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Re: 3B3 Time Base Interesting Problem


 

As to the issue with the plugin, it has me rather baffled. Been thinking about pulling my good 3B3 from the 564B, and literally comparing them to see if anything is different. The two plugins are not that far apart in serial number, so should be pretty much identical.

After doing a comparison, my plan is to get out the extender and start doing voltage and signal tracing and see where that leads.

The symptoms are: Trace only extends from the right edge of the CRT to the last vertical graticule line before the center line of the CRT.

Trace will not trigger, but can be moved with horizontal control.

Trace disappears when Coupling lever is put into AC or DC positions.

Time/Div control appears to work, as does the Variable control. Can slow it down to clearly see the calibrator square wave.

There appears to be action when switching to Delay or Intensify.

As already stated, the trace when slowed down to say, .1 seconds, the dot progresses from the right edge of the CRT to that aforementioned graticule line, then repeats. However, when the trace stops, it leaves a constant bright spot at the end.

On 5/10/22 09:26, Jerome D Leach via groups.io wrote:
Thank you for the response Jim. Yes, I've another 3B3. I use it in my 564B,
and of course, it sweeps correctly. The 3B3 in the 564B works well, just
pretty beat up. The one I'm working on is much nicer, with no evidence it
has been tampered with. Apparently came from the Mayo Clinic (has their tag
on the rear panel).

On Tue, May 10, 2022, 8:55 AM Jim Adney <jadney@...> wrote:

The interesting part is that as the trace sweeps, it is going backwards,
or
from right to left. I verified this behavior by slowing down the sweep.
The
dot indeed is going backwards.
Do you have another time base that tracks correctly, Left to Right? If
not, it's possible that the wires to the horizontal deflection plate pins
have been swapped. That would be an easy fix.

If you have other timebase plugins that sweep correctly, then you'll have
to figure out where this 3B3 went wrong. I've got several 3B3s and the
manuals, so I may be able to help if you get into this.






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