Hi, I have an old Enertion Focbox, from approximately 2016. I recently downloaded the new VescTool 6.05 and when I connect it to the Focbox it says that it is on "limited mode" because of the old firmware (2.18) but that a bootloader has been detected and hence it can be updated. My main motivation for upgrading is that I want to move to a different (higher) battery configuration.
Here's what the tool says about my HW/SW:
Fw: v2.18
Paired: false, Status STABLE
HW Type: VESC, Phase Filters: No
NRF Name: No, Pin: No
I read in another post on this form that these old Focbox's were hardware 412, so I selected (410&411&412) and tried to download the VESC_default.bin. It seems to progress to 100% and I get a warning not to shut off power, etc. and that after 10 seconds, it will reboot. However, when I do that, and re-connect to the FOCBOX, it still says FW 2.18. Somewhere I read that if that happens I need to upgrade the bootloader because I probably don't have one. However, other articles say that destroying the bootloader will brick the VESC. Plus, when I connect the device it does say that I have a bootloader.
By the way, I realize that this question has been asked, in some form many times, but it seems that in some cases the upgrade works and in others the result is a bricked device. So, I'm confused as to what to do. I'd be grateful for any advice.
Cheers,
Jim