No RS422 via Kona HLe

[Floh Peters]

Okay,

back in the office on Monday, reseating all cables, and RS422 works. So thanks a lot to everybody who responded.

Floh

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[Mark Maness]

Hey, Floh

I have this problem all of the time with my Kona2 card. But I did find out what’s going on. You have to make sure that your machine is powered up before you boot up your Mac. After it starts up, you’ll have to restart it again. Then, “poof!” It works!

I have emailed AJA about this and discussed it here several times before I came up with my own answer. I’ve tried all of the same things you have but give this one a try, it’s what I have to do every single day.

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions

[Floh Peters]

[Wayne Carey] “I have this problem all of the time with my Kona2 card. But I did find out what’s going on. You have to make sure that your machine is powered up before you boot up your Mac. After it starts up, you’ll have to restart it again. Then, “poof!” It works!”

Wayne,

thanks, I will keep that in mind.

[Walter Biscardi]

[Wayne Carey] “You have to make sure that your machine is powered up before you boot up your Mac. After it starts up, you’ll have to restart it again. Then, “poof!” It works!”

Hmm, that’s interesting. i don’t see that here in either of our suites running K2’s, but then it might be one of those quirks that affects some people.

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[Ron Thompson]

I’m not surprised. TV 101 always says to power up your external devices before your main brain.
I remember my days in a linear suite…it was always suggested that you turn on decks and other devices before the controller/computer. It can’t hurt…but I don’t see this issue either with my LH/KL-Box.

[Bob Zelin]

Wayne’s information is incorrect, and is transformed into “voodoo” or (excuse the expression) – Blackmagic !. All AJA (and other manufacturer) products do NOT have to be connected to the RS422 device before powering on.
This would be an impossible situation for any broadcast facility, that has their VTR’s and edit controllers on RS422 patch panels. You can certainly patch and unpatch RS422 devices into any AJA product, without worrying about the system starting with the VTR connected. If it works for you – hey, that’s great – but I can assure you that you can have ANY NLE – AVID, Blackmagic, AJA, even the old Digital Voodoo – powered on, and then connect the RS422 device, and you will get control of the VTR. Even on the old AVID systems, there is a “check decks” menu, to refresh the connection to the RS422 VTR. Again, the use of a RS422 patch panel or ABCD box would be useless if you have to have a positive connection to a RS422 VTR before enabling operation.

Bob zelin

[Mark Maness]

I agree with you totally, Bob. But I am speaking from experience on my own system. I’ve been in contact with AJA since June and they are still scratching their heads on this problem. Sie La Vie!

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions