Hello all,
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I came across one of these with no instructions.?ÿ Anyone out there use one of these with an HP-48SX and have a manual?
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Thank you...
it's been years and years, but from memory: there's a male plug in the case to connect to the HP48. Then 9 pin female connector outside the case to connect to the total station. You'll need a cable with 9 pin on one end and whatever connects to your total station.
I've given away at least 2, maybe 3 nine pin to heroshi cables over the years. The last time was like 15 years ago - Ralph still me a beer for that.
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I'll leave editorial comments about 30 year old technology to others.
Thanks! I think that total station must have had a proprietary 9-pin that provided power to charge the NiCds since there is no other external plug to charge them. I'll keep my fingers crossed...
I'm confused. HP48 is powered by replaceable AAA batteries. Maybe I'm not discussing the same item.
You plug the 4-pin connector inside the case into the top of the 48.?ÿ You need a 9-pin cable between the environmental case and the total station.?ÿ However, I don't believe you can use a 48sx as a data collector.?ÿ I don't think it will talk to a total station.
Most every instrument maker requires a different cable to connect to the environmental case that holds the HP48.
It takes a null modem cable to connect the environmental case to the serial port on a computer and a program like Kermit, TDS or SMI Transfer to transfer data to and from the HP48.
The TDS environmental case has a 4 pin wired connector that plugs into the port on the top end of the HP48.
The difference between the HP48SX and the HP48GX is that the GX has two ports, one for a program card and one for a data card and the SX only has a port for a program card and uses internal storage only.
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I do have a copy of the instructions now, I'm going to submit them to Eric and see if he will upload it to the HP Literature site along with the other TDS manuals. The one-sheet page I have does not go into detail about recharging the nicd/nimh battery. I managed a work-around.
A few key points on the TDS-480 environmental case:
Many people who previously replied are mistaking the TDS-148 (no board, no tongue, no lithium battery, no nicd/nimh rechargable battery) for this case which we are speaking about. The only similarities are that they both have 4-pin connectors and the case tops are interchangeable.
In my attempts so far, the TDS-480 will only work with a 48SX and the lithium battery needs to be in working condition or the RAM card will not register as being inserted properly.
The date of the software reads as 1990-1991. And the entry to initialize the software remains your choice of: TDS48 or FC48
