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@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Carl Moreschi
Sent: Monday, August 1, 2016 6:08 AM
To: tentec
Subject: Re: [TenTec] What is your software doing when it "initializes radio"?
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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