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Please let me know the warranty ID and/or iRep number, I'll look into this on Monday when I'm back in the office (probably afternoon, as there's quite a few orders to fulfill first).
Please check the global settings anyway - I'm not asking this question for no reason.
Jens
Both motherboards are working fine with the ACA500PLUS disconnected.
Again, the ACA500plus goes through lots of tests that normal Kickstart does not make.
What's the max. frequency you've set in the global settings?
Jens
It's very well possible that you've received a unit that went through QC before an update. We don't unpack all stock and re-flash when there's an update, unless it's a no-go situation that needs to be resolved with such an update.
So just download the latest config tool and run the firmware update - can't go wrong with that.
Jens
I don't have access to the database from here (still on vacation), but we don't ship out anything that doesn't work - especially when it was back for service, it's been tested especially to your fault description and won't be shipped back until we have reproduced the issue and removed the cause.
Long story short: If the unit now runs into it's exception handler, you need to look for a problem within your A500s. I also have an A500 where I get such occasional exceptions with the ACA500plus: It has a bad Paula socket, and I need to re-seat the chip when that happens. Not that this is a common thing (hardly anyone will use the Indivision ECS A1000 adapter in an A500), but it shows me that the ACA500plus startup-phase is doing way more tests than Kickstart has ever made.
Check your Agnus socket, check your Gary socket, these are the most common ones that fail.
Jens
Is there an option to roll back the firmware?
I suggest to ONLY use the latest firmware. Launch the latest config tool and flash the firmware (menu item in drop-down menu). Depending on when you've bought it (or if you have even bought it used), you may have an old firmware that has the issues you're describing.
Also just to check, my unit does not have a socket on top to piggyback the Denise chip so the Denise chip is completely removed. I have seen some cases where there the Denise is inserted on top the ECS unit. Do I have the correct untit for my A500?
Only Indivision ECS V1 has the option to put a Denise chip into it. The newer V2 and V3 units completely replace the Denise chip. Please run the config tool for V2 (which also covers V3), and run the firmware update.
Jens
Bitte mal prüfen, ob die Tastatur auch wirklich das PS2-Protokoll kann. Bei uns wird jedes Produkt einer Einzelstückprüfung unterzogen, insofern bin ich *sehr* sicher, dass Lyra3 funktioniert. Wenn aber die Tastatur keine richtige PS2-Tastatur ist, sondern eine USB-Tastatur die mit einem Adapter angeschlossen wurde, dann geht das nur, wenn die Tastatur auch wirklich "PS2 spricht" - und das machen nur die, die auch mit einem solchen Adapter ausgeliefert worden sind.
Die LEDs gehen in so einem Fall an, aber die Tastatur funktioniert nicht.
Jens
Habe mal ein wenig nach dem SX-1 gesucht - der 6-Pin Mini-DIN Anschluss ist für Audio, hat nichts mit Tastatur zu tun.
Der große 5-Pin DIN Anschluss ist NICHT für eine Amiga-Tastatur, sondern für eine IBM-AT Tastatur, die weitgehend mit PS2 kompatibel sein sollte. Da ist also Lyra komplett nutzlos, denn der originale CD32 Anschluss für die Tastatur wird selbstverständlich abgeschaltet, weil ja die CIAs auf dem SX1 die heruntergeschnittene CIA-Funktionalität in Akiko ersetzt.
Also: Alles erwartetes Verhalten.
Jens
We'll publish a new version shortly (just trying to figure out how I can do that from here!).
Releasre of this new version will be delayed by at least one week, as some problems with the new version have been identified, and these should be fixed first.
Jens
Der Code in Lyra 3 "bigbox" ist praktisch identisch, insbesondere die PS2-Kommunikation.
Ich weiß nicht wie die Pinbelegung des SX-1 ist, nicht einmal, ob es ein A4000 (klein) oder ein A2000/3000 Anschluss (groß) ist. Funktioniert eine Amiga-Tastatur daran?
Jens
THe letters at the end usually show the package and temperature range, possibly green status and additional qualifications (automotive, industrial or so - you'll only need "commercial"). You can't go wrong with TI, so SN74HCT157N would be a good part.
Jens
I saw a suggestion to replace the 74LS157 multiplexer with a HC or HCT type.
Yes, please do that. The old LS types that you find "somewhere on the net" these days have highly questionable characteristics.
HCT type would be preferred, but HC will also work.
Jens
Sorry, but the situation is not the same here - the purchase is well over one year ago, and you've downloaded updates without any problem. The latest version came out well after your free update period expired.
Please continue to support continued work, in other words: Please make a new purchase. We'll publish a new version shortly (just trying to figure out how I can do that from here!).
Jens
"next week" is unlikely, as the shop staff (including me) is on holidays; we'll be back on the job on the 17th.
Jens
Maybe pwsoft can comment on the recognition values for the VIC chip. Is that on the edge?
Also, do you have a good multimeter to measure the 12V rail? This does have an influence on chip recognition.
Jens
Drive emulation being buggy with a certain kind of SD card will be hard to explain, as the SD card is not accessed while drive emulation is running. The D64 images are loaded into memory, and everything happens on the Chameleon hardware, not on the SD-card.
Jens
When I'm back in the office. GIve this thread a bump after the 17th, so I won't forget.
You can set the voltage of the VIC chip to 12V with the remote control menu. THis is a temporary solution only, though, as you can't save any setting that potentially harms a lower-voltage VIC chip. However, it'll show you if the chip works or not.
Jens
You should be able to deduct the pinout from the board layout: GND has multiple connections to the surrounding flood fill (copper fill), and +5V has a thick trace.
The remaining two traces are the clock/data signal lines. If swapped, the keyboard just won't work, but won't break. In that case, just swap the two signal wires and it'll work.
Jens
RapidRoad cannot be made any more, as the USB chip is not made any more.
Jens
Is there anything that needs to go in startup-sequence, or any additional mount files?
The DOM does require power, which is supplied with the jumper, but for reading only, the (rather low) power from all the signal lines aeems to be good enough for operation. You'll run into trouble when attempting to write to the DOM, but you shouldn't do that anyway 
Is it at all possible that there is something wrong insofar as the Buddha is supplying power to the IDE CD rom even when the jumper is open??
Removing the jumper creates a large gap between the actual power supply and the IDE port. There is no way that power can pass through the IDE port if the corresponding jumper is removed.
It is very well possible that the drives you have there are all not compliant with the ATA-X3T9 Atapi standard. All that cheap PC stuff is mostly developed to work in "the standard config", and that used to be "slave to a master harddrive on the same cable". Try a different drive - the older, the better. Don't expect any IDE-to-SATA adapters to work, as I haven't found a single one that is compliant (we do have one positive report in this forum, though).
Also, if you have a pure CD drive (not DVD, not a writer), chances are higher that it's really an Atapi compliant drive.
Jens
