Interlock is preventing transmission amp:tgxl

AB7R

I did a search on this and did not find any solutions. I have the tgxl and AG setup with the new 8600. When I click on SSDR TUNE I get the subject error notification.

Something is causing SSDR to not generate RF but I cannot find anything about interlock.

Please help….so close yet so far.

SSDR 3.8.23.35640

AG 4.1.1.6

TGXL 1.2.11

PGXL 3.8.9

TX delay in radio settings is 40.

Greg-AB7R

Russ Ravella

Hi Greg,

Sorry you're having this problem. This is a well known, long standing and very irritating issue that seems to occur at the worst possible times. Flex has said they are aware of it, I think they said they've been able to reproduce it, and are working on it. One might hope there will be a fix in the vastly overdue v3.9 but I'm not aware they've ever stated that.

For what it's worth, various folks report success with different methods of clearing the interlock when it occurs. It seems as though something that works one time won't the next. I've tried changing TX antenna selection to something else and back, restarting the PGXL utility, restarting SSDR and/or the radio itself and restarting the PGXL. In one extreme case I simply restarted everything.

Others may suggest different/ better solutions but those are the ones I'm aware of. Yes, total PITA.

GL Russ KR6W

W2PP

currently it’s only affecting slice A. The B slice transmits. The PGXL is in standby

AB7R

Thanks. I just tried slice B and got the same errors. So I have this $5K amp and $2K tuner that are door stops until someone fixes the software. Uggghhhh!!!!

Erik Carling EI4KF

Try a factory reset. If you have profiles by all means export them first. But after the reset try without importing them.

Also, always be sure to de-select the "Preferences" check-box when exporting or importing Profiles in order to prevent possibly exporting/importing corrupted band-persistence settings.

The above is Ken Wells' answer on the Forum that solved the interlock issue for someone.

Then there is always a Help Desk Ticket.

AB7R

Thanks Erik. I will try that later today. I did also submit it ticket yesterday.

73!

Greg

Mike-VA3MW

Next time you see this, try changing the status of the TGXL from Standby to Bypass and see if that clears it.

Powering down the PGXL and TGXL can also clear it, but you might have to wait about 2 minutes. I have seen that about once/month and I did this morning. I turned off the TGXL and PGXL and it cleared after a short period of time.

I hope that helps.

Bill AB7AA

I have found the easiest remedy for this issue is to go to the PGXL software settings menu, then the FlexRadio tab and just select Save without reentering any radio data. During this process Windows may say that the program has stopped working, so close and restart it and then save the data.

I have found that this fixes both the Interlock issue and the missing amp power display in SmartSDR.

Bill

AB7R

Thanks Bill. I did that and it fixed crazy SWR readings but not the amp info going to SSDR or FRStack.