Problem after update

Ha Gei

We have a strange Problem .

We upgraded to 3.2.31 .

Direct Network connection okay.

One guy updated his 32bit laptop , works okay ( smartlink )

Then he updated his W10/64 which had worked flawless with 3.1.12 .

Now the following happens:

He does not see a slice and waterfall/spectrum. Can only access a few menues/buttons. After a few seconed he gets disconnected.

When trying to reconnect , he sees the router adress in the connect window. Can connect but still nothing working.

Strangely now all others ( direct connection and his laptop ) also see no waterfall etc.

Powercycle brings all back to normal. If someone is connected , in the second he connects the active station freezes.

Tried this and that, reinstalled a few times, Played wit network settings , no firewall.. all times same..

Anyone who knows a solution ?

Unfortunately we don´t want full reset of the flex 6400 , as we can´t manage to save profiles etc. , hangs when saving and we have a ot of fine tuned profiles that we want to keep as long as possible

harry

DL9NDW

Mike-VA3MW

@Ha Gei

If you can connect to the radio with SmartSDR you can then back up your profiles. I would do that now but try from a different PC as an idea. See if that might work first.

But, it does sound like you are going to have to reset the database. That is you quick fix as there really isn't another choice at this point.

Sorry

Ha Gei

Hi Mike,

i managed to get backup done after some attempts. We check over the weekend wether some other user has the same problem, then we might drive up there and do the reset . Due to COVID limitations the station is not visited much these days.

KD0RC

If you do go visit your site, that might be the time to install a remote switch to allow remote updating. Mike put out some good videos on the subject where he recommends a remote laptop and a remote switch. This will save you a trip next time.

FlexRadio - Remote LAN setup - YouTube

FlexRadio Remote Michael Walker VA3MW - YouTube

Lars, DL4JLM

Hi folks,
have the same problem updating from 31 to 34. Laptop and Maestro are working. PC not. All 64 bit. PC, Maestro and Flex are on one Repeater. Laptop is WiFi. PC crashes after starting SmartSDR. Connection problem. In this case the flex also crashed, no more connection using Maestro and Laptop possible. Any idea?

Best 73
Lars
DL4JLM

Lars, DL4JLM

I fixed the problem by reseting the Flex to factory default. I lost the profiles etc. but anyway the rest works again.

Ha Gei

I found a much simpler solution today :

on your PC there is a folder under %appdata%\roaming\flexradio Systems

there is file: ssdr.settings as seen in screenshot.. just rename or delete it. Then you back to normal operation

No reset , no loss of profiles etc..

It will be recreated from scratch on next start

73

Harry

one we do it right, will work....

N5NHJ

To fix this you need to update to 3.2.34 which, indeed, fixes that issue along with others.

Ha Gei

NOPE.

we had done that , had done 2 Resets. Still the same . After renaming that file, is working 100%

N5NHJ

Good, I had the same problem and I was keep deleting that file over and over before 3.2.34

Mike-VA3MW

@Ha Gei

Just an FYI, if you had opened a support ticket regarding this problem, we would have fixed it for you immediately. You would have had it solved much faster.

Please do not hesitate to do so in the future.

73

Ha Gei

Well, why did you give me a non working advice ( reset ) on April 8th If you could have fixed it ?

I assumed such a forum offloads tedious work from supporters..

@N5NHJ Then, the fix is doing both ... Probably 3.2.31 "spoiled" that file on each connect

Ha Gei