20 Sep
2015
20 Sep
'15
7:38 a.m.
Hi All,
we have a 1039 in our space with the user guide, but without any service
docs. Our specimen does not react to buttons except the reset and test
buttons. the four statusleds light up on a reset and after a second the
center two leds start blinking in sequence. paper and pens are loaded as
per the user guide.
anyone with documentation on this thing?
--
Met vriendelijke Groet,
Simon Claessen
drukknop.nl
20 Sep
20 Sep
11 a.m.
On 09/20/2015 09:38 AM, simon wrote:
Hi All,
we have a 1039 in our space with the user guide, but
without any service docs. Our specimen does not react to
buttons except the reset and test buttons. the four
statusleds light up on a reset and after a second the
center two leds start blinking in sequence. paper and pens
are loaded as per the user guide.
I have complete docs, plus all boards from a working Calcomp
1076C (Gigantic E-size 4-pen plotter) with servo motors on
the axes. Most likely no parts commonality with the 1039,
but if you can give some info on the 1039, I could see if
there might be.
Jon
11:02 a.m.
Hi All,
we have a 1039 in our space with the user guide, but without any service
docs. Our specimen does not react to buttons except the reset and test
buttons. the four statusleds light up on a reset and after a second the
center two leds start blinking in sequence. paper and pens are loaded as
per the user guide.
Silly question... It doesn't happen to use 2114 RAMs does it? If so, check and/or
replace them. I've foudn such RAM in printers/plotters from many manufacturers
and perhaps 90%+ of electronic problems are caused by them.
-tony
11:45 p.m.
Hi All,
the 1039 is an interesting plotter I have got a 1038/1039 as well: There are two
big
PCBs inside - one is for the low level functions (essentally driving the servos
and
drawing lines using TTL implemented Bresenham) the second one contains the
computer (68xx based) which is handling the communication.
So for simply moving the pens with the arrow buttons, the computer PCB may not
be
necessary. Have you tried this?
The computer PCB controls the LEDs and blinking may well indicate a problem on
the computer PCB - I thinke I have got a set of documentation. But unfortunately
it is
stored away, but surely I can do a search within the next four weeks if there is
real interest. I even read out the bipolar PROMs of the processor card for
safety
some years ago...
Erik, erik at baigar.de
tony duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> hat am
20. September 2015 um 20:02
geschrieben:
Hi All,
we have a 1039 in our space with the user guide, but without any service
docs. Our specimen does not react to buttons except the reset and test
buttons. the four statusleds light up on a reset and after a second the
center two leds start blinking in sequence. paper and pens are loaded as
per the user guide.
Silly question... It doesn't happen to use 2114 RAMs does it? If so, check
and/or
replace them. I've foudn such RAM in printers/plotters from many manufacturers
and perhaps 90%+ of electronic problems are caused by them.
-tony
21 Sep
21 Sep
2:49 a.m.
Sounds good. Docs are much appriciated.
Our printer has three boards inside, one processor, one pen driver and i
forgot what the thirdt was. Next time i will take photo's of that card
as well.
simon
On 21-09-15 08:45, Erik Baigar wrote:
Hi All,
the 1039 is an interesting plotter I have got a 1038/1039 as well: There are two
big
PCBs inside - one is for the low level functions (essentally driving the servos
and
drawing lines using TTL implemented Bresenham) the second one contains the
computer (68xx based) which is handling the communication.
So for simply moving the pens with the arrow buttons, the computer PCB may not
be
necessary. Have you tried this?
The computer PCB controls the LEDs and blinking may well indicate a problem on
the computer PCB - I thinke I have got a set of documentation. But unfortunately
it is
stored away, but surely I can do a search within the next four weeks if there is
real interest. I even read out the bipolar PROMs of the processor card for
safety
some years ago...
Erik, erik at baigar.de
--
Met vriendelijke Groet,
Simon Claessen
drukknop.nl
tony duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> hat
am 20. September 2015 um 20:02
geschrieben:
Hi All,
we have a 1039 in our space with the user guide, but without any service
docs. Our specimen does not react to buttons except the reset and test
buttons. the four statusleds light up on a reset and after a second the
center two leds start blinking in sequence. paper and pens are loaded as
per the user guide.
Silly question... It doesn't happen to use 2114 RAMs does it? If so, check
and/or
replace them. I've foudn such RAM in printers/plotters from many manufacturers
and perhaps 90%+ of electronic problems are caused by them.
-tony
8:47 a.m.
On 09/21/2015 01:45 AM, Erik Baigar wrote:
Hi All,
the 1039 is an interesting plotter I have got a 1038/1039 as well: There are two
big
PCBs inside - one is for the low level functions (essentally driving the servos
and
drawing lines using TTL implemented Bresenham) the second one contains the
computer (68xx based) which is handling the communication.
Hmm, that sounds like my 1076C. One board had a 68000 that
ran the plotter servos, the other was the "plot manager"
that had a big RAM buffer and sorted the plot vectors for
optimum speed. I think it mostly communicated with the host
computer and plotter main board by serial. Both boards had
68K processors.
Jon
9:01 a.m.
Jon Elson <elson at pico-systems.com> hat am 21.
September 2015 um 17:47
geschrieben:
Hmm, that sounds like my 1076C. One board had a 68000 that
ran the plotter servos, the other was the "plot manager"
that had a big RAM buffer and sorted the plot vectors for
optimum speed. I think it mostly communicated with the host
computer and plotter main board by serial. Both boards had
68K processors.
Well, the 103x really had the 68xx, not the 68xxx. I think it was a 6802, but
not sure now...
11:51 p.m.
ist an 6800L and in this machine it is a gold capped case.
On 21-09-15 18:01, Erik Baigar wrote:
--
Met vriendelijke Groet,
Simon Claessen
drukknop.nl
Jon Elson
<elson at pico-systems.com> hat am 21. September 2015 um 17:47
geschrieben:
Hmm, that sounds like my 1076C. One board had a 68000 that
ran the plotter servos, the other was the "plot manager"
that had a big RAM buffer and sorted the plot vectors for
optimum speed. I think it mostly communicated with the host
computer and plotter main board by serial. Both boards had
68K processors.
Well, the 103x really had the 68xx, not the 68xxx. I think it was a 6802, but
not sure now...
3 Oct
3 Oct
11:18 a.m.
Hi Simon, Hello to the group,
this weekend I went digging for the Calcomp 1038/1039 manual and
if your plotter looks like this...
http://www.baigar.de/electronics/Calcomp103X.gif
...I may have what you need. Drop me a note and I will try to
scan the schematics next week and load them onto my web
page. Did you make any progress with the plotter already?
Best regards,
Erik.
P.S. My plotter is a 1038 which has been upgraded with the
PCI/906 interface but it only has got a single pen holder. Does
your plotter have got three colors?
On Mon, 21 Sep 2015, Erik Baigar wrote:
Hi All,
the 1039 is an interesting plotter I have got a 1038/1039 as well: There are two
big
PCBs inside - one is for the low level functions (essentally driving the servos
and
drawing lines using TTL implemented Bresenham) the second one contains the
computer (68xx based) which is handling the communication.
So for simply moving the pens with the arrow buttons, the computer PCB may not
be
necessary. Have you tried this?
The computer PCB controls the LEDs and blinking may well indicate a problem on
the computer PCB - I thinke I have got a set of documentation. But unfortunately
it is
stored away, but surely I can do a search within the next four weeks if there is
real interest. I even read out the bipolar PROMs of the processor card for
safety
some years ago...
Erik, erik at baigar.de
> tony duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> hat am 20. September 2015 um 20:02
> geschrieben:
>
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> we have a 1039 in our space with the user guide, but without any service
>> docs. Our specimen does not react to buttons except the reset and test
>> buttons. the four statusleds light up on a reset and after a second the
>> center two leds start blinking in sequence. paper and pens are loaded as
>> per the user guide.
>
> Silly question... It doesn't happen to use 2114 RAMs does it? If so, check
> and/or
> replace them. I've foudn such RAM in printers/plotters from many manufacturers
> and perhaps 90%+ of electronic problems are caused by them.
>
> -tony
4 Oct
4 Oct
12:11 a.m.
Hi Eric,
Yes, that looks the one we have, and yes it has the three pen holder. I
found a user guide of the machine, but our left control panel area is
different than that pictured in the user guide. I took some more picts
of the pcb's in the machine. I will post them on our hack42.nl site
later today.
On our machine, the pcb DIL connector from the terminal connector on the
back was loose inside the machine, and it seems ours is wired for
current loop, looking at the settings decal on the inside of the
backplate. How is yours wired? please take a photo of the main pcb with
al the dip switch settings so we can compare, Besides the side
positioned jumper switches, there are also some dials and switches in
other formats on the board. those are also interesting.
I had to put away the calcomp for the time being as we had a fair yesterday.
How many ram chips are on your board. on ours there seems to be two missing.
I'm thinking about a setup to test the socketed 2114 RAM chips based on
a microcontroller with just a simple good or fault indicator.
On 03-10-15 20:18, Erik Baigar wrote:
Hi Simon, Hello to the group,
this weekend I went digging for the Calcomp 1038/1039 manual and
if your plotter looks like this...
http://www.baigar.de/electronics/Calcomp103X.gif
...I may have what you need. Drop me a note and I will try to
scan the schematics next week and load them onto my web
page. Did you make any progress with the plotter already?
Best regards,
Erik.
P.S. My plotter is a 1038 which has been upgraded with the
PCI/906 interface but it only has got a single pen holder. Does
your plotter have got three colors?
On Mon, 21 Sep 2015, Erik Baigar wrote:
--
Met vriendelijke Groet,
Simon Claessen
drukknop.nl
Hi All,
the 1039 is an interesting plotter I have got a 1038/1039 as well:
There are two
big
PCBs inside - one is for the low level functions (essentally driving
the servos
and
drawing lines using TTL implemented Bresenham) the second one contains
the
computer (68xx based) which is handling the communication.
So for simply moving the pens with the arrow buttons, the computer PCB
may not
be
necessary. Have you tried this?
The computer PCB controls the LEDs and blinking may well indicate a
problem on
the computer PCB - I thinke I have got a set of documentation. But
unfortunately
it is
stored away, but surely I can do a search within the next four weeks
if there is
real interest. I even read out the bipolar PROMs of the processor card
for
safety
some years ago...
Erik, erik at baigar.de
> tony duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> hat am 20. September 2015 um 20:02
> geschrieben:
>
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> we have a 1039 in our space with the user guide, but without any
>> service
>> docs. Our specimen does not react to buttons except the reset and test
>> buttons. the four statusleds light up on a reset and after a second the
>> center two leds start blinking in sequence. paper and pens are
>> loaded as
>> per the user guide.
>
> Silly question... It doesn't happen to use 2114 RAMs does it? If so,
> check
> and/or
> replace them. I've foudn such RAM in printers/plotters from many
> manufacturers
> and perhaps 90%+ of electronic problems are caused by them.
>
> -tony
10:59 p.m.
Hi Simon,
thanks for your email. I took the pictures on the weekend and loaded
them onto my server - curious, whether you have got the same setup:
http://www.baigar.de/electronics/Calcomp103X/
than that pictured in the user guide. I took some more
picts of the pcb's in
the machine. I will post them on our hack42.nl site later today.
Great, I will check for your pictures and compare... I have got
engineering drawings (i.e. schematics) only for the power supply,
the logic board (sequencer) and the pen driver. Unfortunately the
schematics for the OPC (online plotter controller?) are missing,
i.e. exactly for the interesting PCB with the CPU there are no
schematics at the moment :-(
was loose inside the machine, and it seems ours is
wired for current loop,
looking at the settings decal on the inside of the backplate. How is yours
wired?
That looks very crowded as you can see and I do not know whether
this is representative. I guess mine was used in some form of
daisy chain setup but at least the levels are RS232. Yes - I have
been able to plot data on my plotter, but the PCI/906 language
the OPC uses is quite strange and the RS232 is not that easy as it
is using hardware handshake and checks for all signals (RTS/CTS
and DSR/DTR) I think.
I had to put away the calcomp for the time being as we
had a fair
yesterday.
Yes, that is quite a heavy machine. Mine is stored at my parent's
basement, so I only have access to the plotter and the documentation
once a month...
Best regards,
Erik.
On 03-10-15 20:18, Erik Baigar wrote:
Hi Simon, Hello to the group,
this weekend I went digging for the Calcomp 1038/1039 manual and
if your plotter looks like this...
http://www.baigar.de/electronics/Calcomp103X.gif
...I may have what you need. Drop me a note and I will try to
scan the schematics next week and load them onto my web
page. Did you make any progress with the plotter already?
Best regards,
Erik.
P.S. My plotter is a 1038 which has been upgraded with the
PCI/906 interface but it only has got a single pen holder. Does
your plotter have got three colors?
On Mon, 21 Sep 2015, Erik Baigar wrote:
--
Met vriendelijke Groet,
Simon Claessen
drukknop.nl
Hi All,
the 1039 is an interesting plotter I have got a 1038/1039 as well:
There are two
big
PCBs inside - one is for the low level functions (essentally driving
the servos
and
drawing lines using TTL implemented Bresenham) the second one contains
the
computer (68xx based) which is handling the communication.
So for simply moving the pens with the arrow buttons, the computer PCB
may not
be
necessary. Have you tried this?
The computer PCB controls the LEDs and blinking may well indicate a
problem on
the computer PCB - I thinke I have got a set of documentation. But
unfortunately
it is
stored away, but surely I can do a search within the next four weeks
if there is
real interest. I even read out the bipolar PROMs of the processor card
for
safety
some years ago...
Erik, erik at baigar.de
> tony duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> hat am 20. September 2015 um 20:02
> geschrieben:
>
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> we have a 1039 in our space with the user guide, but without any
>> service
>> docs. Our specimen does not react to buttons except the reset and test
>> buttons. the four statusleds light up on a reset and after a second the
>> center two leds start blinking in sequence. paper and pens are
>> loaded as
>> per the user guide.
>
> Silly question... It doesn't happen to use 2114 RAMs does it? If so,
> check
> and/or
> replace them. I've foudn such RAM in printers/plotters from many
> manufacturers
> and perhaps 90%+ of electronic problems are caused by them.
>
> -tony
5 Oct
5 Oct
7:03 a.m.
Hey this is interesting. we have a different controller, indicating that
a change from a 1038 to a 1039 involved changing the controller as well.
see my pics.
https://hack42.nl/gallery/v/Museum/2015-09-18-138.jpg
unfortunately i cannot find a picture of the back of the controller.
simon
On 05-10-15 07:59, Erik Baigar wrote:
Hi Simon,
thanks for your email. I took the pictures on the weekend and loaded
them onto my server - curious, whether you have got the same setup:
http://www.baigar.de/electronics/Calcomp103X/
--
Met vriendelijke Groet,
Simon Claessen
drukknop.nl
than that pictured in the user guide. I took some
more picts of the
pcb's in the machine. I will post them on our hack42.nl site later today.
Great, I will check for your pictures and compare... I have got
engineering drawings (i.e. schematics) only for the power supply,
the logic board (sequencer) and the pen driver. Unfortunately the
schematics for the OPC (online plotter controller?) are missing,
i.e. exactly for the interesting PCB with the CPU there are no
schematics at the moment :-(
was loose inside the machine, and it seems ours
is wired for current
loop, looking at the settings decal on the inside of the backplate.
How is yours wired?
That looks very crowded as you can see and I do not know whether
this is representative. I guess mine was used in some form of
daisy chain setup but at least the levels are RS232. Yes - I have
been able to plot data on my plotter, but the PCI/906 language
the OPC uses is quite strange and the RS232 is not that easy as it
is using hardware handshake and checks for all signals (RTS/CTS
and DSR/DTR) I think.
I had to put away the calcomp for the time being
as we had a fair
yesterday.
Yes, that is quite a heavy machine. Mine is stored at my parent's
basement, so I only have access to the plotter and the documentation
once a month...
Best regards,
Erik.
On 03-10-15 20:18, Erik Baigar wrote:
Hi Simon, Hello to the group,
this weekend I went digging for the Calcomp 1038/1039 manual and
if your plotter looks like this...
http://www.baigar.de/electronics/Calcomp103X.gif
...I may have what you need. Drop me a note and I will try to
scan the schematics next week and load them onto my web
page. Did you make any progress with the plotter already?
Best regards,
Erik.
P.S. My plotter is a 1038 which has been upgraded with the
PCI/906 interface but it only has got a single pen holder. Does
your plotter have got three colors?
On Mon, 21 Sep 2015, Erik Baigar wrote:
--
Met vriendelijke Groet,
Simon Claessen
drukknop.nl
Hi All,
the 1039 is an interesting plotter I have got a 1038/1039 as well:
There are two
big
PCBs inside - one is for the low level functions (essentally driving
the servos
and
drawing lines using TTL implemented Bresenham) the second one contains
the
computer (68xx based) which is handling the communication.
So for simply moving the pens with the arrow buttons, the computer PCB
may not
be
necessary. Have you tried this?
The computer PCB controls the LEDs and blinking may well indicate a
problem on
the computer PCB - I thinke I have got a set of documentation. But
unfortunately
it is
stored away, but surely I can do a search within the next four weeks
if there is
real interest. I even read out the bipolar PROMs of the processor card
for
safety
some years ago...
Erik, erik at baigar.de
> tony duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> hat am 20. September 2015 um
> 20:02
> geschrieben:
>
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> we have a 1039 in our space with the user guide, but without any
>> service
>> docs. Our specimen does not react to buttons except the reset and
>> test
>> buttons. the four statusleds light up on a reset and after a
>> second the
>> center two leds start blinking in sequence. paper and pens are
>> loaded as
>> per the user guide.
>
> Silly question... It doesn't happen to use 2114 RAMs does it? If so,
> check
> and/or
> replace them. I've foudn such RAM in printers/plotters from many
> manufacturers
> and perhaps 90%+ of electronic problems are caused by them.
>
> -tony
8 a.m.
Hi Simon,
thanks for your email and the link to the pictures - you indeed
have a more modern version of the controller. Maybe, yours is the
later OPC907 and not the 906 I have got. Anyhow the plugs look
quite similar, so it probably is a drop in repelacelemt...
My controller understands a subset ot the PCI/907 commands, but this
did nor hurt me as I am only using the very basic pen up / pen down
and goto commands.
The pictures are all I currently have got (at least until my next
visit at my parent's basement ;-))
I think first step is to make the keypads work and than to look
into the controller of the plotter...
Best regards,
Erik.
On Mon, 5 Oct 2015, simon wrote:
Hey this is interesting. we have a different
controller, indicating that a
change from a 1038 to a 1039 involved changing the controller as well.
see my pics.
https://hack42.nl/gallery/v/Museum/2015-09-18-138.jpg
unfortunately i cannot find a picture of the back of the controller.
simon
On 05-10-15 07:59, Erik Baigar wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
> thanks for your email. I took the pictures on the weekend and loaded
> them onto my server - curious, whether you have got the same setup:
>
> http://www.baigar.de/electronics/Calcomp103X/
>
>> than that pictured in the user guide. I took some more picts of the
>> pcb's in the machine. I will post them on our hack42.nl site later today.
>
> Great, I will check for your pictures and compare... I have got
> engineering drawings (i.e. schematics) only for the power supply,
> the logic board (sequencer) and the pen driver. Unfortunately the
> schematics for the OPC (online plotter controller?) are missing,
> i.e. exactly for the interesting PCB with the CPU there are no
> schematics at the moment :-(
>
>> was loose inside the machine, and it seems ours is wired for current
>> loop, looking at the settings decal on the inside of the backplate.
>> How is yours wired?
>
> That looks very crowded as you can see and I do not know whether
> this is representative. I guess mine was used in some form of
> daisy chain setup but at least the levels are RS232. Yes - I have
> been able to plot data on my plotter, but the PCI/906 language
> the OPC uses is quite strange and the RS232 is not that easy as it
> is using hardware handshake and checks for all signals (RTS/CTS
> and DSR/DTR) I think.
>
>> I had to put away the calcomp for the time being as we had a fair
>> yesterday.
>
> Yes, that is quite a heavy machine. Mine is stored at my parent's
> basement, so I only have access to the plotter and the documentation
> once a month...
>
> Best regards,
>
> Erik.
>
8:14 a.m.
Guys:
Please don't CC to both cctalk and cctech.
Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
12 Oct
12 Oct
11:30 a.m.
Hi Simon,
just came accross, what might be helpful for you: I found
some pages with my spare 906 controller (unfortunatley not
working), listing the functions of the DIP switches. I scanned
them and you find them on my server in the specials section:
http://www.baigar.de/electronics/Calcomp103X/Calcomp_OPC906-907-Switches.pdf
Good luck,
Erik.
On Mon, 5 Oct 2015, Erik Baigar wrote:
Hi Simon,
thanks for your email. I took the pictures on the weekend and loaded
them onto my server - curious, whether you have got the same setup:
http://www.baigar.de/electronics/Calcomp103X/
than that pictured in the user guide. I took some
more picts of the pcb's
in the machine. I will post them on our hack42.nl site later today.
Great, I will check for your pictures and compare... I have got
engineering drawings (i.e. schematics) only for the power supply,
the logic board (sequencer) and the pen driver. Unfortunately the
schematics for the OPC (online plotter controller?) are missing,
i.e. exactly for the interesting PCB with the CPU there are no
schematics at the moment :-(
was loose inside the machine, and it seems ours
is wired for current loop,
looking at the settings decal on the inside of the backplate. How is yours
wired?
That looks very crowded as you can see and I do not know whether
this is representative. I guess mine was used in some form of
daisy chain setup but at least the levels are RS232. Yes - I have
been able to plot data on my plotter, but the PCI/906 language
the OPC uses is quite strange and the RS232 is not that easy as it
is using hardware handshake and checks for all signals (RTS/CTS
and DSR/DTR) I think.
I had to put away the calcomp for the time being
as we had a fair
yesterday.
Yes, that is quite a heavy machine. Mine is stored at my parent's
basement, so I only have access to the plotter and the documentation
once a month...
Best regards,
Erik.
On 03-10-15 20:18, Erik Baigar wrote:
Hi Simon, Hello to the group,
this weekend I went digging for the Calcomp 1038/1039 manual and
if your plotter looks like this...
http://www.baigar.de/electronics/Calcomp103X.gif
...I may have what you need. Drop me a note and I will try to
scan the schematics next week and load them onto my web
page. Did you make any progress with the plotter already?
Best regards,
Erik.
P.S. My plotter is a 1038 which has been upgraded with the
PCI/906 interface but it only has got a single pen holder. Does
your plotter have got three colors?
On Mon, 21 Sep 2015, Erik Baigar wrote:
--
Met vriendelijke Groet,
Simon Claessen
drukknop.nl
Hi All,
the 1039 is an interesting plotter I have got a 1038/1039 as well:
There are two
big
PCBs inside - one is for the low level functions (essentally driving
the servos
and
drawing lines using TTL implemented Bresenham) the second one contains
the
computer (68xx based) which is handling the communication.
So for simply moving the pens with the arrow buttons, the computer PCB
may not
be
necessary. Have you tried this?
The computer PCB controls the LEDs and blinking may well indicate a
problem on
the computer PCB - I thinke I have got a set of documentation. But
unfortunately
it is
stored away, but surely I can do a search within the next four weeks
if there is
real interest. I even read out the bipolar PROMs of the processor card
for
safety
some years ago...
Erik, erik at baigar.de
> tony duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> hat am 20. September 2015 um 20:02
> geschrieben:
>
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> we have a 1039 in our space with the user guide, but without any
>> service
>> docs. Our specimen does not react to buttons except the reset and test
>> buttons. the four statusleds light up on a reset and after a second the
>> center two leds start blinking in sequence. paper and pens are
>> loaded as
>> per the user guide.
>
> Silly question... It doesn't happen to use 2114 RAMs does it? If so,
> check
> and/or
> replace them. I've foudn such RAM in printers/plotters from many
> manufacturers
> and perhaps 90%+ of electronic problems are caused by them.
>
> -tony
13 Oct
13 Oct
9:19 a.m.
Hmm, that may com handy...
first I need a little time to build a 2114 tester from a sanguino
(arduino clone at hand)
On 12-10-15 20:30, Erik Baigar wrote:
Hi Simon,
just came accross, what might be helpful for you: I found
some pages with my spare 906 controller (unfortunatley not
working), listing the functions of the DIP switches. I scanned
them and you find them on my server in the specials section:
http://www.baigar.de/electronics/Calcomp103X/Calcomp_OPC906-907-Switches.pdf
Good luck,
Erik.
On Mon, 5 Oct 2015, Erik Baigar wrote:
--
Met vriendelijke Groet,
Simon Claessen
drukknop.nl
Hi Simon,
thanks for your email. I took the pictures on the weekend and loaded
them onto my server - curious, whether you have got the same setup:
http://www.baigar.de/electronics/Calcomp103X/
than that pictured in the user guide. I took some
more picts of the
pcb's in the machine. I will post them on our hack42.nl site later
today.
Great, I will check for your pictures and compare... I have got
engineering drawings (i.e. schematics) only for the power supply,
the logic board (sequencer) and the pen driver. Unfortunately the
schematics for the OPC (online plotter controller?) are missing,
i.e. exactly for the interesting PCB with the CPU there are no
schematics at the moment :-(
was loose inside the machine, and it seems ours
is wired for current
loop, looking at the settings decal on the inside of the backplate.
How is yours wired?
That looks very crowded as you can see and I do not know whether
this is representative. I guess mine was used in some form of
daisy chain setup but at least the levels are RS232. Yes - I have
been able to plot data on my plotter, but the PCI/906 language
the OPC uses is quite strange and the RS232 is not that easy as it
is using hardware handshake and checks for all signals (RTS/CTS
and DSR/DTR) I think.
I had to put away the calcomp for the time being
as we had a fair
yesterday.
Yes, that is quite a heavy machine. Mine is stored at my parent's
basement, so I only have access to the plotter and the documentation
once a month...
Best regards,
Erik.
On 03-10-15 20:18, Erik Baigar wrote:
Hi Simon, Hello to the group,
this weekend I went digging for the Calcomp 1038/1039 manual and
if your plotter looks like this...
http://www.baigar.de/electronics/Calcomp103X.gif
...I may have what you need. Drop me a note and I will try to
scan the schematics next week and load them onto my web
page. Did you make any progress with the plotter already?
Best regards,
Erik.
P.S. My plotter is a 1038 which has been upgraded with the
PCI/906 interface but it only has got a single pen holder. Does
your plotter have got three colors?
On Mon, 21 Sep 2015, Erik Baigar wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> the 1039 is an interesting plotter I have got a 1038/1039 as well:
> There are two
> big
> PCBs inside - one is for the low level functions (essentally driving
> the servos
> and
> drawing lines using TTL implemented Bresenham) the second one contains
> the
> computer (68xx based) which is handling the communication.
>
> So for simply moving the pens with the arrow buttons, the computer PCB
> may not
> be
> necessary. Have you tried this?
>
> The computer PCB controls the LEDs and blinking may well indicate a
> problem on
> the computer PCB - I thinke I have got a set of documentation. But
> unfortunately
> it is
> stored away, but surely I can do a search within the next four weeks
> if there is
> real interest. I even read out the bipolar PROMs of the processor card
> for
> safety
> some years ago...
>
> Erik, erik at baigar.de
>
>
>> tony duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> hat am 20. September 2015 um
>> 20:02
>> geschrieben:
>>
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> we have a 1039 in our space with the user guide, but without any
>>> service
>>> docs. Our specimen does not react to buttons except the reset and
>>> test
>>> buttons. the four statusleds light up on a reset and after a
>>> second the
>>> center two leds start blinking in sequence. paper and pens are
>>> loaded as
>>> per the user guide.
>>
>> Silly question... It doesn't happen to use 2114 RAMs does it? If so,
>> check
>> and/or
>> replace them. I've foudn such RAM in printers/plotters from many
>> manufacturers
>> and perhaps 90%+ of electronic problems are caused by them.
>>
>> -tony
--
Met vriendelijke Groet,
Simon Claessen
drukknop.nl
21 Sep
21 Sep
2:47 a.m.
Spot on. it HAS the 2114 ram chips. now to find replacements..
strange enough there are 12 positions for ram chips and two of them are
left unpopulated: pos 1 and pos 7.
On 20-09-15 20:02, tony duell wrote:
--
Met vriendelijke Groet,
Simon Claessen
drukknop.nl
Hi All,
we have a 1039 in our space with the user guide, but without any service
docs. Our specimen does not react to buttons except the reset and test
buttons. the four statusleds light up on a reset and after a second the
center two leds start blinking in sequence. paper and pens are loaded as
per the user guide.
Silly question... It doesn't happen to use 2114 RAMs does it? If so, check and/or
replace them. I've foudn such RAM in printers/plotters from many manufacturers
and perhaps 90%+ of electronic problems are caused by them.
-tony
7:09 a.m.
Spot on. it HAS the 2114 ram chips. now to find
replacements..
The slight delay after power-on before giving the error indication suggested
a memory test to me...
Of course it might not be 2114 problems, but I have replaced so many of those
ICs over the years in all sorts of devices that I suspect them on sight now :-)
strange enough there are 12 positions for ram chips
and two of them are
left unpopulated: pos 1 and pos 7.
2114s are normally used in pairs,, of course. They are 1K*4 RAMs, so it takes 2
to make a byte. I hope some kind person hasn't 'borrowed' a couple of RAMs
from the plotter, that would be nasty.
-tony
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