+o0zarkawater Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 I purchased 3 of these lights in a tank teardown I bought a while back and have every once in a while looked at setting them up but never can get them to connect. http://support.neptunesystems.com/support/solutions/articles/3000018600-ecotech-marine-radion-setup https://www.neptunesystems.com/getstarted/wxm/radionupdate/ Yes they all 3 were prior to Oct 2014. They come on fine when they are turned on and you can cycle through all the settings, but I can't get them to connect to the computer or reeflink. I thought there was an issue with the reeflink since I also wasn't able to get my new mp60w to connect to it, so I bought WXM to go with my apex. Following directions from ecotech is worthless. They provide no real troubleshooting, just DO THIS. I am able to get them to connect to the connection manager software, and it will talk to them when I hit factory reset they blink off, but then the status lights go red. I can unplug and plug them back in to get back to amber. Hook them back up and try firmware update, but every time, on each of the 3 different lights, it gives me a fatal error that it can't get the USB bootloader to run and back to red status lights. Tried them with just USB and with light power on as well, same thing both ways. What am I missing? Who wants to get paid and come set these up for me? Yes I know there is ecotec support forum, but I wanted to check with local friends first, before making new account and posting over there just to be ridiculed for missing the simplest step of "x". If one of you could save me the time of setting up that account and just call me an idiot now that would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 I don't know WXM at all. But when I first got my radions, I set them up for Ecosmart live without the reeflink. I found it pretty straightforward Have you tried the procedures on page 6 of this quick start guide? (as far as I recall it was the same for the G3 as the G4) https://ecotechmarine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Radion_G4_QSG.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+o0zarkawater Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 Currently just trying to get firmware up to date so I can start WXM programming. In the past I couldn't get them to connect to ecosmart, reeflink, or connection manager at all. At least today they will connect to the connection manager, but not to the ecosmart any other software. I'll try those steps again and see if it's any different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 If they were connected to a WXM module before you usually have to reset them. You need to download ecosmart live from ecotechs website. Connect the light to your computer with the included usb cable and go to the reset option. Once that's done on all of them they should connect to the WXM Sorry, I missed the line where you said you did try the reset. Hmmm, not sure what else it might be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 I would consider trying to connect to one unit at a time, just PC to light over USB. Maybe one of them has issues and is interfering with the others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+o0zarkawater Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 Been trying over USB, I do not have OEM cables, but can't imagine they would make much difference since they are being seen. And I'm able to do some things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 I'll bring a spare cable just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+o0zarkawater Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 Jim kindly came over and helped me out for about an hour and we didn't get any farther than I had. Somewhat relieved he didn't fix it in 2 minutes to show how stupid I was being, but there is another unseen issue that concerns me! The lights just won't take the firmware upgrade that I need them to in order to use with WXM. They seem fine to factory reset through connection manager, and I can USB into them with them and play with intensities, but no way to hook up to WXM without the 1.7.8 firmware. E-mailing support today to see if they have any idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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