cant connect to ACx16

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   When i plug in my box to the usb adapter and connect to the zdzpted i get a solid LED but the device isnt descovered and i have tried decovering all also so i am wondering what is wrong with either my computer or box.

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dan003400 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 21	Quote Reply Topic: cant connect to ACx16 Posted: 02 Dec 2008 at 9:42pm
	When i plug in my box to the usb adapter and connect to the zdzpted i get a solid LED but the device isnt descovered and i have tried decovering all also so i am wondering what is wrong with either my computer or box.

LightsOnLogan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3187	Quote Reply Posted: 02 Dec 2008 at 9:51pm
	You will get a better response to this question over at the D-Light forums as it is a ACx16 hardware/HWUtility question and not an Aurora question.


Pony_God Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Location: Naples, FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 551	Quote Reply Posted: 02 Dec 2008 at 9:52pm
	Is the USB485 installed correctly? Did you select the correct COM port? Does the LED blink when the utility is not running? What RS485 chip is in the controller?
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dan003400 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 21	Quote Reply Posted: 02 Dec 2008 at 10:06pm
	the LED does blink when not connected and i have selected the correct Comport...not sure on the chip how do you tell

Pony_God Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Location: Naples, FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 551	Quote Reply Posted: 02 Dec 2008 at 10:34pm
	If you do "ALL ON" does anything happen? http://www.d-light.us/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1241&p=9040&hilit=rs485+problem+chip#p9040 "by JonB256 on Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:06 am If you have a set of really good magnifiers, take a look at your RS485 Transciever chip. There are two major suppliers and they are pin-compatible. One is made by Texas Instruments, the other by Intersil. You really want the Texas Instrument version. Last year, I believe the consensus was that it was Intersil chips that were losing their IDs. "
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dan003400 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 21	Quote Reply Posted: 02 Dec 2008 at 10:48pm
	oh ok so you willing to sell any of your bozes i would like to have more channels this year than 16, just didnt get around to buying more. i dont have the largest budget.

Pony_God Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Location: Naples, FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 551	Quote Reply Posted: 02 Dec 2008 at 11:16pm
	my sig? HA! We need at least another 96 chennels for next year! That and we're actually at 68,000 light right now. You might be interested in the _why_... -> http://www.d-light.us/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1162 I just put $100 aside each month, and when I had $350 to build a pair of silvers, I got a pair. Then another 4 months later I got another pair.
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LightChristmas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Location: Equality, IL Online Status: Offline Posts: 993	Quote Reply Posted: 02 Dec 2008 at 11:44pm
	Watch this thread tomorrow morning, Dan. Might a few spare TI chips laying around you can have.