Re: Re: Cat Box Signature Question

Well I went through the setup again, for Liberator, and found that I was
checking the right pins, but that I had the setup for a different set of
pins. So the catbox was just producing an unstable sig. So it's all good.
Well except the fact that I'm having a graphics glitch. Trying to trace back
where the initial bad sig comes into play, and that seems like a daunting
task.

Thanks for all your help, I now have a better understanding of what I am
doing :)

Kevin

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Mark Shostak <shostakmark@gmail.com> wrote:

> To answer your question, the test is automatic (sans all the setup). You
> touch a node and the display immediately displays the signature.
>
> However, you're describing a more fundamental problem (i.e. setup).
>
> 1) Have you read _all_ of the documentation?
> - The cat box manual has general setup information as well as background
> that answers questions such as the one you asked
> - The individual game manuals frequently have test procedures and
> signatures specific to the particular game
>
> You should read them both, carefully.
>
> 2) If you're not getting a flashing "GATE" led on the cat, than the display
> will never update. You haven't described what you're seeing or how you're
> configured, but based on your no update comment, I'd suspect gate is not
> flashing.
>
> 3) You didn't specify what you were testing, but some subsystems require
> you connect the catbox ribbon to the diagnostic connector on the board.
> Others don't (e.g. mathbox). This could cause a lack of display updates.
> Again, be sure to follow the setup instructions step by step.
>
> 4) Please provide more information when you ask a question. If you're
> having trouble, be sure to explain what you're doing (what test you are
> running, how things are connected, etc.), and what results you're getting
> (e.g. gate led status, unstable led status, sigs, etc.). Remember, people
> will (hopefully) search the list and find your question/solution just like
> you did, when they have this same problem in the future.
>
> Let us know what you find.
>
> HTH.
> -Mark
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Kevin Moore <talon.k@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hmm. Was hoping for a little more than theory, and schematics.
>>
>> The problem is when I hook up the catbox to the board, and get all the
>> start stop clock lines hooked up. Am I supposed to toggle a switch to get it
>> to read a sig, or is it supposed to come up automagically?
>>
>> So far I'm not even able to get the 0000 and 0001 sigs for +5 and Gnd
>>
>> So I'm not sure what I'm doing, <-- lol, or if I'm doing it right.
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>>
>

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Received on Tue Nov 24 11:51:19 2009