Gen 2 radion doesn’t turn on in the morning help!

[ajremington68]

Have a Gen 2 and Gen 3 XR30 on a 180 and the Gen 3 turns on every morning after programming them via plugging usb into the sides; however the Gen 2 doesn’t until I unplug it from the power brick and plug it back in then it comes out and resumes the schedule.

Have you ran into this problem with any XR30 radions if so how did you fix it? Any ideas on how to fix it? They are not synced to a Reeflink could that be it?

 

[mfinn]

Didn't gen 2 fixtures come out 12 years ago ( 2011-2012)?
If I could find a reasonably priced new power supply, I would try that.
I don't think I would spend much money on a fixture that old.
I doubt a reef link would have anything to do with that.

 

[snorklr]

still running a gen 2 and it comes on fine in the AM...i think the brick is power only and anything else is controlled by the light itself ? does it do the same by unplugging the brick from the wall or only the light from the brick? you might be able to fool it by hooking the brick to a timer

 

[ajremington68]

still running a gen 2 and it comes on fine in the AM...i think the brick is power only and anything else is controlled by the light itself ? does it do the same by unplugging the brick from the wall or only the light from the brick? you might be able to fool it by hooking the brick to a timer

So it is plugged into a surge protector and I have a Gen 3 side by side and tried swapping the power supply and still the Gen 2 turns off. The fan is still running so my worst fear is coming. From what I am reading online this means the led clusters are bad and the light is now sadly junk.

 

[ajremington68]

Soo I just plugged it into a different outlet and it is staying on now (well following the schedule) so not sure what that is but I’ll take it and run with it!

 

[snorklr]

aren't electronics fun?

 

[gassdoc]

unplugging for a while will reset capacitors and lights will reset.

 

[Tamberav]

Have a Gen 2 and Gen 3 XR30 on a 180 and the Gen 3 turns on every morning after programming them via plugging usb into the sides; however the Gen 2 doesn’t until I unplug it from the power brick and plug it back in then it comes out and resumes the schedule.

Have you ran into this problem with any XR30 radions if so how did you fix it? Any ideas on how to fix it? They are not synced to a Reeflink could that be it?

I would fix it by putting it on a simple timer that turns the light off and back on… so it’s like you unplugged it…

If it happens again anyways…

 

[ajremington68]

I would fix it by putting it on a simple timer that turns the light off and back on… so it’s like you unplugged it…

If it happens again anyways…

It does I have tried factory reset, calibrate, different outlets, different power bricks and nothing so going to invest in a cheap timer to turn on and off whatever the interval it turns off (think like 20 mins) and just go from there. Stinks but it is a gen 2 and it was a budget light and I got it for a deal so cant be to beat about it just gotta keep grinding.

 

[ajremington68]

unplugging for a while will reset capacitors and lights will reset.

How long is a while?

 

[THE_MAD_REEFER]

It is unbelievable the amount of failures the XR lights have while coming at a price that is higher than any other light. Not only that but it also has the most un user friendly software too. I have AI primes that have been running for 8 years on the original programming and havent missed a beat. I was excited when I got two XR30s and they have been a huge disappointment only to lok and find that these problems are everywhere. If they dont want people to buy the IP stolen versions they should really do better about preventing this.

 

[THE_MAD_REEFER]

Check out the post I just made on my thread. I was dealing with two gen 2 xr30s for a week over time not tracking. I just bought a reeflink and finished setting up about thirty minutes ago. It seems to have fixed the problem.

 

[THE_MAD_REEFER]

Go ahead and find a reef link dude. 2030 rolled around and it was like clockwork.