[GreenKeys] 3 steps forward, one step back 28 KSR

John, W9DDD w9ddd at tapr.org
Wed Oct 18 11:39:54 EDT 2023


After removing vestiges of WU, stripping off the hard plastic tubing on 
the cable and putting on the spiral wrap replacement (pictures 
available) it was time to move the keyboard and printer into their new home.

Ah nuts it runs open.    Aha, this keyboard has no break key, therefore 
needs a jumper between C10 and C11.  Install the jumper.

Ready for typing to myself.   Not so fast. It cycles, the type box 
clutch triggers, but type box isn't positioning to a letter and it's not 
spacing.  Code bars aren't moving back and forth on RY.  In fact no key 
press moves them.

I see the selector armature moving but the push levers and therefore 
transfer levers aren't moving.  Selecting levers seem to be moving as 
they ride up on the cam surfaces.  What the heck could have changed from 
moving the the keyboard and printer from one cabinet to the other.

Of course this involved taking the printer off the keyboard during the 
move, but I didn't bump or drop anything in the process.

Having had it bolted down before the move, I naturally put the screws 
back in after the move.  (Do ones hands get bigger as you age?  I don't 
recall having as much 'fun' getting the screws back in the previous time 
a couple of years ago.)

Now I guess I'll have to remove the printer again and put it on 'the 
test stand' so I can see what isn't happening.  Unless someone has a 
better idea.

One other thought,  I had been maybe 6 months without running before I 
moved it.  It probably would have been prudent to have test run before 
moving it?

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The above comments or recommendations are SWAG. Use at your own risk.

John, W9DDD



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