Yaesu: Wires X Transceiver Not Connected

[n9upc]

Let me join the misery group. Got a lightning strike a few poles down and it damaged nearly everything in my shack/server room. My FTM-400 connected to an HRI-200 and an Lenovo Thinkcentre SFF computer quit. It's very frustrating to say the least. Couldn't get any part to work. Swapped out radio, HRI-200, cables, USB ports. Then it started working...whew (so I thought). Now a day later, nothing...off line and can't connect to radio. It sees the HRI-200. First the radio wouldn't power on, then it did. Swapped radios and still nothing. Shouldn't be this hard. My computer is dedicated to Wires-x only. Only thing left is new computer and new power supply--that'll be a 100% replacement...so if that doesn't work, it's not on my end. PS, radio and power supply work fine out of Wires-X mode and computer access the interweb just fine.

To be honest if hit by lightning it could be going anywhere for a discharge of voltage. We, Yaesu, even state that we do not repair things that are lightning struck because you could repair what appears damage and then find something more and more down the line.

 

[I_am_Alpha1]

New computer (not new to me, but new), new FTM-400, new HRI-200, new power supply, new cables...Transceiver not connected. Wires-X sees the HRI-200 and is online showing the list of rooms and users. Software is configured same as the old computer.

 

[I_am_Alpha1]

Oh the frustration...the headaches...the oh sh*t moment. BAD cable from radio to HRI-200...it was new.