gem driver

[Ron Haley]

Well, it turns out it isn't a network switch. The gem runs OK for days, weeks, then flakes out again. Purchased a cable long enough to go from the gem to the router, and still no joy.
This problem started immediately after upgrading to 5.0.7. Running version 1.9 of driver. Did it change in 5.0.7?

[Dean Roddey]

No, that driver hasn't been changed. And the other thing is that I tried connecting to it after it got into that state, which meant you unloaded the driver and I was trying to connect to it from a completely different system and with a fresh new load of the driver, and it wouldn't reliably communicate. So that seems to make it pretty unlikely to be the driver. Sometimes it wouldn't respond to even the basic setup messsages on connect, and others times it would get through that but not respond to requests for the power data.

I'm happy to try it again and see what I can see of course.

[Ron Haley]

Let me follow up with Ben first - he may have some ideas.

[Ron Haley]

Good news. Updated to latest Comm firmware and updated a couple of gem parameters, and all is golden. Thank you Ben!!

[Dean Roddey]

Okey dokey. Keep an eye on it.

[Ron Haley]

Okey dokey. Keep an eye on it.

Yeah, he says the Power supplies are flaky, so going to replace that as well!

[joeberg]

Good news.  Updated to latest Comm firmware and updated a couple of gem parameters, and all is golden.  Thank you Ben!!

What gem parameters did you change?  I am still troubleshooting an issue with mine where it falls way behind with tracking changes.  It starts off fine but then after a while the data changes really start lagging.  On startup, it can detect me plugging in a heater in seconds.  After running for 30 minutes, it could take 3-4 minutes to reflect the change in CQC.  I just wonder what changes you are using in case I have something off.

Regarding your connection issues, I had some of the same issues and it turned out to be the PS.  I switched over to the USB power input using an old cell phone charger that could supply at least 2 amps.  Haven't had any problems with that since.