Evic VTC mini Update

[hijack]

I have had the evic for a few weeks so I thought I would do the update that I had heard about.
The Update software can be got from the Joytech site and includes the update that will be flashed on the device.
It says to extract both files from the Zip file to the root of your drive. I placed both files on the root C:/
I had an issue when doing the upgrade, flash software kept crashing and it wouldn't read the device.
This turned out to be me connecting via a USB3 port, for some reason it didnt like it, so after many attempts I started the software and plugged it into a USB2 port. it found the device and read the version etc straight away.
The update was easy after this pressing update on the software and selecting the other file sitting on your root, it completed the update in seconds.
Now updated to 1.10 and have a few more things to look at on the screen

Edit: When doing a flash update it is advisable to 'run as administrator'....This may not apply to this device but every tablet or phone I have done needs the flash software to be run in this 'mode'.







To get to see the version of your VTC.... with device off, press fire button 20x....yes 20. device will switch on after 5 but dont stop keep going youll get there.
New features include realtime amp draw from the battery and realtime fluctuation of resistance while in use.

[blakey]

But you lose the battery bar?

I think I'll keep my two as is

[Romney]

Thanks for posting that hijack,i have tried to update it numerous times over the past few weeks,and had the same problem,so gave up.Im hopeless with technology,and don't laugh at this question, Which one is the USB2 port? I have 4 USB ports on my lap top.

[hijack]

Oct 5, 2015 10:05:59 GMT blakey said:

But you lose the battery bar?

I think I'll keep my two as is

You can get it back by selecting like before battery, puffs, time, and now Amps.
Plus you will have the new changing resistance while it fires and it does go back to the locked resistance when finished.
I know they are just little changes that as far as i can see dont change the performace of the Evic...But its nice to have them

[hijack]

Oct 5, 2015 10:08:28 GMT Romney said:

Thanks for posting that hijack,i have tried to update it numerous times over the past few weeks,and had the same problem,so gave up.Im hopeless with technology,and don't laugh at this question, Which one is the USB2 port? I have 4 USB ports on my lap top.

You would need to look at the lappy manual to see which of the ports were USB 1.1...2 or 3 that is if the lappy has USB3.
I would try the process using the different ports 1 at a time to see if it is this.
Remember to place both the files contained in the ZIP onto your ROOT = c:/ and run the software from there. ALSO 'run as administrator'(right click on file and select off of the list 'run as administrator'.
Then connect Evic and if it shows the version etc then you can carry on and update.
This was all done on a windows 7 OS so as for win 10 I know more have had problems with win 10 and I cant help there.
Let me know how you get on.
Good luck. 

[Romney]

Oct 5, 2015 10:22:59 GMT hijack said:

Oct 5, 2015 10:08:28 GMT Romney said:

Thanks for posting that hijack,i have tried to update it numerous times over the past few weeks,and had the same problem,so gave up.Im hopeless with technology,and don't laugh at this question, Which one is the USB2 port? I have 4 USB ports on my lap top.

You would need to look at the lappy manual to see which of the ports were USB 1.1...2 or 3 that is if the lappy has USB3.
I would try the process using the different ports 1 at a time to see if it is this.
Remember to place both the files contained in the ZIP onto your ROOT = c:/ and run the software from there. ALSO 'run as administrator'(right click on file and select off of the list 'run as administrator'.
Then connect Evic and if it shows the version etc then you can carry on and update.
This was all done on a windows 7 OS so as for win 10 I know more have had problems with win 10 and I cant help there.
Let me know how you get on.
Good luck. 

Thanks a lot for all that hijack,im on Windows 7 as well.I have a HP Pavilion g Series laptop.Ill give it a go and let you know,

[chykensa]

Romney - if your laptop is quite new it may have a USB3 port, if it's much more than a year old, then it probably hasn't got one.
If it helps at all, my Lenovo laptop has one USB3 and the tongue inside the socket is coloured yellow; I don't know if this is standard or just a Lenovo thing

EDIT: no it's not yellow at all, it's blue!! Serves me right, I should have checked first, not after I hit the 'Post' button!

[VapingBad]

Blue is more usual for USB3, IIRC yellow is to do with high current for charging, but could be wrong there.

[hijack]

Blue is more usual for USB3, but you cant rely on it. My router has a USB(used for adding a drive) that has the blue tab, but it turned out to be USB1.1(very slow and no cheap NAS replacement, which I was hoping for).

[Romney]

Oct 5, 2015 10:33:06 GMT chykensa said:

Romney - if your laptop is quite new it may have a USB3 port, if it's much more than a year old, then it probably hasn't got one.
If it helps at all, my Lenovo laptop has one USB3 and the tongue inside the socket is coloured yellow; I don't know if this is standard or just a Lenovo thing

EDIT: no it's not yellow at all, it's blue!! Serves me right, I should have checked first, not after I hit the 'Post' button!

Ah bugger,my lap top is 4 years old, ,thanks chykensa,ill have to use someone elses laptop.

[DiscoDes]

I updated mine yesterday. I just unzipped to my dektop where the original zip was and ran the update and it went through OK, I think I may have been connected to my USB 3 port on my laptop. was simple to do and the device performs as before with the ability to see the current drain on the battery when firing as a choice on the last line of the display. You can select any of : Current/Battery Bar/Puff Counter and Time.

I don't know why anyone would want a puff counter or time display though

[Deleted]

Most of the new laptops have at least 1 USB 3.0 which normally have to be compatible with USB 2.0 . Some errors may appear when all 3 or 4 of USB's port are already in use i mean if you have 4 and already 3 are in use with devices like an external hdd etc is posibil the last port to give an error ( to don't recognize or to don't react ) .... most of the time work when you unplug 1 or 2 and with a restart ,sometimes work straight when you change the USB port ....

[Deleted]

Shame on JoyeTech .... linux users can not update .... (actually is possible but with the help of extra software)

[hijack]

The chances are USB3 works just fine with software and it was a problem at my end that was causing the software to crash.
I had read quite a few others had the crashing software problem so when I finally worked through a solution that got it running on my comp I posted what I had done.
It cant be a bad idea to try other ports if you have tried one and it keeps crashing.
The other steps were me eliminating other possible causes for it crashing and just keeping them in the mix when I moved to a USB2 port.

[phatfil]

simple way to check if your puter is connecting ok to a new usb device is to open the systems 'device manager' before u plug in the new device..

then plug in and wait 30 secs or so while the puter tries to connect and communicate, the device manager display will change to incorporate the new device and if it has problems it will be flagged with a red triangle or yellow Question mark, otherwise a-ok...

if u have driver problems???? i found most usb/serial coms devices can run with the arduino drivers you can easily install on a puter by downloading and insatlling the free arduino ide,