Hope im doing this correctly as it is my first time posting here.
I had someone order and install a proffie saber v2.2 for me a few weeks ago, i spent hours learning how to get it to work with custom sound fonts and it was working fine the other day like had no issues whatsoever and now no matter what the blade will not turn on.
It worked when i went to go show my gf the first time but only for a few seconds and only when it was in a certain orientation, its using the same config files as it was the day prior, no edits to it in any way.
The battery has been charged but not all the way, the wires all look good to me, and the only thing i think could be causing issues is the pins or the blades negative contact as that is whay ive found is stopping the lights from working all the way.
Any help would be appreciated.
Note i do know that touching the pins to the blade like i did in tbe video may not be the best method but its the only way i can show how it was acting
Heres the link to the video because i dont know how to uploud videos here
Please contact me for details! Any help is appreciated!
This almost certainly mean that the problem lies in the wiring somewhere.
I don’t seem to have permission to watch the video though.
Sorry about that! Just changed the permission, you should be able to veiw it, i do also have some pics but crucible limits new useres to one file
Looking at the video, I see that the LEDs on the pogo pin PCB light up, but not the blade. How is that wired? Are the pogo pin LEDs wired in parallel, series, or on a separate wire from the blade?
And it’s very cringe to watch you manually touch the pogo pins to the blade. Many, many, blades and boards have been destroyed that way.
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There is one black, white, and red wire going to the LEDs on the pogo pin pcb,
Also i am aware of how horrible it is to watch me do that but i couldnt not show it inside the hilt, also here is a top picture of the pcb
This rules out the two-wire case, leaving the serial and parallel cases.
So unless you have some fancy blade configuration, that means that data and power is flowing to the pogo pin board, but is not really getting to the blade.
If your pogo pin is wired in parallel, that probably means that the problem is in the blade. Either with the wiring, or fried pixels.
If your pogo pin is wired in series, fried pixels on the pogo pin board could also cause this.
I recommend rigging up some kind of tube for the purpose of testing.
If the problem is with the data line, this page may be helpful:
I will go ahead and test it with a multi meter tomorrow and post back with results as well! Thank you!
Alright! I have tested the data line with a multimeter like you asked and it has come back with some ok results, data line sits at 4 volts and fluctuates when blade is moved/touched/does anything besides sitting still, it only fluxuates between 3 and 4 volts.
Also the wire that goes from the main pcb to the pogo pcb is labeled data1/ID
“fluctuates when moved” may mean that there is a loose wire or cracked solder point somewhere. (most likely inside the blade)
However, what I wanted you to do is to set the meter for AC, then put the black probe on GND. Then put the red probe on Data1/ID. When the board is sending data signal, you should see some AC voltages (usually 0.5-1.5 volts), and when the board is not sending data, the AC measurements should be close to zero. Once you have confirmed this, then you can use it to find out how far the data actually goes. Does it reach the middle pogo pin? Does it reach the blade? does it reach the first LED inside the blade?
Ok! Just test that and it gave me the same results, from ground to data 1/ID it sits at 4 v when on and then fluxuates to 3 when it moves or does anything resulting in sound/light fluxuation
4 volts AC???
That’s super weird.
Are you sure you’re not measuring DC?
Positive, its set to 200 acv on the multimeter and the 250 measures the same
Ok so i just retested everything to double check my knowledge, the data1/ID is ready at 3 volts both at the board itself and on the pin. It also fluctuates around 1 volt.
The reason i was getting 4 was because i was reading the other wire thats connected to the same data1 that goes to the power button
data1 goes to the power button?
Yes
The first pic is of the bottom of the board and the second is of the top of the board, the white wires you see closer towards the micro usb port are both connected on the same data1/ID just on opposite sides of the board, the one on the side with the sd card goes to the data pin and the one on the second goes to a connecter on the power button.
Also im pretty sure i figured it out, i figured since power was flowing to the data pin and the other pins seemed fine so i took the risk of taking my blade apart and sure enough the negative wire for the blade had come off the pad.
