NewAE CHIPSHOUTER CW520 - Page 64

ChipSHOUTER Users Manual: Troubleshooting
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Symptom
Possible Cause
Solution
Charge fault occurs.
• Power supply is in-
sufficient.
• Use different outlet.
• Replace 19V AC-
DC power
supply.
Device does not boot
(check serial output).
• Internal FLASH cor-
ruption.
• Perform firmware up-
date/recovery.
Odd smells or sounds
from ChipSHOUTER.
• Internal damage
• DISCONTINUE USE OF
DEVICE IMMEDIATELY.
Arcing sound from in-
jection tip.
• Injection tip not
tight, or injection
tip damaged.
• Check injection tip
connections with device
disarmed.
• Replace injection tip.
USB interface drivers
do not load.
• Drivers are not be-
ing loaded.
• Check FTDI website for
latest VCP drivers.
• Use different USB port.
Continuous trigger
faults.
• External trigger pin
is being pulled to ac-
tive state.
• Check if hardware trig-
ger is set to active high
or active low.
• Enable 50-ohm termina-
tion with active-high
hardware trigger mode.
ChipSHOUTER goes into
thermal shutdown.
• Excessive heat due
to continuous opera-
tion.
• Reduce trigger rate.
• Disarm ChipSHOUTER in-
between trigger events.
• Use external cooling.
Pattern trigger not
working as expected.
• Pattern trigger does
not match hardware
trigger polarity.
• Probe characteris-
tics mean injected
output does not match
the programmed pat-
tern.
• Check hwtrig_mode is
set active-high.
• Modify pattern trigger
to achieve desired out-
put.