supplies and
these seem to be stable for a long time with all the cards
in place.
But - it's not booting. The diag LEDs on the BDV11-YA constantly read
1001 from power on (I'm assuming that on=1). The only table of diag
codes that I could find lists 1001 as "DECnet message received" which I
believe to be bogus since I don't have any DECnet cards (I'm also
wondering if the MINC has different diag codes?). So I started digging
further and found that BDCOK H is ~1.7V and BPOK H is ~2V. Now, I
I was going to
ask if these signas were, in fact, oscillating, but I
noticed your next message whre you say theu are/ Are you sure it's 50Hz,
though? 100 Hz would be more likely.
Anyway, I'd check th bridge rectfier diodes D1-D4 ontne Master Board
(particularly if it really is 50Hz) and the capacitor C3 (2100 uF) at the
input to the 7812 yuou mntion. A 220uF will be fine as a repalcement.
-tony
Thanks Tony. Made a bit more progress today then the 'scope went fizzle
fizzle pop :(
Looks like the +12V startup and -12V (actually -15) are fine. I'm
pretty sure the fault is on the power monitor board.
Op-amp E1 (LM339) has +5V @ the + input. The - input I believe is AC
derived from the HF signals on the main board (pin J on the sub board).
This signal seems to be approx 32KHz and is 14V p-p at E1 pin 8 and 16V
p-p at pin 6. The curious thing (I'm learning as I go!) is that I'd
expect the outputs (pins 1 & 14) to oscillate between -15 and +12 but
they're both stuck at -15. I tried replacing the LM339 (E1) and get the
same result. These signals feed the trigger inputs to the 555's and it
is these that seem to drive the DC L and AC L signals. My understanding
is the 555's are a one-shot that should be re-triggered regularly but
since the output of the 339 isn't oscillating this isn't working. The
coupling between the 339 and 555 is too complex to get my little brain
around so I can't be sure this is how it's supposed to work mind you!
Next step is to fix/replace the scope.
BTW - if I tie the DC OK and PWR OK signals to +5 would you expect the
system to boot? or is the timing of these signals coming up important
somewhere?
James