[TenTec] Omni 6 won't boot up

[Dave Edwards]

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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