I've now tried changing the FW on the RF60 back to Ver. 200, but the V6ii still does not communicate. Then upgraded the RF60 FW to Ver. 204 (latest, which is what I had installed yesterday) again. Still no communication with V6ii, but the V6 again works perfectly. I've downloaded the user manuals for both RF60 and V6ii, yet neither seems to indicate other than, turn both units on and they should work, no fancy hocus-pocus needed. Again, RF60 on Slave, both V6ii and RF60 on Channel 1, Group A, Working Range short (tried from about 6 - 10 feet now, AND I've tried long range too just in case). I've also tried switching channels and groups to no avail. I have tried both with the V6ii on-camera and off, but it seems for this kind of testing, off-camera should be sufficient, right? (The V6 works fine that way for testing.) The V6ii camera profile is set to Pentax. Another question, could the flash profile set-up make a difference? I have tried both "Auto", as well as "Manual". I didn't think that it should be set to "Pentax AF540", for example, when using the Cactus flash. I'm stumped, any ideas?
One other thing, if I go to Power Mode on V6ii, then try to set to Absolute (set-up), then Sync Flash, it says "no flash found". If I do the same thing with the V6, it immediately finds the RF60. Also, when I first turn on V6ii, "Det.Flash" shows the the little square symbol with lightning bolt at top left corner, the inside of the box which would indicate "P", "N", etc. is blank.
EDIT: Sorry ClassA, I was typing last post apparently during your reply. Yes I've checked RF60s and they all show FW ver 204. Auto HSS is on. Group and channel settings are the same. The V6 has already been upgraded to 2.1.001.
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Originally posted by Class A If you cannot get anything to work with the RF60s, you could try whether you can control any of the V6 with the V6II. For that to work, however, you have to update the V6 to the latest firmware version.
Both transceivers have been updated to the latest FW, the V6 is ver. 2.1.001, the V6ii is ver. 1.1.006. I have a Pentax AF540 but never intended to use it with the Cactus system, which is why I have four of the RF60 flashes. So I did fiddle with the AF540 for a bit but it seemed more trouble than it was worth for this initial trouble-shooting phase. HOWEVER, I did throw an RF60 on the V6 in RX mode, then tried using the V6ii in TX to fire it. Nothing. Strangely enough, when I switched roles (RF60 on V6ii as receiver, V6 as transmitter), everything on the RF60 worked perfectly- power settings, zoom, etc. With the way these are acting I thought maybe I'd mixed the two units up and mistook the V6 for V6ii, but the model numbers are both clearly marked appropriately on the underside. (And of course the different functionality of the V6ii is readily apparent.) Weird, huh?