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Title: poor USB light
Post by: radarphil on May 28, 2009, 10:27:52 AM
hi there
just running the radarbox and the blue USB light seems to be poor,the signal light is ok flashing away and also getting good randge i live in bradford and getting range up to newcastle and norfolk but the blue usb light is flickering week,i am running the sbs-1 alongside radarbox and the sbs-1 is listing 60 aircraft but radarbox is listing 32 can anyone help withe the problem
regards
phil
Title: Re: poor USB light
Post by: bearcat on May 28, 2009, 11:43:33 AM
Hi

I'm in Bradford and live quite high up and at this time I have 70 in my list.

Hope this helps

Stewart

Title: Re: poor USB light
Post by: Allocator on May 28, 2009, 11:44:01 AM
Phil,

Are you running the SBS-1 and RB on the same PC?

Have you swapped the RB USB lead to a different USB port?  If so, are you actually using the RB USB driver - see the video clip link below to check this:

http://www.airnavsystems.com/radarbox/video/Drivers.wmv
Title: Re: poor USB light
Post by: radarphil on May 28, 2009, 11:46:33 AM
i have 45 on sbs-1 and 27 on rb
Title: Re: poor USB light
Post by: Allocator on May 28, 2009, 11:48:18 AM
Quote from: radarphil on May 28, 2009, 11:46:33 AM
i have 45 on sbs-1 and 27 on rb

Of course, this figure will depend on time-out settings on both boxes.

Have you checked that you are running the correct RB Driver?
Title: Re: poor USB light
Post by: radarphil on May 28, 2009, 11:49:50 AM
hi allocator
i am using 2 computers for sbs-1 and radarbox also sepperate aerials they are not connected therer running seperatley
Title: Re: poor USB light
Post by: Allocator on May 28, 2009, 11:51:11 AM
Quote from: radarphil on May 28, 2009, 11:49:50 AM
hi allocator
i am using 2 computers for sbs-1 and radarbox also sepperate aerials they are not connected therer running seperatley

OK Phil, I still refer to the driver question.
Title: Re: poor USB light
Post by: radarphil on May 28, 2009, 11:51:54 AM
the driver instaled is version 2.2.4.0
Title: Re: poor USB light
Post by: Allocator on May 28, 2009, 11:53:47 AM
OK, I'm afraid that I don't know what your problem might be then, unless you have a problem with the USB lead.
Title: Re: poor USB light
Post by: radarphil on May 28, 2009, 11:54:34 AM
driver installed is universal bus controller primetec location 0 (airnav radarbox) driver version 2.2.4.0
it says that the device is working correctley
Title: Re: poor USB light
Post by: Allocator on May 28, 2009, 11:56:19 AM
I wonder what time-out settings you are using for the SBS-1 and RB?
Title: Re: poor USB light
Post by: daveg4otu on May 28, 2009, 12:04:59 PM
It may be worthwhile checking  your PSU outputs ...the USB  sockets need to provide a nominal 5VDC - and the PSU output shopuld be at all times within +/- 5% of the nominal.

A weak PSU  may be   close to the edge in tolerances...I don't know how that might affect  such a RB ..but has to be worth checking in view of the "Weak light"

You can check easily using Motherboard Monitor (Free- Google it) which will give readiouts of all voltages (12/5/3.3VDC,) CPU temp, system temp,fan speeds etc for most motherboards.
Title: Re: poor USB light
Post by: radarphil on May 28, 2009, 12:34:53 PM
i have downloaded motherboard monitor and it reads voltage line should be 2.00volts tolerance of the voltage line 5% is this correct or should i change the voltage line to 5.00 volts
Title: Re: poor USB light
Post by: daveg4otu on May 28, 2009, 01:11:46 PM
All voltages should  within +/-  5%  of the nominal - sorry that was what the nonsense in  my previous should have read.

You don't need to alter anything - just open the "Dashboard" and you'll see readouts for all voltages- just see what they say.