step #2 wire it to a DB 37 pin conector
step #3 wire up a DB 9 pin : pin #2(txout) pin#3(rxout) pin#5 ground
step #4 power it up and connect to laptop.......
step #5 spend an hour trying to figure out why the stim wont work all of a sudden
step #6 replace stim CPU with a spare load code, everything works! play with it for a while and pack everything up for a work related trip
step #7 two days later, after it has been running on the stim for 2+ hours, attempt to hook it back up to laptop to see what the new TS looks like.
step #8 exactly 2 sec later notice that it quit working again, voltage regulater is hot and poly fuse kicking in again.
step #9 heave a big *sigh* and wonder just what the f@^k is going on, get wallet ready to order another dozen or so CPU's
step #10 post an easy to follow "10 step plan for frying a jimstim" on forum......
So what the heck is going on?
It worked for a coiuple of short sessions using TS after loading a couple different code versions ( just playing with it, out of town for work so just brought it along to play with ). Nothing got shorted, the bottom of the board is sealed. literally it had been running on the stim for 2+ hours, but as soon as I pluged it into the laptop it fried.
The only thing I can think of is that it was powered up when i pluged the serial cable into the laptop.
I am now convinced that the origional CPU was fried by the same problem, and not static discharge like I had previously though.
quite frustrating.
Jean, I will be ordering another couple of CPU's from you ( this is starting to get expencive
) but I would realy like to figure out what is going on before throwing another one in. Thanks,
Joe
