Volkslogger Problem

[jcarlyle]

I was clearing the memory on my Volkslogger prior to flight, and
suddenly the display froze in mid-count. Turned it off, and had no
display at all when power was restored.

Is my Volklogger a paperweight, or is there a remedy someone knows of?
Besides shipping it to Garrecht, that is…

-John

[bildan]

On Jun 24, 8:23*am, jcarlyle > wrote:
> I was clearing the memory on my Volkslogger prior to flight, and
> suddenly the display froze in mid-count. Turned it off, and had no
> display at all when power was restored.
>
> Is my Volklogger a paperweight, or is there a remedy someone knows of?
> Besides shipping it to Garrecht, that is…
>
> -John

Replace the internal battery? IIRC, the battery gets replaced when
the unit gets its 24 mo recalibration.

[jcarlyle]

Thanks, Bill. The battery was replaced last June, so it's not likely
to be the problem. Also, my difficulty started while the Volkslogger
was running - sort of like Windows in that regard. Unlike Windows, the
hardware didn't come back after a power off/on cycle. 8-(

-John

bildan wrote:
> Replace the internal battery? IIRC, the battery gets replaced when
> the unit gets its 24 mo recalibration.

[Dan[_4_]]

On Jun 24, 12:25*pm, bildan > wrote:
> On Jun 24, 8:23*am, jcarlyle > wrote:
>
> > I was clearing the memory on my Volkslogger prior to flight, and
> > suddenly the display froze in mid-count. Turned it off, and had no
> > display at all when power was restored.
>
> > Is my Volklogger a paperweight, or is there a remedy someone knows of?
> > Besides shipping it to Garrecht, that is…
>
> > -John
>
> Replace the internal battery? *IIRC, the battery gets replaced when
> the unit gets its 24 mo recalibration.

Could be the internal battery - manual says it's good for 10 yrs.
Opening the case will void mechanical seal. You can have your battery
done by some of the calibration shops will getting a new calibration.
You might also check the wiring.

Dan

[Mike the Strike]

On Jun 24, 2:13*pm, Dan > wrote:
> On Jun 24, 12:25*pm, bildan > wrote:
>
> > On Jun 24, 8:23*am, jcarlyle > wrote:
>
> > > I was clearing the memory on my Volkslogger prior to flight, and
> > > suddenly the display froze in mid-count. Turned it off, and had no
> > > display at all when power was restored.
>
> > > Is my Volklogger a paperweight, or is there a remedy someone knows of?
> > > Besides shipping it to Garrecht, that is…
>
> > > -John
>
> > Replace the internal battery? *IIRC, the battery gets replaced when
> > the unit gets its 24 mo recalibration.
>
> Could be the internal battery - manual says it's good for 10 yrs.
> Opening the case will void mechanical seal. *You can have your battery
> done by some of the calibration shops will getting a new calibration.
> You might also check the wiring.
>
> Dan

The factory will still do repairs. I dropped mine last year, breaking
one of the front buttons and sent it back for repair. It was pretty
quick and a reasonable price. Nice to know they still support an old
product.

Mike

[jcarlyle]

Thanks to everyone who took the time to write back.

Since the unit is dead, I had nothing to lose by taking it apart - so
I did. The boards all look good, well supported and with no cracks
under 10x magnification. The interboard connections are all tight and
seated well. There are no burned or cracked resistors, no popped or
burned capacitors, no ICs with holes in them, eg, no obvious signs of
catastrophic failure. The battery supplies 2.95 volts, so it wasn't
the cause of the problem. If there's a fuse, it's hiding extremely
well!

The only thing I didn't like was that the pins on the bottom of the
switch board have left marks on the top of a socket of a multipin IC,
but it doesn't appear possible that the switch pins can contact the IC
pins. I unseated and reseated all ICs that were socketed. After
reassembly, the unit still had a blank display. But, there was also no
smoke, so my investigation didn't make things worse.

I've contacted Garrecht for an estimate to repair it.

-John

[Tour egyptclub]

On Jun 24, 10:23*pm, jcarlyle > wrote:
> I was clearing the memory on my Volkslogger prior to flight, and
> suddenly the display froze in mid-count. Turned it off, and had no
> display at all when power was restored.
>
> Is my Volklogger a paperweight, or is there a remedy someone knows of?
> Besides shipping it to Garrecht, that is…
>
> -John

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