[sdiy] Broken fatman

[Scott Gravenhorst]

I'm guessing that the MIDI LED is always on?  

Yes, it could be the 6N138.



=?iso-8859-1?q?Karl=20Ekdahl?= <_nial_ at yahoo.com> wrote:
>Hi all, a friend of mine bought a fatman two weeks ago
>and dropped it in the floor one week after so now it
>doesn't respond on midi and indicates a constant midi
>input. I've checked the schemo, and as i understand it
>ic6 (the 6n138) pin 6 should be LOW on active signal.
>The signal is LOW all the time, no matter if i've
>connected a midi cord or not, so i'm wondering, do you
>really think that the 6n138 could have braked because
>of the fall? Maybe i'm totally missinterpretating the
>schemo...
>
>thanks
>
>karl
>
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