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Red Flashing Light and Reboot

NG0Z
NG0Z Member ✭✭
edited September 2022 in FLEX-6000 Signature Series

Today I was in QSO at my transmit site, which is rare; I'm almost 100% remote. My radio then started flashing its power button in red. I know where to find the codes here on the community and in the operating guide but I wasn't able to see how many times it was flashing before it rebooted itself.

Also, when I'm remote, if this repeats itself, I won't be able to know what the code was either.

My question is, does the radio or SmartLink record these errors for later retrieval?

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  • Mike-VA3MW
    Mike-VA3MW Administrator, FlexRadio Employee, Community Manager, Super Elmer, Moderator admin

    Hi

    No, those errors are not logged in the radio.

  • NG0Z
    NG0Z Member ✭✭

    Well, there's a hint for a process improvement. Flex being the King of remote operation, this is an obvious and reasonable expectation to have something in the way of a text file or report - or even have the radio email you.

  • Trucker
    Trucker Member ✭✭✭✭

    How would the radio email you if it is experiencing a problem booting? The problem could be such that it could not even generate an error log. Maybe a video camera at the remote location could capture the error flashes and record them for playback thru a computer that you could access from your location.

    James

    WD5GWY

  • NG0Z
    NG0Z Member ✭✭

    If the radio knows what the error is, and can generate the code that triggers the blinking red light, it could save it somewhere.

  • Trucker
    Trucker Member ✭✭✭✭

    I agree to a point. Even if it could generate an error log and save it, how would it send an email if the radio is in an error state. I guess it would depend on what the error is.

    But, I agree that having access, to some sort of error reporting besides flashing lites would be nice to have.

    James

    WD5GWY

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