Popular Post Marty Backe Posted July 26, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 26, 2020 A rare Sunday FedEx delivery. The V11 has finally arrived. I've really been looking forward to experiencing the suspension ride. Range tests, heat tests, and lots of trails. Can't wait. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Amazing FedEx service! I would have tipped the driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unventor Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 It wasn't that long in Chooch Techs hands this time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 48 minutes ago, Unventor said: It wasn't that long in Chooch Techs hands this time. I don't think it fit his style of riding - too sedate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marty Backe Posted July 26, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 26, 2020 (edited) 1st Tribulation - It's Dead Jim So dummy me. I saw that there was new firm and it looked useful per this screen So you can guess what happened. I clicked to update the firmware. Firmware was checked, downloaded, and apparently installed. The wheel is now totally unresponsive. Can't turn it on. A couple of times I've seen a brief flash of the battery indicator, but nothing. It's times like this that I think Gotway maybe isn't so dumb after all Edited July 26, 2020 by Marty Backe 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrelwood Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Marty Backe said: The wheel is now totally unresponsive. Can't turn it on. A couple of times I've seen a brief flash of the battery indicator, but nothing. Bummer. I wonder if the preproduction demo has a special firmware that wasn’t thought of when making the update. I’m sure you’ll soon reach the great guys at Inmotion to sort this up, let us know how it unravels. Or does the V11 maybe boot up enough to be connected to with the app if you plug it in a charger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 2 hours ago, mrelwood said: Bummer. I wonder if the preproduction demo has a special firmware that wasn’t thought of when making the update. I’m sure you’ll soon reach the great guys at Inmotion to sort this up, let us know how it unravels. Or does the V11 maybe boot up enough to be connected to with the app if you plug it in a charger? Trying to find some someone at Inmotion that'll help. I've opened the wheel and disconnected the batteries. After ~20-minutes reconnected but still nothing. There are blinking LED's on the control board but that's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inmotion Global Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Hi Marty, Have you cancelled the transport mode when you get the wheel? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Inmotion Global said: Hi Marty, Have you cancelled the transport mode when you get the wheel? I was riding the wheel before I did the firmware update. So it certainly was not in transport mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniVehje Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 13 minutes ago, Marty Backe said: I was riding the wheel before I did the firmware update. Soooo... while you're waiting for the wheel to be fixed or getting a new wheel, why don't you give us your first impression from the ride you got to make? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gon2fast Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 (edited) Ran into a similar issue with my former V10 recently. Ran original firmware forever, but decided to update prior to selling. After successful firmware update the wheel went limp. It took several calibration attempts to get it back to normal. Probably will not apply to a beta V11... Edited July 27, 2020 by gon2fast 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 26 minutes ago, gon2fast said: Ran into a similar issue with my former V10 recently. Ran original firmware forever, but decided to update prior to selling. After successful firmware update the wheel went limp. It took several calibration attempts to get it back to normal. Probably will not apply to a beta V11... Yeah. When you can't turn the wheel on (nothing, no lights, no sounds - dead) it's hard to roll-back the firmware, do a calibration, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 32 minutes ago, UniVehje said: Soooo... while you're waiting for the wheel to be fixed or getting a new wheel, why don't you give us your first impression from the ride you got to make? 5-minutes just isn't enough. I can say it's not tall feeling like the KS18S, which I was a little worried about. Felt like a normal wheel from that perspective. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Inmotion Global Posted July 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2020 I just upgraded my V11(1st batch produciton unit) to the new firmware. No problem for that. It might be the compatibility issue of the demo unit. Still working on it. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fbhb Posted July 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2020 @Marty Backe You gonna have to stop breaking all these demo wheels you get, or Jason will take you off the testing roster!!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 So looking forward to overheat hill. Think the V11 will pass that challenge but wonder if the suspension will make it more difficult for the rider. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Perhaps with good padding that will not be so much of an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Inmotion Global Posted July 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2020 Just confirmed with our lead of the app team, the demo wheel is not supporting the new firmware. We will sent the older firmware to Marty tomorrow so he can run the hill test soon. @Marty Backe 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unventor Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 3 hours ago, fbhb said: @Marty Backe You gonna have to stop breaking all these demo wheels you get, or Jason will take you off the testing roster!!! Or a new test badge as: ridged design made för the US arms use. Or in the line....in Martys hand and feel för 2 wheels only this broke down...1)... 2)...15).... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Bjerke Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Im really looking forward to hear your take on the suspension wheels so dont keep us in suspense....Very few people can compare wheels the way you can. To me it seems KS s18 is for oof roading and V11 is for more of an all round wheel. BUt Im looking forward to hear your ideas aoubt the 3 suspensions wheels on the marked 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unventor Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Finn Bjerke said: Im really looking forward to hear your take on the suspension wheels so dont keep us in suspense....Very few people can compare wheels the way you can. To me it seems KS s18 is for oof roading and V11 is for more of an all round wheel. BUt Im looking forward to hear your ideas aoubt the 3 suspensions wheels on the marked I only think there are two... Yes GW is brewing something but is it ready yet? I don't this you can compare the V11 vs KS S18. There are too many differences for them to suit same purpose. The only thing the really share is suspension and tire size. What they are made to do is for 2 different ride styles and scenario. Edited July 27, 2020 by Unventor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 6 hours ago, Inmotion Global said: Just confirmed with our lead of the app team, the demo wheel is not supporting the new firmware. We will sent the older firmware to Marty tomorrow so he can run the hill test soon. @Marty Backe Thank you. So this is interesting; the control board hardware is different between the demo unit and production. I wonder what was changed. And I wonder how the new firmware is installed since it seems unresponsive to the power button. Anxiously awaiting instructions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Bjerke Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Yes indeed the 3 suspensions wheels are very different, so you cant really compare. However Im only buying one of them, which one should it be? So instead of pros and cons on one wheel to me its the money that makes me decide to buy only one of the three. Prob for moderat off roading in the forrest, Im not a speed freak. If I were Id go for Sherman prob. There will be more suspension wheels in the future I guess. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z3n Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 3 hours ago, Marty Backe said: And I wonder how the new firmware is installed since it seems unresponsive to the power button. Probably by utilizing the USB port. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 Status Update Inmotion (@Liam Zeng) was very helpful in getting me to recover the original firmware. I can attach to the wheel and get status information, etc. but the wheel remains totally unresponsive. With the electronics uncovered you can see a lot of activity (unlike other wheels, the Inmotion control board has lots of little status LEDs which are on and blinking in their own little language). But the power button does not bring the wheel to life. Inmotion has no idea what may be wrong. @evX_Mick did have what I now believe to be the same problem. He was the first recipient of this wheel and at one point it would not turn on. He also disconnected the batteries and it later mysteriously turned on. This is why I'm going to try one last time tonight. The production wheels have different control boards so whatever happened here is hopefully unique to this wheel. I've disconnected the batteries and will let it rest over night. In the morning I'll reconnect the batteries and if it still doesn't turn on I'll call an end to this test and send it back to EWheels. I did get to ride a suspension wheel for about 2-minutes, so that was cool I'll probably never get to test a V11 since there was only one demo wheel available 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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