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

[David Shoemaker]

To clarify
The Pod -> Fluke cables are all the same
The Pod -> UUT cables are not

Just for the sleep deprived reading this thread at 3am :)

David
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Robertson" <jrr at flippers.com>
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Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Techtoolslist] Fluke 8088 pod and a moron...



> The pod cables to the base are all the same, so you can use one from 

> either the Z80 or 8086 to test your 8088 pod.

> 

> John :-#)#

> 

> At 3:50 PM -0500 12/10/05, 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

>>>>>

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