Help dead opt 11c 1

[biglebowski]

I have an opt11c that i have been asked to get working but when I power it on I get no indication on phones that it is running and if i connect a laptop nothing is displayed. I have unplugged everything but the cpu card at the moment are there any other cards I need to install. I thought that the database was on flash on cpu and doesn't use the pcmcia?

 

[mikeyb123]

Do you get a light on the power unit?

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[biglebowski]

the light on the psu is on and when i switch it on the red led lights and then goes off on the cpu card. The cpu card is a NTAK01AA if this helps.

 

[biglebowski]

also s/w is 16.90

 

[mikeyb123]

That's a old one....

should be able to see the power up process on a tty port thou. do you get anything out at all? from the 3 way cable? Are your comm port settings correct?

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[Firebird Scrambler]

For an old V16.90 system, You should be connected to a "single" TTY "0" cable. The later Option 11e & 11c versions had a three way / port TTY cable outlet.
Make sure that the baud rate dip switch's on the CPU are set correctly. Move them all over to the left & then move over just one switch to your required baud rate.
You may well need to have a null modem adapter in line with your P.C.
Your Meridian will be slow to power up, But your first message should be a "HWRxxx" followed by data telling you which data storage is being used to load into the memory (usually taken from the Cartridge).
Make sure that you have CAPS LOCK on. For the older Meridians, I seem to remember that TTY's 1 & 2 were connected to the DTR / XTD card on a different cable.
I don't think that any power up details are displayed & anyway the baud rate is set with the Meridian programming.

All the best

Firebird Scrambler
Meridian Programmer in the UK

 

[MacMan11]

I thought that an NTAK01 cpu was for an Option 11 not 11c.