[arm-allstar] Testing a USB fob from MSWin --was: fob

[David McGough]

For testing with a Windows PC, if you need some software for testing, 
Audacity is free and works well. See: http://www.audacityteam.org/

73, David KB4FXC



On Fri, 8 Apr 2016, Ken via arm-allstar wrote:

> If you have something with a 3.5 mm plug, all you need to do is touch your finger to the center lead and you should hear a blast of 120 Hz "hum".
*How* you hear it depends on the software you are running. There is a sound recorder accessory that comes free with Windows. That would do.

GL
Ken



-----Original Message-----
From: AD2DX [mailto:ad2dx at ad2dx.us] 
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2016 2:34 PM
To: Ken <ke2n at cs.com>
Cc: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
Subject: Re: fob

Ken,
You’re absolutely correct. I didn’t think about until late last night 
that I should plug it into my laptop. I just have to purchase a computer 
desktop style microphone with a 3.5mm stereo connector in order to be 
able to test the mic input. For the 10uF cap, I used a 25 WVDC but it 
would be interesting to test the voltage across that cap...
Thanks.

73,
Joe - AD2DX



> On Apr 8, 2016, at 2:28 PM, Ken <ke2n at cs.com> wrote:
>
> Yeah - in the early days I burned out the input of a fob. It's easy 
> enough to do.  If you attached an electrolytic capacitor that had, 
> say, 12 VDC on it, that would likely be enough.  Sticking the fob on 
> your laptop is an easy way to test it for input and output ... no fancy test equipment required.
>
> 73
> Ken
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2016 22:59:13 -0400
> From: Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com>
> To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] USB FOB Problem
> Message-ID: <BLU171-W74A63BCA40F50B49305993BA910 at phx.gbl>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"
>
> Joe,
>
> Obviously you have an audio problem. A scope would fine it in an 
> instant but you could signal trace with an amplifier and speaker. If 
> audio is getting to the FOB chip then you might have a bad FOB. It has 
> been known to happen. The FOB is working with outbound audio? The FOB 
> green LED is blinking properly?  Having no audio at all with rxboost=1 
> and levels turned up to max would possibly indicate a short somewhere in the audio path.
> 73 Doug
> WA3DSP
> http://www.crompton.com/hamradio
>
>
>

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