Mate3 Ethernet not taking 3.019.001 firmware, offline with optics re

[Jnbartho@yahoo.com]

I’m looking for any tips and tricks to get my Mate3 back online. I’m told this is a known problem but I’m out of warranty so my only option is to buy a Mate3s.

Ethernet is 000.000.000

Have downloaded new firmware and attempted to reinstall 15+ times. Used the up button technique along with the normal.

Any help would be greatly appreciate

[raysun]

I found this wrinkle on the "button tequnique" this morning. It calls for two update passes. Give it a try.

https://enersysservice.force.com/Outbac ... s-firmware

If the ethernet processor is not taking the firmware update, the Mate may need replacement.

[Jnbartho@yahoo.com]

Thank you.

I have completed the steps and the result is the same.

After pressing the up key the next screen says “wait Ethernet processor unit”.

Then I get an Ethernet timeout error.

Finally the rest of the firmware update completes its cycle and the system comes back online.

I down to believing the Ethernet processor is not accepting the firmware update.

I appreciate the help but think I’m down to replacing the Mate3 with a Mate3s

[raysun]

It does sound as if that may be the case. When the Mate is plugged into the LAN, are the activity lights on the ethernet socket blinking or lit?

[Jnbartho@yahoo.com]

Good question. I’ll have to check that one out.

If I remove and change the internal battery inside the Mate3 will that dump the program?

Wondering if a weak internal battery might be adding to the problem.

[raysun]

Good question. I’ll have to check that one out.

If I remove and change the internal battery inside the Mate3 will that dump the program?

Wondering if a weak internal battery might be adding to the problem.

There's an internal battery? I'd assume it is a lithium button cell, powering a real-time clock in the Mate. Its unlikely it would have anything to do with the ethernet processor. Unknown if it would impact NVRAM. I'd think not though.

[Fractionate]

One of my Mate3's has really started misbehaving; connectivity is very intermittent.

For instance, right above the Producing/Consuming donut on the left side of the OpticsRE page, it tells me "Current System Time : PARTIAL CONNECTION (07/12/2022 09:13)." It hasn't updated any data since this AM.

It gives me data for maybe two spots in a 24 period... it's extremely odd. It started doing this about three weeks ago, and has lost connection for days at a time, then magically comes back up, will work fine for a few days, then go back into intermittent mode.

I'm open to suggestions.

[crandal]

Do you know the IP address of your mate? Network debugging would involve

1) open a windows command prompt and run a ping (ping -s 3600 192.168.x.x ) for an hour and see if you have packet loss. If so, then possibly try:
2) swap out the ethernet cable
3) use a different port on your router/switch