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Posted 1 year ago
David Decoons wo2x, Elmer
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I have two, one at work and one for home and portable use in the park in summer.
Dave wo2x
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When my Maestro is not in use I leave is connected to the 12v power brick that came with Maestro 24/7. Lithium Ion batteries like the one inside the Maestro last the longest when a full charge is maintained, also unlike the old nickel metal hydride and other older rechargeable batteries Lithium Ion batteries should not be fully drained and recharged as this will shorten the life dramatically.
So
basically leave it charging at all times when not running portable on
battery power!
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Just so you know, there's a flaw in the design of the original Maestro that complicates the "constantly on charge" plan.
When there's a power outage and power is restored, older Maestros will boot themselves up! Since the advent of "smart grid" systems, most utility outages around here take the form of a short outage, followed by a brief restoration of power then followed by a longer outage if the grid fault is severe enough.
I, too, leave my Maestro on charge all the time but discovered that, after an outage as described, it had booted up and drained the main battery and was in the process of dying on the 'inside' one when discovered during a prolonged outage.
Bottom line, if you have a power outage of more than a couple of hours, make sure the Maestro is turned back off.
I am told the 'B' models don't have this problem.
Cheers,
Bob
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I never heard anything about the charging issue you describe with the “A” version.
I thought the only difference was a slightly different tablet inside.
If someone from FRS
could comment on this that would help clear the air.
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The comment from Flex is "crickets". It's a hardware design flaw they didn't catch in development that would cost them some bucks to correct.
I inquired and got nothing...
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I
Have the "B" version so I should be good to go.
BTW
the way I always leave my Maestro is with the battery door open and
the charger connected to the Mogix power bank
and the 120v AC/12VDC adapter that comes with the Maestro connected
at all times unless
I go portable.
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https://community.flexradio.com/flexradio/topics/maestro-auto-boot-at-power-application
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If some people live in an area with poor power it would be a pain to have it restart. For me, I may have a power outage once a year, so the auto turn on would never be an issue.
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i REPORTED IT AS A PROBLEM AND GOT NOTHING.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY?
I provided you the link to show you the official non-answer.
They screwed up the design (do you know anything else that acts like that?), they know it and they aren't going to do anything about it.
That's crickets.
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Tim did say that a software update would not fix it.
Must be the reason for the new Meastro to fix some of the short commings in the older one.