Can't copy files to AirDisk. Says filenames are too long

I plugged a USB drive into my Time Capsule, that I previously had plugged into my Mac via the USB port. Now that I've mounted it as an AirDisk every time I try to copy files to it I get an error message stating:
'You cannot copy some of these items to the destination because their names are too long for the desitnation...'
None of the files I've tried to copy over have long filenames. In fact just to test it I created a text file & saved it with only 2 letters as the filename, & still get the same problem trying to copy to the AirDisk.
Can anyone help?

Yes, it's formatted as HFS+.
Just to make sure, I've unplugged it from the Time Capsule & plugged it into the USB port of my Mac again & it works fine like this. But now I've plugged it back into the Time Capsule it's now working fine. Strange.
Thanks for the suggestion
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