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after many years away, hello again -
I'm trying to get my K2 back online, with a KIO2 in it. (I have a
KAT100-2+K2/100 in a separate box, disconnected for now.) I'm pretty sure all
this worked when I put it away - ten years ago maybe.
I'm using PuTTY in Windows (with a brand new untried USB/RS232 adapter), set
4800/8/N/2 with no control. From the "port on" menu, the display button gets
me a "FA<vfoA>;" in putty as expected.
However, I can't get communication going the other way. I've doublechecked the
cable pinouts and. Digging in, I see signal coming in to KIO2 U1 pin 6
(MAX1406's R3IN), but always 1.4VDC at R3OUT. :(
Disconnecting RS-232 and measuring: at the 1406, Vdd is ~13V, Vss is -3.8V
(hmm...valid, but unexpected), and Vcc is 1.2V (!), matching the output from
the 7805 (!).
I lifted the output pin from the 7805, and it shows 5V again, so...something
else on the KIO2 is pulling it down, but what? I don't understand the
derivation of Vss or what's inside the 1406, so I don't know where to go from
here.
Advice? Thanks!
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