SAFC II TROUBLE

[mike griffin]

installation was a breeze. now the only problem is its suck in DEC.AIR mode. 1g's dont use this. so i think the safc is frozen or something. is there any way to flash it so it restarts like its brand new never installed or something?

[Martin Raska]

Reset it somehow.   :laugh:

[mike griffin]

heres a picture.

[mike griffin]

Reset it somehow.   :laugh:

thats what im asking how to do!

[mike griffin]

i think i found out what was wrong...

[Ryan Lore]

I've had several of those lock up on me

It's a safety feature that prevents adjustments from accidently being made

I think you have to hold the joystick up for 3 sec or down, or something

I would imagine that the instructions tell you.

Van Neer figured it out, and he's no rocket scientist :wink:

[mike griffin]

all that corrosion is right where the joystick is. i think its the corrosion... ill try the joystick 3 seconds thing though...

[mike griffin]

joystick up/down for x seconds didnt work. i can select Thr, Ne1, and Ne2. thats all i can do tho. just up and down. i think the joystick solders are so fried that it just doesnt wanna work anymore.

[Martin Raska]

Read the manual follow the lead Ryan sent you on, because that doesn't look like corrosion to me. That just looks like PCB resin that has been heated/burned during soldering.  Wire to solder to lead connections between the componentsand PCB should still be ok.

[mike griffin]

tried what ryan told me to do. nothing. its like i cant move sideways. there is nothing in the manual saying how it locks up.

[Ryan Lore]

I'd ask the Scientist but he's in indianapolis right now.

I doubt there's anything wrong with it either.

Try pushing on the joystick as if it is a button and hold it down, and see if anything happens

[mike griffin]

ive tried holding it up, down, left, right and pushing it inwards for over 15 seconds each. maybe a video will show exactly whats happening. ill get on that now.

[mike griffin]

here it is

http://members.shaw.ca/mikeisonfire/mov.wmv