Yes Chris, when the line goes solid just before the first Crestron
screen appears. But it's not every time, sometimes the charging light
doesn't show at all.
--- In Crestron@..., Chris Niles
<chris.niles.crestron@...> wrote:
By "thin grey line", do you mean the old windows "press F8" progress
bar
screen?
Similar to those?
Chris
mike303858 wrote:
Thanks Lincoln, yes I did check the switch first. I've just noticed
that the charging indicator does flash during boot up but stops once
the thin grey line appears across the bottom of the screen, so I'm not
convinced it's a faulty battery now although that's what Crestron UK
are telling me.
--- In Crestron@... <mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com>,
Lincoln King-Cliby <lincoln@> wrote:
>
> For Problem #1 did you make sure the battery switch (under the
battery compartment cover) is on?
>
> There's a little slip of paper in the box with the 8Xreminding you
to do this but it is frequently missed in my experience. Battery won't
do anything (charge, run the panel) as long as it's off, which is the
way the panel is shipped to keep it from discharging.
>
> --
> Lincoln King-Cliby, CTS
> Applications Engineer
> ControlWorks Consulting, LLC
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Crestron@... <mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:Crestron@...
<mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com>] On
Behalf Of mike303858
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 4:39 AM
> To: Crestron@... <mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Crestron] Re: TPMC-8X Hard Buttons
>
> I have this issue too, however, selecting 'Hard Buttons' in the
setup
> menu allows you to see the button press/release for each button.
> Sometimes the buttons will press and not release until pressed
again,
> other times they take several stabs to do anything at all, so it's
> nothing related to FB joins.
>
> Mine also has other problems like:
> 1. Fresh out of the box it won't charge the battery from the
supplied
> psu (no docking station), Crestron UK say it's a dud battery which
> they don't cover under warranty so I have to buy another.
> 2. Sometimes it goes to sleep and the only way to bring it back to
> life is to reboot it and/or reload VtPro.
> 3. Sometimes after a VtPro upload it won't fully boot up,
stopping at
> the "loading display" screen.
>
> This is my first experience of the 8X and I have to say that,
based on
> my troubles so far, I won't be touching another one.....
>
> Mike
>
> --- In Crestron@...
<mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com>,
"fellatedone" <j.legge@> wrote:
> >
> > Try eliminating the joins on the FB side of the panel for the
hard
> > buttons. More than likely you have both sides of the hard
buttons on
> > the 8X defined and it doesn't like that.
> >
> > -JOHN
> >
> > --- In Crestron@...
<mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com>, "Bryn Fourney" <bfourney+yahoo@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I was having an issue recently with using the hard buttons
on the
> > > TPMC-8X to control a PS3, specifically I was getting multiple
presses
> > > from just tapping a button whereas the soft buttons worked as
> > > expected. I was banging my head trying to figure out if I had a
> > > driver issue or what and the realized something when
watching the
> > > signals in test manager:
> > >
> > > The soft button hi-time was around 31ms, the hard button on the
other
> > > hand was more like 340ms - 10X longer! These times were
consistent
> > > averages no matter how quickly I tapped the buttons. The hard
buttons
> > > definitely have a significant release delay as if they had
some sort
> > > of pulse stretcher on them.
> > >
> > > Just wondering if anyone else has seen this behavior, I
have never
> > > noticed it before the PS3. I can sort-of program a
work-around, but
> > > the only way to do it is with some sort of press and hold logic
which
> > > causes a noticeable lag.
> > >
> > > Bryn
> > >
> >
>
>
>
>
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