Neal Campbell
Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:32:34 -0800
One other question: what rating of power supply are you using? 73 Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394 NEW PHONE NUMBER
Amateur Radio: K3NC Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/ DXBase bug reports: email to ca...@dxbase.fogbugz.com Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/ On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Neal Campbell <nealk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Matt > > Its not that flakey. > > Try unplugging the second monitor (the new one you just connected) from the > back of the computer and turn it off. Then power up your 3000 and see if it > is recognized. > > It could be that the new monitor is spitting out a lot of hash and is > disturbing the accuracy of the data flowing on the firewire. I take it you > didn't get the Granite Digital cable upgrade when you bought your 3000 (or > did you)? > > 73 > Neal Campbell > Abroham Neal Software > www.abrohamnealsoftware.com > (540) 645 5394 NEW PHONE NUMBER > > Amateur Radio: K3NC > Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/ > DXBase bug reports: email to ca...@dxbase.fogbugz.com > Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/ > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 7:03 PM, <kd0...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Got my F3K in the mail yesterday, and took a little time this >> afternoon to try it out. >> >> It worked fine for quite awhile, I got VAC going and com0com, got >> transmit going into the dummy load and it all worked pretty good with >> a few easily solved issues along the way. >> >> But then I decided to install my second monitor so I could keep the >> radio controls up while working on dm780 and rearrange the desk a >> little. >> >> Upon rebooting, the F3K can't be found anymore. Opening the >> "FlexRadio" blue icon gives "No devices found" Tried calling support >> but they must be busy or out early. >> >> I've tried: >> >> - Checking the firewire cable at least 4 times. It's correctly >> inserted, the only difference is that before it was coiled up (the >> flex was right above the computer) and now it's stretched a little to >> 3 feet. >> >> - Checked that my firewire controller is ok. The controller shows up >> in windows device mgr with no conflicts. >> >> - Removing the FlexRadio drivers, disconnecting the F3K from the >> computer, installing the drivers, reconnecting, and powering up. >> Nothing. >> >> - I thought maybe my battery's 12.6v was not enough to get the device >> to initialize and talk. So I boosted it with a charger to 13.6v and >> this doesn't make any difference. >> >> Everything else on the computer is plugged in right where it was >> before I moved things. The only difference between A and B is a >> second monitor is now on the desktop. >> >> Is firewire really this flaky? Any ideas to try out? >> >> 73, >> Matt >> ai1p >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FlexRadio Systems Mailing List >> FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ >> Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: >> http://www.flex-radio.com/ >> > > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/