[TenTec] RE: [Orion] RX problems

[ac5e at comcast.net]

Hmm, interesting hypothesis. I have not had my Orion lockup for at least several months - using Log-EQF, 3-4 hours a day, usually with the sweep on and set to 15 kHz. EQF did have some timeout problems but the last couple of updates took care of those. 

Nor have I had a lockup with N1MM's program, during my strictly limited right now contesting time. Good program, by the way. 

I did have a lockup, and maybe two, using the "pegasus.ini" workaround with Carl's Orion control program and Logic 6. I haven't used Logic 7 enough to give a lockup a fair chance to occur. Maybe when I finally get time to make room for the second Orion. 

Hope my comments help someone.

73  Pete Allen  AC5E


> Hi Yuri:
> 
> Welcome,  It's nice to hear your back.  ( This is public reply)
> 
> I've tracked down a couple issues and reported them to Gary and company,  
> The problem appears to be occurring during the polling of the rig from the 
> computer interface,  disconnect that, and it seems to go away forever even 
> with the sweep on.
> 
> I'm fairly certain there is a memory overrun in the routines that 
> communicate with the PC.
> 
> 73's
> Rich
> K5SF
> 
> 
> >From: K3BU at aol.com
> >To: orion at contesting.com
> >Subject: [Orion] RX problems
> >Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 22:14:53 EST
> >
> > >>Does anyone have any idea on what I did wrong?  <<
> >
> >
> >You did nothing wrong, just that Orion is too smart. It thought that you
> >needed break, so it went to sleep :-)
> >
> >I had the same thing happen in ARRL phone three times, one time I went 
> >away,
> >came back to dead (just noise) RX. Looks like when we think that band is 
> >dead,
> >no signals, we better turn it off and on just to make sure Orion is not
> >"thinking". But don't worry, everything will be fixed by next release of 
> >free
> >software update.
> >
> >One case I had TX to quit transmitting after I was switching AGC.
> >Another "feature" is when you key down and try to adjust the power level
> >while watching the power meter - meter gets nervous, keeps fluctuating. 
> >Looks like
> >it is under software control (it has "hang" time programed to 300 mS).
> >
> >73 Yuri, K3BU
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