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rocky2
Hi everyone
I have a friend whose STNG cannon launchers kept moving after boot up. The test report showed 'LT LAUNCHER CAN'T FIND HOME ERROR'. Also RT LAUNCHER etc.
The CPU board looked good (no corrosion) so I reseated all the cables on the CPU board with power off. No change upon boot up.
Once in 'Switch Edges test', I manually triggered the microswitches underneath the cannon launchers but they both failed to register.
These microswitch levers are triggered by the cams underneath the cannons.
I didn't have a manual with me but I decided to change both microswitches even though there was slim chance of both failing at the same time.
Once again the cannons keep searching for home and the new microswitches still didn't register in Switch Edges test.
The old microswitches tested ok out of circuit.
I had a known good CPU board so I fitted it and hey presto, no more faults.
Once I got home, I looked at a STNG manual and a quick look at the switch matrix shows all the cannon launcher switches in column 9.
I discovered that each launcher has two microswitches underneath, one MARK and one HOME
Column 9 appears to be sensed by the 8 bit driver board but it was fixed by a CPU board replacement.
How do I progress from here?
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