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drury
Joined: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 2
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Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:04 am Post subject: Missing U2 in URC 6131 |
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I've checked and rechecked every thing to get my 2 week old URC 6131 to communicate.
U2, an 8 pin IC, apparently connected to the JP1 is missing (hard to read the traces). Could this be a recent economy measure and the cause of my problem? |
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Mark Pierson Expert
Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Posts: 3017 Location: Connecticut, USA |
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 6:24 am Post subject: |
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U2 is the EEPROM, which the 6131 doesn't come with from the factory. You'll need to add the EEPROM and JP1 connector before you can communicate with it. _________________ Mark |
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The Robman Site Owner
Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Posts: 21238 Location: Chicago, IL |
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 8:52 am Post subject: |
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Every single URC-6131 that's shipped from the factory has the chip missing, they also have the 6-pin connector missing.
Look for the document that describes how to mod these remotes in the Hardware folder (at Yahoo) _________________ Rob
www.hifi-remote.com
Please don't PM me with remote questions, post them in the forums so all the experts can help! |
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drury
Joined: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 2
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Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the help.
It's kind of obvious with hindsite, but I did quite a bit of research yet missed this. Other than "pads" on and excel sheet very little information to say that IC's also need to be added or folk offering it for sale.
Perhaps it should be noted in FAQ or similar incase others are as stupid as me and fail to translate "pads" into "IC MUST be added". |
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TimH
Joined: 26 Dec 2003 Posts: 60 Location: Panama City, FL, USA |
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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drury wrote: | Perhaps it should be noted in FAQ or similar incase others are as stupid as me and fail to translate "pads" into "IC MUST be added". |
Don't be so hard on yourself. Highly technical people often make the mistake of assuming a certain thing is "intuitively obvious to the casual observer".
I make my living supporting a bunch of engineers... I deal with this daily |
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