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What does it mean if I get the fan to spin up and then it shuts back down when I insert the power cord?

Does the slave eye still default to enabled, requiring direct intervention to disable.

Seems like you are resolving a few user's issues every week by telling them the slave eye is on, so that is why all their lights keep firing, etc. A firmware fix seems welcome all around on this issue.

Basically, when I plug my CSXCV into the E640, seems it could be smart enough to disable the slave eye. (as the AB's do when you plug a trigger in). No trigger plugged in, slave eye on.

ericski wrote:

What does it mean if I get the fan to spin up and then it shuts back down when I insert the power cord?

Be sure you are using a FAT formatted 2GB (non-SDHC) micro SD card. If you are using a Mac, be sure to follow the Mac instructions that require you to reinstall the firmware after each attempt.

Is this the first head you have attempted on this version? Are you running PC or Mac? How many lights are you updating?

Author:	Technical Support [ Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:27 am ]
Post subject:	New Einstein v.26 firmware 3-8-11!
New firmware for Einstein is available at the link below. It updates the following from version 22: •Updates E640 for compatibility with Pocket Wizard Power MC2 remote (coming soon) •With the Cyber Commander™, when the Einstein™ is not in a selected group, the new firmware turns off its modeling lamp and disables the sync jack and slave eye http://www.paulcbuff.com/pcb2009/e640firmware.html Please discuss this update in this thread. We do not know any exact or estimated dates for the Power MC2. You will need to contact Pocket Wizard for that information.

Author:	ericski [ Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:46 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: New Einstein v.26 firmware 3-8-11!
What does it mean if I get the fan to spin up and then it shuts back down when I insert the power cord?

Author:	BDP [ Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:58 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: New Einstein v.26 firmware 3-8-11!
Does the slave eye still default to enabled, requiring direct intervention to disable. Seems like you are resolving a few user's issues every week by telling them the slave eye is on, so that is why all their lights keep firing, etc. A firmware fix seems welcome all around on this issue. Basically, when I plug my CSXCV into the E640, seems it could be smart enough to disable the slave eye. (as the AB's do when you plug a trigger in). No trigger plugged in, slave eye on.

Author:	Technical Support [ Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:31 am ]
Post subject:	Re: New Einstein v.26 firmware 3-8-11!
ericski wrote: What does it mean if I get the fan to spin up and then it shuts back down when I insert the power cord? Be sure you are using a FAT formatted 2GB (non-SDHC) micro SD card. If you are using a Mac, be sure to follow the Mac instructions that require you to reinstall the firmware after each attempt. Is this the first head you have attempted on this version? Are you running PC or Mac? How many lights are you updating?

Author:	Technical Support [ Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:33 am ]
Post subject:	Re: New Einstein v.26 firmware 3-8-11!
BDP wrote: Does the slave eye still default to enabled, requiring direct intervention to disable. Seems like you are resolving a few user's issues every week by telling them the slave eye is on, so that is why all their lights keep firing, etc. A firmware fix seems welcome all around on this issue. Basically, when I plug my CSXCV into the E640, seems it could be smart enough to disable the slave eye. (as the AB's do when you plug a trigger in). No trigger plugged in, slave eye on. No changes have been made to the slave eye. All changes are listed on the update page.

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Author:	ericski [ Wed Mar 09, 2011 1:25 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: New Einstein v.26 firmware 3-8-11!
Technical Support wrote: ericski wrote: What does it mean if I get the fan to spin up and then it shuts back down when I insert the power cord? Be sure you are using a FAT formatted 2GB (non-SDHC) micro SD card. If you are using a Mac, be sure to follow the Mac instructions that require you to reinstall the firmware after each attempt. Is this the first head you have attempted on this version? Are you running PC or Mac? How many lights are you updating? It's a 1GB card, do they make those in SDHC? (I don't have it readily available to look at.) I'm running PC and I have just the one light and this is the first attempt.

Author:	ericski [ Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:31 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: New Einstein v.26 firmware 3-8-11!
It's definitely a normal SD, not SDHC card. Verified that it is FAT16 formatted. Verified the files were in the place. There are actually 2 "fan ramp-ups" followed by nothing. Also, in the "factory use only" section there is the "bootload" menu option that does show the file on the card.

Author:	Technical Support [ Thu Mar 10, 2011 12:27 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: New Einstein v.26 firmware 3-8-11!
In that screen, since you found it, can you use the up/down arrows to highlight the file (in black) and press the "test" button? This should start the update process, in a manual roundabout way.

Author:	ericski [ Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:33 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: New Einstein v.26 firmware 3-8-11!
Doing that I don't get any flashing back screen after selecting it. The light reboots, still says v.22 but one of the hex files is deleted from the card.

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