Hyperion 0610i NET and DUO v1.5

[Sammus]

Howdy, just thought i'd let you all know that here is a new (highly recommended) firmware update for the NET and DUO chargers.

http://media.hyperion.hk/dn/pc/0610i-firmware.htm

Looks good, adds a STORE charge/discharge mode for li packs, plus a few other things (bad cell detection etc)

[tc3_racer_001]

thanks,
hopefully i should get my charger this week! (if b-p-p dont let me down on shipping, cant afford the $15 for express)

[Jeremy1976]

Thanks man I will have to get the data cable for my Duo.

[Sammus]

yeah theres an extra little link you "need" to buy (easy to make one).

There's computer logging software for the chargers on that website too if you hadn't seen it. Another reason to get the data cable :)

[tc3_racer_001]

ok, so i can build the adapter, but still need to buy the thing the adapter which plugs into the charger?? that seems stupid to me, where is the cheapest place to get what i need to update this. (whether thats buying or making) thanks,
ryan :)

[Sammus]

Yeah I mean you need the link (think like a castle link) but it was originally made for the titan series esc's, and the connection's are different. On the hyperion site I linked to there is a guide with part numbers and how to make the adapter if you dont want to buy it (its only like $2 anyway). I got all my stuff from aircraft-world.com. Super cheap shipping for me in Australia, not sure where is best for you.

[tc3_racer_001]

also in oz, just ordered those things, plus the extra cables and plugs to make up balance connections for my packs (and to charge them at the same time in series)
thanks, $2 shipping... cheaper than in australia. havent even recieved the charger and i can use it without them so figured why waste the extra 10 bucks.

[gixxer]

pretty cool. so it looks like it would cost about $20 between the 2 parts needed. I have 3 hyperion chargers so I will probably pick this up soon.

[tc3_racer_001]

yes, $20 for the cables needed shipped would be pretty close :)

our postage system sucks, they dont deliver at all on the weekend, when u have time to use what you ordered!! o well, least its mostly reliable.

[Sammus]

Just got home and updated the firmware. It's much better now, I had a bad pack (that I shouldn't even try to charge anyway), and with the old firmware the bad cell would shoot up to 4.4V no matter what the state of charge of the whole pack. Now the charger limits the charge current to keep that cell under 4.215V - much better I think :) Now I just have to remove that dodgy cell haha.

Besides the required equip - how difficult is this to do? What were you ruuning on your PC, XP?

I get concerned when warned that if this messes up you will be left without a working charger. It does look interesting enough to want the PC capabilities that this lends to the charger, but if its real risky, I'll just keep using mine with the firmware I got it with.

Originally Posted by Duster_360

Besides the required equip - how difficult is this to do? What were you ruuning on your PC, XP?

I get concerned when warned that if this messes up you will be left without a working charger. It does look interesting enough to want the PC capabilities that this lends to the charger, but if its real risky, I'll just keep using mine with the firmware I got it with.

I was thinking the very same thing

[Sammus]

Easy. I run XP SP2. Once you installed the cable driver, hook up the cable (keep the charger power off, ie unplugged from power supply), it installs the drivers automatically. Then look in device manager (right click my computer->properties->hardware) under ports, it has the device name listed and the COM port it uses (in my case COM3).

Then fire up the update application, choose your COM port from a drop down menu, click 'load' or similar (forget what it actually says), choose the firmware file (both firmware hex file and update app is included in the FW download). Dont touch any other settings then (with the charger plugged into your computer), power on the charger, and its all over in about 10s.

This is all outlined in much greater detail in the PDF instruction manual available through the link I provided in the OP.


To use the graphing software its a matter of choosing the com port and clicking the 'connect' button. It keeps graphs and logs (if you want) the voltage of both ports, as well as the voltages of each individual cell, charge current and the cumulative pack capacity. The log file is just a tab delimited file, easily readable in excel or similar. There is also a seperate tab which displays the each real time cell voltages to 3dp.

Download the cable drivers and logging software from here.

Got the firmware upgrade to v1.5 done tonight on my 0610iNet charger and it completed so fast it was almost anticlimatic. There were differences in what I had to do versus the upgrade instructions, but nothing that a little PC savy couldn't figure out and proceed. Slick install, I won't be concerned about doing others in the future to keep charger up to daye.

Also installed the Beta version of the viewer and charged a few batts - cool having the laptop watch the batt charge. I watched the 1st one and just as I was thinking that should be getting close to peaking - it did. I'll burn some amps with some lipos tomorrw so I can watch the cell screen and see what that does.

Def worth the cost of the cable and adapters!!

[Sammus]

There are a couple little glitches with the new firmware and also the logging software, I've been talking to hyperion tech and there should be 1.6 out next week some time, and beta2 of the software is also on its way.