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

[Rodger Boots]

The good news is you might not have killed the pod.
The bad news is you may have toasted the 9010.

Have you tried running selftest with another pod?



Greg Baumgratz wrote:


> Do you know if they are the some from pod to pod so that I can at 

> least verify my pod still works?  I have a couple Z80 and an 8086 pod 

> that I can pull from to verify but I haven't had a chance to pin out 

> the cables yet.  Still not talking to myself over the reversed 

> connector issue...

>

> Greg

>

>

>

> John Robertson wrote:

>

>> Oh...that might not be so good for the pod.

>>

>> I do have used, untested, pod-base connector cables for sale. Say, I 

>> dunno, $20US plus shipping seem fair? TTL members only pricing...

>>

>> John :-#)#

>>

>> At 1:21 PM -0500 12/10/05, Greg Baumgratz wrote:

>>

>>> 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

>>>>