Re: (ET) Bench-testing an Alltrax?

[Jim Coate <lists freerangeelectric com>]

Yes to what Tim said about the light flashing. Sorry.

You can use some newer Windows machines with certain USB-to-serial 
dongles, but... I wouldn't try that without starting with a known good 
controller to debug the computer hardware.


On 09/02/2019 1:23 pm, Tim Maxwell wrote:
> Yes the LED should light. I believe it will flash a throttle error
> code, but there should be light.
>
> Tim M
>
> On 9/2/2019 2:40 PM, Steve Gaarder wrote:
> > I pulled my apparently dead Alltrax out of the tractor and put it on 
> > the bench.  Following instructions on the Alltrax site, I applied 30 
> > volts DC between the B- terminal and pins 5,6,9, and 10.  No light.  
> > Does anyone know if the light is supposed to light under these 
> > circumstances?
> >
> > If I can scrounge a Windows machine with a serial port I will try the 
> > programming software and see if it responds that way.
> >
> > Steve Gaarder