Hello Minelab you out there

[foreign object]

Just wondering.

I most likely missed it some where but are there any updates/upgrades in the works?
I know that there are many request with some being doable and some not. I also know that there was no promise of any,only the ability to do so (which leads some including myself to think they are comming) when avaliable without sending in the machine.

But myself and i figure they are others wondering if you are even working on any and if so just tell us if you have not already and some of us missed it. There has been talk of updates/upgrades as a marketing gimmic. Tell us that it's not so.

Waiting and knowing or waiting and not knowing. The first option gives us hope. Is there hope?

A reply from someone at Minelab would be appreciated.
Thank you
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[NJCTXUSER]

You might get nominally better results by calling them

 

[GKMan]

Sore subject. This has been discussed and debated to death. There was once was superthread regarding this, but thankfully we finally took it out to the back forty and put it down...

 

[nolanation]

Yea this topic needs to go.

 

[foreign object]

Well take it out if you want,not sure why. I am aware that it has been beaten to death and if you think about it if you were a Minelab rep. and saw this post and also noticed that there were 200 plus views and only 3 replys and they were mostly negetive in responce what would you think. Most likely there would be no need to reply.
I do care if there are going to be any more updates/upgrades but would like to know either way or if they are even working on any.
Myself i see society as becomming more and more inclined to just accept things the way they are,guess it is easier that way.
Just an opinon.
FO

PS -Mod if you want to delete this go ahead. Not sure if anyone will care other than me.

 

[nolanation]

As GKMan said, there was a super thread you must have missed, that had hundreds of responses, and thousands of views. Minelab is fully aware that EVERYONE cares.

 

[Rick(ND)]

My opinion is the upgrades will come in time, first Minelab will have to see where any upgrades are needed by the feedback they get on the forums and such. Next they have to have their engineers see if it can be done and write a program to change this, then it will have to be used by their field testers around the country to see if it will make a difference before it is released to the people that have a CTX. This all takes time as we know that the Field testers had a CTX maybe a couple of years before it was released to the public as it takes time to get thing right.
I think most are still learning their CTX 3030 and still haven't learned what it can all do, so for any advance mods probably wouldn't do much good at this time. We just need to give Minelab some good feed back as to what we see that needs changing and see what they can do. With the CTX being upgradeable we will have the option of upgrading instead of buying a new CTX 3030 every couple of years because of the upgrades like the Explorers went though.


Rick

 

[GKMan]

For anyone that missed it here is the original Super thread about updates
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?87,1715037

Before it was moved over there from this forum it had about 189,000 views.it looks like the counter was reset and now its back to 19,000.

Doubtfully anyone can say anything that hasn't been said before in the past 138 responses.


Personally I think Minelab was probably happy that it went over there since it was much more out of sight.

Now I shall avoid this thread too, because most likely nothing good will come from this conversation

 

[BootyHunter]

My 2 cents: Minelab made the CTX3030 with the ABILITY to have user applied updates, like the one they did that solved the falsing in seawater called the Seawater mode. That is exactly what this feature was created for and they used it to solve a known issue. The CTX3030 is an awesome detector, is there some specific realistic update that a wide group of users would benefit from that you are thinking of? Or do you just want an update because it has a USB port on it? Myself I am thankful my CTX is not like an iPhone or my laptop that requires an "update" every time I use the darn thing. I think Minelab is utilizing the capability of the CTX software as it was intended. It's a wonderful detector and the old adage applies here " if it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

 

[foreign object]

As GKMan said, there was a super thread you must have missed, that had hundreds of responses, and thousands of views. Minelab is fully aware that EVERYONE cares.

Nope didnt miss it. Vallant effort for sure.
Now for those who are still following. I understand the way Digger set it up when he ask that everyone read th request already made in an effort to keep duplcation down. I can only imagine what it would look like if not. Now that very aspect may not have been the best course to take.
Having been a manager with 100 plus employees before i retired i learned that everyone wants somthing. Those things ranged from not going to happen to not nesseary but its possible so maybe to darn good ideal and its a go. Because of budget the maybes were at times put to a vote and the majotity prevailed.

Of the 168 or so responces there ae some that cannot be done without sending the machines in or a redesign.
Currently the views show 18000 plus. How many are multiple is anyones guess. These are just numbers but here goes.
Cut that number by 2/3s to 6000 and a pole/tabliation showed that 1/3rd (2000buyers)wanted a certian upgrade more than the other requested ones. Now i would come a lot closer to looking at providing that item than i would 168 different ones. I would at least say weather it was possible to do and let the people know it was at least out of the black hole.

I most likely should drop this right here but who knows.
FO

 

[Digger]

My opinion is the upgrades will come in time, first Minelab will have to see where any upgrades are needed by the feedback they get on the forums and such. Next they have to have their engineers see if it can be done and write a program to change this, then it will have to be used by their field testers around the country to see if it will make a difference before it is released to the people that have a CTX. This all takes time as we know that the Field testers had a CTX maybe a couple of years before it was released to the public as it takes time to get thing right.
I think most are still learning their CTX 3030 and still haven't learned what it can all do, so for any advance mods probably wouldn't do much good at this time. We just need to give Minelab some good feed back as to what we see that needs changing and see what they can do. With the CTX being upgradeable we will have the option of upgrading instead of buying a new CTX 3030 every couple of years because of the upgrades like the Explorers went though.

Rick

Thanks Rick. I couldn't have said it better myself!

 

[Digger]

For anyone that missed it here is the original Super thread about updates
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?87,1715037

Before it was moved over there from this forum it had about 189,000 views.it looks like the counter was reset and now its back to 19,000.

The counter was not reset. There were two separate posts regarding software upgrades. Your link references the initial post I made June 3, 2012, regarding Software update suggestions for CTX 3030.
The "other" post was initiated by parkgt on April 13, 2013. It currently has a "counter" showing 184,789. http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1887740,1887740#msg-1887740

Counters change when a post is added or deleted. For example, when twelve people made a suggestion about adding more bins to the Combined audio, I left the initial suggestion and have removed the duplicates. When those duplicates were removed, the counter changes to reflect the number based on remaining posts.
The post that I made initially and the post that parkgt made are still available on this forum. They were removed from the "sticky" status due to new information being posted on the main CTX3030 Forum. As such, you can use the Search function to retrieve them.
Recognizing that most people do not bother to use the Search function, I thought it was a good idea to at least have the link (to the original post) over on the Resource Center. HH Randy

 

[GKMan]

ah ok, I thought it was moved over and automatically reset the view count. Good idea to pare it down the way you did.

I will not be searching out that original one though, too much pain and anguish , hehe

 

[foreign object]

My 2 cents: Minelab made the CTX3030 with the ABILITY to have user applied updates, like the one they did that solved the falsing in seawater called the Seawater mode. That is exactly what this feature was created for and they used it to solve a known issue. The CTX3030 is an awesome detector, is there some specific realistic update that a wide group of users would benefit from that you are thinking of? Or do you just want an update because it has a USB port on it? Myself I am thankful my CTX is not like an iPhone or my laptop that requires an "update" every time I use the darn thing. I think Minelab is utilizing the capability of the CTX software as it was intended. It's a wonderful detector and the old adage applies here " if it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

I agree that the TX is a great detector never implied otherwise.
As far as the Saltwater fix it was just that a fix and was fixed as it should be. The ability to do so is one of many thing that will keep the CTX near the top of the heap for a long time.

Quote "Or do you just want an update because it has a USB port on it?" I want even reply to such a frivolous (being nice here) question.

If it ant broke dont fix it- never said it was broke. Could it use some improvments that would make it buying customes happy- YEAP

 

[foreign object]

My opinion is the upgrades will come in time, first Minelab will have to see where any upgrades are needed by the feedback they get on the forums and such. Next they have to have their engineers see if it can be done and write a program to change this, then it will have to be used by their field testers around the country to see if it will make a difference before it is released to the people that have a CTX. This all takes time as we know that the Field testers had a CTX maybe a couple of years before it was released to the public as it takes time to get thing right.
I think most are still learning their CTX 3030 and still haven't learned what it can all do, so for any advance mods probably wouldn't do much good at this time. We just need to give Minelab some good feed back as to what we see that needs changing and see what they can do. With the CTX being upgradeable we will have the option of upgrading instead of buying a new CTX 3030 every couple of years because of the upgrades like the Explorers went though.

Rick

I agree and understand with everything you said Rick.
My orginal post also mentioned weather there is an ability to make some of the requested upgrades.
As far as learning what all the CTX is capable of i surely fall into that group.
Understand that it takes time and that is fine. Best to be right.
Needs good feedback on the fourms. Making a stab at it!

If anyone wants to go back and reread my orginal post with a open mind you might discover that all i really was asking was an acknowledgement that they are listing and working on some of the things that their customers would like. Although those things may not be a fix for any problem.

So far all we have is pure speculation by some that they do here us and are addressing those request.

 

[BootyHunter]

My 2 cents: Minelab made the CTX3030 with the ABILITY to have user applied updates, like the one they did that solved the falsing in seawater called the Seawater mode. That is exactly what this feature was created for and they used it to solve a known issue. The CTX3030 is an awesome detector, is there some specific realistic update that a wide group of users would benefit from that you are thinking of? Or do you just want an update because it has a USB port on it? Myself I am thankful my CTX is not like an iPhone or my laptop that requires an "update" every time I use the darn thing. I think Minelab is utilizing the capability of the CTX software as it was intended. It's a wonderful detector and the old adage applies here " if it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

I agree that the TX is a great detector never implied otherwise.
As far as the Saltwater fix it was just that a fix and was fixed as it should be. The ability to do so is one of many thing that will keep the CTX near the top of the heap for a long time.

Quote "Or do you just want an update because it has a USB port on it?" I want even reply to such a frivolous (being nice here) question.

If it ant broke dont fix it- never said it was broke. Could it use some improvments that would make it buying customes happy- YEAP

Didn't mean to insult you there, but my point was are you asking for updates just because you expected them or is there some specific update that you think it needs? If so, what?? I love the CTX and right off can't think of any improvement that would make it better but maybe you have something in mind that I have not thought of, that is quit possible, I was just wandering what specifically you are asking for, that's all. Thanks

 

[foreign object]

My 2 cents: Minelab made the CTX3030 with the ABILITY to have user applied updates, like the one they did that solved the falsing in seawater called the Seawater mode. That is exactly what this feature was created for and they used it to solve a known issue. The CTX3030 is an awesome detector, is there some specific realistic update that a wide group of users would benefit from that you are thinking of? Or do you just want an update because it has a USB port on it? Myself I am thankful my CTX is not like an iPhone or my laptop that requires an "update" every time I use the darn thing. I think Minelab is utilizing the capability of the CTX software as it was intended. It's a wonderful detector and the old adage applies here " if it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

I agree that the TX is a great detector never implied otherwise.
As far as the Saltwater fix it was just that a fix and was fixed as it should be. The ability to do so is one of many thing that will keep the CTX near the top of the heap for a long time.

Quote "Or do you just want an update because it has a USB port on it?" I want even reply to such a frivolous (being nice here) question.

If it ant broke dont fix it- never said it was broke. Could it use some improvments that would make it buying customes happy- YEAP

Didn't mean to insult you there, but my point was are you asking for updates just because you expected them or is there some specific update that you think it needs? If so, what?? I love the CTX and right off can't think of any improvement that would make it better but maybe you have something in mind that I have not thought of, that is quit possible, I was just wandering what specifically you are asking for, that's all. Thanks

Well needing and wanting are two differnt things for sure.
But to answer your question i firmly beleive we need a fix for the lost coursor and VDI info. I know everyone is going to say you should dig by tones. Well i do for the most part but i also hunt in places that all the information you can get before you make a decision to dig or not decides if you are welcome back. I and others lose a lot of time trying to get the VDI and coursor to display. Can that be updated,have no ideal. Dont know if the other 100 plus sugestions on this forum along with others can or will be addressed either.

I did ready a post that stated that Minelab had responed to someone about ot being able to upgrae iron volumeby means of Xchange2. If that post was correct that is fine,lets move on. Point is they did not bother posting that info. for the masses. Problem there is people like myself were still wondering if it was considered or even doable.

Ya know i read many post condeming Minelabs customer service. Now i am reading post talking about how good/much better they are. If there is an improvement does anyone wonder why. I'll tell you that it did not improve because their customers set on their ass and did not complain.

With all that said we are ok in reguards to your post and i wish the best to you and yours and appericate the reply.
FO
And by the way we are ok.
FO

 

[foreign object]

To lighten things up a bit how about a littlie triva.
A great statsman once said "make sure your right and then go ahead" who knows who he was?

 

[Bell-Two]

Davy Crockett!

 

[GKMan]

who is Davy Crockett?

that must be from way back in the 80's