The one inside the Octatrack I’d assume.
ATA is an issue. Should say [OK]
I’d say that is an issue with the CF Card Reader.
Not sure what IE:DTIM0 means; edumacted guess would be Internal Exception, Digitial Timeout…
@Olle is the man to speak with here. Could be a bent pin(s) with the card reader inside the Octatrack.
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Rusty is correct. ATA errors are the card or the card reader.
Contact support and they will help you out. Attach the image in the support ticket and have a look inside the slot where the CF card goes to see if any pins are bent or missing.
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I haz won some Chokladflarn?
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Damn.
Great warning photo. It looks so easily to bend. Probably repairable.
There where two more on the other side.
It’s a quick and cheap repair if the PCB is not damaged. We usually cover this if there is not something obviously stupid that has been done, and you cover the shipping here. Never ever use force. CF cards can go in at an angle and this ruins the pins.
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what I do not understand is that you still used in the MK2 CF cards, why not gone with more modern cards ? these pins are so easy to damage compared to newer card interfaces.
CF cards are still used in lots of high end gear. I think there’s an advantage in the way you can drive them … but idk I’m not a hardware engineer. I just do eyes.
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I believe it is due to a number if reasons, CF uses ATA protocol, which is 16bit parallel hence more pins, I think SD is a serial protocol and requires a license to utilise. (Correction it appears SD is now 4bit parallel)
I don’t think CF is fragile unless you do not take care when inserting.
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Right so CF cards are ATA (and CFast => SATA) compatible. Perhaps that’s simpler to interface with in certain hardware contexts!
They’re also physically strong. Aside from the bent-pin problem, it’s harder to damage one by for example sitting on it.
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Possibly at the time the OT was developed CF had significant advantages wrt to access times and number of simultaneous data streams over SD, it was considered a more pro format, SD was a consumer format, in the meantime SD technology improved to be about equal to CF in terms of performance.
When designing the mkII I guess that rather than redesign the whole board and operating system, Elektron decided that CF made more sense to ensure backwards compatibility for the user and themselves.
I have used CF for 20 years, never bent a pin.
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I always look at the CF card and reader design and wonder why they didn’t make the reader female and the part you can walk to a store to easily replace male.
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Because like in real life male is more vulnerable than female.
Pins would be bent more easily during transportation if cards were male - unless they were shrouded.
As long as you don’t try to force them in at an angle you should never have any problems in my experience.
Clumsiness bends pins but at least Mr Clumsy could get a quick easy fix with pinned cards.
I don’t see any point of such a reply.
If you wish to contrebute do it in a positive way.
Try it, it feels really good to be good
That’s a reply to the post directly above mine, best to take it only as that.