	10	20
2	6	-30	-7	11	24
2.5	5	-30	-7	13	20
2.5	6	-35	-7	12	26
3	5	-35	-7	15	20
3	6	-35	-7	15	26
3	7	-35	-7	14	31
3	8	-35	-7	16	36

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

wow, this is cool to see!

 

[olanga]

Part 2. Let's have a look at Spinsight spin and speed values for backspin shots.
All tests were done from position 7 and all balls were landing on the table.

Backspin shot diagonal

Speed	Spin	Height	Drop	Speed km/h	Spin rps
2	0.5	35	-7	15	4
2	1	35	-7	15	7
2	1.5	35	-7	15	11
2	2	35	-7	15	12 (Push B *)
2	2.5	35	-7	15	16
2	3	35	-7	15	18 (Push B**)
2	3.5	35	-7	15	22
2	4	35	-7	15	26 (Push B***)
2	4.5	35	-7	15	29
2	5	35	-7	15	32
2	5.5	35	-7	16	34
2	6	35	-7	16	38
2.5	0.5	30	-7	18	4
2.5	1	35	-7	18	7
2.5	1.5	35	-7	19	11
2.5	2	30	-7	17	13
2.5	2.5	30	-7	17	17
2.5	3	35	-7	18	20 (Loop B *)
2.5	3.5	35	-7	18	22
2.5	4	35	-7	16	26 (Loop B **)
2.5	4.5	35	-7	16	30
2.5	5	35	-7	17	33 (Loop B ***)
2.5	5.5	35	-7	16	36
2.5	6	35	-7	17	39
2.5	6.5	35	-7	17	41
2.5	7	35	-7	17	43
3	1	35	-7	19	6
3	1.5	35	-7	18	11
3	2	35	-7	19	14
3	2.5	35	-7	20	16
3	3	35	-7	18	21
3	3.5	35	-7	18	23
3	4	35	-7	18	26
3	4.5	35	-7	18	30
3	5	35	-7	18	33
3	5.5	35	-7	18	37
3	6	35	-7	19	40
3	6.5	35	-7	19	41
3	7	35	-7	18	45
3	7.5	35	-7	19	49
3	8	35	-7	20	50
3.5	8.5	25	-7	20	55

 

[Skiv]

Hi everyone. Will the Olanga app work with the Chinese version of the Nova S Pro?

 

[Skiv]

I tested it, and it works perfectly with the Chinese version. Are you planning on making an Android APK app?

 

[SergiArias]

Amazing!!
I'm looking forward to the topspin values!

I wonder how this values translate to real life. For example, when someone blocks a topspin of speed 3 and spin 3, what is the result, more speed and less spin, less speed and spin? by how much?

When setting up the falkenberg I realize the values I use don't feel natural with what I feel when I do it with people (or multiball).

It's a pity that spinsight doesn't work with Android, it must be like a toy for a child to try so many combinations!

 

[pongbot68]

please make it possible to change the drill countdown time. For me 4s is too much.

and: "test drill" should not only play the drill once. Especially if the drill consists only by one ball.

thx.

 

[olanga]

I tested it, and it works perfectly with the Chinese version. Are you planning on making an Android APK app?

So far no plans for Android APK app...

 

[olanga]

please make it possible to change the drill countdown time. For me 4s is too much.

and: "test drill" should not only play the drill once. Especially if the drill consists only by one ball.

thx.

You can change the timer in the file runner.js
let count = 4;
to for example
let count = 2;

You mean "test drill" should run until stopped?

 

[pongbot68]

You mean "test drill" should run until stopped?

yes, with a big button that can not be missed.

 

[pongbot68]

You can change the timer in the file runner.js
let count = 4;
to for example
let count = 2;

idea: click on the Countdown lets the countdown end immeditally!

 

[Panchete78]

Morning! I just realized that categories can only save 20 drills each. Weren’t they updated to 50? Thanks!

 

[olanga]

Version 2.3 link
Added session summary window showing training session information after user presses disconnect.
Fixed 20/100 drills per category issue

 

[Panchete78]

Thanks @olanga! Quick question: the app allows >20 drills now, but my CSV import keeps cutting off after the 20th one. Any idea why that might be happening?

 

[olanga]

Thanks @olanga! Quick question: the app allows >20 drills now, but my CSV import keeps cutting off after the 20th one. Any idea why that might be happening?

Should be fixed now, please test.

 

[Panchete78]

Awesome!! Now it works perfectly! Thanks!

 

[plunder]

Version 2.3 link

1440 so today i dedusted my black unit and tried to operate the v2.3 chrome webapp for the first time.

I doht know what to put in the "Scatter" field and what it does. If i define 4 "Variants", each variant will get 25% probability assigned? I doht know what "Shuffle balls" does. A lengthy explanation with abridged conceptual examples explaining the concept would be very helpful. (A User's Guide, and a Operation Manual).

What i didn't like about the original Android app was that there was no fine-tuning of the numbers (input values), we were dealing mostly with integers, not decimals. How about here?

If i create 10 custom drills, and also a ShareCode for each of them, and then delete those drills from my devices, then the 10 custom drills will still exist in the cloud forever and can readily be retrieved/downloaded via the 10 ShareCodes, so basically i would only need to backup the codes (and not the XML-files)?

And is the rpm-version of the webapp still available and uptodate?
Setting up a single drill does take a lot of time (due to trial and error testing), because there is no predictor if and where (short, medium, long) the ball will land. (((which is why i had created the commented spreadsheet for smee's webclient ... from which one can pick a ball and know exactly beforehand what kind of ball one will get -- as in "predictor")))

I trained with all predefined drills of the original app (pos8, difficulty level 2, rarely 3), so i'll try to do so too with the v2.3 webapp, starting with Push(B), adding a cerve, adding variants, without changing the character that it is "a Push(B)-exercise". Almost 2 weeks of carnival season's coming up, so i should find the time to ...

Thanks for all the hard work and great coding results! 1539

 

[olanga]

1440 so today i dedusted my black unit and tried to operate the v2.3 chrome webapp for the first time.

I doht know what to put in the "Scatter" field and what it does. If i define 4 "Variants", each variant will get 25% probability assigned? I doht know what "Shuffle balls" does. A lengthy explanation with abridged conceptual examples explaining the concept would be very helpful. (A User's Guide, and a Operation Manual).

What i didn't like about the original Android app was that there was no fine-tuning of the numbers (input values), we were dealing mostly with integers, not decimals. How about here?

If i create 10 custom drills, and also a ShareCode for each of them, and then delete those drills from my devices, then the 10 custom drills will still exist in the cloud forever and can readily be retrieved/downloaded via the 10 ShareCodes, so basically i would only need to backup the codes (and not the XML-files)?

And is the rpm-version of the webapp still available and uptodate?
Setting up a single drill does take a lot of time (due to trial and error testing), because there is no predictor if and where (short, medium, long) the ball will land. (((which is why i had created the commented spreadsheet for smee's webclient ... from which one can pick a ball and know exactly beforehand what kind of ball one will get -- as in "predictor")))

I trained with all predefined drills of the original app (pos8, difficulty level 2, rarely 3), so i'll try to do so too with the v2.3 webapp, starting with Push(B), adding a cerve, adding variants, without changing the character that it is "a Push(B)-exercise". Almost 2 weeks of carnival season's coming up, so i should find the time to ...

Thanks for all the hard work and great coding results! 1539

Hi, quick answer.

• Scatter: Setting scatter to 2 means the drop point will vary randomly within a range of +/- 2 from your configured setting.
• Shuffle: The machine generates a random sequence of balls. For a 4-ball drill (A, B, C, D), Nova will pick any combination of those four, such as AABB or ABDD.
• Shared codes will exists as long as the server runs. Better to export all drills as a CSV file
• RPM version is on Github in directory 1.3 and will not be updated

 

[JFearH]

Hi Friends, I have been using this robot rigorously for several months now. I do 30 min session everyday. I have noticed that on my custom drills, the ball trajectory changes after throwing few balls. The trajectory becomes very low after a while and sometimes moves left too. This is affecting my timing because I am learning how to loop and these additional challenge will only make it difficult to get the loop right in my muscle memory. It was bought new in April last year but only started using seriously last few months. Please advice on what to do!

 

[JFearH]

u using the original Android app? the only thing which could come to mind is that your wheels are(?) dirty, producing inconsistent ball quality. or maybe the wheels have come loose (1 screw fixes the lateral shift). 30min is not enough. yesterday i did 2h30min rb1pon, my best rb1pon session ever and highly highly enjoyable 🐟 🌊 i am still in heaven gushing🌤️

yes i am using the original app