Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 13 of 23

Thread: FEC brick?

  1. 12-03-2009, 09:43 AM #1
    justjohnson
    justjohnson is offline Professional Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Location
    New Hampshire
    Posts
    255

    FEC brick?

    I've got a FEC controller that was working fine for a couple months and now is no longer communicating on the network the controller is stuck with its Power and Fault LEDs on solid, it won't talk to anything on its SA bus either. What causes this and is there a recover method for this? CCT tool can't seem to find it even with the Bluetooth plugged directly into it so I can't try download firmware, or this thing DOA? Any ideas?
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 12-03-2009, 08:32 PM #2
    canadian_jci_guy
    canadian_jci_guy is offline Waiting Email Confirmation
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Posts
    116
    Try cycling power to it 5 times quickly. It acts like a master reset to the controller. You may need to do it a few times. You need to see the power light go out each time.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 12-04-2009, 09:08 AM #3
    justjohnson
    justjohnson is offline Professional Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Location
    New Hampshire
    Posts
    255
    thanks for the info. I will try that today
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 12-04-2009, 08:02 PM #4
    mackinaw
    mackinaw is offline Professional Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Posts
    452
    Quote Originally Posted by canadian_jci_guy View Post
    Try cycling power to it 5 times quickly. It acts like a master reset to the controller. You may need to do it a few times. You need to see the power light go out each time.
    Is this documented somewhere, or something you have discovered?
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 12-04-2009, 08:39 PM #5
    freddy-b
    freddy-b is offline Banned
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Posts
    3,641
    Quote Originally Posted by mackinaw View Post
    Is this documented somewhere, or something you have discovered?
    LOL
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 12-04-2009, 08:59 PM #6
    berg2666
    berg2666 is offline Professional Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Location
    Shreveport, Louisiana
    Posts
    2,255
    Quote Originally Posted by mackinaw View Post
    Is this documented somewhere, or something you have discovered?
    IT sure is if you have access to FSC...
    UA Local 141
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 12-04-2009, 09:08 PM #7
    freddy-b
    freddy-b is offline Banned
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Posts
    3,641
    Quote Originally Posted by berg2666 View Post
    IT sure is if you have access to FSC...
    Most excellent procedure. and "Do the hokie pokey and.............. thats what its all about."
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 12-04-2009, 09:08 PM #8
    mackinaw
    mackinaw is offline Professional Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Posts
    452
    Quote Originally Posted by freddy-b View Post
    LOL
    I'm still trying to finger out if he's serious or not....
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 12-04-2009, 09:14 PM #9
    mackinaw
    mackinaw is offline Professional Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Posts
    452
    Quote Originally Posted by berg2666 View Post
    IT sure is if you have access to FSC...
    Yep....I guess it's official. I though you guys were joking....
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  10. 12-04-2009, 09:16 PM #10
    mackinaw
    mackinaw is offline Professional Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Posts
    452
    Quote Originally Posted by freddy-b View Post
    Most excellent procedure. and "Do the hokie pokey and.............. thats what its all about."
    Well Freddy, it also says there is a hardware jumper to "reset" the box due to a corrupt file download.

    I find the magic five power cycles funny myself.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  11. 12-04-2009, 10:24 PM #11
    canadian_jci_guy
    canadian_jci_guy is offline Waiting Email Confirmation
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Posts
    116
    Oh yeah what a stupid idea to not put a reset button on the front face of the controller that anyone can push. What were they thinking.

    I guess car manufacturer's were idiots by allowing you to put a jumper in and flick the ignition on & off a couple times to access the computer codes too.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  12. 12-04-2009, 11:05 PM #12
    freddy-b
    freddy-b is offline Banned
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Posts
    3,641
    Quote Originally Posted by canadian_jci_guy View Post
    Oh yeah what a stupid idea to not put a reset button on the front face of the controller that anyone can push. What were they thinking.

    I guess car manufacturer's were idiots by allowing you to put a jumper in and flick the ignition on & off a couple times to access the computer codes too.
    Nice analogy...but incorrect ehh. You see... that information is in the manual or readily available, and not on some super secret/restricted database.

    Truth be told its probably that way not just for protection from push button happy customers, but also for some of those genius download dummy techs you guys have.

    If its a design feature at all...sounds like another "Tech Support" pacification procedure to me....obviously Mackinaw saw it that way too...
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  13. 12-04-2009, 11:18 PM #13
    D1G
    D1G is offline Regular Guest
    Join Date
    Sep 2009
    Posts
    141
    I figured quickly cycling the controller on and off was reached out of desperation, you know... right before you try repeatedly hitting it with a hammer when all else has failed.

    I have a Cisco switch that is quickly approaching that state. Does anyone know the correct size hammer required to force it to boot?
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules