Re: Pod Self-Test Error

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A few pods of mine that were acting up smartened up after I took them apart
and re-seated the inter-board connectors, cable plugs, etc. a couple of
times...

John :-#)#

At 12:54 PM 25/09/2002 -0500, Mark Shostak wrote:

>Whatever....
>
>FYA, here's what happened. I'm not sure this counts as an RTFM kind of
>problem.
>
>First off, the DIP is rock solid, that is, (on this pod) it does not rock.
>
>Powered it up and invoked "BUS" test.
>Display came back with ST Fail 00, yada, yada
>read @ F0000 to determine which test failed (per manual)
>Display came back with "DATA ERR - LOOP?"
>I then read @FFFFF, just for grins
>Display came back with "ST PASS"
>I then invoked the "BUS" test again
>Display came back with "ST PASS"
>I read @F0000
>Display came back with FF, as it should
>
>Now it won't fail. PFM.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: John Robertson <jrr@flippers.com>
>To: <techtoolslist@flippers.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 12:07 PM
>Subject: Re: Pod Self-Test Error
>
>
> > Page 6-3 of the 6809 manual covers this error (00). If you don't have the
> > 6809 manual it was archived:
> >
> > http://www.stormaster.com/Spies/arcade/TE/index.html
> >
> > John :-#)#
> >
> > At 02:41 AM 25/09/2002 -0500, Mark Shostak wrote:
> >
> > >Rodger/John/All,
> > >
> > > > For the most part I find that error is a bad connection to the self
> test
> > > > socket. Try sliding the plug sideways in the test socket with it
> partially
> > > > engaged. This works for me...
> > >
> > >I've tried that with mixed results; mainly no go. In fact, generally,
> if I
> > >don't
> > >mess with it (as specified above), it won't even go into self test.
> > >
> > > > You DO put the pod's plug into a 40 pin socket to insert into the UUT
> > > don't
> > > > you?
> > >
> > >Um, like I tell my mother - "most of the time".
> > >
> > >However, I seem to find this problem either way. The DIP doesn't seem
> > >to seat in those ZIFs very well. They seem to rock across the center
> of the
> > >plug (as in, they pivot across the long axis).
> > >
> > >Maybe it's just that those ZIFs, at least when combined with the
> particular
> > >DIPs Fluke used, suck. The fact that the pods otherwise (seem to) work
> > >perfectly, supports that theory.
> > >
> > >Does anyone know what the 00 error is?
> > >
> > >-Mark
> > >
> > >---
> > >It's a Fluke if it works...
> >

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Received on Wed Sep 25 12:16:49 2002