UVW-1800 shuts off on edit to tape

[Cory Caplan]

yeah, dollars to donuts that’s it.

I actually exit out of FCP entirely now, drop AJA control panel out, then come back in to avoid this issue… As I said, I think it has to do with 422 protection. Like FCP just assumes its on, and sends it a control, but the deck was waiting for some sort of initialization protocol or something, so it shuts down to protect itself.

I’ll be darned if I can figure out how it “knows” to turn off and lock down for a period of time, even if unplugged. Some capacitor thing, I assume.

BTW, my colleague who had this issue 1st took his deck in 2x and it got a clean bill of health.. I wouldn’t sweat it.

Occasionally, I do forget though, and I actually had a client show up for dubs on the spot, and in my rush, I forgot, and this happened… Then I had to sit there and wait for the deck to “timeout” before I could restart it.. Awkward.

[Chris Borjis]

[Cory Caplan] “BTW, my colleague who had this issue 1st took his deck in 2x and it got a clean bill of health.. I wouldn’t sweat it.”

no kiddin?

It really does sound like a power supply problem to me, but I’ve been surprised before.

[Cory Caplan]

3 entirely different decks made several years apart all exhibit the same behavior, specific to deck control being activated after the deck is turned on “late”

There’s always the possibility that this tech wasn’t able to find the problem either, but I’d think that these decks would exhibit additional issues, like random shutoffs or whatever, but like I said, this is the only “problem” I have with the deck, and I’ve seen it on 3 different models, working off both Avid PC and FCP systems..

It doesn’t happen every time, btw, just when the right set of circumstances arises… I’ve noticed it’s much more likely if I try to turn it on WHILE the computer is trying to access the deck (edit to tape is coming up) that’s what led to the original hypothesis, and for the past 3 years it’s stood.. what can I say?

Cory