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Hi everyone.
Just wondering how safe it is to connect the expensive TX to the computer.
I've heard of cases where, when there's a power surge, the circuitry in the TX gets damaged as well, and therefore unusable afterwards.
I've been told to therefore get RF G3.5 instead, since there wont be any worries about getting the expensive TX damaged.
Is it that risky?
Also, new to all this, just wondering, is the TX meant to be on or off when connected to the computer.
Thanks
Ade_Law
10-03-2007, 02:22 PM
reflex xtr has been around for 5 years i havnt heard of any getting blown up. Phoenix has been around for 12 months and none dead yet that i know of.
i suspect this might be spin from "other" sim companies.
joyo it depends what tx you have, some switch on automatically when you plug the lead in to it some need to be switched on.
Ade
kamtsa
10-03-2007, 06:48 PM
Also, new to all this, just wondering, is the TX meant to be on or off when connected to the computer.
Thanks
Spektrum DX6 need to be turned off. When you insert the Phoneix plug into the DX7, it turns on automatically in the direct connect (not RF transmission?) mode.
Kam
vetterick
10-03-2007, 08:38 PM
I wouldn't worry about any "power surge' from the computer since the computer is just recieving a low level signal from the transmitter, no real voltages are exchanged (the transmitter still runs on its own batteries).
Rick
Computers all have surge protection in the power supply. The thing that changes AC voltage into DC voltages that the computer can use has some pretty good surge protection by the fact that it is a regulated voltage.
So, unless you intend to do any simming during an electrical storm, when your electrical appliances should be unplugged any way, there is no reason to worry.
TheBum
10-03-2007, 11:53 PM
Power surge protection is a good reason to buy an Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS). It'll also protect you against brown-outs. If you have a laptop, you have a UPS built-in: it's called a battery.
Thanks all for your reply, it certainly does put me more at ease with ordering one.
I was just told that you shouldn't use your expensive TX connected to the computer.
I have a DX7
Hi all, I'm trying to install the demo on my dell M1330 laptop, just to see how it runs, but it wont install. It's got Geforce 8400GS, so I assume it already had DX10 drivers install.
But wont work, any ideas.
Thanks
TheBum
10-04-2007, 10:26 AM
I found that the demo (which is really the full program; the interface dongle provides the only necessary copy protection) wouldn't install unless I also chose to install the DirectX drivers that were part of the full install, even though I too already had what I thought was the most recent version.
works out to be a missing .dll file, searched for that, and copied it into the Windows directory, and works now.
It looks quite good running on a laptop