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  Multiwave Plus addendumThis information applies to problems encountered when upgrading P300, P600 and P1200 Power Plants to the new Plus software.You must have MultiWave II installed for this to work properly. The problems There are three known common problems with the Plus upgrade:
Our entire first batch of MultiWave II Plus upgrade kits went out of the factory without proper labeling of the two chips. There is a front panel chip and an oscillator card chip. Chip label beginning with number 11 goes to front panel display board. Chip label beginning with number 12 goes to oscillator card. Placing the chips in backwards  There is a half moon 'pin 1' mark on each chip that must go into the board properly. Failure to do this will result in the chip being destroyed. Looking at either the front panel board or the oscillator card, there are several chips soldered in place on each board. These chips also have the half moon marking on them. Make sure the new chip you are installing has its half moon marking going exactly the same direction as the other chips on the board. All chips on each board face the same direction. P300 Display Board Half moon faces to LEFT (toward middle of board) Unit turned over resting on its top side, bottom panel removed for access P600 V1 Display Board Half moon faces directly UP Large square shape, serial number range: P6-01378 and higher or any serial number containing a letter after the P6 P600 V2 Display Board Half moon faces to RIGHT (toward middle of board) Small rectangular shape, serial number range: P6-0367 P6-01377 P600 V3 Display Board Half moon faces to RIGHT (toward middle of board) Small L-Shape, serial number range: P6-0001 P6-0366 P300/P600/P1200 MWII Oscillator Card Half moon faces to LEFT P500 Display Board Half moon faces to LEFT P1000 Display Board Half moon faces directly UP *In every situation, orientation is being assumed that you are facing each board directly. In other words, looking at the Display Board from the rear of the unit. Or, looking directly at the component side of the Oscillator card when holding in your hand. **Chip socket also has a half moon cutout to help match chip direction. Silk screen on board also has half moon drawing outlining the chip socket to help match chip direction. ***All chips face the same direction on each board. Not getting the chip legs into the socket properly The majority of installation problems we have seen are caused by improperly inserting the chip into the  socket. In particular, the front panel display board. This problem manifests itself as a series of '888' on the front panel display board if you put them in wrong.To avoid this problem, always insert the bottom row of pins of the chip into the socket first. Then, put the top row in second. Using this simple method makes sure that the chip is in properly. After you are done, make sure the half moon is going the correct way as well as using your mirror to make sure each pin is properly in place. Questions? Call or email us. We're here to help. |
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