[Techtoolslist] Fluke 8088 pod and a moron...

[Greg Baumgratz]

Thanks for the reply - actually, it's the cable that goes from the 9010 
base to the pod that I reversed inside the pod and is also the one that 
wiggling seemed to allow the self test to pass.  Are those available 
anywhere or should I recrimp pins into the connector?  I am assuming 
they are different from pod to pod - is this a correct assumption as 
well?  As for rummaging through your extensive pile of spare parts, when 
can I show up?

Thanks,
Greg



John Robertson wrote:


> Unlikely that reversing the cable would damage the pod. The inputs are 

> ALL protected up to 15VDC as I recall. Rather it is far more likely 

> that you simply have a bad cable. You can order one from Digi-Key - 

> Single-Ended - Style 2 (or 4 depending on where you want pin 1) from 

> CW Industries - the Canadian part number (hey I'm in Canada) is 

> C2PXT-4018M-ND for an 18 inch one that you can then simply crimp on 

> the 40 pin socket #CSR40T-ND (with strain relief).

>

> At least that's what I would do (after rummaging through my pile of 

> pod spare parts (extensive)).

>

> John :-#)#

>

> At 6:23 AM -0700 12/9/05, voyager at galaxian.com wrote:

>

>> I received a Fluke 8088 pod yesterday and plugged it in to do a self 

>> test to see if my 'untested' pod worked or not.  Well the test 

>> failed, but if I wiggled the cable at the pod side it seemed to pass 

>> - so I pulled the case apart to look for loose connections or wires. 

>> I looked at the cable connection that was a little lose, disconnected 

>> it, plugged it back in and ran the test again to produce nothing at 

>> all.  Next, I realized the connector was on backwards - nice.  Of 

>> course, reversing it producing nothing but a failure worse than 

>> before and wiggling the cable does nothing. Anyone done this yet that 

>> has some info on how much damage it did to the pod?  I could 

>> troubleshoot it with another 8088 pod, but I do not have another...

>>

>> Greg

>

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