Re: YAESU VR-5000 hang and show low voltage!

Hi there,

There has always been a problem with the VR5000 power supply in that it won't supply enough current when carrying out intensive operations such as memory downloads - the voltage drops, you get the error display and the operation hangs. I use a 4Amp power supply and have no problems with the VR5k or Ken's software.

Cheers - Martin ZL2MC

--- In [email protected], Chew John <johnchew88@...> wrote:
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> Hi Don Hinds, thank you for your reply.
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> 1. I just found out the problem that cause me cannot get data (signal strength) from YAESU VR-5000. The problem is the cable, lol.
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> 2. But, I still don't understand about the 'LOW VOLTAGE' hang. 
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> 3. To recover the radio, I just turn it off, then everything should be fine now.
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>  From: Don Hinds <don.hinds@...>
> To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> 
> Sent: Thursday, 15 March 2012 11:14 PM
> Subject: RE: [YaesuVR-5000] YAESU VR-5000 hang and show low voltage!
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> Hello Chew,
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> I've never seen that, but I may try it with mine this weekend.  Sounds like a firmware bug.  If the value is out of the acceptable range, it shouldn't crash.  Which is what this sounds like.
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> How do you get the radio to recover?  Or have you?
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> 73,
> Don
> WD4ON
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