[GreenKeys] Hello! And an ASR-32 Question

[Cory Heisterkamp]

Thanks a lot guys! Indeed, it is a WU Telex and bumping forward the dial did the trick. New ribbon, new tubing for the print head, range finder dialed in and freshly oiled and I'm having a lot of fun. Now to investigate the tape reader... No motion.

Maybe a silly question, but it seems like I'm coming up against the internal keyboard lock if I start typing at a moderate to fast pace. Is this simply due to the transmission speed limiting keyboard input? When pressed individually the keys are smooth and responsive. When pressed in rapid succession it "feels" very mechanically limited (whereas my 33 did not when it was operational) and I must be quite deliberate the quicker I go.

Thanks! 
Cory

On Aug 28, 2012, at 12:43 PM, Teletypeparts <teletypeparts at aol.com> wrote:

> Cory,
>  
> Welcome to the group!
>  
> I assume your 32 ASR is a Telex.  If so it will be 66WPM until you change the gears to 60WPM which is an RTTY speed.   66WPM is the old European Telex speed.   
>  
> With it plugged in to the AC, rotate the dial some and it should stop running open and run closed.  The connect light will be on.  Put a short pencil or whatever in the dial to keep it in place and then you can test the machine. 
>  
> Another way is with the power plugged in, take a 9 volt batt and touch the line leads that go to pins 8 and 9 on the terminal strip.  One may be ground and that will be obvious.  Use the other two.  One way the batt will close the loop just like the dial and the other way the Telex will shut down and you can depress local to run the machine until you unplug the AC and then it will revert to its original mode.  There is AC on that strip, so be careful. 
>  
> Have fun.
>  
> Wayne
> KB1FDW
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cory Heisterkamp <coryheisterkamp at gmail.com>
> To: greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tue, Aug 28, 2012 12:19 pm
> Subject: [GreenKeys] Hello! And an ASR-32 Question
> 
> Just wanted to introduce myself, I’ve been reading the archives with
> anticipation and recently picked up an ASR-33, and just this weekend,
> a model 32. I am completely new to the Teletype world, but have
> similar mechanical and electrical interests in old phones, cars,
> pre-1960 TV’s and other vacuum tube gear and find this stuff
> interesting.
> 
> This 32-ASR is in very good shape, excepting the keys which I’ll give
> the paste wax treatment this evening. Everything checked free and
> clear when rotated by hand so I plugged the machine in, however it
> seems to run continuously in place. The type drum jumps up slightly
> and the ribbon advances and the main shaft just keeps spinning…over
> and over and over with the sound of the machine cycling as though it
> were printing. If a key is pressed, the distributor engages but won’t
> stop spinning unless you find the magic key on the keyboard to halfway
> tap to get it to stop. Mind you, it still doesn’t print a character,
> it just keeps running in place.
> 
> On the LH side behind the platen I’ve located a coil that never seems
> to pull in. If I manually pull it in the type cylinder jumps up,
> prints, and advances a space. Repeated cycling of this cylinder seems
> to yield a random string of O’s, T’s and M’s.
> 
> Also, and I don’t know if this is by design or not, but the 4 buttons
> below the rotary dial are momentary and when pressed, appear to do
> nothing. On the ’33 I know these keys “lock in” and you’ve got to put
> it in local for action. Is this correct behavior?
> 
> Any ideas where I should start first?
> 
> Thanks guys,
> Cory
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