Jay,
It looks as if the bootloader has difficulties to access the SD
card and delays the startup of the main board, while the HC is
waiting and trying to communicate again and again. If your board
still has the old bootloader, there is a new one available working
well with newer and higher capacity SD cards. Or maybe just
carefully positioning the SD card or even taking it out of its
holder helps.
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Am 20.04.25 um 10:59 schrieb Jay
Freeman via groups.io:
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In January I retrofitted my old G-11 to Gemini 2. The Gemini
2 worked the first two times I had it out but tonight it failed
during startup. It made it past recognizing the (Losmandy's) GPS
unit but hung when I pushed "Next". On turning the power switch
off and back on, it made it past initializing the hand
controller, but after a few seconds of trying to connect to the
gemini, the controller screen went black, and then the colored
start-up screen appeared, just as if I had cycled power.
This behavior repeats indefinitely no matter what I do --
initialize, fail to connect to Gemini, back to start-up screen,
repeat ...
I have turned the Gemini power switch off and on many times
and also disconnected and reconnected the battery many times. I
have tried three different batteries and two different power
cords. I also disconnected and reconnected all cables many
times, and tried it without the GPS unit connected. No luck.
I have not yet opened either case for any purpose: The unit
has the same internal battery, the same SD cards (thus far
un-reseated by me) and the same software as when Losmandy
delivered it.
I thought I should ask advice before I proceeded further. Any
suggestions?
