Yeah, the connector key is a known issue. Should still mate properly.
If it bothers you, you can snip it off with a pair of flush cutters.
As for the LED colors, they somehow got reversed on one batch. If
you've got a printed manual, you can fix it with a pencil. =]
Scott
Gil wrote:
>
>
> Received my new T2-135 board today (thanks, Scott!). I pulled the old
> one out and replaced it with the new one. I noticed that the connector
> on the short side of the board (the one that accepts the cable from the
> radio) doesn't quite match the connector on the cable. It's close, but
> there's a little nub on the long edge of the cable connector that
> doesn't have a corresponding notch for it in the board connector. It
> just seems as if the connector doesn't seat easily or positively the way
> you'd expect it to. (Actually, I realized this was the condition on the
> board I removed as well.)
>
> Also, I installed the board and fired up the radio and it began decoding
> signals immediately, and, if you recall my previous note, it performed
> very well compared to my other home station running via AGWPE (thank
> you, Scott!). So, I ran the configuration program. Everything seemed to
> check out until the second time I ran the diagnostic/tuning function.
> The first time through everything went as expected. The second time
> through, the led colors reversed - that is, when I tried to switch on
> the red LED, the green one lit up, and vice versa.
>
> So, I figured I'd load the newest version of the firmware and it seems
> to be doing the same thing. I've shut off the radio and disconnected the
> power and disconnected the pc, but it still seems inverted when I start
> the configuration program again.
>
> When I get out of the configuration program, it all seems to decode
> properly and I get a blinking red led for the GPS signal and an
> occasional green flash (that's backwards, right?).
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Gil, WB2UTI
>
> P.S. I may have just discovered the problem. I just took a close look at
> the board while it was "working". The board markings and the LED colors
> don't match up. The green LED is in the location marked RED and vice
> versa... It's often something simple... As long as I know this I can
> deal with it. Everything seems to be working normally except for that. I
> seldom take the cover off anyway.
>
>
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