Appendix I: Troubleshooting; Force 9600 Baud Recovery - Laird CL4790 User Manual

CL4790 User Guide
Version 2.0
A I: T
PPENDIX ROUBLESHOOTING
Problem
Read Radio displays error
message: "Radio not
responding."
Write Radio displays error:
"Radio not responding."
Garbled Data received.
Client's Link LED does not
come on.
Link LED is on, but data
does not get transmitted
or received.
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Force 9600 Baud Recovery

To force the serial interface to a known value, perform the following steps (this also sets the RF Packet Size
and Interface Timeout to default values):
Remove power from the radio.
1.
Remove the screws on the case and slide the radio out.
2.
Set a jumper (a wire or even a pair of tweezers work because it is a low voltage line) between the pins
3.
indicated in Figure 3.
Figure 3: CL4790 with jumper pins highlighted
Connect the radio to the PC via a straight through cable.
4.
Power on the radio.
5.
On the PC Settings tab, click Find Ports.
6.
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Solution
Make sure the PC Settings are right.
Make sure the CL4790 unit uses the right serial cable. Refer to
Reference source not found..
If any other program using the same COM port as CL4790 is open, close that
program and try to read the radio again.
Reset the radio by cycling power after each unsuccessful read.
Cycle power to the radio. Read the radio, make changes and click Write
Radio.
Check Data Encryption Standard settings.
Make sure the unit is connected to power. Cycle power to the radio.
Make sure the CL4790 unit or units connect to the correct COM port.
Check the COM port settings for correct baud rate, parity, and either
Hardware or No Flow Control. May be caused by Flow Control set to
Xon/Xoff.
Try increasing the Maximum Transmit Attempts (clients) and/or Broadcast
Attempts (servers) in small increments until communication is established.
Connect a Null Modem adapter between the client and its host device.
Check the Destination Address setting.
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Error!
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