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Amber light on power switch

Hi guys My power switch is showing green in rx and red on tx on hf bands however when using the transvertor port the tx light is amber/orange is this normal or is there a fault Many thanks steve

Answers

  • David Decoons, wo2x
    David Decoons, wo2x Member, Super Elmer Moderator
    edited June 2020
    Here's from the hardware reference manual:

    The front panel of the 6400/6600 contains only the Power button  and the radio’s backlights.  The Power button is used to turn the radio on and off and is illuminated with a number of colors to indicate the radio’s operational state: 

    • FLASHING GREEN: Radio is starting or shutting down 
    • SOLID GREEN: Radio is in receive mode 
    • FLASHING RED: See Error Conditions below 
    • SOLID BRIGHT RED: Transmitting on PA 
    • SOLID DIM RED: Transmit engaged, but transmit interlocks are not ready. Refer to the SmartSDR documentation for description of the transmit interlocks. 
    • SOLID ORANGE: Transmitting on XVTR port with low power 
    • SOLID PURPLE: Radio is performing a software update 
    • FLASHING WHITE: Radio is performing a reset to factory defaults 
    • OFF: Radio is off 

    When the optional GPS Disciplined Oscillator is installed:
    • SOLID AMBER: Radio is off, GPSDO is powered for stability 
    • FLASHING YELLOW: GPSDO is warming up 
    • SOLID YELLOW: GPSDO is “holdover” mode (has lost satellites) 
    • SHORT FLASH BLUE: GPSDO is locking 
    • LONG FLASH BLUE: GPSDO is in “hold phase” mode 
    • SOLID BLUE: GPSDO is locked 


    73
    Dave wo2x

  • steve turner
    steve turner Member
    edited October 2018
    Many thanks Dave that’s very helpful now understand it’s because iam using txvtr All the best steve
  • vincent
    vincent Member
    when I turn off the flexradio 6400m the power button stays yellow/orange What is the problem
  • KD0RC
    KD0RC Member, Super Elmer Moderator

    Hi Vincent, if you have the GPSDO, it indicates that the radio is off, but the GPSDO is powered up. This is normal.

    If you don't have the GPSDO, then you should export your profiles and do a factory reset. If it still happens after the reset, you should submit a help desk ticket.

  • vincent
    vincent Member
    ok kd0rc thanks for the info

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