From unboxing
to your first ride

Tell the device which battery you have, so the percentage and range are real. In Battery preset (frame) pick your frame or set the number of cells (13S is 48 V, 14S is 52 V) and enter the Capacity of one cell [mAh] from the label. Tap Save configuration. After the first full charge tap Mark battery as fully charged: from then on the device learns the real capacity by itself while you ride.

Turn on Send the calculated battery % to the display and controller once the battery is set up. The bike display then shows the percentage calculated by APIOLI LINK ONE. Bafang calculates it from voltage alone and reads far too low: its 0 % is about 20 % of the battery in practice, and at that point assist switches off.

The LEGAL limit is the speed up to which assist works in LEGAL mode. By default 25 km/h, the limit for e-bikes in Poland and the EU. In How to limit speed in LEGAL keep the recommended 0 % battery · instant: mode changes then work at once, without turning the bike off.

Here you choose what the throttle does in LEGAL mode: Off (the default), up to 6 km/h, the permitted start-off help, or up to limit LEGAL. The throttle works only below the chosen speed and comes back once you slow down by 2 km/h. In FULL the throttle has no such limit.

In the panel you change the mode with the Legal and Full buttons on the Mode tab or with the button at the top of every tab. Without a phone: on the bike display press UP, DOWN, UP, DOWN, at most 1.5 s apart (the default shortcut). Quick return to LEGAL without a phone: panic mode.

A quick way back to LEGAL without the phone, e.g. before joining a public road. Press only DOWN on the display several times in a row, at most 1.5 s apart: the bike switches to LEGAL at once, also while riding, and lowers the assist level. After such a switch it also starts in LEGAL next time.

By default it is 7 presses. You set the number in How many DOWN presses in a row (3 to 9), and the Panic mode: quick switch to LEGAL switch turns the whole feature on and off (on by default). Some displays, e.g. on the M620, do not show DOWN presses below zero: there it is enough to press DOWN quickly through at least 3 levels, into walk assist.

In Mode switch shortcut (LEGAL ↔ FULL) build your own combination with ↑ Up and ↓ Down and tap Save pattern. From 3 to 8 presses, with at least one UP and one DOWN, so an ordinary assist level change never switches the mode. Do not start with DOWN at level 0, because holding DOWN there turns on walk assist.

Two separate options, off by default. At bike power-on: LEGAL limit for pedal assist: the bike starts with the LEGAL speed limit every time it is turned on, even if it was in FULL last time. At bike power-on: throttle follows the throttle limit: the same for the throttle, following the Throttle in LEGAL setting. Turn both on if you mostly ride on public roads: then you never have to remember to switch.

The lock protects the bike against strangers. A locked bike will not move under power: the throttle is cut off and the controller gives no assist, so it can only be ridden as an ordinary bicycle. The lock does not change LEGAL or FULL mode.

1. Set your own code. The factory code is the same on every device, so change it before you start locking the bike. Pick one of the ready-made codes, or in Custom code build your own sequence with ↑ Up and ↓ Down and tap Save code.
2. Lock the bike with the Lock bike button, or turn on Lock the bike on every power-on: then the bike locks itself every time it is turned on, so you never have to remember.
3. Unlock with your code: enter it with the UP and DOWN buttons on the bike display, or unlock the bike in the panel.

The lock only engages when the bike is turned on. A device restart while riding never cuts the drive.

In apioli.com panel (statistics) you set the login and password for My rides, with your rides and battery state.

The device has no SIM card and no internet of its own. Your rides and ride data reach the server through the phone with the panel open, so at least once, ideally at the end of a ride, join the bike Wi-Fi with your phone and open the panel. The phone keeps its mobile data meanwhile. The option Upload logs, battery counter state and restarts in Updates and logs must be on (it is by default). The device has no clock of its own either: it dates your rides by the clock of the phone it connects to.

On the same tab: Updates from server (a new device software version, one button) and Connection (your home Wi-Fi).

FULL mode is intended for off-road use. An e-bike in Poland and the EU assists up to 25 km/h, and the device does not make the bike formally road legal. The user is responsible for lawful use.

The recommended way is setting the wheel size in the controller. It always works, whatever limit the controller accepts, and the display still shows the real speed, because the reading correction switches on by itself. The feature is experimental and tested on the Bafang M560.

1. The real wheel. In Your bike's real wheel pick the size from the tyre sidewall (e.g. 29×2.4 or 27.5×2.6) and the circumference in millimetres: measured (one wheel turn, tyre inflated, rider seated) or the typical one. Tap Save real wheel. The device uses it to calculate the real speed and the LEGAL limit.
2. The FULL range. Each entry in FULL range shows up to what wheel speed assist and the throttle will work. Pick one, tap Save size, then turn the bike off and on. The numbers are calculated thresholds, not a promise of speed.

The wheel size stays in the controller even without the device. If you ever want to take APIOLI LINK ONE off the bike, write to us at contact@apioli.com before you do.

Another way, which we do not recommend: Advanced: controller ceiling in FULL (45 / 60) further down the same tab writes the FULL speed limit directly to the controller (the controller maximum, e.g. 45 km/h, or experimentally 60 km/h for pedal assist). It takes effect after turning the bike off and on, and if the controller does not accept 60 km/h, the bike falls back to a safe LEGAL.