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Hello, Endless Sphere!
On the BionX battery, there's an accessory jack for powering lights or other things. It defaults to 6V DC, and the manual claims it can be set to 12V. Is there anyone still alive who knows the secret rituals to accomplish this? Or failing that, could anyone recommend a decent 6V-12V converter?
I spent most of today searching, and it's looking grim. I found many listings of secret config codes, and the best such list was right here in this forum by Cephalotus, but using this I can only check the voltage, and according to that post, I'll need CAN bus tools if I want to change it.
(Weirdly, when I view the setting, it says 12, but the jack actually puts out 6.3V when turned on.)
I don't know much about CAN, but my understanding from what I read today is that it's a low level protocol, and you need to know what you want to transmit to get useful outcomes. I saw references (mostly in German) to CAN tools for BionX, and even this list of codes, but it doesn't list anything about switching the output voltage.
Plan B ought to be a step-up converter, but when I look on Amazon, everything is sketchy, and when I look on DigiKey, I'm not sure what to shop for. (I'd welcome advice on this.)
At this point, I'm nearly ready to give up and use a pack of AAs for my lights, but it's frustrating when I already have a big rechargeable battery that, in theory, can do exactly what I need if only I knew how to ask.
Thanks for reading all that.
Can anyone help?
On the BionX battery, there's an accessory jack for powering lights or other things. It defaults to 6V DC, and the manual claims it can be set to 12V. Is there anyone still alive who knows the secret rituals to accomplish this? Or failing that, could anyone recommend a decent 6V-12V converter?
I spent most of today searching, and it's looking grim. I found many listings of secret config codes, and the best such list was right here in this forum by Cephalotus, but using this I can only check the voltage, and according to that post, I'll need CAN bus tools if I want to change it.
(Weirdly, when I view the setting, it says 12, but the jack actually puts out 6.3V when turned on.)
I don't know much about CAN, but my understanding from what I read today is that it's a low level protocol, and you need to know what you want to transmit to get useful outcomes. I saw references (mostly in German) to CAN tools for BionX, and even this list of codes, but it doesn't list anything about switching the output voltage.
Plan B ought to be a step-up converter, but when I look on Amazon, everything is sketchy, and when I look on DigiKey, I'm not sure what to shop for. (I'd welcome advice on this.)
At this point, I'm nearly ready to give up and use a pack of AAs for my lights, but it's frustrating when I already have a big rechargeable battery that, in theory, can do exactly what I need if only I knew how to ask.
Thanks for reading all that.
Can anyone help?