ACC port on 200D not seating well

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ACC port on 200D not seating well

Postby NC3Z » Wed Dec 13, 2017 10:53 pm

Seems that the rear ACC DB25 does not seat well, with the current standoff height it barely mates if at all. Is this a normal issue?

Is a solution to remove the standoffs and grind down their height??

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Re: ACC port on 200D not seating well

Postby SA3ATF » Thu Dec 14, 2017 12:48 am

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Re: ACC port on 200D not seating well

Postby W1AEX » Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:20 pm

One easy thing to try is to install washers under the screw heads of the DB-25 male connector you are plugging into the port. I use a small lock washer under each screw since they are thicker than a standard washer. This keeps the screw from bottoming out in the ANAN's DB-25 female port so that the pins will seat more deeply into the port. This takes about 2 minutes to do and it usually works very well.

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Re: ACC port on 200D not seating well

Postby NC3Z » Fri Dec 15, 2017 2:20 am

The washers would have not worked either as the flange of the DB25 male was hitting the standoffs before being able to seat. I removed the 2 standoffs and used a dremel cut off wheel and took a little off the top. Reinstalled and now I get a great connection.

Wonder why Apache would of done this?
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Re: ACC port on 200D not seating well

Postby w-u-2-o » Fri Dec 15, 2017 2:10 pm

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If you want to get serious about fixing it, you can follow my procedure here.


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P.S. moving this topic to the correct sub-forum...

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