[WT-support] LOCK-UP

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

PS/2 to USB adapters vary wildly in quality and reliability.

Please refer to this web site for more info.:

http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/11298/subcatid/0/id/124184

73,
Bob, N6TV
On Jun 21, 2013 12:42 AM, "Don Beattie" <g3ozf at btinternet.com> wrote:

> Sorry Bob - too much haste.
>
> Keyboard is PS2 through a PS2:USB adaptor to an XP desktop.
>
> I'll run some full power tests today and see what happens.
>
> 73
>
> Don
>
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>  *From:* "Bob Wilson, N6TV" <n6tv at arrl.net>
> *To:* Don Beattie <g3ozf at btinternet.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, 21 June 2013, 8:39
> *Subject:* Re: [WT-support] LOCK-UP
>
> OK Don, but you didn't answer my other questions.
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
> On Jun 21, 2013 12:32 AM, "Don Beattie" <g3ozf at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Bob,
>
> I doubt RFI. This is a low-power contest, and so I was running just 100w
> into co-ax fed antennas 100 metres from the house at 1.1:1 VSWR. The
> station here as been bomb-proof for years at full power. But I'll have a
> look around to see if there is any problem of that sort.
>
> I guess (hope) I may have to wait another ten years for it to happen again!
>
>  Don
>
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>  *From:* "Bob Wilson, N6TV" <n6tv at arrl.net>
> *To:* Win-Test Reflector <support at win-test.com>; Don Beattie <
> g3ozf at btinternet.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, 21 June 2013, 8:23
> *Subject:* Re: [WT-support] LOCK-UP
>
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 12:01 AM, Don Beattie <g3ozf at btinternet.com>wrote:
>
> Is there any history of the xdt routine causing lock-up ?
>
>
> Not of which I am aware.  But if I understand your description, even after
> exiting Win-Test, the keyboard was still unusuable?  That sounds like a
> weak connector or an RFI issue, not a software issue.
>
> If you are using a USB keyboard, try unplugging it, then plugging it back
> in.  Or were you using a built-in notebook keyboard?  Or were you using a
> docking station?
>
> Please try to reproduce the problem, step by step, otherwise there is
> little hope of any "fix" being provided.
>
> I'm betting on RFI though.  All it takes is one weak coax connector that
> arcs, or static discharge from a wool sweater to cause a keyboard to hang,
> depending on the hardware and how well it is shielded and grounded.
>
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
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