Carbon losing communication

[CHRIS AIKEN]

My Carbon suddenly had a “lost communication” problem the other day right before a tracking session.

I restarted the computer/carbon a few times and changed the playback buffer back and forth and finally it worked itself out.

Not sure what the fix was as I was doing everything quickly with players waiting to record.

Is there a known fix/tweak for this if it starts happening?

Chris


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[eightamrock]

Originally Posted by CHRIS AIKEN

My Carbon suddenly had a “lost communication” problem the other day right before a tracking session.

I restarted the computer/carbon a few times and changed the playback buffer back and forth and finally it worked itself out.

Not sure what the fix was as I was doing everything quickly with players waiting to record.

Is there a known fix/tweak for this if it starts happening?

Chris


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My Carbon randomly dropped today for no reason. It reconnected itself, but it was the first time it ever ducked out like that and came back. Almost like the network connection reboot itself. the "net" light went out and came back a few minutes later.

macOS montery 12.3.1 m1 mac mini.

[CHRIS AIKEN]

Thanks for the input. I just updated to 2022.4 from 2021.12 so I’ll see if this helps.


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[dominicperry]

Chris - I haven't had this problem myself, but there have been a number of updates in PT and MacOS to address this.
While I'm not recommending you update from Catalina - my Mac Pro is staying on 10.15.7 - there are things related to this problem in both Big Sur and Monterey.

eightamrock - I see you are on the latest version of Monterey to be supported, but you don't say what version of PT you are using - the latest one (2022.4) has some Carbon firmware upgrades to address this issue. You could even do the firmware upgrade and then go back to using the earlier version of PT, which may help.

Dominic

[jeffro]

Originally Posted by CHRIS AIKEN

...Is there a known fix/tweak for this if it starts happening?...

I remember the Big Sur 11.3 release improved communication, so might be worth checking a newer OS (set up a test volume to boot from).

Also, from the 2022.4 Release Notes:

• Fixed an issue where Pro Tools would occasionally lose connection with Pro Tools | Carbon (PT-278325)

Let us know if you see this issue again and well start a support case (or you can start one from my.avid.com > Access The Support Center).

[eightamrock]

Originally Posted by dominicperry

Chris - I haven't had this problem myself, but there have been a number of updates in PT and MacOS to address this.
While I'm not recommending you update from Catalina - my Mac Pro is staying on 10.15.7 - there are things related to this problem in both Big Sur and Monterey.

eightamrock - I see you are on the latest version of Monterey to be supported, but you don't say what version of PT you are using - the latest one (2022.4) has some Carbon firmware upgrades to address this issue. You could even do the firmware upgrade and then go back to using the earlier version of PT, which may help.

Dominic

Sorry, yes Im using 2022.4. I was previously having an issue where the connection would drop regularly and I'd have to reboot pro tools, the computer, and the carbon to get things back online. That was resolved.

The above issue is new and has only happened once when. I should note I was NOT in PT when it happened. I was using the Carbon for a zoom call. LOL

[CHRIS AIKEN]

Originally Posted by dominicperry

Chris - I haven't had this problem myself, but there have been a number of updates in PT and MacOS to address this.
While I'm not recommending you update from Catalina - my Mac Pro is staying on 10.15.7 - there are things related to this problem in both Big Sur and Monterey.

eightamrock - I see you are on the latest version of Monterey to be supported, but you don't say what version of PT you are using - the latest one (2022.4) has some Carbon firmware upgrades to address this issue. You could even do the firmware upgrade and then go back to using the earlier version of PT, which may help.

Dominic

Thanks for the input. I upgraded protools and the firmware on the carbon updated. I’ll see if this fixes it…if not I’ll go to a higher OS.


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[SoundEng1]

I'm Running the Latest Version of Protools 2022.5 and Bug Sur 12.4. Super slow startups, to no boot up at all, and dropouts.

[dominicperry]

Originally Posted by SoundEng1

I'm Running the Latest Version of Protools 2022.5 and Bug Sur 12.4. Super slow startups, to no boot up at all, and dropouts.

No such thing as Big Sur 12.4

I doubt if slow start-up and boot failures (do you mean PT start-up failures or OS boot failures?) have anything to do with Carbon, but they might point to a problem with your machine/OS/PT installation, which then make communication problems with Carbon more likely.

What Mac are you using, what spec is it, and how are you connecting the Carbon (Ethernet port, adapter or adapters)? Anything else on that port?

Dominic

[SoundEng1]

Originally Posted by dominicperry

No such thing as Big Sur 12.4

I doubt if slow start-up and boot failures (do you mean PT start-up failures or OS boot failures?) have anything to do with Carbon, but they might point to a problem with your machine/OS/PT installation, which then make communication problems with Carbon more likely.

What Mac are you using, what spec is it, and how are you connecting the Carbon (Ethernet port, adapter or adapters)? Anything else on that port?

Dominic

Excuse Me, Big Sur 11.6.6, Connecting Carbon to 14 core iMac Pro, directly through ethernet port. nothing else on ethernet port.