[TenTec] Orion resets at every power up

[Martin Sole]

There's a battery? Who'd have thought. I know it says battery failure when
doing a RAM clear but had assumed (ha) it was just a way of saying that the
process had taken place. Maybe standard device text.

So where is the battery? Not on the CPU/DSP board. What is it's function?
Which schematic is it on? Coin cell? What expected life? Hopefully changing
requires no special procedure. Who knows? Questions questions??!!

Thanks
Martin, HS0ZED


-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of N4PY2
Sent: 16 October 2010 19:11
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion resets at every power up

There's a battery behind the front panel of the Orion.  It may need to be
replaced.  Follow the old instructions on the Tentec site for how to modify
the Orion for the Version 2 sweep to get to the battery.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
121 Little Bell Drive
Hays, NC 28635
www.n4py.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Sole" <hs0zed at csloxinfo.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 2:10 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion resets at every power up


> After being able to load software into the radio again, not sure if it was
> PC serial port cable or connectors but it's okay now, I'm now seeing that 
> at
> almost every power cycle the radio does a master reset. The sequence of
> events is as follows:
>
>
>
> Radio off
>
> Power up and master reset complete appears
>
> Radio boots but has unusable audio
>
> Power down followed by power up again about 5 seconds later radio starts
> normally
>
> Power off and leave for a short while, sometimes only 20 seconds or so,
> power up again causes master reset
>
>
>
> Needless to say this is frustrating.
>
>
>
> RAM clear and forced master reset do not appear to have helped.
>
>
>
> Is it a 'known' issue?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Martin, HS0ZED
>
>
>
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