Last year I reviewed the Treedix USB Cable Tester - a handy device for testing the capabilities of all your USB cables. I noted that it had a few minor bugs and contacted the manufacturer to see if there was an update.  For some reason, lots of Chinese manufacturers don't like publishing updates on their websites. Instead they supplied me with a link to a Google Drive containing an instruction…

Terence Eden

A step-by-step guide to updating the firmware on the Treedix TRX5-0816 USB cable tester from v2.3 to v2.4.06. The author contacted the manufacturer after noting bugs in a previous review, received a Google Drive link with a Windows-only .exe installer and PDF instructions, and shares the update procedure. Key caveat: v4.0 requires different hardware and cannot be applied to older devices via software.

Firmware Update for the Treedix TRX5-0816 Cable Tester