[Techtoolslist] Fluke 9100A monitor output & more....

[Andre Huijts]

I meant....a mailing list...


Don't judge me too quickly. 
I have already started reading the manuals from the day I got the stuff andwhenever I have some time (gotta love an iPad for that). In fact, one of the things that annoys me the most in my work is colleagues or contractors not reading a simple manual before starting to work on new things. And it's not just the young guys, the older one's are sometimes even worse because they think to know it all.....
They loose hours trying to solve the problem while they could have prevented that by investing 15 minutes in reading a simple manual.

Well, everyone had to start at one moment. I know that I have a pretty good understandings of how (80's) computer hardware works. I don't understand every detail in the manuals yet but that will come when necessary and in time. Rome wasn't built in a day either, and seeing that the 35,000 USD 9100 set came with a 9 day training says enough...

Let me do my baby-steps and it doesn't harm to help someone even if it is an obvious thing for you....


Op 9 nov. 2012, om 23:23 heeft Andre Huijts <a.huijts at upcmail.nl> het volgende geschreven:


> Mmmm, sorry for asking questions, I thought that that was what a forum is about.....

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> Op 9 nov. 2012, om 22:58 heeft Martin White <martin at guddler.co.uk> het volgende geschreven:

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>> Would also like to add something that you’ll probably not want to hear!!

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>> Read through the manuals and understand them. Seriously. It’s a serious slog through all of those thick tomes but there is a huge amount of invaluable information in there. I tell anyone that comes onto forums asking about 9010’s or 9100’s the same thing. 99% of their questions wouldn’t need to be answered if they’d already worked their way through the menus ��

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>> Nobody likes to do it - including me, but in the case of these instruments they’re essential reading.

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>> Oh, also, unlike Andy I started writing programs from day one. But not really what I should have been writing them for. All I ever did was write programs that pretty much emulated what the 9010 did, ie, automated a lot of what you can do from the keypad functions. I guess it’s a valid use of the programs but It’s not really what the 9100 programs are all about though.

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>> Proper programs come later when you start to get into exercising circuits using the parallel and vector I/O modules and reading the results with the clips or probe, plus the GFI / UFI that Andy’s talking about.

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>> The 9100 can do soooo much, I suspect only a handful of hobby users will really ever scratch the surface. And I’m probably not likely to be one of them.

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>> From: Andrew Welburn

>> Sent: ‎09‎ ‎November‎ ‎2012 ‎21‎:‎51

>> To: Technical Tools Mail List

>> Subject: Re: [Techtoolslist] Fluke 9100A monitor output & more....

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>> I'd like to add... The editor is a very slow, frustrating and not user-friendly interface. You will use the editor to write custom programs, but I can tell you that you will need to learn how the system works through the operators keypad first.

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>> I used my 9100 only from the operators keypad for the first 5 years, partly because I didn't have the videocard, but it's a steep learning curve and I think you'd do well to properly understand the functions of the system through the operators display and keypad first. Until you get further into GFI and UFI, you can do everything you'll want to do from the front keypad, you're not missing any functions in the editor suite apart from writing programs which I think you're a little way from for now :) I didn't write any programs for ages, but when I did, I knew exactly what I wanted to do when analysing a UUT...

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>> Andrew Welburn (mobile)

>> www.andys-arcade.com

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>> On 9 Nov 2012, at 21:31, Andre Huijts <a.huijts at upcmail.nl> wrote:

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>>> Just had a look at the IBM CGA connector pin out:

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>>> http://nemesis.lonestar.org/reference/video/cga.html

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>>> The connector is following the "standard", it's a 9D female connector. The colors are probably on pins 3,4,5 (R,G,B) acc. to the IBM standard. Pin 7 normally carries +12V but is often not used so I guess they put the B/W signal there. Pin 8 and 9 carry Horizontal and Vertical sins (positive) so that's according to the earlier drawing I posted too....

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>>> The only really damn tricky pin is nr. 2. The 9100A puts out +5V on it, while the IBM has pin 1 and 2 as GND......

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>>> Anyway, let's get out the soldering iron.... oh I  need a 04 too....

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>>> Do we know anything about that video card by the way ? What is the bus that Fluke used for the SCSI and Video cards ?

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>>> Sorry for all the remarks/questions.....I'm pretty hyped about this thing and can't wait to hook it up to my first UUT :)

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>>> Op 9 nov. 2012, om 21:59 heeft Andrew Welburn <andy at andysarcade.net> het volgende geschreven:

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>>>> Yes the output works in the CGA -> VGA adapters once you convert the sync.

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>>>> Andrew Welburn (mobile)

>>>> www.andys-arcade.com

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>>>> On 9 Nov 2012, at 20:43, techtools-steve <techtools at arcadehacking.com> wrote:

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>>>>> If the Fluke video output is 15KHz then a Gonbas RGB/MDA/CGA/EGA to VGA Converter could allow you to use the Fluke with a modern VGA LCD panel.  I've got a couple of these boards stashed somewhere and willing to dig them out and give this a try once the signals are confirmed.

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>>>>> On 11/9/2012 11:23 AM, Andrew Welburn wrote:

>>>>>> Andre... Look in the schematics for the video card Pinout. The output s RGB, 15khz.. Or CGA... It's there, we aren't lying to you... If in doubt, just scope the outputs and find your RGB and syncs. As stated before, invert each sync signal with an ls04, then join them together to give you composite sync. Then you can feed this to a SCART tv or a regular arcade monitor. Ignore the black and white output.

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>>>>>> You can happily plug and unplug pods while the 9100a is switched on, no problems, otherwise you'd go through a whole lot of power cycling when working on stuff. When you plug a new pod in, you just hit the reset button on the operators keypad.

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>>>>>> Andrew Welburn (mobile)

>>>>>> www.andys-arcade.com

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>>>>>> On 9 Nov 2012, at 18:56, Andre Huijts <a.huijts at upcmail.nl> wrote:

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>>>>>>> OK I have been digging through the manuals but either I get dizzy by SO much information or it's not in there.

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>>>>>>> The only info about the monitor connection I can find is this:

>>>>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/level_42/8170047354/

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>>>>>>> And that looks like a monochrome set-up. Now the manual says the color set-up is for a "standard IBM monitor", I am sure they mean CGA, but what is the pin-out from the 9100A in color set-up ?

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>>>>>>> Other question: I am confused about when to hook up the pod. The manual(s) seem to be inconsistent too, but I think mostly they say the 9100A should be powered off before hooking up a pod.

>>>>>>> Can you damage the pod by connecting it to the 9100A while it's powered up ?

>>>>>>> I've done this while testing the pods. I did a reset (from the keypad) after replacing the pod.

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>>>>>>> Note, I'm not talking about UUT power at all yet, I am not that far yet ;)

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>>>>>>> André

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