Re: 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@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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