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

[Greg Baumgratz]

The good news is the 9010 is ok - at least it passed self test on start 
and also is able to pass a pod test on the Z80 pod.... guess I got lucky.

Greg



Rodger Boots wrote:


> 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

>>>>>

>>>>>

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