Tech problem linking rush 2049

Tmach...@aol.com

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Sep 22, 2015, 10:30:04 PM9/22/15

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I have a pair of rush 2049s that I am having a problem linking together. They were linked at one time. The cable was broken. I made a new cat 5 cable one side wired for A the other plug wired for B. As far as I know none of the settings were changed since they were linked. One side is set for car one the for car 2. All adjustments are set the same on both sides. When I go in to test mode for communication, it shows
Testing local passed
Testing cable ok
xmit and rcvd increase in value with rcvd aprox double of xmit. Which seems correct to me
But also shows
Testing link Found 0
Both games have the same results.
Any help would be great. I have also checked the cables with a cable tester. Thanks Ted

Bob C

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Sep 23, 2015, 11:14:51 AM9/23/15

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How did the cable "break"?
Maybe a jack got damaged too?

Hopefully no electronic circuit damage

I have Rush the Rock, and never checked, but I'm guessing these should be regular cables and not crossovers?

As far as the test results go I know nothing...

Tmach...@aol.com

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Sep 23, 2015, 7:15:38 PM9/23/15

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That's possible because the cable broke because the games were pulled apart and the cable snapped but there doesn't appear to be damage to the jacks plus I get cables ok in the test I don't get that if I remove the cable. Plus I am getting xmit and recevd counts that increase.

Bob C

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Sep 24, 2015, 10:55:22 AM9/24/15

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Not to question your abilities, but have you tried a retail cable?

On Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 7:30:04 PM UTC-7, Tmach...@aol.com wrote:

Bob C

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Sep 24, 2015, 10:56:59 AM9/24/15

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On Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 7:30:04 PM UTC-7, Tmach...@aol.com wrote:

Is the cable test built into the machines or is this an external device?

Tmach...@aol.com

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Sep 25, 2015, 8:10:40 AM9/25/15

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I have a external cat 5 tester that I checked the cable with and all the other test are built in to the machine. Including one that shows cable ok

John Robertson

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Sep 25, 2015, 10:01:35 AM9/25/15

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On 09/25/2015 5:10 AM, Tmach...@aol.com wrote:
> I have a external cat 5 tester that I checked the cable with and all the other test are built in to the machine. Including one that shows cable ok
>

The only thing I can think of is if the cable is correct - a cross-over
vs. straight-through...

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Bob C

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Sep 25, 2015, 11:14:08 AM9/25/15

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I'd still try it with a retail cable

My Rush the Rock has an Ethernet cable inside that goes to a double female connector for the outside

I'd also try swapping all that if yours is the same. And on both machines one piece at a time

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Tmach...@aol.com

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Sep 29, 2015, 9:47:15 PM9/29/15

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Thanks John Looking at the original cable that broke it was a crossover cable. The fact that the game is showing the cable ok in test mode also shows it is wired correct plus the fact that I get twice the received data as transmitted because each game will receive the data it sends plus the data from the other game. The leds on the game board are also showing data being transferred and received as they should. The only thing that doesn't come up right it the fact that it shows no other cabs being seen. This one has got me confused. Might be a bad board from the cables shorting out but the fact that it is showing it is transmitting and receiving data seems to suggest that the boards are ok.

John Robertson

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Sep 30, 2015, 1:46:55 AM9/30/15

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On 09/29/2015 6:47 PM, Tmach...@aol.com wrote:
> Thanks John Looking at the original cable that broke it was a crossover cable. The fact that the game is showing the cable ok in test mode also shows it is wired correct plus the fact that I get twice the received data as transmitted because each game will receive the data it sends plus the data from the other game. The leds on the game board are also showing data being transferred and received as they should. The only thing that doesn't come up right it the fact that it shows no other cabs being seen. This one has got me confused. Might be a bad board from the cables shorting out but the fact that it is showing it is transmitting and receiving data seems to suggest that the boards are ok.
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I know some linked games have to be set to different cars for the link
to work, so are both cars different in your two games?

No expert on these though!

Bob C

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Sep 30, 2015, 2:52:13 PM9/30/15

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I think the car choice is just a color

Tmach...@aol.com

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Oct 13, 2015, 3:53:57 PM10/13/15

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Thanks for the help apparently the machines just needed to get to know each other again. Went back to the games after two weeks and they were linked up working fine. Didn't change anything. They just started to work. Thanks Ted

Bob C

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Oct 14, 2015, 11:09:36 AM10/14/15

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On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 12:53:57 PM UTC-7, Tmach...@aol.com wrote:
> Thanks for the help apparently the machines just needed to get to know each other again. Went back to the games after two weeks and they were linked up working fine. Didn't change anything. They just started to work. Thanks Ted

Weird...

John Robertson

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Oct 14, 2015, 3:14:28 PM10/14/15

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On 10/13/2015 12:53 PM, Tmach...@aol.com wrote:
> Thanks for the help apparently the machines just needed to get to know each other again. Went back to the games after two weeks and they were linked up working fine. Didn't change anything. They just started to work. Thanks Ted
>

Interesting. This may have been a fix that removing the lithium battery
would fix faster. I have found that resetting the battery backed up RAM
sometimes clears up weird problems and should have suggested it!