Heltec Wireless Tracker v1.2

[abarehh]

I just received a new Heltec Wireless Tracker. However it has v1.2 printed on the PCB.
On meshtastic FW download and the HW support docu page only v1.1 is mentioned.
Does anybody know if v1.2 is compatible ? and may be what the differences are ?

[garthvh]

Should be fine the only difference we are aware of so far is that the spring antenna supplier changed

[abarehh]

yep, I can also confirm 2.5.15 works fine on the v1.2 board. GPS is also working fine.
However I am really disappointed with the Heltec tracker. It gets really hot, i.e. is burning energy like crazy. I knew that the ESP32 is an energy sucker and the nRFs are much more energy efficient, but this is crazy. I attached a 3000mAh LiPo and it went from 95% to 82% in like 30 min. At this rate it probably would not even last a day. Ok I have set GPS to 60sec but that cant be it. My t-echo and my t1000-e last almost 2 days with this setting (of course both are nRF based).
No wonder that the Heltec Tracker gets so warm. Its like a heater in the pocket. Not really usable for tracking

[klein-hirn]

I can confirm flashing the Heltec Wireless Tracker board v1.2 with the web-based flasher, selection Tracker V1.1, Meshtastic firmware 2.5.15 works fine.
Screen, BT and LoRa functionality confirmed. GNSS is not getting a lock in my basement for some reason ;) but is recognized and seems to be working.