[vcf-midatlantic] DECServer300 Internal PSU Wiring
Dave McGuire
mcguire at neurotica.com
Tue May 24 09:11:56 EDT 2016
On 05/24/2016 07:54 AM, David Hoelzer via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> I wrote a few weeks ago asking if anyone had any info on a Decserver 300. This is a followup with useful info for future troubleshooters.
>
> The issue was that the device was DOA. Probing with a meter revealed that there was no regulated output at 5, 12, or -12 on the low voltage side of the power supply. With no obvious faults I recapped it to no avail.
>
> Since there are absolutely no schematics to be had, I wasn’t interested in further troubleshooting the PSU board. I was able, however, to determine which pins were the -12 and ground and then, through deduction based on amp output of the board, which were the +12 and +5. Hooking up a bench supply to the proper pins the Decserver works just fine.
>
> Pinout for the ribbon cable from the PSU to the board is below. The board does not have any indicators for which pin is which number wise. For this reason I am numbering pin #1 as the pin closest to the edge of the board:
>
> 1, 2, 3, 4: 5 volts
> 5, 7: ground
> 6: key
> 8, 9: +12 volts
> 10-14: ground
> 15, 16: -12 volts
Handy info, I've archived this.
Since the -300 is a damn fine terminal server and there don't seem to
be many around, it might not be a bad idea to try to fix that power supply.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
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