All:
Seeking help with my Z3801. I was referred here by some folks on the
Microwave reflector.
Background: It ran very well for several years. Then, when
spot-checked on another counter, was found a few Hz away from
10.00000MHz. Looking at GPSCon, it showed the output to not be enabled,
and a status or offset word that somebody told me indicated the
"correction" was at a maximum extreme, and suggested I looked at
temperature control circuitry.
I let it sit for a year or two, and have recently gotten back into it.
I have read all the notes I can find on the internet, including KO4BB
site. I have the user manual, but have not been able to find a service
manual, including from the helpful people at HP/Agilent who will dig
through their paper archives. Struck out at Symmetricom as well.
Upon power up, a reow of LEDs near the power connection flash red, and
then the one toward the middle of the board begins flashing green at
about a 1Hz rate.
Check of all power supply voltages against the diagram on the
realhamradio.com web site is all good.
Running GPSCon results in serial port timeouts -- no communications
to/from the unit. I have verified the serial port settings. Given the
vagaries of USB<==> serial converters these days, I have verified that
the serial communications does work, using other hardware and programs,
but the same laptop with which I'm trying to talk to the unit.
I have read the discussion about how the temperature controller is
supposed to work. It includes a discussion about the controller getting
"confused" and breaking one lead to inject +5 volts through 10K to
regain control. The fact that the voltage at TP 104 remains at 16 volts
(for days) suggests that this may be what is going on. Unfortunately, to
verify this problem and attempt the fix, I need clarity on the fix, and
to restore the serial communications, so that I can see the status words.
Any suggestions??
Thanks & 73,
Jim
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