Algoforce 2.0 Firmware Upgrade

[phrunt]

Good news, a new firmware is ready to roll.   

Release Note for Software V2.0.0

Release Date: 08/05/2025

At AlgoForce, we are deeply committed to continually investing in research and development to enhance the performance and user experience of our detectors. We proudly provide these improvements to our customers through free software upgrades — and we’ve done it again.

Just like smartphones and other advanced electronic products that require continual software upgrades to unlock new features, improve performance, and enhance user experience, the E1500 series also evolves through ongoing software development. This ensures your detector remains at the cutting edge without the need to buy new hardware.

Version 2.0.0 represents the most significant update to the detector’s interface and usability since the launch of the E1500. It is highly recommended that all E1500 and E1500 Plus users upgrade to take full advantage of the new features and improvements.

What’s New

• Dual User Modes: Standard & Advanced
This version introduces two selectable user modes to better suit different experience levels. Users can seamlessly switch between modes to match their detecting style and skill level.

Standard Mode simplifies the interface for beginners, focusing on ease of use.

Advanced Mode provides greater control and customisation for experienced users.

• Improved Menu Layout & Navigation
Menus have been reorganised for more intuitive navigation.

• Enhanced Visual Feedback
Updates to on-screen messaging improve clarity and usability, enhancing overall interaction with the detector.

Note:

·       Please refer to the Software Upgrade Instructions on page 23 of the user manual to perform the software upgrade.

·       After upgrading from an older version, any customised coil size settings and coil calibration data will be reset. Once the upgrade is complete, be sure to calibrate the coil as you would with a new detector by following on-screen instructions under Calibrate Coil in Standard User Mode or Coil Selection in Advanced User Mode.

You can download it here: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0793/5416/7570/files/AlgoForce_E1500Plus_software_V200.bin?v=1746620816

Also, for those with a Mac, you'll notice the Mac Firmware upgrade tool is coming soon on their website, Downloads – AlgoForce Pty Ltd until then, it's borrow a friends computer.

Here are some photos of the screen with the new firmware, ignore my dodgy install of a screen protector 🙂 I've never been good putting them on.

New user mode selection screen, default is the basic mode, and after firmware install it will be in basic mode wanting to calibrate the attached coil.    You just go left for basic, right for advanced.

Doing a noise cancel.

Detect mode screen on the Large Gold setting where you can select between 3 pulse delays, helps if you want to cut out detecting pellets and only find bigger stuff to go to Pulse Delay 3.

My favourite Ultra fine mode.  Volume is top left of the screen, its on 2 at the moment as I'm just at home, backlight is the 0 on the right.  This screen works very well in the sun so you have the backlight off generally unless you're on a very cloudy day or night time.

The soil types screen, I stick to Low Mineral here, mostly others will be on the left for Mineralized soils when looking for gold, unless they're lucky.  

The default soil mode, hot! 

Lucky last is beach mode.

The Calibrate coil screen, easy to do just follow the instructions on screen.

This is in mild mode, you'll see there is no ground drift down the bottom of the screen, valuable real estate too so hopefully Algoforce can come up with something to put there to benefit mild soil users.

There is a G up near the numbers at the top now, the reason is people were confusing this with Target ID which is only in Pinpoint mode, it's the ground phase number.

A photo in mineralised mode, showing the Ground drift, my ground doesn't drift here so the bars don't move but they extend outwards indicating when you need to ground balance, the bigger they grow the more you need to think about doing a ground balance.

Here is me attempting a ground balance but as I'm in mild mode, there is no GB required as GB is disabled, although I never really need to balance in my soils around here anyway.

And the new coil selection screen, it's been modified a bit to be more descriptive, and the default selection of coils has changed to more suit the available coils on the market currently, these can be edited to describe your own size coils, the Coiltek 10x5" now leads the list.  A good default selection though.

Connected is my 10" spiral X-coil so I'll edit a slot to take it soon, likely the 8x6" as I'll likely never use my Sadie and will use the other sizes pre-configured.

This is going over a target in detect mode.

And pinpoint mode with Target ID, this is in 100 tones pinpoint mode, once I get over the target I'll get the arrows on the bullseye and the most reliable target ID.

This is near to a target, but not centered on it.

This is a different target and I'm centered on a target, note the arrows up the top on the bulleye.  This one is done in 5 tones pinpoint mode.

I think this firmware will be much easier for beginners to use and understand, and still the advanced users are not cut out as they have all the features they always had with an improved interface.

[中国 张]

My E1500 puls upgrade is complete. Thanks to phrunt for the timely reminder and detailed introduction! The interface is simpler and richer!

[Jeff McClendon]

Thank You Simon!

[Aureous]

20 hours ago, phrunt said:

There is a G up near the numbers at the top now, the reason is people were confusing this with Target ID which is only in Pinpoint mode, it's the ground phase number.

This is a very welcome addition, some beginners on the various Facebook groups are confused with the target ID and ground phase numbers. The 'G' solves that issue for them. Bravo to Alex and co! Now we just need that update/hardware for ground tracking.......

[GoldFinder]

Great info! It's pretty awesome how Algoforce is steadily rolling out new updates. I recently got the detector so now I just have to figure out how to do the update. Hopefully the new menu layout won't take too long to adapt to.

I've only had a chance to use the new Algo in the field for like 30 minutes, but it found a nice course piece the first 10 minutes on pounded ground. So I've been impressed so far. It runs a treat with the NF 12x8 evo and handles bad ground better than expected.

[phrunt]

40 minutes ago, GoldFinder said:

Great info! It's pretty awesome how Algoforce is steadily rolling out new updates. I recently got the detector so now I just have to figure out how to do the update. Hopefully the new menu layout won't take too long to adapt to.

I did a video a while ago showing how easy the firmware updates are to do

 

[mn90403]

Thanks Simon.

[GoldFinder]

3 hours ago, phrunt said:

I did a video a while ago showing how easy the firmware updates are to do

 

Ah that's super helpful, thanks!!

[Northeast]

All done.  Very quick  ✔️