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AJs Diagnosis re: KLM367a board build

2016-03-06 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

So - for those who may have been following along.... I just heard from Mr. Jury who kindly undertook the troubleshooting of my board as it was getting a bit

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New Key Contacts Work Great!

2016-03-01 by chipaudette@yahoo.com

Hi All, When I first got my Polysix, it had a bunch of dead keys (thank you eBay). I fixed them the same way that I fixed the dead keys on my Mono/Poly...with

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Re: [PolySix] before it goes out

2016-02-22 by Bob Grieb

The test switch is a double pole one. In the normal position, the contacts that have traces connected to them should be open. (not connected) Both of them.

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before it goes out

2016-02-22 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

here s a pic of the board i meant to post long ago though was waiting for a decent digital camera to take the shot with - which I just received. Anyway- thanks

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4011 and 4042 BE vs N versions?

2016-02-22 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

Well - I m about to pack this off and send in to Andrew for diagnosis - sadly I just dont have the time to deal with this - I d love to go in deep to learn

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Re: [PolySix] Re: Power supply voltages

2016-02-15 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

Hi Bob - I ASSUME it s working correctly (the reset) since the lights go off when I disconnect it. As previously mentioned I measure a 0.25v drop with the

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Re: Power supply voltages

2016-02-15 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

SO - I m back at it now - I proceeded to rig up something for the 56K resistor (47K + 9.1K) but when I adjust VR1 to JUST light things up and then disconnect

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Re: Poly 6 debug

2016-02-14 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

Hi Bob - yes I do try to be aware of such things - that s exactly why i didn t solder the pins with the power ON. But it was only after your contribution

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Poly 6 debug

2016-02-14 by Bob Grieb

BTW, It s generally not a good idea to solder anything in a device that is powered up. Lots of soldering stations connect the soldering iron tip to earth

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Re: Power supply voltages

2016-02-13 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

yes I am pretty firmly in the don t fix it if it ain t broke school... and I was really pleased how consistent all four voice circuits sounded thus far....

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Power supply voltages

2016-02-13 by Bob Grieb

When you get it all up and working, you will need to set the trimpots on the KLM-367 board as described in the calibration steps. Setting them in the same

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Re: [PolySix] Re: PROGRESS!!!!

2016-02-13 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

i checked them yes - many times - and the 5v was constantly at 4.96 and the 15 v at 14.92 or something - both seemed MORE than close enough... (?)

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Re: [PolySix] Re: PROGRESS!!!!

2016-02-13 by Bob Grieb

To troubleshoot the staying in reset issue when you try to do the procedure in the manual, put your meter on the 5V supply at the KLM367 board and watch it

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Re: [PolySix] Re: PROGRESS!!!!

2016-02-13 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

okay Bob... thanks for the calibration info. It s much more informative than the service manual, i did it by soldering the resistor across the connector pins

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Re: [PolySix] PROGRESS!!!!

2016-02-13 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

yes Bob... it was the proper zener spec that I used for D2... assuming the seller on ebay sent me the proper part number... i get what you are saying about

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Re: Odp: [PolySix] Re: PROGRESS!!!!

2016-02-13 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

okat thanks for the info Roman... very good to know. Bummer that the problem is on the KLM367 board though! I was hoping I d solved my problems with it. Too

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