[Techtoolslist] Fluke 9010A 006/async self-test

[Tony Jones]

The info below referred to the preliminary copy of the manual
(ftp://ftp.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment/Fluke/9010%20Series/9010_Fixture%20PDFs/9000A-006%20Async%20Probe1.pdf)

I just now managed to acquire a copy of the final release of the
manual and sure enough the stuff about "Set the data delay to 4"
(which wasn't available in the software setup menu) is not in the
final version and also all of the instructions about using a 33ohm
shunt resistor have been removed.   In it's place you need a square
wave signal (either from a signal generator or a UUT clock between
1KHz and 10MHz and also a 5V active high voltage.

I have a dozen or so manuals that I'm in the process of scanning in
for the ftp archive.  I'll add this one to the list.

Tony

On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 2:29 PM, Tony Jones <tony at tonyjones.com> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Has anyone else tried to perform the self-test for the 9010 async
> module?  It is documented on pages 2-13 and 2-14 of the Asynchronous
> Signature Probe Option 9000A-006 Operation Manual:
> (http://files.stardustarcade.com/Test%20Equipment/Fluke/PDFs/9000A-006%20Async%20Probe1.pdf)
>
> I'm using the archive of side-a of the tape from
> ftp://ftp.flippers.com/TTL/TestEquipment/Fluke/9010%20Series/9010A%20Tapes/sig-a.h
> (which I think came from Matt Rossiter -
> http://www.vectorlist.org/TechTools/2011/06/0008.html)
>
> I believe the hardware specific binaries are present and executing
> however I'm unable to successfully pass self-test.   I constantly get
> 0000/255 rather than BB34/256.
>
> I interpreted steps 3, 4 and 5 below to mean that I could connect
> green, yellow and the probe tip to one lead of the 33 ohm resistor and
> connect red, blue, black and probe ground to the other lead (as that's
> a lot easier than trying to hang everything off the tips).
>
> I'm also not seeing a "data delay" option in the 9010 setup menu so
> I'm unable to set it to 4.
>
> Curious if anyone else gets the expected result?
>
> Thanks for your time
>
> Tony
>
>
> instructions:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 3. Connect the start and clock (green and yellow) leads of the Clock
> Module to the tip of the data probe.
> 4. Connect the stop (red), enable (blue), and ground (black) leads to
> the data probe ground lead.
> 5. Connect a 33-ohm, 1/4-watt resistor across the group of connections
> made in step 3 and the group of connections made in step 4. (The
> resistor connects so that the data probe tip is shunted to the ground
> lead.).
> 7. For the Model 9020A, run the example program listed in Section 6,
> paragraph 6-5. For the 9005A and 9010A, refer to Initialization of the
> Signature Function and:
> - Set the start signal to a rising edge
> - Sect the clock signal to a falling edge
> - Set the stop counter to 256 (The clock limit count provides an end
> to the gate time in lieu of a stop signal.)
> - Set the data transition (event) count to gated
> - Set the enable signal to low
> - Set the data delay to 4
> - Press the PULSE HIGH key on the Troubleshooter.
> - Press the READ PROBE key, and the display reads
> WAIT
> followed by
> SIGNATURE BB34 COUNT 256
> Any other signature or count indicates a problem with the Signature
> Module, the Clock Module, or the Troubleshooter.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------