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

[Carl Moreschi]

I would first check out the battery status.

If that's ok, the next thing I would do is clean all the cable 
connections to the Orion front panel.  I do this by removing the Orion 
front panel, then unplug the two large connectors that have about 100 
connections to them.  I spray then with a contact cleaner and then while 
they are wet, plug and unplug them about 20 times to clean them.  Then 
put it all back together.

For me this has fixed many strange problems.  There are so many 
connections in the cables that almost any symptom is possible.

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

On 8/1/2016 10:34 AM, Gary J FollettDukes HiFi wrote:
> Firmware is 3.032x7b
>
> I did the resets Carl suggested. This worked ONCE.
>
> Now, I can connect through N4PY software and generally operate the radio but the knobs do nothing.
>
> Also, even though I can “operate” the radio, I get no signals through it any more.
>
> Gary
>> On Aug 1, 2016, at 9:24 AM, Howard Smith<jhsmith1024 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>> The Firmware Verison is actually important to this discussion. There have been many firmware versions over the lifetime of the Orion.  Version 1.x and 2.x have major differences.  Version 3.x merged the firmware from the Orion and the Orion 2 into a common set of code.  However, the Orion and Orion 2 still have their individual firmware files, and hence the slight differences in the firmware versions.
>>
>> The Orion Programmer's reference manual was not always kept current with the firmware versions, so its information may not be valid for the version under consideration.
>>
>> What is the firmware version installed in the Orion in this discussion?  The firmware version is displayed at startup, and also by Pressing and Holding the MENU key.
>>
>> In the discussion, it was stated that if the Orion was powered down and then immediately powered back up, it would still work.  This is a big clue that suggests that the internal battery for the Battery Backed SRAM may have failed.  There is enough bypass caps to support the Battery Backed SRAM for a short period of time even if the internal battery has failed.
>>
>> 73..
>> Howard, WA9AXQ
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