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Neal Wareing

Field service technician and founder, FindFST

Emergency stop, machine down all because of one bad termination.

I had a hunch it was an Arcnet connection. Found this. Insulation tape, broken solder, shield not even connected. Full cut and re-terminate, proper job. My soldering skills are a bit rusty, but when the machine is down you do what you have to, even it it means holding the solder with your teeth. One surprise, the sub-D plug is plastic. No obvious way to ground the shield. I'll need to get creative on that. And for the record, I'm very glad Arcnet is history.
Arcnet cable broken at plug

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