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Red LED flashing and Transmitter GPS communication symbol is not displayed on front display

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Model: 14000 Series Transmitter with Internal or External Antenna

Symptoms

All or some of the below symptoms may be present.

  • Red LED is flashing on the Transmitter front display.

  • Transmitter front display does NOT display its GPS communication symbol connection symbol.png, this indicates it's not communicating with the GPS Receiver.

  • Channel Number may be or may not be displayed on the Transmitter front display, located in the lower right hand corner of the screen.

    • Channel Number displayed: indicates the Transmitter is currently broadcasting.

    • Channel Number is NOT displayed: indicates the Transmitter is not currently broadcasting.

  • Clocks may be displaying a visual signal loss indicator due to they have not received a time update for three days; Analog Clock second hand is stepping and a Digital Clock/Timer colon is flashing.

Problem

Transmitter is not receiving a time update.

Analyze

  1. Reseat all GPS and cable connections, check to make sure they are not wet or corroded, and look for damage to the cable.

  2. Is there is an extension cable in use? Identity if it's a factory supplied cable or is not factory supplied. If it's not factory supplied, is it longer than 200 ft. and/or is the pin out correct? Step 3 will identify if the extension cable is an issue.

  3. If the GPS communication symbol is not displayed and extension cables are in use, take the GPS Receiver from its location and plug it directly into the back of the Transmitter.

    If the GPS communication symbol appears, the extension cables are the cause of the issue and are required to be replaced. If the GPS communication symbol is not displayed, replace the GPS Receiver as the first step.

    If after replacing the GPS Receiver and/or cable and the GPS communication symbol is NOT displayed, the import on the Transmitter may be bad, which will require the Transmitter to be replaced.

  4. From the Transmitter front display screen, verify the GPS communication symbol is present, which indicate it's communicating with the GPS Receiver. If the symbol is present, watch for parentheses Three_Parenth.pngcoming towards the GPS communication symbol which indicates the GPS Receiver unit is receiving a time update from the GPS satellites. If the parentheses are not displayed, complete the troubleshooting topic - Red LED flashing and Transmitter GPS communication symbol displayed, but no parentheses

Solution

  1. If GPS communication symbol is displayed when direct to the Transmitter, replace the GPS extension cables.

  2. If no GPS communication symbol is displayed when direct to the Transmitter, replace the GPS Receiver.

  3. After replacing all GPS components and the GPS communication symbol is not displayed, the Transmitter may need to be replaced.

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