My Ambit200 Jtag Points have been Soldered!!!

[Thuggy]

yip connect ur blackcat cable,power up the modem then start up blackcat straight away in the console window u'll see manufacturer: broadcom part :bmc 3348,if u don't see it ur blackcat cable could be pluged in the wrong way so turn it round or u haven't bridged it correctly or the 10 pin header aint rite. if all is ok go to options at the top and uncheck verify data then go to the flash tab and hit detect,once u do the flash info will come up then click write all browse to the 13.5full.stealt.bin and click it.....u should be fine because thats al there is to it,if ur in an x TW area remember and change the annex to B because the first time i did a 200 i never knew about it and it stummped me for 4 days lol.



p.s
i done an ambit 120 about 2 weeks ago and gave it a 20meg config,i know there only ment to be 4-5 meg tops but i went to speedtest it straight away and hit 8.5 meg with it,they could have done some 1 that was just looking for a basic connection.

[aviz06]

Sussed it, But now Struggling Getting the !00's on the Net?? Put all the Macs in and Config, But still Wont Connect?

[Stressed]

Originally Posted by Thuggy

p.s
i done an ambit 120 about 2 weeks ago and gave it a 20meg config,i know there only ment to be 4-5 meg tops but i went to speedtest it straight away and hit 8.5 meg with it,they could have done some 1 that was just looking for a basic connection.

I'm interested to see & know what way you did the 120s m8ty as i've got a few still kicking about the place and they would be handy for my family members to have a basic line even 2MB would be good for them i do have tuts & files but was wondering if you knew a diffrent way around them then what i already know of.

Originally Posted by aviz06

Sussed it, But now Struggling Getting the !00's on the Net?? Put all the Macs in and Config, But still Wont Connect?

100s can be a right pain in the butt as can 120s you could try check the annex mode is correct and freq etc.. some info from the modem its self would be handy to see to work out the problem better.

To answer your other question yes the 200s & upwards are a lot better for the specs and also easy to unbrick to if they take the "alex update".

[Thuggy]

I'm interested to see & know what way you did the 120s m8ty as i've got a few still kicking about the place and they would be handy for my family members to have a basic line even 2MB would be good for them i do have tuts & files but was wondering if you knew a diffrent way around them then what i already know of.

nothing special i don't do it through tftp or solarwinds i blackcat it back to factory defaults and that does the trick.write the bootloader to 0x00 and then hit write all and i use the IMH-A120-2.40.3212-shelled.bin,then go in throught the 232 and put the settings in.and while i'm here i want to correct the above post,spoke to ma mate about this the day and he reminded me it wasn't 8.5 meg it was 7.5 but even at that still come in handy to some 1 and like i said up untill that point i had been led to believe that they wouldn't do anything more than 4-5 tops.

[LS1228crew]

HI im new to these ambit 200 i usually only do the 250/255 that still have a p option, Anyway i`ve solderd the 10 pin blackat header but keep having probs with the bridge bit and have messed two up now in the same way the solder pad closest to the 10 pin header has come off so is there some other way i can solder the other i still have to some were else on the board i have put a wire on it just dont know were to send it to? any help i would really apperciate

[LS1228crew]

Dam now both the pads have come off the bit you bridge on the 200 what can i do now

[Stressed]

Wow that sounds bad sounds like your iron is applying a lot of heat for a long period of time try to just tack it on quickly instead of holding the heat there tin your jump wire first & use some flux to make it stick quicker.

There is 2 points left you can use on the bottom of the board if you mess them up you might as well bin it i have a little pic of the points not the best pic but its good enough to see the points you need.

Look close at the pic you can see 2 red marks on the points you can use.

Hope that's of help to you it's the best i can suggest for your problem.

Good luck m8.

[Joker]

hey lads use rosin flux on the pads befor you solder youll find the solder flows quicker and saves you time and effort in the long run its in a pen and costs from 4 - 8 quid, maplins sells it as well, good investment for repeat modem work..

[skippy9963]

Yea the blackcat cable has to have power supplied to the modem to pick it up

[jack08]

you got diagram pinouts for jtag the 200