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Troubleshooting Power

Troubleshooting Power The Ockam system runs on ship’s power which typically must pass through 3 switches, two fuses, a voltage regulator, a power limiting circuit and the Ockam Bus before it gets to the display itself. In order to troubleshoot the system power, look at the various

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Forensic troubleshooting

Forensic troubleshooting

Forensic troubleshooting This page describes how to bring up an Ockam instrument system for the first time. It could apply to new installations, but the installer is usually around for that. Rather, this paper is written for somebody with no previous experience bringing up a system in

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Service and Support

Service and Support HotSwap program Ockam is the only instrument company with a program that promises to keep its instruments up and running, even on short notice. If a component fails, call our service department and get a replacement part delivered by overnight package service. Then send

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Ockam Dealers

Ockam Dealers NORTH AMERICA California Artie Means, 3230 tennyson st san diego, CA 92106 Contact Artie Means. Tel  (619)990-0116 Fax. (619)223-9997 Email Craig Marine Services, 319 Rosecrans Street, San Diego CA 92106 Contact John Craig. Tel: (619)206-5060 Fax: (619)223-0392 Email Farallon Electronics, 2346B Marinship Way, Sausalito CA

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Tag List

Tag List If you are here, you are a true geek. This page shows the identifying characters used by the Ockam bus to define what the data refers to. Function Char hex dec 005 card Interfaces 1=Vs 2=Va 3=Ms,3a=3d 4=GPS 5=Polar Notes[1] separate items on 007, alternating

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Connecting new computers to your instruments

As many of you may have noticed, most laptops (and even desktops!) don’t come with a DB9 connector for RS-232 serial anymore. That’s a problem, since so many pieces of electronic equipment use RS-232 as means of communicating with a computer. USB has pretty much supplanted RS-232

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