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Mike Cumbo
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Saturday I used a Kalypso on a truck that is usually used by a small group of people. Everything was going fine UNTIL I hit "ATTACH enabled". It seems that the default file on the switcher had blank macros attached to certain common buttons, like ME 3 Key 1 and Key 2. Yep, before I started building I checked the Macro catalog, all macros were 0kb in size. I thought I was safe. WRONG. All of the "phantom" macros were "Replace" attached, so the keyers would not turn on or off, the switcher was just looking for a macro that did not exist.

I know that my error was not using the "Show Attach" function. Brain fart plus a real early call time didn't help. Just another thing to remember to check BEFORE you start your day.

Travis Swenson
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The unfortunate problem is that there are EIC's out there that do not keep back up copies of their Daily Setups and other files that they need to do. Other EIC's make the TD's work off a previous TD's setup without having any truck defaults. If a TD comes back and opens up the Kalypso frame himself to do a NV drain - I'm going to question him/her severely and ask them in a polite way not to do that again - that's what the EIC's are here for - to assist. It's not tough that once you do a NV drain to actually save the E-MEM registars, Macros, which are all blank to a folder to reload at the end of a show. I reload my Daily setups and ENG files and we are back to a truck basic and ready for the next show. The unfortunate thing is having to move the dial to the CORRECT position to do the NV drain. (I did it to the wrong number once and the Kalypso became a dumb terminal.) Backdoor programing was done and all was good with Kalpso again. It's all been said before - Why isn't there the E-Mem / Macro clear buttons for the TD's from the control panel - but then its also like - 'Why is there not a P-Bus Source Patch menu" - this would be helpful in remote trucks.
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Bob Ennis
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As long as you aren't changing any Engineering settings, there is really no reason that the EIC should logically object to an NV drain. The GV software installation instructions tell you to do an NV drain after upgrading or downgrading software, so it's a very benign operation. Also, one of the GV customer service 1st line of Kalypso problem fixers is to have you drain NV (INCLUDING Engineering settings). Hopefully as more EIC's become more educated about the frame & software, you'll run into less resistence. Doing engineering testing on the system, I do maybe 2 or 3 NV drains per day - all with no ill side effects. And doing an NV drain with a reset will more likely than not restore a "dead" M/E than kill it.

Bob Ennis

Mike Cumbo
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OK, today I had a Kalypso and I had Bob's notes. The EIC looked like I asked him to surrender his kids to John Wayne Gacy... Oh well, maybe the next EIC.. As it was, ME3 woke up stupid, it would not output anything, just a green screen. A reboot of the switcher "fixed" the issue. I can just imagine IF I had drained the NV RAM and the ME burped.
Mike Cumbo
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OK, so it is quicker then finding a bunch of default files and loading them. It is cleaner and then wondering if there are any "dirty" default files. Hopefully, the EIC's will understand and not have a cow. Thanks Bob.
Bob Ennis
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The procedure takes about 1 minute from start to finish. The NV drain lets you select what you want to clear (ENG, Suite, User, E-Mems, Macros, R-Mem, or All). So you can choose what you want to keep & what you want to erase.

Bob Ennis

Mike Cumbo
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How long does it take to do this procedure?
Rick Tugman
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Zach It wipes out all the states of the of switcher. So to answer your question. YES!
Zach G
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Bob, Would this also clear all the EMEMS? And if you hadn't deleted all the macros would that procedure get rid of them? Zach
Bob Ennis
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Mike, To drain NV; 1. Close or minimize the Kalypso menu. 2. Run the Kalypso Install program that's on the menu's desktop. 3. Choose CLEAR NV RAM as the option. Choose what parts of NV that you want to clear. Make sure that you reboot the frame in Position #1 (0 is normal before pressing OK to do the drain (it prompts you to do this) 4. Press OK to drain the NV. 5. Put the switch back into Position #0 & reboot the frame.

Bob Ennis

Mike Cumbo
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Bob, what is the procedure for a NV clear?
Bob Ennis
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One of the habits that I have gotten into is that the 1st thing that I do is clear ALL the NV (ecept the ENG setup - unless I have that stored). This helps to get rid of pretty much all of those "traps" that may be left over from the previous user.

Bob Ennis