VESC Tool 7 with VESC FW 5.01 and Balance Setting

Hi everyone,

I'm running into an issue with the Balance App configuration and hoping someone here can point me in the right direction.

Setup:

• VESC Firmware: v5.01
• VESC Tool: latest version (7.x)
• Hardware is limited to a maximum of FW 5.03

Problem: When selecting "Balance" under App Settings → General as the active app, no additional "Balance" configuration menu appears in the left sidebar — which I'd expect to show PID parameters, fault settings, ADC configuration, etc.

I also attempted to install the Balance App via VESC Packages, but received an "Erase timed out" error during installation, which suggests the Package system requires a higher firmware version than what I'm running.

My assumption: I believe the issue is a mismatch between VESC Tool 6.x and FW 5.x. From what I understand, VESC Tool 6.x expects Balance to be installed as a Package and no longer displays the built-in Balance App settings that were available in older firmware. VESC Tool 3.x would likely show the Balance configuration correctly with FW 5.01.

Questions:

1. Is there a pre-compiled VESC Tool 3.01 .exe available for download somewhere? Compiling from source via Qt is possible but i'd like to avoid it if there's an easier option.
2. Is there any known workaround to access or configure the built-in Balance App parameters while running FW 5.01 on VESC Tool 6.x — for example via terminal commands?

Any help is appreciated!