Wildcard Schematic

kb0nly · Post by **kb0nly** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:16 pm

Anyone have the schematic for the Wildcard switch box?? I'm going to be dealing with a couple of them soon, and i got one here that another guy owns that i need to replace the switches in. Problem is when i went to replace the switches i noticed a few different wire jumpers soldered across switches on the solder side of the board that the others don't have, and there is three jumpers near the DB-25, one box has all three, another has one, etc..

Just need info on these!

kcbooboo · Post by **kcbooboo** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 6:33 pm

What model radio is this wildcard for?

Bob M.

kb0nly · Post by **kb0nly** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:00 pm

It's the one that matches the Spectra/X9000 series. This one in particular is a HLN1206, another one i have here is a HLN1196, they appear to be the same internally, that is the PCB's are similar, but the jumpers are configured differently and the one has wire jumpers tacked onto the solder side of the board.

kb0nly · Post by **kb0nly** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 10:21 am

Anyone? Didn't think it would be this hard to find info on them!

jmr061 · Post by **jmr061** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 11:12 am

The wildcards are pretty generic. The switch closes two contacts. There is neither power nor ground wired to the contacts until it is jumpered. Some people jumper power or ground in the db25 shell, others do it right on the board.

Jason

kb0nly · Post by **kb0nly** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 7:28 pm

Does anyone have documentation on the wildcard box?

I need to know the function, reason, for the installation of the following..

JU1
JU2
JU3
CR1
CR2
CR3

Of two wildcard boxes that i have looked at now the use of these jumpers and diodes varies.

I removed all the added wire jumpers to return it to factory, now i need to know the other info.

Edit...

Ok, i cut JU1, JU2, JU3 so i can easily trace it out without other connections complicating it.

JU1 connects SW2 Common to Ground
JU2 connects SW4 Common to Ground
JU3 connects SW3 Common to Ground

So it looks as if you need to remove these three jumpers if you want SW2, 3, and 4 to switch a positive signal. Otherwise they are setup to switch to ground by default.

57Shasta · Post by **57Shasta** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:37 pm

For some strange reason, I still have docs on HLN1196B. Should have tossed 'em long ago. Anyway, here's the dirt...

Switches are numbered left to right.

SW-8 com pin 9, n/c pin 10, n/o pin 8
SW-7 com pin 6, n/c pin 7, n/o pin 5
SW-6 com pin 15, n/c pin 14, n/o pin16
SW-5 com pin 3, n/c pin 4, n/o pin 2
SW-4 com pin 18, n/o pin 19, (n/c terminates to land on pcb)
SW-3 com pin 12, n/c pin 13, n/o pin 11
SW-2 com pin 24, n/c pin 23, n/o pin 25
SW-1 com pin 21, n/c pin 22, n/o pin 20

JU-1 grounds pin 24 (SW-2 com)
JU-2 grounds pin 12 (SW-3 com)
JU-3 grounds pin 18 (SW-4 com)
CR-1 diode connects pins 20 & 25 anode to 25
CR-2 diode connects pins 25 to 11 anode to 11
CR-3 diode connects pins 11 to 19 anode to 19

If all three diodes are in, pressing SW-4 puts power on pin 19, pressing SW-3 puts power on pins 11 and 19, pressing SW-2 puts power on pins 25, 11 and 19, and pressing SW-1 puts power on pins 20, 25, 11 and 19 (assuming +12 volts on pins 18, 12, 24, 21 with the jumpers removed).

Or with the jumpers all in it will work backwards with grounds. I.E. SW-1 grounds only pin 20 where SW-4 will ground pins 19, 11, 25, and 20.

Sabe?

57Shasta · Post by **57Shasta** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:44 pm

OOPS! Was i looking at the x-ray from the wrong side? SW-1 is on the left and SW-8 is the right. Manual states SW-8 and 7 are momentary.

So solly

kb0nly · Post by **kb0nly** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:01 pm

Thanks for the extra info, i will print it out and stash away for safe keeping!

I was trying to find the documentation on it but never could find the part number or a copy to scan.

If you ever decide to toss those docs on the Wildcard i will pay you postage to mail em my way instead. Then i can scan them and convert to a .pdf file to share with everyone on the board.