Clear-Com Arcadia Central Station troubleshooting

Common Arcadia Central Station errors & problems

What techs run into most, and what's usually behind it. The step-by-step fix for your exact unit is in Ask Roadie.

• After upgrading to R4.0, HelixNet Program Audio level control on 4-Wire Port #8 stopped working

  Likely cause: The old direct 4-wire-to-channel program path was replaced by the Program Audio Keyset mechanism in R4.0; the input now enters at unity/talk-only unless re-mapped to the new keyset.

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• Arcadia network port takes a 169.254.x.x address and nothing connects

  Likely cause: With no DHCP server, a DHCP-configured port auto-assigns a 169.254 Link-Local address that cannot route to the rest of the system.

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• CCM power-supply (PSU) status icons look wrong or one PSU is not shown

  Likely cause: Early firmware mis-rendered the dual-PSU state; the fix plus healthy dual 12V feeds gives correct redundancy indication.

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• FreeSpeak 1.9GHz beltpacks will not roam between certain transceivers

  Likely cause: IP and E1 transceivers use different audio codecs and timing, so a beltpack cannot hand off seamlessly between the two types.

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• FreeSpeak IP transceivers (FSII-IPT / FSE-IP) will not connect to the Arcadia

  Likely cause: IP transceivers depend on PTP clocking and a correctly configured AoIP network; without proper DHCP/PoE and an AES67-grade switch they never register.

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• HelixNet user stations come up with no audio / missing audio paths after a full system power-up

  Likely cause: Bursts of network traffic during simultaneous boot could leave HelixNet stations without jitter buffers; the firmware fix plus a per-station reboot re-establishes the audio paths.

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• Intermittent audio glitches or dropouts when Dante and AES67 share the same network

  Likely cause: The two PTP versions fight for clock leadership on a shared network, corrupting timing and causing audio artifacts.

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• IP transceivers or AES67 panels have no audio / will not work even though the network looks fine

  Likely cause: AES67 audio is multicast; with IGMP snooping on but no querier, multicast group membership is never maintained and the transceivers/IP panels drop out.

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• Management port keeps the old IP after moving the cable to a different network

  Likely cause: Arcadia does not re-arm the DHCP client on link/network change; the static/dynamic toggle forces a new DISCOVER.

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• Need to register / add a FreeSpeak beltpack to Arcadia

  Likely cause: Arcadia supports both wired enrollment via front-panel USB and wireless OTA pairing keyed by System ID + PIN.

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• Restoring a saved configuration from the front panel silently does nothing

  Likely cause: The front-panel restore lacks validation feedback; a mismatched or unsaveable file appears to succeed but never loads.

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• System glitches or dropouts happen the moment a firmware upgrade or Support Info collection is run

  Likely cause: Clear-Com explicitly flags upgrade and Support Info operations as intrusive to running audio; they can interrupt active paths.

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