How do i report a bug in the solder station?
I know it can also be used as a pd power supply. When i plug in my s24 ultra, my s23 ultra, or my friends s24 plus it will only output 2.2 watts.
However using the very same usb cord my steam deck will charge at 46.8 watts.
When i have my phone plugged in and charging at 2.2 watts, i plug in the solder iron into the other port. It automatically switches the display, i press the blue button to change the display to the side my phone is on, it goes to 18.9 watts.
Then i unplug the solder iron and temporary drops to 0.5 then up to 27.2 but after about one minute drops to 9.6. But my Samsung has 45 watt charging. Yes fast charging is on. And my steam deck will happily take 45 watts from the ifix it station.
If my solder iron is plugged in first, then i plug in my phone it will only ever go to 2.2 watts for the port my phone is in. If i unplug then plug in the iron it goes up.
This is all with the solder iron physical switch off.
If i turn on the solder iron the 18.9 drops to 9.0, i get that as the iron needs a lot of power so I totally understand when the iron is turned on that the output of the second port be lowered.
Now when i have my steam deck plugged in and it is drawing 46 watts, i plug in the iron, still turned off but plugged in, the side for the steam deck goes down to 18.5. If i turn on the iron it drops to 17.0. That is perfectly expected.
It seems the stations is cutting power back from the steam deck in anticipation for the iron to be used.
if i plug in my phone and steam deck, the deck charges at 26.4 and the phone only 2.2, then i unplug the deck and the phone goes up to 26.2.
i plug the deck back in and it goes to 37.9 but the phone goes to 15.3.
If i only plug in the phone it only ever charges at 2.2. Ever.
I have updated the iron and station software.
It is a very high quality usb cord capable of 100 watts.
I tried turning off and on the station, phone and deck.
It seems to me there is a bug in the power delivery and i hope i provided enough details for it to be sorted out.
Ifixit said to report it here but i found no option to report a bug so i hope this is the right place. If not can someone please tell me where.
It will be rare that i use the station as a battery bank to charge my phone so this is not a big deal for me, but it may be for others.
