- CONNECT SECCOND DISPLAY WITH FIREWIRE IEEE 1394 INSTALL
- CONNECT SECCOND DISPLAY WITH FIREWIRE IEEE 1394 UPDATE
Note that it is easy to improperly insert the Firewire cable into the Firewire card or interface on the radio. If you have a spare Firewire cable, try swapping it out and see if that improves the situation. Firewire cables can go bad, especially if they are not well made and are moved frequently. Not all Firewire cables are constructed the same. A card that is shown as incompatible will not work. If the card is listed as compatible, all that means is that at the hardware level the firewire card should work, but it is not a guarantee as there are other factors involved that are due to the PC architecture and the low-level 1394 hardware system driver provided by Windows. Please note that the compatibility database is out of date. Please see the following HelpDesk article, Verifying Firewire Card Compatibility with the FLEX Firewire Driver, to verify that the FlexRadio Firewire device driver for the FLEX-3000 and FLEX-5000 is loaded and the Firewire card is compatible.
CONNECT SECCOND DISPLAY WITH FIREWIRE IEEE 1394 INSTALL
Verifying the FlexRadio Firewire device driver is loaded and is Compatible with the Install Firewire Card. Fixing them is a trial and error process.īefore starting, makes sure your PC is booted up, the Firewire cable is connected between the PC and the radio and the radio is powered on. Unfortunately, there are not any really good Firewire diagnostic tools or software that can be used to diagnose and troubleshoot Firewire problems. There is a multitude of problems that could be causing the Firewire communication issues and we'll address the major causes of these. If you only are presented to operate PowerSDR in DEMO mode, this is an indication that there is no communication between the PC and the radio. PowerSDR is not reading the radio EEPROM and believes that it requires a firmware update, which is not the case.
CONNECT SECCOND DISPLAY WITH FIREWIRE IEEE 1394 UPDATE
If the software prompts you to update the firmware when you are not installing a new version of PowerSDR, this is an indication that there is no or partial communication occurring between the radio and the PC. The most common symptom of Firewire connectivity issues occurs when starting up PowerSDR. The main reason for this is there are no bus level diagnostics tools to verify proper data communication.
The IEEE 1394 (Firewire) interface used on the FLEX-5000 and FLEX-3000 radios can be challenging to troubleshoot when connectivity issues occur.