I picked up one of these recently. It's actually a very nice terminal. Only problem I have is, I am not able to save config changes through a power cycle.

I haven't opened it up yet but I'm wondering what the chances are that it's just a battery? I don't think batteries were common on VDT's but not sure about this one.

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In article <e7b9556e-382d-4284-8f4b-717778f01903@googlegroups.com>,
Ken Wiebe <gv.kwiebe@gmail.com> wrote:

I picked up one of these recently. It's actually a very nice terminal. Only problem I have is, I am not able to save config changes through a power cycle.

I haven't opened it up yet but I'm wondering what the chances are that it's just a battery? I don't think batteries were common on VDT's but not sure about this one.

I don't know the terminal, but knowing the manufacturer and the era, nine
will get you ten that it's got a NiCD on the board, and likely it's bad,
and I would urge you to get it out before it leaks.
--scott
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On Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 12:31:34 PM UTC-7, Scott Dorsey wrote:

In article <e7b9556e-382d-4284-8f4b-717778f01903@googlegroups.com>,
Ken Wiebe <gv.kwiebe@gmail.com> wrote:

I picked up one of these recently. It's actually a very nice terminal. Only problem I have is, I am not able to save config changes through a power cycle.

I haven't opened it up yet but I'm wondering what the chances are that it's just a battery? I don't think batteries were common on VDT's but not sure about this one.

I don't know the terminal, but knowing the manufacturer and the era, nine will get you ten that it's got a NiCD on the board, and likely it's bad,
and I would urge you to get it out before it leaks.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Thanks for the tip...I opened it up and you were right. It has a coin cell battery. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to remove it, though. It looks like it might be soldered to the little arm that holds it onto the pcb. I don't see any solder but any
attempt to slide the battery out just moves the little arm as well.

I'm wondering how to find someone local who might replace it for me. So far nobody willing.

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Ken Wiebe <gv.kwiebe@gmail.com> spake the secret code <6045ed80-976c-43b3-9f5b-9046500874f7@googlegroups.com> thusly:

I'm wondering how to find someone local who might replace it for me. So
far nobody willing.

See if you can find a local "maker" shop; plenty of people with basic
soldering skills hang around those places and that should be all you
need to replace the battery.
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Ken Wiebe <gv.kwiebe@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for the tip...I opened it up and you were right. It has a coin cell=
battery. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to remove it, though. It looks lik=
e it might be soldered to the little arm that holds it onto the pcb. I don= >'t see any solder but any attempt to slide the battery out just moves the l= >ittle arm as well.

That's newer than I'd thought, then. That's a lithium battery. You can desolder it and install a removable battery clip so that you can replace
them more easily in the future.

I'm wondering how to find someone local who might replace it for me. So fa= >r nobody willing.

Where are you? Is there a ham radio club in your area?
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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On Monday, October 22, 2018 at 5:13:33 PM UTC-7, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Ken Wiebe <gv.kwiebe@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for the tip...I opened it up and you were right. It has a coin cell=
battery. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to remove it, though. It looks lik=
e it might be soldered to the little arm that holds it onto the pcb. I don= >'t see any solder but any attempt to slide the battery out just moves the l= >ittle arm as well.

That's newer than I'd thought, then. That's a lithium battery. You can desolder it and install a removable battery clip so that you can replace
them more easily in the future.

I'm wondering how to find someone local who might replace it for me. So fa= >r nobody willing.

Where are you? Is there a ham radio club in your area?
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

I found a local place and they replaced the battery. The terminal can save its config now. Works like a champ in fact.

The guys at the repair place didn't even know what it was, they kept calling it a 'monitor'. You should have seen the puzzled looks on their faces the first time they looked at the back of it and saw the DB-25 connectors. Funny!

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