Firmware upgrades:

As the T-Ban is using flashrom memory to store its information it can be upgraded through the USB connection with new firmware releases. I flashed the unit to the latest release at the time of writing, being v1.2. Together with this you also need to update your control panel to match the firmware.

Clicking on the “info” button of the config monitor brings up this window:



The monitor tab allows you to see the calculated RPM of each fan



The last tab launches the Firmware update process, just select the desired firmware and in less then 5 minutes the T-Ban is flashed to the latest release. Please DO save your config before flashing the unit as this will be reset.




Extra's:

The Configuration Monitor is skin-able, and there are some skins already available at the mCubed website:



In the 1.2 release of the configuration client you also find an extra compact monitor window:



And a separate tool called “Lightmagic”, it allows you to control the “PWM” like function of the T-ban completely, in my case it allowed me to make the LED fans’ light pulse slowly or in a predefined pattern.



Surely a nifty extra to play with and show off if you have a side-panel window, however, when activating this function you will put the fan in “manual” mode and it no longer be temp controlled, obviously. When running the “Lightmagic” program you can not launch the config monitor at the same time, it will fail to find the T-Ban unit if you do. Both the config panel as the Lightmagic app can be minimized to the system tray. The Lightmagic tool has a 5Mb footprint; the Config panel needs only 1.5Mb.

Onto our conclusion ->