Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Accu-Rite III DRO

Does this thing has a keypad?
if so and if after power up the digits are blinking just press the axis letter that you
want to initialise and after the incr key ( this works on anilam dro) compatible with
acurite
hope this helps
mariano


JanRwl@... wrote:

> In a message dated 08-Apr-01 20:52:38 Central Daylight Time, bheuver@...
> writes:
>
> > Does anyone know what the common failure on these is? Are they
> > worth spending any time on, or am I best just to junk it, and use one
> >
>
> No clue what "common failure" is on those. But take a DVM and probe around
> to see if the Vcc is OK (usually 5 VDC, and maybe some 12 VDC, etc., for the
> readout, if other than red 7-seg. LED).
>
> Probably not, but POSSIBLE the Vcc has lost its regulator, and gone "high",
> to maybe +8 to +15 VDC, which would probably cook ALL the 5-V. logic IC's.
>
> PC's are cheap, often free, these days, for old ones, and a '386 will perform
> vastly more wonders than just counting like a DRO! But you gotta be a bit of
> a nerdtinkerer to make use of that fact. Lotsa luck!
>
> Duh...
>
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