No as far as mine is concerned, Just standard 12v supply. Re below message chain it turned out I had a faulty unit which Matsutec replaced FOC after quite a few emails with their tech dept, has been working fine since.
Hello A 22 - I uploaded the 2015 firmware thanks to Nigel's easy to follow step by step instructions.
I think it is a few minor bug fixes - one I noticed is the date is now on own dynamic info page - missing on mine before. My unit does not transmit and I was hoping the firmware update would...