The firmware moon door

LowNoise · Apr 17, 2019

I was having a fantastic flight out today. Sunny skies. Calm winds. Warming temps (55F feels great right now). Pleasure cruising at 150 to 200ft. Just the regular route I take around the bridge and over the river. I am really impressed with my EVO’s range and signal strength. 5000ft out. Not one hiccup. Long winded way of getting to a struggle I am facing of thinking through EVO firmware updates. Constant DJI firmware issues and various restrictions are what led me to EVO. I am happy with its features and performance so why am I being tormented by new Autel updates! Was the latest fw game changing? Ugh and the batteries fw.

Ansia · Apr 17, 2019

You don't have to do them if you don't want to. They aren't enforced and easily ignored.

The Guy In The Helmet · Apr 18, 2019

FWUs are indeed not needed for each flight... But, by my own experience, Autel has done a great job updating the FW making the flights even more 'refined'.

(Speed changed from 3 settings to 2, responsiveness changed, etc.)

The only annoying thing about the FWU is that I have to do with all of my batteries... But, in time, that is done without too much effort on my end... just wish it would where I can do the FWU once...

butch · Apr 18, 2019

The Guy In The Helmet said:
FWUs are indeed not needed for each flight... But, by my own experience, Autel has done a great job updating the FW making the flights even more 'refined'. (Speed changed from 3 settings to 2, responsiveness changed, etc.)

The only annoying thing about the FWU is that I have to do with all of my batteries... But, in time, that is done without too much effort on my end... just wish it would where I can do the FWU once...

So, what you are saying is that, you do a FWU with one battery in the drone, then do it again if you have another battery? I get no notice of FWU when I change batteries.
butch

The Guy In The Helmet · Apr 18, 2019

butch said:
So, what you are saying is that, you do a FWU with one battery in the drone, then do it again if you have another battery? I get no notice of FWU when I change batteries.
butch

Exactly. What I learned is that I would need to 1) repeat the process for each of the batteries I own, and 2) wait about 60 seconds after entering the app (before pressing on GO FLY) for the update notification option to pop up... Autel has a relatively-new video on how this process would look like... and 3) there's nothing you can do to avoid updating on all of your batteries...

Jagerbomb52 · Apr 18, 2019

Battery updates are standard when needed. The process has to be repeated just for the battery in question. Depending on how many batteries you have this can be a pain to some. It is what it is. Get it done and go fly

butch · Apr 19, 2019

Humm, I have two batteries but have had only a notice to appear once on my app. I always wait a couple minutes to see if an FWU notice appears.
Anyway, my evo is in the shop now because of pilot error,

The email from Autel said it was on the way home and updated with latest firmware. On a further note, when I sent it in they requested not to send in the battery, how do they update my batteries when they are home in my carry case? Makes no sense to a county boy.

butch........

Ansia · Apr 19, 2019

butch said:
Humm, I have two batteries but have had only a notice to appear once on my app. I always wait a couple minutes to see if an FWU notice appears.
Anyway, my evo is in the shop now because of pilot error, The email from Autel said it was on the way home and updated with latest firmware. On a further note, when I sent it in they requested not to send in the battery, how do they update my batteries when they are home in my carry case? Makes no sense to a county boy.
butch........

You can fly normally even if your batteries aren't updated. When the firmware does pop up, you will know.

butch · Apr 19, 2019

Ansia said:
You can fly normally even if your batteries aren't updated. When the firmware does pop up, you will know.

Ok, thanks Ansia........
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mixchief · Apr 21, 2019

butch said:
Humm, I have two batteries but have had only a notice to appear once on my app. I always wait a couple minutes to see if an FWU notice appears.
Anyway, my evo is in the shop now because of pilot error, The email from Autel said it was on the way home and updated with latest firmware. On a further note, when I sent it in they requested not to send in the battery, how do they update my batteries when they are home in my carry case? Makes no sense to a county boy.
butch........

Seriously?

GLEvideo · Apr 22, 2019

A lot of people say they had to apply the update to each battery but when I applied my update there was absolutely nothing that said each battery needed to have it applied individually. What gave you the clue that this was necessary?

The Guy In The Helmet · Apr 22, 2019

GLEvideo said:
A lot of people say they had to apply the update to each battery but when I applied my update there was absolutely nothing that said each battery needed to have it applied individually. What gave you the clue that this was necessary?

The app displaying so as well as the video you can find on Autel's website... Alexandro hosts this particular video, to be precise.

mixchief · Apr 22, 2019

you don't necessarily HAVE to do a battery update, if you go to the Autel site in the downloads section, you will see the current f/w and a link to a detail of what is updated, if the battery firmware is different you MUST update each battery individually, if you see that there is no difference for the battery you do not have to do anything more than the A/C