bad "reads" with ARC296 at any COM speed...???

[mr_hankey]

lately, i've noticed ARC250/296 version 1.10 has been doing incomplete "reads" of my 296 at any COM speed.

i have tried 3 computers, and various COM settings within the OS (windows 98)

the funny thing is that it just started doing this about 3 months ago, and i was blowing it off thinking it was just a byproduct of reading the scanner at a very high speed (57,6000)

what's even WEIRDER is that the missing information is really "there" if you just re-upload the bank!

i cannot figure out a way around this, including total reset of the scanner's PRAM/firmware.

has anyone else experienced such a thing with ARC250/296?

i am concerned that the memory in the 296 is starting to fail or something...

 

[fmon]

I think Butel has version 1.11 available, but can't say if that will fix your problem. He states it's a bug fix.

 

[dynamitedjs]

you may try to search the forums. I don't use software to program my scanner but I had seen somewhere on here someone did know how to address the problem

 

[LarrySC]

How close was your NEXTEL direct connect to your scanner when it started this problem?

 

[mr_hankey]

haha!

thanks all - and the NEXTEL tower is about 6 miles from me, so i think i'm ok in that regards..

i have posted this question to the arc250/785 group on yahoo and have been emailing Gommert about it.

no answer yet...

if i find the cause, i will post again to this thread.