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Electronics projects, vintæg computing, programming and repairs. A minimalist blog of sorts.
@BunsGarden @BunsNook
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Well, fixed those traces
Bun's Lab
The deeper you look the worse it gets
Didn't have tantal SMD Caps of the right value or size. She'll be fine
Let's give it a spin then. I hope it works
[3668398.689779] usb 1-2.1: new high-speed USB device number 111 using xhci_hcd
[3668398.768543] usb 1-2.1: New USB device found, idVendor=3923, idProduct=709b, bcdDevice= 1.01
[3668398.768560] usb 1-2.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[3668398.768567] usb 1-2.1: Product: GPIB-USB-HS
[3668398.768573] usb 1-2.1: Manufacturer: National Instruments
[3668398.768579] usb 1-2.1: SerialNumber: 01211B2F

# gpib_config 
failed to open device file '/dev/gpib0'
main: No such file or directory

Geez. What's going on, where is my kernel module?
Well, how sad.
E1406A_Command_Module_Users_Manual.pdf
2.8 MB
283 pages of documentation.

The E1406A is the C sized version of the E1306A. Couldn't find the manual for the E1306A.

No time to read it now, I wanna get somewhere fast
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Bun's Lab
There's life on RS232!
This only gives me Unrecognized command no matter what
Using putty as a terminal emulator I get a TUI, but those function keys do not work, interesting.
Chapter 3, Page 61 in the pdf is about the text user interface the command module provides, and yes, this thing has auto detection of your terminal type. And you can override it.
ST is a command that is recognized, and so is ST VT220. Resizing my konsole window appropriately and doing
% echo $TERM
xterm-256color
% export TERM=vt220
% picocom -b 9600 -d 8 -p n -f n -y n /dev/ttyUSB0

and then running
ST VT220

Gives me a text user interface with working navigation using the function keys.
Now it completely died :(
There's a buzzer on the control module board and not even that does a sound anymore