I've recently acquired a Datron 4200 (and also a 4000A, but that's a separate topic). The eBay seller called it 'pulled from a working environment' and showed a picture of it powered up, with frequency 1Kz and voltage 1.000000V displayed.
Well, Datrons do not seem to like being transported. They are big heavy (36Kg) beasts afrer all.
On arrival, it powered up and showed the same display as in the listing. But none of the buttons seemed to work, sigh.
Except one - the Safety Reset one. Then immediately a Fail 5 error was shown, and subsequently powering up has always shown Fail 5, and remains unresponsive. This I gather from the docs is the watchdog timer has timed out / tripped.
So far I have inspected all boards for signs of blown tantalums or other damage (nothing found). I've checked the power supplies:
+5V, +8V unregulated for the digital & analog interface - OK
+15v, -15V, -10V, +36V for the reference divider - OK
+/- 15V, +/-38V for the output control - OK
+/-15V, +/-8V for ths since source and AC boards - OK
+/-15V for the Current board - OK
Not checked any of the high voltage supplies - should I? Which, and where if so?
I've also verified the 6802 is clocking and activity is present on the bus, the SSDA is sending data across the interface, most outputs of M51 are active *except* pin 9 which drives the watchdog signal. Its not clear what is causing the watchdog enable to be inactive, the normally helpful documentation only says "the CPU is informed via SSDA status byte transfer of certain analog malfunctions" - err what might those be?
Any guidance appreciated while I tear my hair out.