Matthew Barney
Mike,
That was my suspicion. Thanks for your help.
MB
Matthew Barney
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On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 4:51 PM, Mike Murray wrote:
> I found the problem. The catch that the clip engages on the Ethernet port
> on the camera has failed. When you push the plug-in is no click so that the
> cable is easily disengaged. It is pretty clearly what caused the problem.
> This could look like a cable problem has reinserting any cable, even the
> same one, might cause it to start working. For those running the camera if
> there is ever any concern about the functional status of an Ethernet cable
> there is a Ethernet cable tester in the camera box. I would encourage you
> to use that tester prior to switching the cable are making the assumption
> that the cable is nonfunctional. For what it's worth I've tested the cables
> that are in the camera box and they are fine.
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> I will work with FinishLynx to figure out how we are going to get the port
> repaired. Until we can get it repaired we will probably have to secure the
> Ethernet cable to the camera with tape.
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> Mike
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> *From:* Matthew Barney [mailto:mbarney22@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 14, 2016 16:42
> *To:* Mike Murray
> *Cc:* Jordan via OBRA_Officials
> *Subject:* Re: [OBRA Officials] FinishLynx camera
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> Hello, Mike.
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> Scott and I had issues Monday eve with the camera. We troubleshot it for a
> good hour before it came up. We figured it was one of the cat5 cables.
> Swapping out three-5 different cables it finally came up, or should I say
> the camera was recognized. Once it was up, the races had started so we
> didn't really sit back to ensure the what we did was the solution. I say
> this because Tuesday eve produced the same issue. This time with the same
> "newer, working" cables. Although newer isn't right either because they
> were obviously is less than great condition...
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> Tuesday eve was same battle. Camera would not recognize. Swapped some
> cables around. tried the laptop, recycled power, restarted in sequence and
> still nothing. Sam had it come up just out of the blue with no real reason
> or solution.
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> Not sure what is the cause. Yes, Sam and I are new to the camera, but we
> both followed directions to the T. So user error is unlikely.
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> MB
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> *Matthew Barney*
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> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 4:08 PM, Mike Murray via OBRA_Officials <
> obra_officials@list.obra.org> wrote:
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> I have the newer FinishLynx camera at my house as evidently at least the
> last couple of days there has been difficulty with getting the computers
> to recognize the camera. The first thing that I've noticed is that somehow
> the ground plug from the three prong power plug has been removed.
> Hopefully this was done accidentally because removing that solely to be
> able to plug the cord into a two prong outlet would be totally
> unacceptable. Even if this was done accidentally it is something that we
> should of been made aware of as soon as possible. The problem with the
> missing crown plug is that then there is no wider plug so that there is no
> control over the polarity. If this plug was placed into an outlet with the
> polarity reversed it could cause damage to the camera.
>
> If you are one of the people that had problems with connection with the
> computer I would like to hear from you so that I can try and figure out
> where the problem was.
>
> Mike Murray
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