[TenTec] Orion resets at every power up

[N4PY2]

It's in the front panel of the Orion.  It's a coin cell.  See the 
description on the tentec website for how to do the version 2 sweep mod. 
This description shows how to get to the battery.  The battery is what keeps 
the non-volatile RAM alive.  Changing it should fix your problem.

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


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin Sole" <hs0zed at csloxinfo.com>
To: "'N4PY2'" <n4py2 at earthlink.net>; "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" 
<tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 10:06 AM
Subject: RE: [TenTec] Orion resets at every power up


> 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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