Ok, I tried the newest fimrware, the BP2016012501. It's the worse of them all. I have everything setup with a 13.8 volt power supply in the house so I can see exactly what it does. Again, it works perfectly for ten minutes or less. But before an hour is up, it crashes, even before it is disconnected. And then when it is disconnected, it stays on. Both red lights stay lit. It must manually then be turned off.
The old problem was only when disconnected, with the old Pro firmware. But the new firmware crashes before then. I tested the new firmware 8 times so far. Two different size SD cards (Trensend 64 GB and 16 GB). 8 tests, 8 crashes within one hour.
But the old Biker-Mate firmware works perfectly in my Pro., no problems at all, other than the fact that there is no wireless, as expected. I can leave it on for countless hours and it has not crashed a single time yet.
With the flaky new Pro firmware:
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#system setting
# CAUTION: TO PREVENT SERIOUS SYSTEM CRASH, ONLY ENGLISH ALPHA-NUMERICS CAN BE USED FOR BELOW PARAMETERS AND CAMERA NAME
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VERSION = BP2016012501 # DO NOT CHANGE
WIFI_NAME = BIKER-PRO # wifi name,length 1-32 (a-z, A-Z, 0-9)
WIFI_PASSWORD = 00000000 # wifi password, length 8-32 (a-z, A-Z, 0-9)
RESOLUTION = 0 # (0=1080p@30fps, 1= 720p@60fps)
VIDEO_TIME = 1 # (0=1mins, 1=2mins, 2=3mins,3=5mins,4=10mins,5=15mins) recording interval time
QUALITY = 0 # (0=fine, 1=good, 2=normal)
LOOP_RECORD = 1 # (0=off, 1=on)
DATE_STAMP = 1 # (0=off, 1=on)
G-SENSOR = 0 # (0=high, 1=mid,2=low,3=off)
TIMELAPSE = 0 # (0=off, 1=1s,2=2s,3=5s,4=10s,5=30s,6=60s)
AUDIO_RECORD = 1 # (0=off, 1=on)
AUTO_POWER_OFF = 1 # (0=Off, 1=3min,2=5min,3=10min)
TIME_SET = N2015.01.01.00:00:00 # (Y=change N=No change
DEFAULT_SETTING = 0 # (0=false, 1=true) when set to 1, the camera will ignore other settings, set to system default and write the default settings in this file
CAMERA_NAME = BIKER-PRO # Device ID
##########################################################################################
#end
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I get the feeling that the fimrware testers only see that it works when on for less than a half hour or so.
Just crashed again. Only ten minutes this time. Crashed before I could complete this message. (now nine crashes in a row, all within one hour of recording time).
I will go back to the old Biker-Mate firmware and live without the wireless. I have not found ANY bugs in my pro with the old Mate firmware in many hours of testing.
I wish somebody would tell the firmmare programmers to test their firmware for a couple of hours before they release it!
I expect you will find even more complaints with the new Pro firmware.
BTW, I did do a "1" reset and I formatted from the wireless before any of my testing. I also tried the formatting tool a couple of times, along with different size SD cards.
-Don- Reno, NV