Photon Firmware

PHOTON Release Notes

1.13 (June 12, 2025)

Bug Fixes

•  Increased station holding stability

1.12 (March 20, 2025)

What’s New

•  Improved compatibility with newer DVL firmware

•  Out of water thruster speed reduced

1.11 (December 11, 2024)

What’s New

•  Improved lateral movement, reducing changes in heading

1.10 (November 15, 2024)

Bug Fixes:

•  Fixed a bug that could cause tether communication faults in some configurations

1.9 (November 12, 2024)

What’s New:

• Various enhancements and improvements

1.8 (October 17, 2024)

What’s New:

• DVL performance improved 

1.7 (September 24, 2024)

What’s New:

• Disables camera head when not upright

1.6 (April 15, 2024)
What’s New:

• Modified battery full and normal thresholds

1.5 (February 14, 2024)
Fixes:

• Thruster current limits adjusted

1.4 (February 9, 2024)
Fixes:

• Camera head limits

• Camera head controls no longer jitter

1.3 (February 6, 2024)
Improvements:

• Power-based thruster lifetime management

• Topside power control improvements

• Serial over IP support

• Diagnostic Fault Codes

• Aux motor detection

• Camera head gravity lock

1.2 (November 20, 2023)
Improvements:

• Camera head no longer centers when upside down

• Added support for camera head overcurrent limits (camera head 2.1+)

1.1 (August 2, 2023)
Improvements:

• Initial production release

• Increased camera head maximum angle
  Fixes:

• Lowered thruster overcurrent and decoupling conditions

0.1 (August 2, 2023)
Improvements:

• Pre-production release
  Fixes:

• Firmware reports 1.0