Just got one of these, the extra cable included is a thermistor for measuring temperature. You plug it into the fan board, and it will show temperature on the screen. Useful if you want to measure the temperature of something like the heatsink or a battery.
Anytime and thanks for the nice feedback. Unfortunately I didn't show everything, but I'm still learning ... there's so much to say about this device ...
The documentation was poor, but I understand that it should be able to report on if a usb charging port is trying to access files secretly (for example, you want to use a public charging port and want to see if it’s trying to pull data, execute something, or is only delivering power). I can’t seem to figure out how to do that. Any guidance? Thanks!
Thanks for asking. If you test 100W USB-C power it gets suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper hot - even with the fan. Without it would burn the electric circuit board almost instantly
The RED warning screen is very important. If you engage the PD trigger mode and 'encourage' the power supply under test to provide higher-then-5V voltages - all devices connected to the CT-3 will be subject to the increased voltage. Some of them are not going to be too happy with that. In other words... only flick the PD switch to on when testing a PD PSU and if you are, remove all other cables from the device. Flick the PD switch back to off the moment you finish the test.
So have you been able to figure out what the cable is for? It looks like some sort of thermal cable but I haven't a clue why they send it and what it does there is a port on the power board that's labeled NC it fits but?
at 4'50" on the 4th screen at the bottom, you can see T.User. if you fit this wire probe, you can attach it to an external load so that you can measure the temperature. This is similar to T.core but this shows the temp of the built in load module
.... This has the most features out of all the ones I've seen and the graphing feature is the most accurate.. the steep learning curve is well worth it.
Hi, thanks for sharing all that, the instructions are very sparse.. If you remove the 4 screws from the front and take off the steel plate, you can peel off the protection film that came with your unit - the steel plate has to come off as part of the film is underneath it. If you plan to install the screen protector (which I recommend), make sure the screen is very clean and put the steel plate back on before fitting the protector as it is difficult to move once stuck on and it needs to be properly aligned..
Just got one of these, the extra cable included is a thermistor for measuring temperature. You plug it into the fan board, and it will show temperature on the screen. Useful if you want to measure the temperature of something like the heatsink or a battery.
Interesting - thanks for sharing here! 👍
Great video. Hard to find guides like this one in english.
Glad to know, that I was able to help - thanks for the positive feedback! 💖
Excelent review!
Glad to know, that I was able to help - thanks for the positive feedback! 💖
Thanks a lot for throughout review!
Anytime and thanks for the nice feedback. Unfortunately I didn't show everything, but I'm still learning ... there's so much to say about this device ...
The documentation was poor, but I understand that it should be able to report on if a usb charging port is trying to access files secretly (for example, you want to use a public charging port and want to see if it’s trying to pull data, execute something, or is only delivering power). I can’t seem to figure out how to do that. Any guidance? Thanks!
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What is the fan for? Does it really get that hot that needs the fan ?
Thanks for asking. If you test 100W USB-C power it gets suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper hot - even with the fan. Without it would burn the electric circuit board almost instantly
The RED warning screen is very important. If you engage the PD trigger mode and 'encourage' the power supply under test to provide higher-then-5V voltages - all devices connected to the CT-3 will be subject to the increased voltage. Some of them are not going to be too happy with that. In other words... only flick the PD switch to on when testing a PD PSU and if you are, remove all other cables from the device. Flick the PD switch back to off the moment you finish the test.
Thanks ... never use more than one device on this tester ... but thanks anyway ...
So have you been able to figure out what the cable is for? It looks like some sort of thermal cable but I haven't a clue why they send it and what it does there is a port on the power board that's labeled NC it fits but?
Thanks for asking, but never did more research on that, so it sits in the box since then unused .... lol
at 4'50" on the 4th screen at the bottom, you can see T.User. if you fit this wire probe, you can attach it to an external load so that you can measure the temperature. This is similar to T.core but this shows the temp of the built in load module
.... This has the most features out of all the ones I've seen and the graphing feature is the most accurate.. the steep learning curve is well worth it.
And also, if you really like the separate load tester just use it with the ct-3...
Yep - fully agree - thanks for the confirmation
Hi, thanks for sharing all that, the instructions are very sparse.. If you remove the 4 screws from the front and take off the steel plate, you can peel off the protection film that came with your unit - the steel plate has to come off as part of the film is underneath it. If you plan to install the screen protector (which I recommend), make sure the screen is very clean and put the steel plate back on before fitting the protector as it is difficult to move once stuck on and it needs to be properly aligned..
Anytime and thanks for the additional info regarding the screen 👍
remove the face plate ., the 4 screws
Why remove it?
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Thanks, will do after the my vacation this week