Hi all
My Tak Temma 2 Jr is suffering nasty & somewhat sporadic hand box problems. The hand box's cable is OK (proven it by turning it around), but the 8-pin surface-mount mini-DIN socket within the controller itself... she is broke. You plug in and wiggle the cable within the socket, and the NS/HS bi-colour LED on the hand box turns on/off when you do. Problem with this is that you need the hand box connected and switch S1 held in on power-up to initialise the Temma into southern hemisphere mode. This is a problem.
I've just been scouting around the electronics shops (Jaycar, et al) and an finding that they don't carry such sockets. The socket is a particular type that has a bolt-hole at the top, which is necessary to clamp the board down with inside the controller casing and offer strain-relief. I can get the normal flanged case-mount mini-DIN sockets 'till the cows arrive home, but not the surface mount. Can anyone help out here and advise me on a source for these locally? Otherwise, I'm going to have to either send the Temma Jr controller to Japan or order a replacement from Tak spares. Ow!
Also - a question to Temma 2 Jr owners - with the RS-232 cable plugged in (and talking to a computer) should the hand box still work? I can't slew anywhere with the hand box when the Temma's plugged in to an external device. Is this normal?
Thanks in advance