charging hub with mac

Dan · Sep 17, 2015

can you update the charging hub on a mac

msinger · Sep 17, 2015

No. The software is only available for Windows.

JamesSpringPilot · Oct 16, 2015

msinger said:
No. The software is only available for Windows.

If you have a Mac, you never have to update the hub. Its great. There is nothing you have to do.

eldorado · Dec 22, 2015

JamesSpringPilot said:
If you have a Mac, you never have to update the hub. Its great. There is nothing you have to do.

As far as I understand the Charging HUB has been updated to prevent bricking batteries left connected for an extended period. Review this forum link. I don't understand how Mac OS can magically correct any firmware issues, because an OS is not required to operate the HUB.
Currently there is only a Windows EXE and as a Mac user I believe I must find a PC and update the HUB firmware or risk damaging my DJI Intelligent Batteries. It seems a gross over-site that there is not a suitable fix for Mac OS to update a Charging HUB?

JamesSpringPilot · Dec 22, 2015

eldorado said:
As far as I understand the Charging HUB has been updated to prevent

I was being a little sarcastic because of the lack of communication regarding firmware update for the hub device. I do firmware updates for everything that I can but when I look at the firmware update outlet on the hub device – I Assume that so long as everything I have is updated then whatever Updates are in all the batteries will simply transfer over to the Hub Device and be updated. If the hub is meant to be updated then DJI should be very clear about this. It would be useful if they could read and write English.

JamesSpringPilot · Dec 22, 2015

All my batteries are up-to-date and as soon as they are all fully charged I remove them from the hub device.

JamesSpringPilot · Dec 22, 2015

JamesSpringPilot said:
All my batteries are up-to-date and as soon as they are all fully charged I remove them from the hub device.

If DJI puts out a hub device that you cannot update that they must take full responsibility if all my batteries die on me.

eldorado · Dec 22, 2015

JamesSpringPilot said:
I was being a little sarcastic because of the lack of communication regarding firmware update for the hub device. I do firmware updates for everything that I can but when I look at the firmware update outlet on the hub device – I Assume that so long as everything I have is updated then whatever Updates are in all the batteries will simply transfer over to the Hub Device and be updated. If the hub is meant to be updated then DJI should be very clear about this. It would be useful if they could read and write English.

The Intelligent Battery firmware is separate from the Charging HUB firmware and I doubt that an up-to-date Battery will update the HUB firmware. It would be interesting if that did work. If it did then all the customers who don't have a HUB have unnecessary code in their battery firmware.
At the moment I think I will have to get a PC to update my DJI Charging HUB before risking my batteries :-(

The Editor · Feb 9, 2016

dopeytree said:
BUMP - Any update on this?

No bumping threads - strictly against our forum rules.

Thank You.

Plingboot · Feb 9, 2016

In installed VirtualBox and a copy of XP on my MacBook Pro and updated the firmware that way.

VirtualBox is free and money can be saved by buying an OEM (rather than boxed) copy of which ever version of Windows you want to run. I got one from a local independent computer shop.