[GreenKeys] 33 Troubleshooting

[Ken Wiebe]

Looking for a high-level strategy to isolate cause of problem:

In local mode, I don't get the right characters to print when I type.

I understand the principles of operation. The keyboard contacts are connected to the distributor which generates a series of pulses representing the key pressed. Got it.

Then the selector mechanism senses the pulses and sets up the code bars accordingly.

One thing I'd like to do is turn the motor over by hand and confirm or deny the code bar positioning given a known pulse pattern. I think I have to manipulate the selector mechanism in some way but I'm not sure how. A video was posted a while back which included someone doing this, but I couldn't quite get it from the camera angle/description. I thought maybe someone here could describe it better.

I also had the thought of connecting to the signal line to ensure the distributor was sending the right pulses. But that would probably come after checking the code bar positioning (?) Wondered what the group thought.

Any other ideas to isolate quickly? Am I on the right track?

Thanks everyone!

-Ken
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