On 2/23/2011 11:02 AM, Tony Duell wrote:
I just
got done trying this. No dice, with the membrane disconnected 3
of the LEDs light up constantly and that's it (no beeps or anything
You did
remove the metal clips from the PCB and not just pull out the
membran tails I trust. If you do the latter, said clips short all the
pads togther and cause all sorts of problems.
Affirmative. Clips removed, etc.
OK.. One thing I have learnt from years of 'remote fault finding' is the
qurstion that Iforget to ask is the one that gives the real clue to what
is going on :-)
else).
With the membrane connected I get 4 LEDs and a few very short
(shorter than I recall under normal circumstances) beeps. So perhaps
the membrane isn't to blame in this case.
Thsi, AFAIK, makes no sense. A
correctly working membrane assembly is
open-circuit between all conenctions. So the cotnroller PCB can't tell
whether it's connected or not.
Hey, just reporting on what I'm seeing :). Perhaps both the controller
and the membrane have got something wrong with them.
Sure, I understnad. I am trying to work out what on earth could be going
on I cna't see how disconnecting open-circuits from a drvice can change
things.
Perhaps you are right. Perhaps there are short-circuits in the membrane,
and perhaps also there's a problem wit hthe controller board.
I assime you've checked this unconnected controlelr board on the VT220,
where you know it once worked, just in case there's a porblem with the
microVAX gaphics board.
-tony