Pluto+

 I've bought myself a Pluto+ from Bangood. 

Externally it looks the same as I expected, but internally it's different to anything I've seen posted previously:

I set it up following some information on the internet, namely I did the following:

• Installed the windows drivers from here
• connected to the devices COM port using Tera-Term 
• Issued the following commands from the command prompt:fw_setenv attr_name compatible

# fw_setenv attr_val ad9361
# fw_setenv compatible ad9361
# reboot

This extends the RX range to be 80MHz to 6GHz

I then edited the config.txt file on the devices "flash drive" and added an IP address, rebooted once more and the device now works fine with power and a network connection.

I ran into a spot of trouble when I then updated the firmware to the latest version, no matter what I did I couldnt get the ethernet connection to work. Rolling back to older versions of firmware didnt seem to help. I looked at the original Bangood product listing which had a ZIP file linked, I downloaded the file and found a firmware file which included "g7bdc-dirty". 

I've installed this firmware and the ethernet connection is working once more.

I can't find any reference to G7BDC  or his/her firmware on the internet at all.

A most perplexing mystery!