Failed RTC connection

[Prof. Dr. K. S. Krishnamurthy]

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We have a 2008 model Axioimager, coupled to an LSM5 exciter, used mainly for polarization studies on liquid crystals. Recently, the Zen software failed to launch with "fail to connect to RTC..." message. Resetting did not work. On the monitor, however, 'Real time connection connected..' message appears. It is suspected that the IDE, transcend 128 MB flash module, used to boot may have been corrupted. If a new IDE flash module  is purchased, the program data will have to be written into it. Is there a way of getting the data? Since the model is out of service, local Zeiss rep has expressed inability to extend technical support. It seems such a pity that for the sake of the IDE, the instrument should remain defunct.  We would be indebted for any suggestions to bring the confocal onroad.

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We can help.

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We have a 2008 model Axioimager, coupled to an LSM5 exciter, used mainly for polarization studies on liquid crystals. Recently, the Zen software failed to launch with "fail to connect to RTC..." message. Resetting did not work. On the monitor, however, 'Real time connection connected..' message appears. It is suspected that the IDE, transcend 128 MB flash module, used to boot may have been corrupted. If a new IDE flash module  is purchased, the program data will have to be written into it. Is there a way of getting the data? Since the model is out of service, local Zeiss rep has expressed inability to extend technical support. It seems such a pity that for the sake of the IDE, the instrument should remain defunct.  We would be indebted for any suggestions to bring the confocal onroad.

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Dear Krishnamurthy,

I don't know if all the RTC PCs have the same operative system (our
machine is a LSM7DUO). If so, I can make a copy of our flash drive and
send you the compressed files, so you can rebuild your system again.

On the other hand, thank you for remembering this black box computer
needs also an HD backup.

Best regards.

Juan Luis

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> We have a 2008 model Axioimager, coupled to an LSM5 exciter, used mainly for polarization studies on liquid crystals. Recently, the Zen software failed to launch with "fail to connect to RTC..." message. Resetting did not work. On the monitor, however, 'Real time connection connected..' message appears. It is suspected that the IDE, transcend 128 MB flash module, used to boot may have been corrupted. If a new IDE flash module  is purchased, the program data will have to be written into it. Is there a way of getting the data? Since the model is out of service, local Zeiss rep has expressed inability to extend technical support. It seems such a pity that for the sake of the IDE, the instrument should remain defunct.  We would be indebted for any suggestions to bring the confocal onroad.
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Good morning,

I don't know if this will help but writing to you just in case the problem is less serious than you think.

We have a Zeiss LSM 710. After we moved to Windows 7 some years ago, we had to change the order in which we turned things on. If we turn on the RTC before the PC, we get the same error. Using the Reset button doesn't work, we just have to turn off the RTC, exit ZEN, restart the RTC and wait for the start up sounds  Then restart ZEN and all is OK.

We changed our practice to turning on the RTC after the PC is on and after we have logged on. This solved the problem.

Also our system has a back up copy of the system on a USB that is stored inside the PC. I think this is standard for Zeiss so you should also have this.

Kind regards,

Jacqui
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We have a 2008 model Axioimager, coupled to an LSM5 exciter, used mainly for polarization studies on liquid crystals. Recently, the Zen software failed to launch with "fail to connect to RTC..." message. Resetting did not work. On the monitor, however, 'Real time connection connected..' message appears. It is suspected that the IDE, transcend 128 MB flash module, used to boot may have been corrupted. If a new IDE flash module  is purchased, the program data will have to be written into it. Is there a way of getting the data? Since the model is out of service, local Zeiss rep has expressed inability to extend technical support. It seems such a pity that for the sake of the IDE, the instrument should remain defunct.  We would be indebted for any suggestions to bring the confocal onroad.

[G. Esteban Fernandez]

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In case it helps, I was just having RTC connection issues on an LSM 710 and
it turns out the RTC was not booting up correctly for lack of a keyboard
(we think BIOS was reset). Connecting a PS/2 keyboard to the back of the
RTC fixed the issue while Zeiss resets the BIOS and replaces the
motherboard battery.

-Esteban

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> Good morning,
>
> I don't know if this will help but writing to you just in case the problem
> is less serious than you think.
>
> We have a Zeiss LSM 710. After we moved to Windows 7 some years ago, we
> had to change the order in which we turned things on. If we turn on the RTC
> before the PC, we get the same error. Using the Reset button doesn't work,
> we just have to turn off the RTC, exit ZEN, restart the RTC and wait for
> the start up sounds  Then restart ZEN and all is OK.
>
> We changed our practice to turning on the RTC after the PC is on and after
> we have logged on. This solved the problem.
>
> Also our system has a back up copy of the system on a USB that is stored
> inside the PC. I think this is standard for Zeiss so you should also have
> this.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jacqui
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> We have a 2008 model Axioimager, coupled to an LSM5 exciter, used mainly
> for polarization studies on liquid crystals. Recently, the Zen software
> failed to launch with "fail to connect to RTC..." message. Resetting did
> not work. On the monitor, however, 'Real time connection connected..'
> message appears. It is suspected that the IDE, transcend 128 MB flash
> module, used to boot may have been corrupted. If a new IDE flash module  is
> purchased, the program data will have to be written into it. Is there a way
> of getting the data? Since the model is out of service, local Zeiss rep has
> expressed inability to extend technical support. It seems such a pity that
> for the sake of the IDE, the instrument should remain defunct.  We would be
> indebted for any suggestions to bring the confocal onroad.
>

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Good morning. Thank you for the input. Our computer engineer tried using the keyboard, but did not succeed in booting.

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Hi , Maybe it had been mentionned before:

1- change the battery of the motiver Board, reprogram the Bios , resynchronise the Clock, date between the RTC and the PC

2- check the connection to the motherboard

Good luck

Louis


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Good morning. Thank you for the input. Our computer engineer tried using the keyboard, but did not succeed in booting.

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You can also connect a monitor to the RTC to see what it’s doing and if it
gives a clue to what to try.

-Esteban


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Dear Dr Louis,
Thank you for the suggestions. We tried booting the RTC using a keyboard
and monitor. We get an error message, which I have loaded to Google drive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OaWJKOEufbFJTz4_wbHNDWrmcViuGtZw/view?usp=sharing
Any suggestions?
Regards
Krishnamurthy

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> 1- change the battery of the motiver Board, reprogram the Bios ,
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> 2- check the connection to the motherboard
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> Good luck
>
> Louis
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Dear Dr Estaban,
Good morning.
We tried using a monitor. We get the error message shown in the image
uploaded to my google drive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OaWJKOEufbFJTz4_wbHNDWrmcViuGtZw/view?usp=sharing
Any suggestions?
Regards
Krishnamurthy

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> You can also connect a monitor to the RTC to see what it’s doing and if
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> gives a clue to what to try.
>
> -Esteban
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> On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 9:37 PM Prof. Dr. K. S. Krishnamurthy <
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>> Good morning. Thank you for the input. Our computer engineer tried using
>> the keyboard, but did not succeed in booting.
>>
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That looks like some sort of drive failure. BLK_DEV is basically the
description of the hardware and how to use it, so if you can't initiate it
then the hardware might not be responding to the bootloader/BIOS.

Craig

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> *****
> Dear Dr Estaban,
> Good morning.
> We tried using a monitor. We get the error message shown in the image
> uploaded to my google drive:
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OaWJKOEufbFJTz4_wbHNDWrmcViuGtZw/view?usp=sharing
> Any suggestions?
> Regards
> Krishnamurthy
>
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> > *****
> >
> > You can also connect a monitor to the RTC to see what it’s doing and if
> > it
> > gives a clue to what to try.
> >
> > -Esteban
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 9:37 PM Prof. Dr. K. S. Krishnamurthy <
> > [hidden email]> wrote:
> >
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> >> *****
> >>
> >> Good morning. Thank you for the input. Our computer engineer tried using
> >> the keyboard, but did not succeed in booting.
> >>
> >
>
>
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There won't be many VxWorks experts around here... But yes, this looks like
a corrupted drive.
It could also be BIOS configuration, I would definitely try to toggle
between IDE and AHCI settings in BIOS (provided the drive is connected
through SATA).
Another thought: Zeiss might have an easy way to recover the RT computer,
maybe TFTP/BOOTP, but this will be hard to figure out without Zeiss' help.
Good luck!
zdenek

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> That looks like some sort of drive failure. BLK_DEV is basically the
> description of the hardware and how to use it, so if you can't initiate it
> then the hardware might not be responding to the bootloader/BIOS.
>
> Craig
>
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 10:32 PM Prof. K. S. Krishnamurthy <
> [hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > *****
> > Dear Dr Estaban,
> > Good morning.
> > We tried using a monitor. We get the error message shown in the image
> > uploaded to my google drive:
> >
> >
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OaWJKOEufbFJTz4_wbHNDWrmcViuGtZw/view?usp=sharing
> > Any suggestions?
> > Regards
> > Krishnamurthy
> >
> > > *****
> > > To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to:
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> > posting.
> > > *****
> > >
> > > You can also connect a monitor to the RTC to see what it’s doing and if
> > > it
> > > gives a clue to what to try.
> > >
> > > -Esteban
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 9:37 PM Prof. Dr. K. S. Krishnamurthy <
> > > [hidden email]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> *****
> > >> To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to:
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> > >> posting.
> > >> *****
> > >>
> > >> Good morning. Thank you for the input. Our computer engineer tried
> using
> > >> the keyboard, but did not succeed in booting.
> > >>
> > >
> >
> >
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> > bangalore 560 013
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> >
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Hi, we had this problem on our 510 some years back when I was working in
Norway. I posted the solution on the confocal list then. Here is the link:
http://confocal-microscopy-list.588098.n2.nabble.com/How-to-repair-a-broken-RTC-on-a-Zeiss-LSM-510-td7583065.html

Jens Eriksson
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On Tue, 30 Jun 2020, 16:47 Zdenek Svindrych, <[hidden email]> wrote:

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> There won't be many VxWorks experts around here... But yes, this looks like
> a corrupted drive.
> It could also be BIOS configuration, I would definitely try to toggle
> between IDE and AHCI settings in BIOS (provided the drive is connected
> through SATA).
> Another thought: Zeiss might have an easy way to recover the RT computer,
> maybe TFTP/BOOTP, but this will be hard to figure out without Zeiss' help.
> Good luck!
> zdenek
>
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 12:42 AM Craig Brideau <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
> > *****
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> > *****
> >
> > That looks like some sort of drive failure. BLK_DEV is basically the
> > description of the hardware and how to use it, so if you can't initiate
> it
> > then the hardware might not be responding to the bootloader/BIOS.
> >
> > Craig
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 10:32 PM Prof. K. S. Krishnamurthy <
> > [hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> > > *****
> > > Dear Dr Estaban,
> > > Good morning.
> > > We tried using a monitor. We get the error message shown in the image
> > > uploaded to my google drive:
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OaWJKOEufbFJTz4_wbHNDWrmcViuGtZw/view?usp=sharing
> > > Any suggestions?
> > > Regards
> > > Krishnamurthy
> > >
> > > > *****
> > > > To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to:
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> > > posting.
> > > > *****
> > > >
> > > > You can also connect a monitor to the RTC to see what it’s doing and
> if
> > > > it
> > > > gives a clue to what to try.
> > > >
> > > > -Esteban
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 9:37 PM Prof. Dr. K. S. Krishnamurthy <
> > > > [hidden email]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> *****
> > > >> To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to:
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> > > >> Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your
> > > >> posting.
> > > >> *****
> > > >>
> > > >> Good morning. Thank you for the input. Our computer engineer tried
> > using
> > > >> the keyboard, but did not succeed in booting.
> > > >>
> > > >
> > >
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> >
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> Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
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We have gone through a number of RTCs on our Zeiss 710.  For a while in the mid-2010s we kept a screen and keyboard hooked up to it for coddling through a rough patch.  However,  swapping it out for a replacement from Zeiss was the last move a few years ago and this has been the most stable solution.


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Subject: Re: Failed RTC connection

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Hi, we had this problem on our 510 some years back when I was working in
Norway. I posted the solution on the confocal list then. Here is the link:
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__confocal-2Dmicroscopy-2Dlist.588098.n2.nabble.com_How-2Dto-2Drepair-2Da-2Dbroken-2DRTC-2Don-2Da-2DZeiss-2DLSM-2D510-2Dtd7583065.html&d=DwIFaQ&c=j5oPpO0eBH1iio48DtsedeElZfc04rx3ExJHeIIZuCs&r=hUBj2D5n6oKThx2L01qn8IORZb5f-ruLVXPmQ1zQNnM&m=OCXLY7cBPLOBiWlrnd7M7z5jMMNGP1XLNsZoP4CNtlA&s=BIMY2tgNJQBxLmiyB93963ilRkiD33cRwedzvtJnKzU&e=

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On Tue, 30 Jun 2020, 16:47 Zdenek Svindrych, <[hidden email]> wrote:

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> There won't be many VxWorks experts around here... But yes, this looks like
> a corrupted drive.
> It could also be BIOS configuration, I would definitely try to toggle
> between IDE and AHCI settings in BIOS (provided the drive is connected
> through SATA).
> Another thought: Zeiss might have an easy way to recover the RT computer,
> maybe TFTP/BOOTP, but this will be hard to figure out without Zeiss' help.
> Good luck!
> zdenek
>
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 12:42 AM Craig Brideau <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
> > *****
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> posting.
> > *****
> >
> > That looks like some sort of drive failure. BLK_DEV is basically the
> > description of the hardware and how to use it, so if you can't initiate
> it
> > then the hardware might not be responding to the bootloader/BIOS.
> >
> > Craig
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 10:32 PM Prof. K. S. Krishnamurthy <
> > [hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> > > *****
> > > Dear Dr Estaban,
> > > Good morning.
> > > We tried using a monitor. We get the error message shown in the image
> > > uploaded to my google drive:
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__drive.google.com_file_d_1OaWJKOEufbFJTz4-5FwbHNDWrmcViuGtZw_view-3Fusp-3Dsharing&d=DwIFaQ&c=j5oPpO0eBH1iio48DtsedeElZfc04rx3ExJHeIIZuCs&r=hUBj2D5n6oKThx2L01qn8IORZb5f-ruLVXPmQ1zQNnM&m=OCXLY7cBPLOBiWlrnd7M7z5jMMNGP1XLNsZoP4CNtlA&s=ErcdIxhwPACLukIhdIFgzcVAyWtFCvn17tbsZdL09fA&e=
> > > Any suggestions?
> > > Regards
> > > Krishnamurthy
> > >
> > > > *****
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> > > > Post images on https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.imgur.com&d=DwIFaQ&c=j5oPpO0eBH1iio48DtsedeElZfc04rx3ExJHeIIZuCs&r=hUBj2D5n6oKThx2L01qn8IORZb5f-ruLVXPmQ1zQNnM&m=OCXLY7cBPLOBiWlrnd7M7z5jMMNGP1XLNsZoP4CNtlA&s=BY217dAUtg_XgryRN4bgr7jkQ4gAd8nzqN_1EJsWrF4&e=  and include the link in your
> > > posting.
> > > > *****
> > > >
> > > > You can also connect a monitor to the RTC to see what it’s doing and
> if
> > > > it
> > > > gives a clue to what to try.
> > > >
> > > > -Esteban
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 9:37 PM Prof. Dr. K. S. Krishnamurthy <
> > > > [hidden email]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> *****
> > > >> To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to:
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> > > >> Post images on https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.imgur.com&d=DwIFaQ&c=j5oPpO0eBH1iio48DtsedeElZfc04rx3ExJHeIIZuCs&r=hUBj2D5n6oKThx2L01qn8IORZb5f-ruLVXPmQ1zQNnM&m=OCXLY7cBPLOBiWlrnd7M7z5jMMNGP1XLNsZoP4CNtlA&s=BY217dAUtg_XgryRN4bgr7jkQ4gAd8nzqN_1EJsWrF4&e=  and include the link in your
> > > >> posting.
> > > >> *****
> > > >>
> > > >> Good morning. Thank you for the input. Our computer engineer tried
> > using
> > > >> the keyboard, but did not succeed in booting.
> > > >>
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> >
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> Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
> Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
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have you tried changing the motherboard battery?
we had similar issue a few years ago and that was the problem

best

rodrigo.-

El 28/06/2020 a las 01:52 a. m., Prof. Dr. K. S. Krishnamurthy escribió:
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> We have a 2008 model Axioimager, coupled to an LSM5 exciter, used mainly for polarization studies on liquid crystals. Recently, the Zen software failed to launch with "fail to connect to RTC..." message. Resetting did not work. On the monitor, however, 'Real time connection connected..' message appears. It is suspected that the IDE, transcend 128 MB flash module, used to boot may have been corrupted. If a new IDE flash module  is purchased, the program data will have to be written into it. Is there a way of getting the data? Since the model is out of service, local Zeiss rep has expressed inability to extend technical support. It seems such a pity that for the sake of the IDE, the instrument should remain defunct.  We would be indebted for any suggestions to bring the confocal onroad.