Re: [time-nuts] 5370B stop trigger not working

2015-12-22 Thread Jim Palfreyman
Thanks Chris. I'm beginning to think my 5370B is heading towards a boat anchor. We (as in all time-nut owners of 5370s) seriously need to research a replacement part/circuit for the 7061/7062 parts. Jim On 22 December 2015 at 07:44, Christopher E. Brown wrote: > > You might want to re-scope

Re: [time-nuts] 5370B stop trigger not working

2015-12-21 Thread Christopher E. Brown
You might want to re-scope the start and stop channel outputs where they cross A4 and verify against the front panel labels. The signal line crossing A4 that lines up with frontpanel start is start and the one that lines up with stop is stop. I mention this because the A3 board is a carry ove

Re: [time-nuts] 5370B stop trigger not working

2015-12-13 Thread Jim Palfreyman
Oops yes! I looked up the wrong item. I meant A3U1 which is 5088-7061 Jim On Sunday, 13 December 2015, Cok wrote: > According to the partlist A4U1 and A4U2 seems to be TL072CP opamps. > >> >> jim77...@gmail.com said: >> >>> I have gone through the troubleshooting process from the manual and it

Re: [time-nuts] 5370B stop trigger not working

2015-12-13 Thread Jim Palfreyman
Yes I've been through the process in the service manual with an oscilloscope and the part number of the Schmitt trigger (apologies for the auto-corrected spelling above) is TL072CP. What I'm after is any "gotchas" or hints before I head down this path. Jim Palfreyman On 13 December 2015 at 18:

Re: [time-nuts] 5370B stop trigger not working

2015-12-13 Thread Cok
According to the partlist A4U1 and A4U2 seems to be TL072CP opamps. jim77...@gmail.com said: I have gone through the troubleshooting process from the manual and it seems to point to A4U2 (Schmidt trigger) being faulty. I'd put a scope on it to check. Before I dive into this, does anyone have

Re: [time-nuts] 5370B stop trigger not working

2015-12-13 Thread Hal Murray
jim77...@gmail.com said: > I have gone through the troubleshooting process from the manual and it seems > to point to A4U2 (Schmidt trigger) being faulty. I'd put a scope on it to check. > Before I dive into this, does anyone have any advice? Most important being > the Schmidt trigger - where

[time-nuts] 5370B stop trigger not working

2015-12-12 Thread Jim Palfreyman
Hi all, My stop trigger has stopped working on my 5370B (a while back - just getting around to fixing it). I have gone through the troubleshooting process from the manual and it seems to point to A4U2 (Schmidt trigger) being faulty. Fixing this looks like a decent job of: sourcing a part, removi