[TenTec] Omni VI logic board

[k8aicurt at yahoo.com]

 I cleaned the keypad the second time, this time with Deoxit. It's working again!


     On Friday, November 1, 2019, 8:33:11 PM EDT, Curt Benjamin <k8aicurt at yahoo.com> wrote:  
 
  Peter and Byron, thanks for the suggestions. Good news. I removed connector 92 and that did the trick. So far, I've immersed the whole keypad board in isopropyl alcohol and agitated it for several minutes and blasted it dry with compressed air. It's still giving the processor an interrupt but I narrowed it down to pin 3 on connector 92 that's at fault.
Next step is to narrow it down to the button or diode.
I'm so happy that I'm close to getting my favorite radio back in operation.
Curt, K8AI

    On Thursday, October 31, 2019, 11:00:25 PM EDT, Peter Bertini <radioconnection at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 My guess is you have a bad encoder, or a bad switch on the front panel.  If
one of the switches controlled by the push buttons remains keyed it will
raise an interrupt in the software and through the processor into a
loop--that routine will continue until the problem is resolved.  If you are
seeing data signals on the proms and processor then I'd suspect the logic
board is okay.

Try removing the plugs that are connected to the push button matrix on the
front panel first and see if that clears it up so you can at least use the
main tuning to change frequency.  Been there, done that... I've seen
leakage resistance on a Ten Ten Omni switch cause the same issue!  It does
not take much.
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