Safe power on

2E0GMY
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Safe power on

Post by 2E0GMY » Thu Mar 02, 2023 3:49 am

I found a bug with my DM5R that seems to be related.

If I enable "Save pwr-on" in "General Options" and turn off the radio or remove the battery, it won't boot until I reset the settings by pressing the MONI key and turn it on. This clears all settings which is annoying because the default contrast is too high and voice mode enabled by default. it takes me about 10 minutes to configure everything as I need them to be. It would be nice if there was a prompt asking if I want to clear the configuration or not.

The workaround I found is to leave "Save pwr-on" disabled and enable it individually in each channel.

Please let me know if it is worth testing without DMR enabled firmware and I will reflash without the patch.

Firmware info:
OpenRD5R
built
15:06:03
Nov 29 2022
[ a7c0abf D ]

hope this helps.

VK3KYY
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Re: Click sound

Post by VK3KYY » Thu Mar 02, 2023 4:01 am

2E0GMY wrote:
Thu Mar 02, 2023 3:49 am
I found a bug with my DM5R that seems to be related.

If I enable "Save pwr-on" in "General Options" and turn off the radio or remove the battery, it won't boot until I reset the settings by pressing the MONI key and turn it on. This clears all settings which is annoying because the default contrast is too high and voice mode enabled by default. it takes me about 10 minutes to configure everything as I need them to be. It would be nice if there was a prompt asking if I want to clear the configuration or not.

The workaround I found is to leave "Save pwr-on" disabled and enable it individually in each channel.

Please let me know if it is worth testing without DMR enabled firmware and I will reflash without the patch.

Firmware info:
OpenRD5R
built
15:06:03
Nov 29 2022
[ a7c0abf D ]

hope this helps.
Is this a bug on the RD5R, in which case why did you post it to the Click sound topic for the RT-3S?

I've had to manually split the RT3S topic and make a new topic for this

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Re: Click sound

Post by F1RMB » Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:11 am

Are you sure to know how to use "safe power on" feature ?

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Re: Click sound

Post by VK3KYY » Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:17 am

I just tested and its working just fine on the RD-5R

Perhaps another RTFM?

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Re: Click sound

Post by VK3KYY » Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:18 am


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Re: Click sound

Post by VK3KYY » Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:21 am

Or perhaps their SK1 button does not work.

In which case they can't use that feature

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Re: Safe power on

Post by F1RMB » Thu Mar 02, 2023 7:31 am

Yeah, I also checked and it works.
Since the report is not mentioning any keypress, I'll go for a PEBCAK ;)

2E0GMY
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Re: Click sound

Post by 2E0GMY » Thu Mar 02, 2023 2:00 pm

VK3KYY wrote:
Thu Mar 02, 2023 4:01 am
2E0GMY wrote:
Thu Mar 02, 2023 3:49 am
I found a bug with my DM5R that seems to be related.

If I enable "Save pwr-on" in "General Options" and turn off the radio or remove the battery, it won't boot until I reset the settings by pressing the MONI key and turn it on. This clears all settings which is annoying because the default contrast is too high and voice mode enabled by default. it takes me about 10 minutes to configure everything as I need them to be. It would be nice if there was a prompt asking if I want to clear the configuration or not.

The workaround I found is to leave "Save pwr-on" disabled and enable it individually in each channel.

Please let me know if it is worth testing without DMR enabled firmware and I will reflash without the patch.

Firmware info:
OpenRD5R
built
15:06:03
Nov 29 2022
[ a7c0abf D ]

hope this helps.
Is this a bug on the RD5R, in which case why did you post it to the Click sound topic for the RT-3S?

I've had to manually split the RT3S topic and make a new topic for this
Oops, sorry, I just thought it could be related. Thanks for splitting it.

All the best

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Re: Safe power on

Post by 2E0GMY » Thu Mar 02, 2023 3:09 pm

F1RMB wrote:
Thu Mar 02, 2023 7:31 am
Yeah, I also checked and it works.
Since the report is not mentioning any keypress, I'll go for a PEBCAK ;)
definitely

void RTFM (PEBCAK)
{
// Safe Power On
// This setting requires SK1 to be pressed when powering up the transceiver, preventing unwanted power-ups, such as when the
// radio is in a backpack, which can drain the battery. This parameter is also operational when suspend mode is enabled.
}

sorry for wasting your time, I'll be more careful next time.
And Kudos to all that contribute for this project.

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Re: Safe power on

Post by G4EML » Thu Mar 02, 2023 3:34 pm

The firmware is quite complicated in some areas. There are a lot of features available and only a limited number of buttons!

I have been helping write the firmware since the beginning but still sometimes need to RTFM, especially with things I don't use regularly.

Colin G4EML.

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