ANAN-100 issues
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 3:40 am
Using an ANAN-100 (Hermes) FW 3.2 with V3.4.2
All was working well last weekend. Turned the radio on today, started up PowerSDR MRX V3.4.2, and the receiver was as if no antenna was connected. Verified all antenna connections.
Clicked the ON/OFF button in MRX to turn the radio off, then on, and the receiver appeared to come to life. Then I decided to try and tune around 20m with the mouse. While the frequency appears to change, the radio itself stayed tuned to the same frequency. The signals on the panadapter stayed put, and did not move left to right. However, if I enable CTUN, then the actual radio will change frequency and track the software, and the panadapter will indicate accordingly.
Next issue, the radio will not transmit. If I hit the mic ptt, or MOX tab, or even the TUNE tab, the panadapter changes color to the color set for transmit in the database, but I still see the receiver activity in the panadapter, as if in full duplex mode, but no transmit signal indication whatsoever. Nor do I hear any of the tx related relays click inside the radio itself.
Finally, if I try to change bands, the radio appears to stay on the same band hardware-wise. For example, if I am listening to 14.250 USB, then change the band to 80m, the radio is still receiving the same 20m signals. However, while changed to 80m, if I hit the ON/OFF button in MRX, to do a virtual power cycle of the software, when it comes back on, the radio hardware immediately switches to the displayed 80m frequency.
Its as if the radio is not responding to some commands, but responds to others.
I tried to reload the firmware twice, and both times it seems to load ok. PowerSDR is reporting the correct firmware version as loaded.
Very strange. Any ideas or suggestions as what to try next?
Eric
K2CB
All was working well last weekend. Turned the radio on today, started up PowerSDR MRX V3.4.2, and the receiver was as if no antenna was connected. Verified all antenna connections.
Clicked the ON/OFF button in MRX to turn the radio off, then on, and the receiver appeared to come to life. Then I decided to try and tune around 20m with the mouse. While the frequency appears to change, the radio itself stayed tuned to the same frequency. The signals on the panadapter stayed put, and did not move left to right. However, if I enable CTUN, then the actual radio will change frequency and track the software, and the panadapter will indicate accordingly.
Next issue, the radio will not transmit. If I hit the mic ptt, or MOX tab, or even the TUNE tab, the panadapter changes color to the color set for transmit in the database, but I still see the receiver activity in the panadapter, as if in full duplex mode, but no transmit signal indication whatsoever. Nor do I hear any of the tx related relays click inside the radio itself.
Finally, if I try to change bands, the radio appears to stay on the same band hardware-wise. For example, if I am listening to 14.250 USB, then change the band to 80m, the radio is still receiving the same 20m signals. However, while changed to 80m, if I hit the ON/OFF button in MRX, to do a virtual power cycle of the software, when it comes back on, the radio hardware immediately switches to the displayed 80m frequency.
Its as if the radio is not responding to some commands, but responds to others.
I tried to reload the firmware twice, and both times it seems to load ok. PowerSDR is reporting the correct firmware version as loaded.
Very strange. Any ideas or suggestions as what to try next?
Eric
K2CB