where is the battery update for new firmware?

Bigdz · Oct 30, 2014

Well I took advice of a couple of forum members and waited til today to update to FW 3.4, but I notice there was no upgrade for the smart battery. I tried the previous firmware but that didn't allow me to do either...

Where is the battery upgrade?
Where is the feature to discharge battery?

Meta4 · Oct 30, 2014

Bigdz said:
Where is the battery upgrade?

It's on the upgrade page in Assistant

Bigdz said:
Where is the feature to discharge battery?

DJI's greatest mystery - no-one knows

Bigdz · Oct 30, 2014

It's not... Battery listed at 2.0 and nothing written(link to upgrade) is blank where before it would say, "No Update"

Mystery indeed :?:

Meta4 · Oct 30, 2014

If you have the early version of Assistant 3.4 it's not there.
Go back to 3.2 or download the new (2nd) version of 3.4 and try that.

pencilcoil · Oct 31, 2014

It has been removed due to causing problems with aftermarket limefuel batteries

jetlag · Oct 31, 2014

pencilcoil said:
It has been removed due to causing problems with aftermarket limefuel batteries

so I guess we can't use this feature then?

varmint · Oct 31, 2014

pencilcoil said:
It has been removed due to causing problems with aftermarket limefuel batteries

What has been removed; 3.4, the update to 3.4 or the update to the update to 3.4?

jetlag · Oct 31, 2014

varmint said:
pencilcoil said:

It has been removed due to causing problems with aftermarket limefuel batteries

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What has been removed; 3.4, the update to 3.4 or the update to the update to 3.4?

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: well said

Nathan Carter · Oct 31, 2014

Geert said:
The auto-discharging function will start automatically if the battery does not operate in 10 days.

It would be interesting to know how that is supposed to work, is the battery constantly operating and counting time, and then would start discharging(how? with LED lights?) after 10 days by it self, in the box?!

henrycruz · Oct 31, 2014

Are you able to change the low battery percentage with this new update?

stanfran · Oct 31, 2014

I'm having same problem. Downloaded both 3.2 and 3.4 last night. Tried on 2 different P2V's. No option to update batteries. Tried 4 different batteries. Just says version 2.00 next to battery line.

Bigdz · Oct 31, 2014

Another update! Again I'll what a few days before I do the update to the update...

Nathan Carter · Oct 31, 2014

Geert said:
The battery will use their buit-in balancer loads for discharging what means they might slightly warm up for few degrees during that time period, just enough for the discharging process. There is no user control needed for this.

Geert./.

Would that discharge the battery to around 50% which is recommended for long term storage of LiPo batteries? That is at least what I expected from an auto-discharging feature

Panamon Creel · Oct 31, 2014

Geert said:
Nathan Carter said:

Geert said:

The battery will use their buit-in balancer loads for discharging what means they might slightly warm up for few degrees during that time period, just enough for the discharging process. There is no user control needed for this.

Geert./.

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Would that discharge the battery to around 50% which is recommended for long term storage of LiPo batteries? That is at least what I expected from an auto-discharging feature

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That's my guess too, can't find any notes about the percentages from DJI.

Geert./.

Also note that this self discharge feature is only supported with the latest and greatest batteries ( or so DJI says )

Gary567 · Oct 31, 2014

Geert said:
stanfran said:

I'm having same problem. Downloaded both 3.2 and 3.4 last night. Tried on 2 different P2V's. No option to update batteries. Tried 4 different batteries. Just says version 2.00 next to battery line.

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It is update 3.06 now.

viewtopic.php?f=27&t=28655#p263113

Geert./.

Wow, how confusing! Are you talking about firmware or Assistant software?

Panamon Creel · Oct 31, 2014

Gary567 said:
Wow, how confusing! Are you talking about firmware or Assistant software?

Assistant software is at V3.6 now

Gary567 · Oct 31, 2014

Panamon Creel said:
Gary567 said:

Wow, how confusing! Are you talking about firmware or Assistant software?

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Assistant software is at V3.6 now

Correct, but Geert was referencing 3.06, which is a (now) older version of firmware, isn't it?

dbooty · Oct 31, 2014

Cool, the battery firmware update works just fine in this version!

When one battery is done just power down, stick in another battery, power up then run the update again until they're all up to date

Mori55 · Oct 31, 2014

So how do we know what Battery's are supported ? What's old ?
Does it go by serial numbers ?

jetlag · Nov 1, 2014

dbooty said:
Cool, the battery firmware update works just fine in this version!

When one battery is done just power down, stick in another battery, power up then run the update again until they're all up to date

So I understand this as I am terribly confused, there is not a special place on assistant to update the batteries. If I understand this correctly every battery you have you need to plug in the machine and run assistant software. it will then tell you what ver you have and suggest the update? I only have the one and it says ver 2.6, so I guess I am done?