Hi Shamai, 1) Do the front buttons on the LVB Tracker control the rotor? 2) Check the wiring to the LCD display (one bad connection can easily cause this) 3) If it is not an LCD wiring problem, I would suggest programming another PIC chip.
73, Gould, WA4SXM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shamai Opfer" <shamai.op...@gmail.com> To: <AMSAT-BB@amsat.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 4:58 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] an issue with LVBTracker > Hi all, > > After many months (Actually years) of good and flawless service, My LVB > Tracker woke up one day with the display showing Z|||Z|||Z||| or > sometime >|||>|||>|||>|||... > > I tried several things: reset, checking the internal 5V supply voltage, > etc.. > > I tried to reprogram the PIC using the PicProg program, but got only > this reponse: "chip not recognized". > > I followed the instructions in the document BuildingtheLVBTrackerv2.pdf > (dated Dec 29, 2007) but no success > > Any idea? anyone? > > Pictures enclosed > > 73 & thanks, > > Shamai 4Z1WS > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
