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Job Card TSG A012 - Use of DB9 Adaptors to Reduce Intermittent IDC or ADS Communication Errors
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Chapter 9
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Job Card TSG A012 - Use of DB9 Adaptors to Reduce Intermittent IDC or
ADS Communication Errors
Chapter 9
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SUMMARY
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Problem
The size of the serial connector housing (1) in conjunction with the limited space in between the elec-
tronic boards and the housing of the IDC or ADS (2) can cause poor electrical connection on the serial
and RT cables within the system.
ILLUSTRATION 1 - DB9 PLUG AND SOCKET
This poor connection can cause intermittent connection failures, resulting in one or more of the following
IDC and/or ADS errors listed in Table
being raised intermittently.
TABLE 1 - IDC AND ADS ERRORS THAT CAN OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY DUE TO CONNECTION ISSUES
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Purpose
The purpose of this Job Card is fix intermittent communication faults, and stop the IDC and/or ADS
errors listed in Table
from being raised intermittently by the system.
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Solution
On sites having one or more of the IDC and/or ADS errors listed in Table
being raised intermittently,
order the DB9 Adaptor Kit (5420609), and install the adaptors on the 9-pin D connectors on the IDC and
ADS as described in
IDC Error codes
E05 (079/013) - Failure Before Exposure
E18 (094/006) - IDC/Seno synchro failure
E19 (092/000) - I19 IDC/Seno comm. lost.
E19 (092/001) - IDC/Seno down, DPS is off.
E19 (092/003) - IDC/Seno down, DPS is off
E24 (084/013) - Failure before exposure.
ADS Error codes
Error code number 10 - Failure accessing hardware key
I17 (083/002) - AWS/SENO Comm. lost
E16 (079/017) - AWS/SENO Synchro fail
Error code number 7 - Communication problem with UPS
Note :
The intermittent ADS error codes due to poor connections only occur on either the U20 or
Z400 ADS Computer. The SB-150 ADS Computer does not suffer from poor connections.
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