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Technical Support / Re: Updating PAW Software
« on: January 16, 2018, 11:42:28 am »
See my post 14 January. Thanks to very good assistance from Peter, I found that the cause was a poor conection of the power cable at an on-off switch I have between the power bank and the PAW. When amps increased as the bridges became active, the power was intermittently lost, which every time caused the CPU to begin a new re-boot. Once that was fixed, the PAW worked fine, and I found that the software update had indeed been loaded before this intermittent power loss began.
In the process, I discovered another issue which may be of interest to the forum: Also after I fixed the poor connection at my switch, I noticed that the red power-on LED in the lower left cover went dark for a very brief period, at regular, short intervals, after all bridges were active (four green LED flashes). The PAW, however, functioned fine. I had used a 90 degree micro USB for the 12 V power in, due to space constraints, with wires preconnected. I found that these wires were much thinner than the wires in the the power cable supplied with the kit. Using that original cable and micro USB, the red power-on LED is now always on. The voltage drop in the thin wires caused the LED to extinguish each time the unit transmitted (peak amps), but the voltage was sufficient to keep the CPU running.
Many thanks to Peter for his excellent - and quick - support!
Best regards,
Svein
In the process, I discovered another issue which may be of interest to the forum: Also after I fixed the poor connection at my switch, I noticed that the red power-on LED in the lower left cover went dark for a very brief period, at regular, short intervals, after all bridges were active (four green LED flashes). The PAW, however, functioned fine. I had used a 90 degree micro USB for the 12 V power in, due to space constraints, with wires preconnected. I found that these wires were much thinner than the wires in the the power cable supplied with the kit. Using that original cable and micro USB, the red power-on LED is now always on. The voltage drop in the thin wires caused the LED to extinguish each time the unit transmitted (peak amps), but the voltage was sufficient to keep the CPU running.
Many thanks to Peter for his excellent - and quick - support!
Best regards,
Svein
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