Yongnuo and Pocket Wizard Trouble

[Oddshapedoctopus]

Hi all,

I'm after some advice and hopefully a solution to my current issues. I've got two flash guns (a Canon 580EXII and a Yongnuo 600EX-RT).
When I connect my Canon flash to a Pocket Wizard TT5 it works find when I've got the TT1 on my hotshoe.
However if I connect the Yongnuo it still allows me to play with the menu but it doesn't fire the flash.
I have a mini work around of using a sync cable but its not really what I bought the PW kit for.

Any suggestions or should I maybe start looking at a different trigger set up?

Thanks in advance too.

 

[HoppyUK]

Short answer, sell the PW kit and 580EXii, get another YNRX-RT, preferably with a YN E3-RT controller unit. That's what I've done and it's a sweet system.

Unless you need the PW's unique features (eg optimised HSS and a couple of other things) the newer options are better, and very affordable. Only a few years ago, PW was the pioneering market leader with some cool technology, but having shot themselves in the foot several times too often, they're now struggling to survive

ps It sounds like a compatibility issue between the PW and YN units. PW may have a firmware download for this, but I'd be surprised.

 

[Oddshapedoctopus]

I've tried updating the firmware on everything I can (Flash and PW units) and everything on the Googlewerb says it should work. Yeah I think it may be an option. At the moment its workable but looks messy with cables

 

[HoppyUK]

I've tried updating the firmware on everything I can (Flash and PW units) and everything on the Googlewerb says it should work. Yeah I think it may be an option. At the moment its workable but looks messy with cables

Drop PW an email. I've always found their customer service to be excellent.