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Hardware => Lynx Express => Topic started by: bendala on November 23, 2012,

Title: No LED 2
Post by: bendala on November 23, 2012,

I have just finished my third LE and when i run the tests I get no response from LED 2. I have ruled out the 485's as I have swapped them onto a working board and it functioned fine. Also I have re flashed the PIC twice to no avail. Any other things I should look for? Any Help would be greatly appreciated Thank you in advance!

Title: Re: No LED 2
Post by: Jeffl on November 23, 2012,

LED or opto in backwards?

Title: No LED 2
Post by: rm357 on November 24, 2012,

+1

Also make sure pin 3 on the pic is properly seated and not bent under.

Might try swapping optos with a known good channel.

Title: Re: No LED 2
Post by: bendala on November 24, 2012,

Thank you for the quick response I didn't even think of the problem lying with the opto's I switched it out for a spare I had and it works fine. Another problem arose and it is now the Data Link light is lit with nothing attached. Any Ideas.

Title: Re: No LED 2
Post by: bendala on November 24, 2012,

 <fp. Alright fixed the problem by swaping the 485's does anyone know why this happens sometimes?

Title: Re: No LED 2
Post by: Jeffl on November 24, 2012,

Of the many, many, many LE's I have built I have had a number of RS485 chips that did just that.  I would swap #1 for #2 and both would work.  I wouldn't rule out the  chip is bad based on one swap.  Sometimes I wonder if it's just the connection.  The chip holders are nice for this reason but I think most times its the chip holder instead of the chips themselves.

Title: Re: No LED 2
Post by: bendala on November 25, 2012,

I went through and reflowed all of my joints on the board just to make sure that a bad joint was not adding to the issue. Thank you for all of your replies. The show is up and running!