Software Update Under Progress

[Sinclair]

3 hours ago, strick said:

Please elaborate...

We discussed the problems in some threads. I can't get them all together..

Or here:

 

Basically I use beach1 with adjusted tonebreaks for eurocoins most of the time. I've saved a park1 profile as user profile with changed tonebreaks, tone pitches and frequency as a special coinshooting / verify profile. I've been out with a fellow detectorist - if I am in multifrequency, I disturb his machine plenty.. so I switched to my user profile 10kHz - no interference anymore.. but I've simply forgotten to switch back to beach mode before shutting down the machine (habit, because I use beach1 98% of the time and the user profile only temporary). So I ended up with beach1 having my user profile settings, which are completely different, because a 2€ coin rings 16 in beach1 and 20 in park1 for example. I detect based on tone most of the time, so the machine isn't usable in this state anymore.. you'll have to correct all the settings or reset the profile and begin from scratch - If you still remember your hard earned settings!

That's a real pita, if you only have 1h left to hunt .. and you got used to your settings for 100s of hours... it's like a complete different machine..

I've taken photos of the settings now, for a fast recoverytime

 

[Sinclair]

6 hours ago, Chase Goldman said:

So flashing back to square one IS a must have

Yeah.. but I am afraid, Minelab won't publish the initial version I don't know If it is possible to save the exsting firmware somehow either..

[steveg]

I appreciate the info, Sinclair.  Glad to hear there's an update being worked out, to perhaps fix a few of the little "quirks" the machine has.  Not that it's not a real nice machine already, but any improvements Minelab might make, would likely mean that much better of a machine, from my perspective.

Steve

[flakmagnet]

Yes Chase being able to flash back to "square one" is a must. I had a great experience with the GPZ software update process but would have been more hesitant if it couldn't have been flashed back since it was working well before the update - my opinion about an Equinox update is the same; I expect it will work and work well but there has to be a way back jik.

[Tometusns]

I've used mine enough that it's just become second nature for me to shut off the user profile when I'm done with it. Honestly any program you have set up once you're familiar with the Equinox can be set back up very quickly if you forget to get out of your user profile. 

I do understand for the new users and guys that don't get to hunt as much it can be a little frustrating. Good to know they're working on a fix. Might be easier to just change the owner's manual.  lol

[SteveJJ]

On 7/25/2018 at 6:58 PM, Chase Goldman said:

Thanks for the info.  But until I hear an actual release date, I am assuming ML is not actually working on anything.  I too am afraid that fixing one thing (that can be worked around, though annoying) may indeed break something else.  I don't heavily customize tone breaks so when I do manage to blunder may way into the user profile bug, I haven't lost much in terms of saved settings.  But I know a lot of users do, so I am not saying ML's most apparent true Equinox bug should not eventually be addressed.  But frankly, fearing some sort of unintended consequence, will definitely wait until the dust settles to see how the first SW update goes before I even think of downloading it.

I've learned to be a late adapter of new firmware/os. Especially on a mission critical device. 

 

[Sinclair]

11 hours ago, Tometusns said:

I do understand for the new users and guys that don't get to hunt as much it can be a little frustrating.

What do you try to tell me - I don't hunt much with the Nox?

Come on.. it's a major bug and a no go. The Nox is a nice machine, we all love it, but there's no reason to whitewash  it's flaws!

By the way - it doesn't only mess up your settings while shutting down... That's the reason I began to only use it occasionally - see other threads.

[Tometusns]

1 hour ago, Sinclair said:

What do you try to tell me - I don't hunt much with the Nox?

 

  No sir,  Sinclair I wasn't trying to imply that at all and I'm sorry if you took it that way. 

  I simply remember to shut off the user profile when I'm done with it before shutting down the machine. It's become just a normal routine for me and I don't have any problems. Thus my statement about the owners manual if it would have said ALWAYS turn off the user profile setting before turning the machine off we wouldn't be here right now. 

 Thanks for your info about minelab working on a fix but until then I'll just keep doing what I'm doing. Like I said it's just habit for me now to shut it off. 

  Good luck and HH!! Tom

 

[Sinclair]

17 hours ago, Tometusns said:

No sir,  Sinclair I wasn't trying to imply that at all and I'm sorry if you took it that way.

No worries, Tom - I've been a little bit ironic there..

Yes, I got used to it, too.. but there are moments you'll forget it, and it's just not practical. Like a car's airbag would only open, if you take your foot off the brake pedal or something - no one would accept that