That is what I am trying to learn…
If the RTC is not working, does the CPU see this as a fault condition and
thereby freeze up?
Gary
W0DVN
> On Nov 29, 2018, at 11:19 AM, Dave Edwards <kd2e@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Bill and all....
>
> If the RTC battery goes dead, is it simply the clock that will reset without
> power...or is it more of a "situation"?
>
> ...Dave
>
>
> On 11/29/18 10:49 AM, Bill Cotter wrote:
>> Gary,
>>
>> Is the RTC battery still providing energy?
>>
>> 73 Bill N4LG
>>
>> At 09:49 PM 11/28/2018, you wrote:
>>> H Greetings: I have an Omni 6 that starts boot up, goes through the process
>>> of turning the S meter lamps on, then stops with all pushbuttons LED’s
>>> lit. I checked the 20 MHz oscillator (good) and I checked all of the CPU
>>> address lines and data lines, all of which are active. The only thing I
>>> have found so far is that the real time clock, DS1285, which has a small
>>> crystal for its timebase, is not running. What I wanted to learn is whether
>>> or not the CPU will boot up without this cook’s being in operation. It
>>> seems to me that, since this is a real time clock, it should be running all
>>> of the time, even when the radio is off, and the DS1285 should keep time
>>> powered by the backup battery. Gary
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