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repairing Z-Link on an A16 Ultra ?
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 11:59 am
by nebelfuerst
Port A of my A16 Ultra doesn't connect with firewire/Z-Link.
I changed the driver IC, but didin't succeed.
Are there any schematics / docs available concerning Z-Link or the A16 Ultra ?
Re: repairing Z-Link on an A16 Ultra ?
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 12:37 pm
by garyb
only Ferrofish might have the info you are looking for.
Re: repairing Z-Link on an A16 Ultra ?
Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 7:00 am
by nebelfuerst
ferrofish's answer was "no repair of zlink problems"
Re: repairing Z-Link on an A16 Ultra ?
Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 11:43 am
by garyb
well...
that might be that. if you are skilled, you can probably shotgun the whole assembly.
Re: repairing Z-Link on an A16 Ultra ?
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 9:56 am
by nebelfuerst
I swapped the tranceiver driving the Zlink-port. But this didn't help.
Maybe I find some time to reverse engineer the design.. maybe christmas.
It's a little bit shocking, that there seems to be no service manual available for these devices, which you can find for most synths & audio equipment usually.
Re: repairing Z-Link on an A16 Ultra ?
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 11:30 am
by garyb
that is entirely up to Ferrofish.
since you're talking about companies made of a handful of people, the techs don't need a service manual. why would money be spent on that? it's not like the government was involved.