Power up sequence for a Flex dream station

JohnEin

According to a Flex document (Integrating the Flex 6600M PGXL and TGXL) the proper start up procedure, for a Flex dream station, is to fully bring up the radio, then the Power Genius and finally the Tuner Genius. If this is correct why are the power switches for the PGXL & the TGXL on the back of the boxes?

Is the reverse procedure required/necessary/appropriate when powering down?

Erika - KØDD

When i walk into my shack i flip on rack power, the 13.8v supplies, then hit the button on the radio. If i have gear that has a warmup delay to standby, ill start those. Go to the op desk turn on the computer. Log it in, bring up ssdr. That also starts cat and dax. When thats up and looks good on to DDUtil. Which controls the HRD server. I have all the software lines up in order of start. Id then make a walk to the rack and start pgxl and tuner, and coax switch. Then continue nessessary software. YeS i do it in order religiously and bring the station down in the opposite order. It seems like a 20 step process but if the radio crashes, its very seldom you can just restart the radio. Its a pick up pieces and start all over again. Theres now a delay of radio shutdown to turning off the powersupply that needs observed. Just make yourself a list like a pilot, and another for shutdown. Ive done the procedure 10000 times and i still get out of order and cause weirdness about once a week. My non ham husband is like whaaaa? Yeah this is serious radio here. Good luck. Erika K0DD