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StreamSmart 400, missing wire - inakiz - 05-06-2014 01:00 PM

Hi.
I have opened a StreamSmart 400 to see what is inside. To my surprise one of the cables coming in from the "serial" cable is not connected to anything. There are four cables: green, white, red and black. The former three have a labeled position in the board (G,W,R) but the black one is floating around. Probably it was soldered to some part, but I cannot find a clear pad where it should be soldered.
Please, anyone having this device would take a look where the black cable is connected?. :-)

Inakiz.

RE: StreamSmart 400, missing wire - Gerson W. Barbosa - 05-06-2014 04:00 PM

(05-06-2014 01:00 PM)inakiz Wrote:  Please, anyone having this device would take a look where the black cable is connected?. :-)

[Image: b9cf447a-6445-40d4-840e-6d6e8c804488_zps27145f29.jpg]

RE: StreamSmart 400, missing wire - Massimo Gnerucci - 05-06-2014 06:15 PM

A picture is worth a thousand words...

RE: StreamSmart 400, missing wire - Tim Wessman - 05-06-2014 06:40 PM

It's a magic black wire!

RE: StreamSmart 400, missing wire - walter b - 05-06-2014 08:04 PM

It's just prepared for radio data transmission ... Wink

RE: StreamSmart 400, missing wire - Raymond Del Tondo - 05-06-2014 09:13 PM

(05-06-2014 06:40 PM)Tim Wessman Wrote:  It's a magic black wire!
But it's missing the 'more magic' switch;-)

RE: StreamSmart 400, missing wire - inakiz - 05-06-2014 09:30 PM

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RE: StreamSmart 400, missing wire - Thomas Radtke - 05-07-2014 07:11 AM

Looks like it could cause a shortcut with some bad luck. I'd apply insulating tape.

RE: StreamSmart 400, missing wire - eried - 05-07-2014 07:06 PM

(05-06-2014 04:00 PM)Gerson W. Barbosa Wrote:  
(05-06-2014 01:00 PM)inakiz Wrote:  Please, anyone having this device would take a look where the black cable is connected?. :-)

[Image: b9cf447a-6445-40d4-840e-6d6e8c804488_zps27145f29.jpg]

What does the main chip says?

RE: StreamSmart 400, missing wire - Gerson W. Barbosa - 05-08-2014 12:30 AM

(05-07-2014 07:06 PM)eried Wrote:  What does the main chip says?

AT918AM7S64 (not sure about the first letter).

https://www.dropbox.com/s/bz0z2nkr3afu5qs/ATMEL%20AT918AM7S64.JPG