[GreenKeys] Butchered Wiring

[Jim Cooper]

On 30 Nov 2021 at 13:57, Tom Hunter wrote:

> This what I mean by butchered
> wiring. I was trying to get the bell
> to work in my 28 ASR. I found both
> wires from the stuntbox switch at
> position 30 cut along with many
> others and the ends tucked inside
> the large black tubing. 

Sounds like this came from another ham, 
rather than directly from a commercial 
disposal ...  most expeditious way to turn 
off something is to cut the wires !!
 
> Question: the bell (at my best
> count) is at position 30. the
> adjacent switch is at 29 with another
> function pawl visible at 28, which
> makes me guess it could require two
> key strokes to operate 29. 

One way it might have been set up is that 
the first switch closes, and latches, on the 
FIGS code; then the second switch, in series, 
closes on either S or J (whichever bell code 
is used) completing the circuit to the bell ... 
Then they unlatch on the next character so 
the bell circuit is again open. 

> Can anyone give me a clue as to what
> the switch at 29 is for and what code
> might operate it. 

Two ways come to mind: 

1] with printer in the loop, key each character 
and see which one activates the code bar in 
that slot ... 

2] inspect the tines on the codebar in slot 29 
and see how it is coded ... that's the harder 
way, as you would need to remove the stuntbox 
to see the front tines of the codebar, most 
likely. 

w2jc