[TenTec] What is your software doing when it "initializes radio"?

[Carl Moreschi]

Then why did you ask me what it does if you already knew.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
58 Hogwood Rd
Louisburg, NC 27549
www.n4py.com

On 8/1/2016 7:25 AM, David W LeJeune, Sr wrote:
> Per the Orion Programmer's Reference Manual, the XX command does more than establish communication over the serial port.  I can send and receive data over the serial port from a "just turned on" Orion without sending the XX command first.  According to the reference manual, the XX command "will cause the DSP firmware to reinitialize and generate the "ORION START" message.
>
> I suspect the problem is with a faulty firmware eeprom, especially with the apparent temperature issue.
>
> Dave WN5V
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> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Carl Moreschi
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> Subject: Re: [TenTec] What is your software doing when it "initializes radio"?
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> The XX command as previously mentioned does not reset the Orion.  It is only done to establish communication over the serial port.
>
> When I initialize the radio, all I do is send out the settings for all the saved values for the various settings on the radio.  It's hard to say what is going on but maybe it is as simple as the RF gain or AGC threshold needs to be sent again.
>
> Carl Moreschi N4PY
> 58 Hogwood Rd
> Louisburg, NC 27549
> www.n4py.com
>
> On 7/31/2016 11:23 PM, Gary J FollettDukes HiFi wrote:
>> I have an Orion that is quirky in that it mostly works but all of the pushbuttons and encoders (except VFO) fail to operate at boot up.
>>
>> If I open your software, the radio initializes and then works from then on, whether the software is running or not (until I turn the radio off).
>>
>> I wa wondering if you could share what is taking place during “Initializing radio”?
>>
>> This might help me troubleshoot the radio.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Gary
>>
>>
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