PaperTRW posted:1) The antenna wire is just that -- an antenna -- and it shouldn't be connected to anything. Grounding it out will force the board into conventional mode, and I'm afraid to even know what connecting that output to the center rail will do. Connect a six inch wire or so to that antenna stickpin on the board, and don't connect the other end to anything. My bad, I didn't read what you wrote. I do have a 6" wire hooked to the antenna lead on the LCRU bd. I was telling you about the antenna wire coming from the Command Base.
3) That's what I thought. The board it came from had some physical damage, but I tested the chip in both conventional and TMCC modes (in a known good LCRU1) before sending it to you. Unless it was damaged (see above), it should be fine. No damage since I didn't actually hook the LCRU antenna to anything. I guess I'll wander back down to the dungeon and re-read the installation instructions to see what I missed. BTW, the wall wart for the command base is plugged into a heavy duty strip which is plugged into a 3 conductor 110v receptacle, so the system is grounded via the house wiring.
