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George Dubovsky

[P3] fatal error

OK, I just spent 2 hours as W1AW/4 on 40 cw and everything was working
fine. I changed bands and the P3 displayed:

****FATAL ERROR****
In: ddc_set_coef()
span=0

Press any active key to escape

But all keys are dead, so no escape from the black screen of death. Power
down/up does no change the message. Does anyone know what I'm up against
here? Oh, this P3 has the SVGA board installed which I am not using.

73,

geo - n4ua
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Alan Bloom

Re: [P3] fatal error

Try doing the Parameter Initialization (see Troubleshooting section of
P3 Owner's Manual.) Basically you hold the LABELS key while turning on
the power with the POWER key.

Alan N1AL

On 04/10/2014 07:27 AM, George Dubovsky wrote:

> OK, I just spent 2 hours as W1AW/4 on 40 cw and everything was working
> fine. I changed bands and the P3 displayed:
>
> ****FATAL ERROR****
> In: ddc_set_coef()
> span=0
>
> Press any active key to escape
>
> But all keys are dead, so no escape from the black screen of death. Power
> down/up does no change the message. Does anyone know what I'm up against
> here? Oh, this P3 has the SVGA board installed which I am not using.
>
> 73,
>
> geo - n4ua
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George Dubovsky

Re: [P3] fatal error

Parameter Initialization fixed it! Thank you, Alan.

73,

geo - n4ua

On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Alan Bloom <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Try doing the Parameter Initialization (see Troubleshooting section of P3
> Owner's Manual.) Basically you hold the LABELS key while turning on the
> power with the POWER key.
>
> Alan N1AL
>
>
>
> On 04/10/2014 07:27 AM, George Dubovsky wrote:
>
>> OK, I just spent 2 hours as W1AW/4 on 40 cw and everything was working
>> fine. I changed bands and the P3 displayed:
>>
>> ****FATAL ERROR****
>> In: ddc_set_coef()
>> span=0
>>
>> Press any active key to escape
>>
>> But all keys are dead, so no escape from the black screen of death. Power
>> down/up does no change the message. Does anyone know what I'm up against
>> here? Oh, this P3 has the SVGA board installed which I am not using.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> geo - n4ua
>> ______________________________________________________________
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