ToolkitRC M6D charger voltage calibration and firmware upgrade
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- čas přidán 22. 07. 2020
- Here's how to calibrate the voltage end points on your ToolkitRC M6D 500W 15A DC Dual Channel Smart Charger and upgrade to the latest firmware.
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Thanks for the sharing! I was looking for how to calibrate!
Glad it helped. Thanks for watching.
Cheers from Rome Italy. Very clear !!! Catalina user here :)
Thanks for watching.
@@WhirlyBloke Thank YOU for using your precious time to help us newbies. Stay safe and enjoy flying!
Thanks for the great explanation! Mine wouldn't even work out of the box due to the voltage mismatch. Calibrated it on a 6S battery and DMM. Double checked on a few different chargers and voltage checkers. Thought I had it dialed, then went to charge 2x 2S race packs and the voltages were way off. I'm going to return it and continue my search for a dual channel iCharger S6 equivalent.
Ohh nice that's what I needed, thanks 👍
Glad I could help
thanks bro, I liked and subscribed
Thanks for watching.
Thanks man👍👍👍
No problem.
Thank you! this video rocked. Showed me how to fix a faulty calibration from the factory.
Would love to know if you know how to calibrate the current sensor. Everything else is pretty self explanatory
Glad it helped
Please remember to Calibrate the Output settings too
@@samipupu good call! the only thing tough I guess is current calibration
Hello very good video thank you for sharing I would like to know if it is possible to charge LHIV smart batteries without the balancer plug, I do not see the option on the menu to deactivate the balanceator, the battery which I want to charge is is a FIMI X8 SE drone battery, thank you very much
Gracias por tu video, muy bien explicado. Mi cargador está tan desequilibrado que se sale de la escala de ajuste y no lo puedo dejar bien. Lo tendré que devolver a fábrica
Thank you for your video, very well explained. My charger is so unbalanced that it goes off the adjustment scale and I can't get it right. I will have to return it to the factory
That's annoying. I've found ToolkitRC to be very responsive to support requests. Let me know how it goes and I hope it's sorted soon. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for the video. How accurate is your multimeter?
Accurate enough for this. Most multimeters under £100 will be generally very good these days, but if you can afford it get a Fluke or similar that comes with a calibration certificate.
@@WhirlyBloke Thank you for your advice, got me a new UNI-T UT61E coming next week. Should be good enough, for 55GBP = 60€ as of today.
@@RCWilliam123 Nice. Always buy the best you can afford.
Also remember to Calibrate the OUTPUT of the battery which is connected to charging port. It has to match with the Total Voltages of the Cells or you will get "Balance port voltage match error!".
True, but ToolkitRC chargers are pretty well set up these days.
@@WhirlyBloke I would like to trust on that! Mine was produced 06/2020. It overcharged 3 cell Li-Pos to almost 12.8V. Problem got fixed with calibration.
What does the 5a charge current in the calibration menu means? I've an M6 which is capable of 10a but in my setting it has these 5a.. is it some kind of limiter?
I’ve had this charger for about 2 months and has been working as expected no issues. Except for just a few days ago. It’s charging cell number 5 higher than the others on a 6cell battery. Basically all cells charge balanced except that one. This is for any 6s battery I plug in. I then tried this on channel 2 and it worked perfectly. Is there something wrong with my channel 1 ? And is there something I can do to correct the issue ? Thank you.
All the best.
Have same. How do you fix it?
I have a balanced 2s battery at 3.8 per cell 7.6 overall but the charger is reading the general power as 7.2v. scrolled for like 5 minutes and I cant scroll anymore, its still at 7.46v. what do I do?
Will this prevent over charging and 🔥
i did an upgrade of my M6D to the latest firmware thrugh a windows 10 device and since then it's not booting up anymore.
Thanks for watching my video and reaching out to me. I'm sorry to hear that you're having problems after the firmware upgrade. I understand how frustrating that can be. In situations like this, it's important to troubleshoot the issue step by step. Here are a few suggestions that might help:
* Firstly, ensure that you used the original USB lead that came with the M6D charger for the firmware upgrade. Sometimes, using a different USB cable can cause compatibility issues. If you didn't use the original cable, try using it instead to see if it makes a difference.
* Make sure you followed the firmware upgrade process correctly. Double-check the instructions provided by ToolkitRC and ensure that you didn't miss any crucial steps.
* Try using a different PC or Mac for the firmware upgrade. It's possible that there may have been a compatibility issue between your Windows 10 device and the charger. Switching to a different computer might help resolve the problem.
* If the above steps don't work, consider reaching out to ToolkitRC's customer support for further assistance.
I don't have all the answers, but hopefully one of the suggestions above will resolve the issue for you. Best of luck, and I hope your M6D charger gets back up and running soon!
Thanks! I just updated my charger, and now it's bricked 🙁
Do you know by any chance how to recover it? I formatted it already, but that didn't help🤷🏻
That's really annoying and I've not seen it before. Maybe contact ToolkitRC support. Let me know how it goes.
Thanks! I actually found an even newer firmware (v. 1.23), using this one it seems to work fine again. I made sure to use the included batch file, then "safely removed" the USB device, and finally pulled the USB cable very slowly💁🏽♀
@@DavidG2P Phew! Thanks for the info.
+1
How much does it change over time? Do you calibrate it often?
Generally when it's brand new as a check.
simple to upgrade but mine doesnt connect to a pc- tried 3 different cables? Is there a mode I need to set first?
No settings need changing, it should just work. But it does depend on so many things on your PC. OS, drivers, driver conflicts etc etc. I've never had any issues connecting it to PC or Mac, but that doesn't really help you. Try contacting ToolkitRC. I've found them really helpful in the past.
@rumbey1 do you solve your problem? And how?
@@show-fpv4047 yes used a different laptop. It was due to a usb setting
@@rumbey1 thanks só much 💪👍
Hello, I only use batteries up to 4S, should I look for a 6S battery for calibration?
No you can use a 4S to calibrate , especially if you're only charging 4S.
@@WhirlyBlokethank you
How can you calibrate the charge current? (ChgCur) on both channels
That's a tricky thing to do and I'm not sure it's any real help.
@@WhirlyBloke because it's available and changeable in the calibration menu
@@ronotermans8803Fair enough.
Does it loose calibration over time ?
Not that I've noticed. I always check it on a new charger and that's it. Thanks fire watching.
When I connect my charger to the usb it beeps and turns on. But I can't see it in the external drives.
Try another quality USB lead. I recommend using the one that comes with the charger.
@@WhirlyBloke thanks for the reply I actually got it last night used a post in the back that the keyboard was plugged into and worked..... weird
I dropped my m6d now scroll wheel and button aren’t working properly, is there any hope of fixing it? It’s only a week old loo
Bummer! It's a log shot, butsSee if ToolkitRC can help.
@@WhirlyBloke I went to power it on today, it went to the calibration screen, turned off and that’s all she wrote. I will get with them, thank you
For those who don't have a 6S to calibrate - you can calibrate as normal then simply move the balance plug to the next adjacent position then calibrate those cells. Great video otherwise thanks.
Good tip.
Just got one of these chargers, did the firmware update no worries but I get error "Input voltage too low" when trying to power from the usb because apparently it requires 7-28 volts and usb only provides 5.2v. So is there any work around for this or is it only made for charging lipos from a bigger lipo? I wish I knew this before wasting my money on a new charger for home.....
I dont know if I should attempt to send it back to banggood now as it doesn't come with a power supply so is effectively useless.
USB is only for sub 5V. You need a DC power supply to change anything reasonable.
after i copied over the new .upga file my toolkitrc m6d won't boot anymore .. did this on macOS 13.1
on windows both my M6Ds are not recognized (one working fine with the old fw, the other on not booting up anymore)
unfortunately only saw this video AFTER i already copied the file over on one of my M6D
my M9 gets recognized on windows without problems
I have seen problems like this using earier versions of MacOS. Never had any issues with Windows. Try pinging ToolkitRC support and see what they say.
@@WhirlyBloke will do, thx! does it work for you on windows 11?
@@shotbyarian I've only used W10.
@@WhirlyBloke thanks! maybe W11 doesn't work - so strange! tried multiple W11 PCs/notebooks
@@shotbyarian Drivers are usually the problem on Windows.
Thants a pain!! Cant it work out of the box.
You only need to do this if the balanced voltages need a tweak ort you just want to check them. Generally I've found ToolkitRC chargers are setup just fine out of the box.
Good to know bcuz i just ordered it.. mine comes with a 180mb power supply combo.
@@jandomingo9806 Awesome combo.
@@WhirlyBloke im assuming you have the same combo? I believe my old charger is 50w. So that 180w power supply will do it 3 times fast? Is that the theory?
I wouldn't necessarily trust the voltage from a power supply, weirdly a lot of items like that don't have voltage calibration or accuracy worth a damn. Stick to your DMM!