#11

Current Software - Huntron Workstation 4.X / Re: Workstation Shorts Test.

Last post by jvthorsley - January 19, 2026, 02:51:11 PM

Hi Admin or Tech Support or even JB & Alan.
As said on this Forum I work on a lot of agricultural electronics and if Farmers your side of the pond leave all there expensive Combine Harvesters & Forage Harvesters out in all weathers as Farmers do here in Old Blighty / U.K. They shouldn't be surprised when things go wrong!
The circuit boards on this sort of Agri equipment get wet to say the least.
Plus a few Rats & Mice peeing on everything.  Urine has a low electrical resistance.
This can cause short circuits under connectors.
So to run you shorts test at the full resistance range that a Tracker can handle would be of great assistance in tracing problems or problems that are likely to develop.

#12

Current Software - Huntron Workstation 4.X / Re: Workstation Shorts Test.

Last post by admin - January 19, 2026, 08:36:52 AM

Hi James,

It appears based on your testing that 94 Ohms is the maximum allowable setting. We do have it on our software update list to improve the Shorts test feature sometime in the future.

#13

Current Software - Huntron Workstation 4.X / Workstation Shorts Test.

Last post by jvthorsley - January 18, 2026, 06:51:09 AM

The manual for Workstation 4.3 doesn't appear to be to specific as to the maximum resistance range possible on the Shorts Test.
I may have this wrong and if so hope JB or Alan Howard (Huntron Tech Support) will let me know.
I did some tests to find the maximum resistance that could be set to show up as a short.
This test is very thorough and checks every pin against all the other pins for a short.
No need to set a COM pin.
The maximum shorts value is set in Tools / General Settings.
To find the maximum accepted value I tried various resistance settings by altering the resistance value in Tools settings and putting a Resistor across two pins (3 & 4)  on a connector as shown on attached photo see IMG_6803.JPG.
I found the maximum allowable setting in tools was 94 Ohms.
As shown on photo IMG_6802.JPG.
And with a 100 Ohms Resistor across the two pins the Shorts Test picked it up.
For some reason and hope JB or Alan Howard can explain this anything above a setting of 94 Ohms resulted in all 25 pins as showing shorted together. As shown on IMG_6801.JPG.
In this case the test was on 25-way SIL connector.
With the connector not plugged into anything and the other end of the ribbon cable plugged directly into my 3200S IDC connector plug.
Ideally I would like this test to look for shorts up to 150 K Ohms or higher.
To achieve this sort of high resistance test I use an adaptor as discussed on a previous message on this Forum.
Or as also discussed on this Forum connect the output from my 3200S to a DMM.
And with this method resistance as high as required can be measured.

#14

Current Software - Huntron Workstation 4.X / Workstation 4.3 does not run D...

Last post by jvthorsley - January 12, 2026, 06:13:32 AM

I have a DMM34410A connected to my 3200S Tracker.
I use it as discussed on this Forum to make measurements with Workstation with my 3200S.
And works exactly as I want it to.
But if I go into Tools, Maintenance, DMM34410A Diagnostics.
I get as shown below "Diagnostics not implemented".
What is the reason for this?
You need to magnify the individual JPG's to read the text.

#15

Current Software - Huntron Workstation 4.X / Re: Beep mode.

Last post by jvthorsley - January 12, 2026, 05:44:13 AM

Hi Curtis
And Happy New Year to you.
I'm not sure what you mean by saying "In the Diagnostics you can select the type of display for your 3200S".
Are you saying that there is a setting in Diagnostics that allows me to run the 3200S without Workstation.
And lets me set V, R, & F and then set the deviation / tolerance window.
And then connecting COM to a known good PCB and faulty PCB.
And then using the A & B channels manually probe know good & faulty PCB's.
And any difference from the set tolerance value get a beep from the 3200S.
Thereby making it not necessary to look away / look up at the signatures on the display.   

#16

Current Software - Huntron Workstation 4.X / Re: Beep mode.

Last post by CWSmith - January 11, 2026, 04:00:16 PM

In the Diagnostics you can select the type of display for your 3200S although you may have tried this already.

#17

General Discussion / Re: Happy Holidays or Merry Ch...

Last post by CWSmith - January 11, 2026, 03:57:19 PM

Hi Curtis
Strange Huntron ignores Christmas on their website.
Maybe not PC (Politically correct) in these over sensitive times we live in!

Hi James,
The Huntron website home page would have a festive update during the holidays but I guess it didn't happen for 2025.
I hope you had a great holiday and all the best for 2026!
Cheers!
Curtis

#18

Out of Production Hardware / Re: Tektronix TR-210 Signal Tr...

Last post by Feridun93 - January 11, 2026, 12:05:51 PM

Yes, I think so. Actually, I have an idea, but I need to test it. My idea is that for low voltage levels, the gain resistance needs to be high so that the gain is low. Nevertheless, thank you all for your interest.

#19

General Discussion / Re: Happy Holidays or Merry Ch...

Last post by jvthorsley - January 06, 2026, 09:44:45 AM

Hi Curtis
Strange Huntron ignores Christmas on their website.
Maybe not PC (Politically correct) in these over sensitive times we live in!

#20

Out of Production Hardware / Re: Tektronix TR-210 Signal Tr...

Last post by jvthorsley - January 06, 2026, 08:53:15 AM

Could be a case of trial & error to see what Resistor value does the job.