Help! Dead Series 1 R2E3 battery, need jumper cable?

[Bill Gillen]

Actually, I wanted to ask where a good source to replace the Power Conversion, Inc. G32/13 Lithium battery in the EMC and FMDC boards.

System does not remember any settings after power turned off. Is there a compatible battery that is better for this application?

Does Radio Shack carry something that will work?

Thank you,
Bill Gillen

[machintek]

Bill, are you in MS?
You can actually use ANY lithium battery but I suggest that you go to Radio Shack as they have single AA battery holders and AA lithium batteries. Do not try and unsolder the batteries from the boards as these are 7 layer boards and the probability of doing damage is high. Instead, try to clip out the battery as it has leads attached to them that are solderd to the board. Once you have the old batteries removed, solder wires from the leads remaining sticking out of the boards to the AA battery holder and use double sided tape to hold the battery holder in a convenient place. You may even want to use a plug some where in the wires to facilitate removal of the board.
The battery on the EMC holds the program and TLOs etc.
The battery on the FMDC holds the FIST event log.

George

[Bill Gillen]

Hi,

Thank you so much for lending us your "jumper cables". You're the wizard of Bridgeport! I replaced the battery on the EMC board already, and will be doing the one on the FMDC board this afternoon. I have already set the control back up, and it retains the settings.

Incidentally, what does FIST stand for?

Thank you again,

Bill Gillen

P.S. I received another machine yesterday from a government auction, a CXR 2011 Computer Router. Do you know anyone who knows anything about this? It looks very well thought out, and uses a 25 pin cable, probably a parallel cable, for communications. We just don't know anything about this yet, but look forward to learning.

[Bill Gillen]

Hi,

Forgot to answer your other question. My shop is in Gainesville, Georgia.

Bill Gillen

[machintek]

My apology, There was a Bill Gillen that was an instructor in a Mississippi tech college.
Be careful, back then most RS232 were DB25 connectors. It may NOT be a parrellel port.

George