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 Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 1:34 pm Post subject: Garmin GNS430 goes into setup mode - screen with colored box |
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Today I resoldered one of the wires on my GNS430 connector (it was the RS232 Out 1 wire which had mistakenly been connected to the wrong pin, which is why my GNS was not communicating with my Trio ProPilot) and when I put everything back and powered up the GNS430, I got a strange startup screen with lots of concentric colored boxes. The unit appears to startup in SETUP mode because when I turn the right dial I get the other setup screens. But no matter how many times I try it will not startup normally.
I have posted some pics to give you an idea of what I see. The screen that intrigues me is the Main Diagnostics screen which appears to have "Unrecorded exceptions", whatever that means.
Does anyone know what this behavior indicates? Is it broken in some way? Can someone who has a GNS430 start it up in setup mode (press the ENT button while turning it on) and tell me if their Main Exceptions screen looks like mine?
TIA for your help!
Sacha
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| Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 12:18 am Post subject: Garmin GNS430 goes into setup mode - screen with colored box |
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Garmin support says that the unit is booting in Test mode and suggested to
double check whether pin 75 of the 4001 connector is grounded... (I hope it
is, otherwise i might be in for some repair co$ts)...
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| Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 9:29 pm Post subject: Garmin GNS430 goes into setup mode - screen with colored box |
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Turns out that removing the data card, rebooting the unit and then
re-inserting it did the trick; just as Garmin support suggested! Phew...
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| Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 9:57 pm Post subject: Garmin GNS430 goes into setup mode - screen with colored box |
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Sacha, can you re cap this thread for me? I must have missed it and I have had my 430W freeze on boot up a few weeks ago. I'm just wondering if you can elaborate, when this happened I suspected my data card may have been the cause, that or heat from sitting out all day in the sun.
Thanks!
Tim
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Turns out that removing the data card, rebooting the unit and then
re-inserting it did the trick; just as Garmin support suggested! Phew...
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| Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 10:36 pm Post subject: Garmin GNS430 goes into setup mode - screen with colored box |
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Hi Tim,
Sure. I changed one of the wires on the 4001 connector on my GNS430 and
when I put everything back and powered up the GNS430, I got a strange
startup screen with lots of concentric colored boxes. The unit appeared to
be in SETUP mode because when I turn the right dial I got the other setup
screens. But no matter how many times I tied it would not startup normally.
After posting to the list, I also emailed Garmin support. Within hours, I
got the following reply from them: " What you are seeing is Test mode. Try
first removing the data cards and see if this will clear it it. If not you
may have Pin 75 OF plug 4001 grounded. If this is not the case then you
have a unit problem and it will need to be repaired."
Getting the unit fixed would probably have been a four figure expense
including shipping, so I'm quite happy that its still working!
Rgds
sacha
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| Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 6:15 am Post subject: Garmin GNS430 goes into setup mode - screen with colored box |
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Thank you!
Tim
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On May 9, 2013, at 11:33 PM, "Sacha" <uuccio(at)gmail.com> wrote:
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Hi Tim,
Sure. I changed one of the wires on the 4001 connector on my GNS430 and
when I put everything back and powered up the GNS430, I got a strange
startup screen with lots of concentric colored boxes. The unit appeared to
be in SETUP mode because when I turn the right dial I got the other setup
screens. But no matter how many times I tied it would not startup normally.
After posting to the list, I also emailed Garmin support. Within hours, I
got the following reply from them: " What you are seeing is Test mode. Try
first removing the data cards and see if this will clear it it. If not you
may have Pin 75 OF plug 4001 grounded. If this is not the case then you
have a unit problem and it will need to be repaired."
Getting the unit fixed would probably have been a four figure expense
including shipping, so I'm quite happy that its still working!
Rgds
sacha
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