Micro820 - SD Card Light Blinking/Flashing

[mafokken]

I have a Micro820, yes I know they are hated.

I have a brand new Micro820 that I programmed with a Micro SD Card. Once I got it programmed, I shut it off, removed the SD Card and turned it back on. Once I turned it on, it seemed to start normally, but then the SD Card light started blinking. It's not flickering like it does when it's installing a program fro a SD Card, but just blinking off and on. No other lights are on. It blinks off and on for about 2 minutes and then finally goes into run mode.

Anyone have any thoughts?

We program 5-10 of these a week with the Micro SD Card and this seemed to be the first one to have issues with programming.

 

[geniusintraining]

I made this video to help another member here... is this what yours looks like ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqKO-xayE6M

 

[mafokken]

No. I wasn't exaggerating when I said 2 minutes of blinking before it finally gets into Run mode. It's not flickering. It's blinking, similar to the way the Program light blinks when in Program mode.

 

[JTCat]

Do you have Load Always / Load on Memory Error option enabled on CCW in the mem card sttings?
If you do it may attempt to load a program from the SD card at power cycle, whether or not one is installed.

Also, checking that it is a brand new controller and not a new / reman? If so check the controller name is Micro820 and not something else, so that it agrees with the UPD file.

 

[joseph_e2]

I haven't used an 820, but I'm curious. When it finally slogs through the marathon session of loading, does it end up running the program properly?

 

[geniusintraining]

I would setup another flash card, with program and firmware and try it again, to me it sounds like its got a bad firmware issue