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| Author: | dpinkerton [ Thu Aug 25, 2011 8:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Cyber Commander misfires |
I took out the Einstein and CC two nights ago for my first senior shoot of the 2nd half of the year and was getting a LOT of misfires from the Cyber Commander. I could always fire test pops and metering with it but many times it stopped firing the Einstein from the hotshoe. I would push the joysticks to fire a few test pops and refresh and it would eventually come back to life. I checked the batteries and they both read 1.35V. I'm not a battery expert but is this considered low and would that explain the behavior of the CC? Thanks, David |
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| Author: | Technical Support [ Thu Aug 25, 2011 11:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cyber Commander misfires |
What versions of firmware are you running on each, in particular the Cyber Commander? |
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| Author: | dpinkerton [ Thu Aug 25, 2011 12:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cyber Commander misfires |
Firmware version on the CC is 36. The Einstein says SW-0173 Ver 22 when I start it up. Is that the firmware version? Thanks, David |
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| Author: | Technical Support [ Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cyber Commander misfires |
Yes, that is the firmware version. There are newer ones for each, so you may want to try that, particularly for Einstein. We may also want to take a look at the possibilty of the CC not communicating with the camera. First, is the CC directly in the hotshoe, and not using any adapter or SafeSync? Are you also using the PC cord from CC to camera? Are you more likely to see the problem in the protrait orientation, or landscape? |
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| Author: | dpinkerton [ Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cyber Commander misfires |
Ok, I'll try the new Einstein firmware. The CC was directly in the hotshoe and I was in landscape orientation. I even tried collapsing the CC down so that there was a potentially better connection and that made no difference. I've had this problem on and off since I got it early this year. Are you saying that the batteries should not have been the issue then? Anyway, I'll try the Einstein firmware. That's something I had not updated since I got it in January. |
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| Author: | Technical Support [ Thu Aug 25, 2011 4:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cyber Commander misfires |
dpinkerton wrote: Are you saying that the batteries should not have been the issue then? I cannot rule it out entirely, but if you are using alkaline batteries, a "LOW BATT" indicator should appear in red. Lithium batteries may not give a warning. NiMH batteries may cause problems as well. Certainly nothing wrong in changing out batteries! |
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| Author: | dpinkerton [ Thu Aug 25, 2011 4:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cyber Commander misfires |
Ok. I'm definitely using alkaline and they've had little use since I put them in back in June. I wouldn't expect to have to change them that often and was relying on the LOW BATT indicator (even checked before I went on this shoot). I updated all my firmware so we'll try again and see what happens. I may end up getting a regular CS transmitter as well for a backup. |
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| Author: | BigIronCruiser [ Thu Aug 25, 2011 8:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cyber Commander misfires |
+1 on getting a CST to go along with the CC. You won't regret it. |
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