G5 Od behavior when powered off overnight

[David_Oney]

This is fixed in the next release which should be available soon.

 

[philcovington]

Lighting 3 LED's uses much less power than having the OS running.

Yeah, but how is that justification for the bug in the first place? You said it was a bug, so I assume it was unintentional to leave the three LEDs on when the unit goes into a lower power mode.

You can see the humor in turning on all LEDs when the unit is supposed to drop into a low power mode, can't you?

 

[eorange]

This has never happened on my G4, FYI.

 

[cpetraglia]

Mine either. I have had it 18 months on my second battery and all is good. Still missing that HOLD & DELAY feature !!

After reading back a little, I realized I reverted back to R11N2 a while ago, so I am not using R11P. Hence no problem with LEDs.

 

[David_Oney]

Yeah, but how is that justification for the bug in the first place? You said it was a bug, so I assume it was unintentional to leave the three LEDs on when the unit goes into a lower power mode.

You can see the humor in turning on all LEDs when the unit is supposed to drop into a low power mode, can't you?

This is a bug that only occurs when the unit goes through its full shutdown process approximately 2-3 hours after the knob is placed in the off position. I agree it is funny but after having to explain to anyone who reports this issue and i can tell you its a lot of people its gotten to be a bit old for me at least. I'm just ready for the fix to be implemented so i don't have to hear about it anymore. LOL

 

[David_Oney]

Mine either. I have had it 18 months on my second battery and all is good. Still missing that HOLD & DELAY feature !!

After reading back a little, I realized I reverted back to R11N2 a while ago, so I am not using R11P. Hence no problem with LEDs.

I'm waiting for it to be implemented correctly. They added it in an Alpha release but it didn't work like you or I wanted it to so back to the drawing board. I am trying to get it implemented as quickly as possible.

 

[eorange]

Thanks for all your help and your efforts to have things done right!

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[pike63]

Noticed this happening on the demo unit I have and was going to ask. But now I see it's a known issue and being worked on. Thank you for the work you guys are doing to make this pager even better

 

[WILSON43]

Just received my brand new unit last week and I am having the same issue. Am I to assume there still is not a fix for this issue?

Also, is the re-boot issue when turning back on tied to the LED situation?

This is an excellent device on many fronts, but not too encouraging to see it is taking this long for a fix.

 

[David_Oney]

The new firmware with the fix has not released yet.

 

[Jimco]

This is an excellent device on many fronts, but not too encouraging to see it is taking this long for a fix.

I personally consider the LED situation to be a really small issue. I don't know how many volts these LEDs draw, but I suspect it's minuscule.

As for how long the fix is taking, this is just one of many issues addressed in the firmware I'm sure. It wouldn't be cost efficient to roll out a new firmware and PPS for every single bug fix, so you're essentially waiting on them to get everything done that is slated for this firmware release.

That's the way software works.

 

[pike63]

Noticed something. I have a couple of G5's here and from what I see the firmware is the same. But one suffers with the problem of the LED's being on and a reboot after being powered off over night and the other one does not. If it's a firmware issue why does this happen?

 

[Jimco]

Noticed something. I have a couple of G5's here and from what I see the firmware is the same. But one suffers with the problem of the LED's being on and a reboot after being powered off over night and the other one does not. If it's a firmware issue why does this happen?

Do you happen to have one of them on a charger?

 

[pike63]

Nope, I can just turn both off and leave them over night. One will have the 3 LEDs on in the morning and when you turn it on it has rebooted but then other no LEDs on and it turns right on like you would think it should work. Makes me wonder if there is something different in the hardware

 

[Jimco]

David, I notice with the new firmware that the pager appears to not enter the low-power state. I left mine off for 7 hours and when I turned it back on, it did not go through a cold start. Is this expected?

Jim

 

[k3sls]

Read the release notes that accompanied the firmware package!!!

New Device and Programming Software Release
With the new device software (V0.93.017 I R00) and programming software (R0.3.9 R02) a number of enhancements have been added.
The enhancements are:
1. Added new paging functionality for QCII over P25 Selecitve Call and Monitor Modes
2. Voice Memo can be disabled in programming software.
3. Out of Range audible alert can be disabled (still displayed on display) in programming software.
4. Unread Message Alert has been added for Voice Messages that have been stored and not read.
5. Ability to convert G4 files to a G5 file.
6. Call Alert is enabled

The bug fixes are:
1. With R11P SW- Non-alerting TGIDs will no longer vibrate when the Selector Knob setting is set to Vibrate Mode.
2. With R11P SW-When pager is in deep discharge it will not charge unless the battery is removed and re-inserted. This hads been fixed.
3. With R11P SW-When pager is off and transitions to ultra low power mode the 3 LEDS go on and eventually go off when the pager is fully charged. This has been fixed.

 

[David_Oney]

David, I notice with the new firmware that the pager appears to not enter the low-power state. I left mine off for 7 hours and when I turned it back on, it did not go through a cold start. Is this expected?

Jim

This can happen. Shouldn't be an issue if it causes a problem let me know and i will have engineering look into it.

 

[Jimco]

Read the release notes that accompanied the firmware package!!!
The bug fixes are:
3. With R11P SW-When pager is off and transitions to ultra low power mode the 3 LEDS go on and eventually go off when the pager is fully charged. This has been fixed.

I read that, but as you can see, it doesn't describe what the new behavior is. It simply says that the LEDs will not illuminate. My question was whether or not the pager not entering a low-power mode and requiring a cold start is expected.

I'm guessing you didn't read my post.

 

[Jimco]

This can happen. Shouldn't be an issue if it causes a problem let me know and i will have engineering look into it.

Thanks. It's not a problem. I just wanted to make sure I understood what the new behavior should be.

 

[k3sls]

I read that, but as you can see, it doesn't describe what the new behavior is. It simply says that the LEDs will not illuminate. My question was whether or not the pager not entering a low-power mode and requiring a cold start is expected.

I'm guessing you didn't read my post.

I did read your post, but apparently you haven't read the archived material related to this subject. The behavior of this radio should be (and now is) to power on in the scan state. Cold starts should only occur when you load the radio with a profile/firmware, reset the radio via button combo, or do a battery pull.