cinetj Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Got this message today on a shoot. What does it mean? I don't know if it's related but now I can't read my primary card. The mirror card is the one whon saved my life this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 In the absence of the Senator... C.T.M.!* Zaxcom 233 West Parkway - Unit 9 Pompton Plains, NJ 07444 (973) 835-5000 http://www.zaxcom.com * call the manufacturer Having said that: I agree that it would be nice to have a section at the back of the manual that fully explained all error messages, and also had a section on troubleshooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howy Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 The Pointer Error is generated when the processor sees something in memory that should not be there and assumes some process has gone haywire. It could have been a result of your primary card going bad in a strange way and confusing the software. If you ever see that error you should reboot the machine and ask your self if anything strange happened recently. Can you read the card in a PC or MAC? -howy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinetj Posted June 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 The Pointer Error is generated when the processor sees something in memory that should not be there and assumes some process has gone haywire. It could have been a result of your primary card going bad in a strange way and confusing the software. If you ever see that error you should reboot the machine and ask your self if anything strange happened recently. Can you read the card in a PC or MAC? -howy Hello Howy, I tried both Mac and Pc and although the card will mount it is identified as something else and I can't acess the files or convert them using Zaxconvert. The name DEVA is not there anymore, and on the Mac I saw FAT32 written on its name. Strangely, I can still read the primary card at the Nomad without any problems. Besides the Pointer Erros message I didn't perceive anything strange and I reboot the unity from the moment I saw the message as on your advice. The message had disappeared after the reboot. As I said, the Mirror Card was the one saved me this time. Formatting now the Primary Card should make me sleep well tonight? I only have two CF cards and I'm shooting tomorrow. The model i own was once recommended here, it's a 32 Gb Transcend card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howy Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 Is it possibele the the card was formatted in a MAC or PC at some point (after your formatted it in the Nomad)? Are you running 3.06 or higher? -howy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinetj Posted June 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2012 Is it possibele the the card was formatted in a MAC or PC at some point (after your formatted it in the Nomad)? Are you running 3.06 or higher? -howy No, it was formatted on Nomad exclusively. I'm still running firmware version 2.95. Will upgrade to the most recent one this tuesday when I get a break from work. After I re-formatted the primary card the problem was gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinCrawford Posted November 12, 2012 Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 I've been getting this error recently. It happens a couple times per day. I reset and want happen for a while. I'm running 4.02 Was there any fix for this error? I'm not doing anything out of the usual in my use of my nomad 6. Thanks -Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncsoundmixer Posted November 12, 2012 Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 I've had "Pointer Error as well with 4.02. Contacted Howie who sent me 4.09. Nomad has run flawlessly today with 4.09. THANX Howie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Mitchell Posted November 12, 2012 Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 Be warned: I didn't have any errors for a few days with 4.04, but then yesterday my machine went haywire and rendered the primary CF card unreadable--on my Nomad and my Mac. I'm not saying it's going to happen to you but don't let yourself relax because you had a stable day. For now I'm heading back to 3.13E. I appreciate that Howy is working like a madman to fix this though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howy Posted November 12, 2012 Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 If you want to try the newer firmware I would definitely be sure to be running 4.09 or higher. If you notice anything please put it on the Zaxcom forum so I see it promptly. -howy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominiquegreffard Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Just installed 4:09 and it gave me pointer error straight away. rebooted and it stopped. I will have a v3.13 on cf card as a backup if it happen again for my shoot tomorrow. Walking on eggs i feel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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