[TenTec] Strange Orion Encoder Failure

[Duane A Calvin]

Paul,
        I knew you'd ask that - I'm not the expert on this, and had to
play a bit to rediscover it ... hold the VFO B  "Lck" button while
powering on and keep holding it for about 5 seconds -  you'll hear faint
clicking if you have good ears, and then release the button.  It will
indicate "Battery Failure."  Select the choice to erase user memory. 
(make the selection within about 30 seconds - if you wait too long, the
rig will time out, and you'll be left with 0.000 set for frequencies,
you'll have to redo the reset.  (At least, this is what I've found when I
was playing with it!)

        73,  Duane


On Sun, 7 Aug 2005 01:29:31 -0500 "Glassrus" <glassrus at houston.rr.com>
writes:
> Yes I did a master reset. No change. How do I do a RAM reset, and 
> what is
> this typically used for?
> 
> TNX Paul
> 
> 
>         Have you tried a reset?  A couple people I know of have had
> "encoder" fails of the type you note (or, for example, they only 
> count 1
> KHz in either direction - RIT controls), and they have been fixed 
> with
> either a master reset, or a RAM reset followed by a master reset.  
> One
> guy had to reload firmware, but he's not sure if it was that or just 
> the
> reset that went with it.  If the encoder counts in one direction, 
> it's
> counting in both, and some other logic is not allowing it to 
> decrement.
> 
>         73,  Duane  (Oh, and I shipped your filter in today's mail 
> -
> First Class so should be there on Monday)
> 
> 
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Duane Calvin, AC5AA
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