Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread Charles Steinmetz
Ed wrote: You could grab the buss bar with your bare hands and not feel a thing. 48V isn't high enough to be dangerous. It all depends on the current drawn through the body (and especially, through one's heart). Therefore, it depends on the point-to-point resistance through the body betwee

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread Pete Lancashire
t; > -Original Message- > > > From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] > On > > > Behalf Of Pete Lancashire > > > Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2013 6:58 AM > > > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > >

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread Ed Palmer
time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Pete Lancashire Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2013 6:58 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 -2V is a common terminator voltage for ECL In my days before gray h

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread paul swed
;> generate the > > > >>> +2.1 volts on the mainboard. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> If I can lose the 2 linear PSU, I'll lose a ton of weight, but > > > possibly > > > >>> > > > >>>

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread Jim Lux
On 9/9/13 2:38 PM, Mark C. Stephens wrote: I have seen a 12v car battery and a wire frame bed to torture victims on television twice now. Are you telling me that's bunk?! (pardon the pun) As someone who used to make their living doing just such physical effects for film and TV.. It's a spec

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread Bob Stewart
t >Sent: Monday, September 9, 2013 4:21 PM >Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 > > >Is 200 amperes @ 2v not lethal? > > ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread Pete Lancashire
Behalf Of Pete Lancashire > Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2013 6:58 AM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 > > -2V is a common terminator voltage for ECL > > In my days before gray hair I worked on a machine that

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread Mark C. Stephens
ember 2013 7:24 AM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 On 9/9/13 2:21 PM, Mark C. Stephens wrote: > Is 200 amperes @ 2v not lethal? Not particularly.. any more than putting your fingers across a 1.5 or 3V battery i

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread Mark C. Stephens
and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 Only if whatever shorts it vaporizes violently enough to kill you.  When I worked at Burroughs in the 70s, I heard stories about low volts/high amps hijinks. Bob > > From: Mark C. St

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread Jim Lux
On 9/9/13 2:21 PM, Mark C. Stephens wrote: Is 200 amperes @ 2v not lethal? Not particularly.. any more than putting your fingers across a 1.5 or 3V battery is lethal. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://w

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread Mark C. Stephens
Is 200 amperes @ 2v not lethal? -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Pete Lancashire Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2013 6:58 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread Ed Palmer
lto:time-nuts-bounces@**febo.com] On Behalf Of Ed Palmer Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2013 1:53 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 Sorry, the oracle is out of the office today - I'm the janitor. :) I see you've alrea

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread paul swed
>>>> >>>> >>>> Yeah, I did play roulette by powering it up like that but I was a tad >>>> >>>>> annoyed as I was told it was a working unit. >>>>> The bottom board on this one has millions of tiny surface mount c

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread Pete Lancashire
>>>> > >>>> Yes, but I would have thought that optoisolators would have been > >>> cheaper > >>> than optical transmitters, receivers, and cables. > >>> > >>> > >>> Yeah, I did play roulette by p

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread paul swed
t;>>> The bottom board on this one has millions of tiny surface mount caps >>>> mounted on there sides. >>>> It looks terribly fragile. Much of a job to get it out? >>>> >>>> Well, I described my process in the teardown. Is your board simila

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread Ed Palmer
From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces@**febo.com] On Behalf Of Ed Palmer Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2013 1:53 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 Sorry, the oracle is out of the office today - I'm the ja

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread Bruce Griffiths
On Behalf Of Ed Palmer Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2013 1:53 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 Sorry, the oracle is out of the office today - I'm the janitor. :) I see you've already replaced the 24V supply and po

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread paul swed
al is just a matter of > unplugging connectors and unscrewing the mounting screws. > > > All the PSU screw heads are under it (of course) >> > > Yup. I needed to get at the mounting screws for the cardcage so that I > could inspect the motherboard. > > Ed > > >

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread Ed Palmer
r Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2013 1:53 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 Sorry, the oracle is out of the office today - I'm the janitor. :) I see you've already replaced the 24V supply and powered the unit up. I woul

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread paul swed
lf Of Ed Palmer > Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2013 1:53 AM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 > > Sorry, the oracle is out of the office today - I'm the janitor. :) > > I see you've already replaced the

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread Mark C. Stephens
: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 Sorry, the oracle is out of the office today - I'm the janitor. :) I see you've already replaced the 24V supply and powered the unit up. I would have removed all output connections on the

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread Ed Palmer
of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 Oops. Maybe I should have just kept my peace. I found a User's Guide here: "http://qmsi.com/pics/Wavecrest2070.a.pdf"; which indicates it can take either 110 or 220. Pry open the fuse compartment and

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread Mark C. Stephens
From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Henk ten Pierick Sent: Monday, 9 September 2013 9:05 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 Hi, The 207x is. Auto sensing for the mains. Groet, Henk

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread Henk ten Pierick
card cage. > I have not a clue what that means.. > > > --marki > > -Original Message- > From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On > Behalf Of Mark C. Stephens > Sent: Monday, 9 September 2013 6:31 PM > To: Bob Stewart; Discussion

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread Mark C. Stephens
ewart; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 I pried open the fuse compartment. Both fuses black. Black as in dead short black. Not good. Short circuit on mains input. Open case. big thick wire carry mains to solid state relay then off to switch

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread Mark C. Stephens
frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 Oops.  Maybe I should have just kept my peace.  I found a User's Guide here: "http://qmsi.com/pics/Wavecrest2070.a.pdf"; which indicates it can take either 110 or 220.  Pry open the fuse compartment and see what'

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-09 Thread Mark C. Stephens
To: Bob Stewart; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 Oops.  Maybe I should have just kept my peace.  I found a User's Guide here: "http://qmsi.com/pics/Wavecrest2070.a.pdf"; which indicates it can take either 110 or 220

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-08 Thread Bob Stewart
t way to go about it, though.  =) Bob - AE6RV > > From: Bob Stewart >To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement >Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013 11:13 PM >Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 > > >Go to a tourist suppl

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-08 Thread Bob Stewart
ob - AE6RV > > From: Mark C. Stephens >To: "time-nuts@febo.com" >Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013 11:05 PM >Subject: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 > > >I just received my DTS 2070 from 110 volt land. >I live in 230 (well actually 250) volt land. > &g

[time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070

2013-09-08 Thread Mark C. Stephens
I just received my DTS 2070 from 110 volt land. I live in 230 (well actually 250) volt land. I haven't plugged it in and I am being a total wuss about breaking the CAL seals as they are still current. Please help me, I really, really need to measure something with it! Anything with it! But to d

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 GPIB access

2010-11-23 Thread John Miles
Original Message- > From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com]on > Behalf Of Ulrich Bangert > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 9:49 AM > To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 GPI

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 GPIB access

2010-11-23 Thread Bob Camp
[mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Ulrich Bangert Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 12:49 PM To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 GPIB access John, I do not have any experience with the Wavecrest but my exper

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 GPIB access

2010-11-23 Thread Ulrich Bangert
11:27 > An: time-nuts@febo.com > Betreff: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 GPIB access > > > I'm looking at writing some code to drive the DTS 2070, but > have been running into timeout errors performing any GPIB > query (even *IDN?) while the instrument is taking > measu

Re: [time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 GPIB access

2010-11-23 Thread Bob Camp
Hi How long are the cables / what else is on the chain? They may not have "proper" pull up's on the device. Bob On Nov 23, 2010, at 5:27 AM, John Miles wrote: > I'm looking at writing some code to drive the DTS 2070, but have been > running into timeout errors performing any GPIB query (even

[time-nuts] Wavecrest DTS 2070 GPIB access

2010-11-23 Thread John Miles
I'm looking at writing some code to drive the DTS 2070, but have been running into timeout errors performing any GPIB query (even *IDN?) while the instrument is taking measurements, even in sizes/sets of 1/1 at a 1-pps rate. Has anyone else run into this before? This happens equally with either a