USB Stuff

[AdrianJones]

I have two separate questions but they kind of relate to each other.

I was bought a Overlander RC-6S charger for christmas. On the side it has a receiver plug type port which says temp/USB. I have tried searching the interweb and cannot find what or how to use the USB port or even if it does anything at all!?

I also have a Muchmore CTX-D discharger which also has a ext port which is supposed to be some kind of USB connection but again cannot find anything about this on the interweb.

Can anyone shed any light on how to use these ports or even if they are used at all!?

Cheers guys

[sosidge]

I can answer the question about the CTX-D... the port was put in for future functionality that never actually got developed.

As far as the charger goes, if Overlander can't tell you then I doubt anyone can. I wouldn't be surprised if it is similar to most of the generic 4-button chargers in that there are leads and software available (perhaps from another brand) but they don't work very well and nobody uses them.

[AdrianJones]

Originally Posted by sosidge

I can answer the question about the CTX-D... the port was put in for future functionality that never actually got developed.

As far as the charger goes, if Overlander can't tell you then I doubt anyone can. I wouldn't be surprised if it is similar to most of the generic 4-button chargers in that there are leads and software available (perhaps from another brand) but they don't work very well and nobody uses them.

Its really annoying that they do not finish developing stuff. It would be nice with the CTX-D to be able to graph discharge rates on battery's to compare packs, but never mind :-(

[eyeayen]

Can you get some sort of USB temperature sensor to plug in ???

[AdrianJones]

Originally Posted by eyeayen

Can you get some sort of USB temperature sensor to plug in ???

Yeh, but their is no point as I only charge Lipo at a high rate. I dont use NiMh's when racing so temperature is not an issue. I just thought a USB interface would give me more technical info.