Thanks for the update Simon,

Let me know if the issues return.

Cheers,

Michel

> On 11 Jan 2023, at 14:31, [email protected] wrote:
> 
> Hi Michel,
> 
> the Probe ID is 25993.
> There are so many cheap USB sticks with extremely low write speed, even USB 
> 3.0 sticks.
> What made me think that the sticks speed could cause the tag is, that my 
> probe had it tagged for a long time, but still the probe did it's job. It was 
> online, delivering results, etc.
> 
> I have replaced the broken USB stick with a fast one from Transcend 6 days 
> ago. Since then, the tag did not appear again. I haven't checked for the 
> blink patterns, sorry. If the Tag will appear again, i will try a different 
> power supply and cable, as you suggested.
> 
> BR,
> Simon
> 
> 
> On 11.01.23 12:39, Michel Stam wrote:
>> Hi Simon,
>> 
>> I would expect a more recent USB stick to complete a write / read operation 
>> more quickly than one of its older counterparts. Thats not a guarantee, I 
>> know. Funny enough, I actually used an old stick on one of my development V3 
>> the other week and was surprised how slow the performance was (but the 
>> system did still work).
>> 
>> When the V3 probes have issues, usually its either:
>> Power supply failing
>> Cabling failing
>> USB stick corrupt (unlikely after 3 units).
>> 
>> Working setups sometimes degrade over time. Something I’ve seen with a USB 
>> analyser a good few years back is that some USB sticks don’t report write 
>> errors when the stick dies.
>> 
>> I will dig a bit where the flash filesystem corrupted tag comes from and get 
>> back to you.
>> 
>> Can you message me the probe ids that are causing issues? (Privately if you 
>> want to keep it off-list).
>> 
>> And if you have the possibility, please humour me and try a completely 
>> different power supply and cable. It has resolved issues for me before. Just 
>> to get it out of the way.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Michel
>> 
>>> On 9 Jan 2023, at 20:36, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Michel,
>>> 
>>> Thanks for you answer. I'm using an Ikea KOPPLA (204.150.27) which provides 
>>> 17W. It's powering two v3 probes and one v4 probe. The other probes work 
>>> well, so i don't think that the power supply is causing this.
>>> 
>>> What i meant was, that maybe some USB sticks are to slow and thus not able 
>>> to perform writing of a big chunk of data in the expected time, and 
>>> therefore the USB flash/filesystem is considered broken? Can you tell the 
>>> exact cause for the "Flash drive filesystem corrupted"-tag is? What 
>>> triggers this?
>>> 
>>> I am aware that USB 3.0 is backwards compatible, but since USB 3.0 sticks 
>>> are faster, maybe it makes sense to stick with them (hehe), to ensure that 
>>> at least the full USB 2.0 potential is used.
>>> 
>>> BR,
>>> Simon
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 09.01.23 12:26, Michel Stam wrote:
>>>> Hi Simon,
>>>> 
>>>> First thing that comes to mind to me, do you maybe have a power problem? 
>>>> If the unit receives just enough power to boot the base TP-Link, but not 
>>>> to power the USB stick this may trigger these problems. Would you be able 
>>>> to boot the unit with a different power supply (try 5W at the least or 
>>>> 10W), to see if this makes a difference?
>>>> 
>>>> Speed shouldn’t be much of an issue, USB to my knowledge is backwards 
>>>> compatible.
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> 
>>>> Michel
>>>> 
>>>>> On 31 Dec 2022, at 22:31, [email protected] 
>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> 
>>>>> i have two v3 probes and i'm experiencing issues: "USB Flash Drive 
>>>>> Filesystem Corrupted"
>>>>>  
>>>>> I have tried multiple USB Sticks, including brand new ones and also 
>>>>> sticks from "good" brands like Lexar and Sandisk.
>>>>> The issue is not permanent, the error appears and disappears from time to 
>>>>> time:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 2022-12-22 @ 12:14:04 UTC    Probe auto-tagged    Your probe #xxxxx was 
>>>>> automatically tagged as "system: Flash drive filesystem corrupted"
>>>>> 2022-12-22 @ 18:14:42 UTC    Probe auto-untagged    Your probe #xxxxx was 
>>>>> automatically untagged as "system: Flash drive filesystem corrupted"
>>>>> 
>>>>> This leads me to the thought, that the flash storage is not the real 
>>>>> problem. It's unlikely, since i tried multiple dongles. Could it be 
>>>>> possible, that not the flash storage is broken, but the speed of the USB 
>>>>> dongles is too low?
>>>>> 
>>>>> All dongles I tried were USB 2.0, not 3.0, since the TP-Link TL-MR3020 is 
>>>>> not USB 3.0 capable anyway. But maybe USB 3.0 is a better choice?
>>>>> 
>>>>> What do you think?
>>>>> 
>>>>> BR,
>>>>> Simon
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