[TenTec] Orion II won't flash

Barry N1EU barry.n1eu at gmail.com
Sun Jan 4 08:58:01 EST 2015


Thanks Carl, but the updater allows you to only select the COM port.

On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Carl Moreschi <n4py3 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> The oscillator in the Orion for the serial port that causes it run to run
> at 57600 baud may have drifted off frequency just enough to cause an error
> when lots of data is being sent to it.  I do remember way back that some
> Orions ran better at 56000 baud.  Does the firmware updater allow you to
> change the baud rate?
>
> Carl Moreschi N4PY
> 58 Hogwood Rd
> Louisburg, NC 27549
> www.n4py.com
>
> On 1/4/2015 7:44 AM, Barry N1EU wrote:
>
>> Yes, no change.
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 12:38 PM, John T. Fleming<john at w3gqj.net>  wrote:
>>
>>  Barry,
>>>
>>> Have you tried rebooting the computer?
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> John
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barry
>>> N1EU
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 5:53 AM
>>> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment; Orion565; TTBUG at yahoogroups.com
>>> Subject: [TenTec] Orion II won't flash
>>>
>>> Has anybody else ran across this issue or have some informed suggestions?
>>> My logging software communicates fine with my Orion II but the latest
>>> Updater (v4.15) reports communincation failure over the same serial port.
>>> I've tried master reset/ram clear and power cycling without success.  The
>>> exact same serial port (not a USB adapter) will flash my other Orions
>>> fine.
>>>
>>> Thanks&  Happy New Year,
>>> Barry N1EU
>>>
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