My Hand Controller freezes at the Apexi Logo. Why???
When you use an incorrect model hand controller on a PowerFC unit the hand controller will freeze at the Apexi Logo. I believe this occurs as during boot up the hand controller sends a “hello,ping” to the PowerFC using a specific CRC function (or possibly a shared key based on the model). The PowerFC replies with a preset “shared key” to suit that unit, such as an rb26 skyline shared key. If you are using a different hand controller then the packet is scrambled or fails CRC and boot up fails, the result the Hand Controller stays on the Apexi logo. The PowerFC will still work, it just means that you can’t use the hand controller. The most common “in the wild” occurance of this we have seen is the first generation PowerFC’s 2.x 3.x 4.x and using newer model hand controllers. There are quiet a few version “variants” in the wild and below is a list of them. This is taken from my own “in the wild” experience and what’s on the Apexi site. It is by no means a perfect model list and it could b
