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    Default Building a lean & mean Jaycar Phoenix

    If building a Jaycar KC-5361 Phoenix/JDM MK II card programmer kit just for Phoenix mode you can save time and improve reliability by omitting a bunch of components. Here are some fresh photos which show what to do, including all the recommended modifications. For those who want a cheap, reliable Phoenix mode card reader that's compatible with a wide range of cards and is easy to overclock this is a good option.

    You can get the kits cheaply from , Jaycar's wholesale distributor. Search for KC5361 to find it. Unfortunately Jaycar/Soanar don't carry low power schottky diodes such as BAT85 or 1N5711 but you can get them from or .




    Note for beginners: Phoenix mode is for sending and receiving ISO7816 commands to smartcards that are already programmed and working. If you have a blank card (PIC/gold/silver/emerald or Atmel/Fun card) that has no bootloader then Phoenix mode won't work as the card doesn't yet understand commands. To program blank cards special signals are needed depending on what type of processor they use. JDM mode is for programming blank PIC based cards and the extra components and switch are for generating the particular voltages that PICs require.



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    as always Gw great work mate thanks

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    And here's the schematic.
    Last edited by gw1; 10-10-08 at 10:44 PM. Reason: resized image

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    Do some people have reliability issues with the standard jaycar? Mine hasn't given any grief whatsoever.

    BTW, great work GW1, I always admire people who have the ability to redesign ccts like that, I have absolutely no idea...even with a RMIT advanced cert in electronics behind me.

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    Exclamation Warning about using the interface with Switchmode Plug Packs

    It's very important that you ALWAYS UNPLUG THE SWITCHMODE PLUGPACK BEFORE CONNECTING / DISCONNECTING THE SERIAL CABLE!
    In other words
    • when hooking up, attach the serial cable first and the power cable second
    • when unplugging, unplug the power cable first and the serial cable second

    Why does it matter? If you plug it into the interface first the "tingle" current between it and your PC is enough to damage your serial port and/or the MAX232 IC. I've managed to destroy several serial ports in this way in recent years. I'm not making this up - in one case the product concerned was worth $200 and I was pretty pissed off I can tell you.

    The reason the destructive current exists is because switchmode plugpacks aren't earthed.

    Switchmodes are becoming the norm for plugpacks because of new industry codes for low standby power consumption. That's why it's only in recent years that we're encountering problems with ports getting zapped. In the old days you could use a plugpack pretty much anywhere with few problems apart from noise.

    When you buy them they'll usually say on the box whether they're switchmode or not. Switchmode plugpacks weigh much less than traditional ferrite transformer ones (because of all the iron in the transformer) which is the simplest way to tell them apart. With old heavy plugpacks you don't need to worry about the order in which you plug things in. But with switchmode plugpacks you do.

    If powering the interface from your PC using a 4-pin hard disk power cable you don't need to worry about order. You don't even need to shut down your PC to connect/disconnect. (In general it's wise practice to shutdown your PC whenever you plug/unplug its internal cables, but in this particular case you don't need to.)

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    This is great detail...

    I have always used Jaycar M1's to run cards on dreams and PC...
    I have never been able to get the M2 to work in the mix for a server... if I construct as above will the phoenix run as a server on a Db and PC

    cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by oldmate View Post
    This is great detail...

    I have always used Jaycar M1's to run cards on dreams and PC...
    I have never been able to get the M2 to work in the mix for a server... if I construct as above will the phoenix run as a server on a Db and PC

    cheers
    I have an unmodded one which seems to work fine for everything I use it for from running on a PC or on the back of dreambox.

    Leroy

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    Leroy I use my MII all the time and have never thought there could be anything wrong with it but stuffed if i can swing from the back of a dream or pc...
    are there any tricks ???

    switch in..
    phoenix mode..
    either clock...

    got me !!!1

    cheers

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    the markII works well mate have a look at all your joints on the one you have under a magnifying glass there may be a dry joint

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    no tricks old mate, it just works. Maybe worth as mentioned above checking all solder connections with a magnifying glass and correct component location and orientation.

    Leroy

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    There is a mod to change a resistor to a diode near a IC but I can't remember where.
    It was to deal with the current cards.
    Those in the know may be able to help.
    Try this after you have confirmed polarity and placement of all components,
    It's easy to put a resistor in the wrong place,measure all before placement,
    as others have said check or re-do all joints(quicker in my opinion).

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    Hmm... always thought it worked... built it years and years ago.... and use it all the time... lol...

    I've got a mate bringing his around for me to try....

    thanks for the info... great stuff... thinking i may buy another kit this week...

    thx all..

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    you mean these mods






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    Them be the one's, All i can remember is some delt with the polarity of the card switch for some software, the diode was to read v4.1 + cards,
    and the other??
    All I can say is thanks to those who share their knowledge.
    Although you have to have a brain yourself to get anywhere in this hobby.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sublib25 View Post
    Them be the one's, All i can remember is some delt with the polarity of the card switch for some software, the diode was to read v4.1 + cards,
    and the other??
    All I can say is thanks to those who share their knowledge.
    Although you have to have a brain yourself to get anywhere in this hobby.
    this one will explain what each mod was for ,And all props to GW1


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    Quote Originally Posted by sublib25 View Post
    Them be the one's, All i can remember is some delt with the polarity of the card switch for some software, the diode was to read v4.1 + cards,
    and the other??
    All I can say is thanks to those who share their knowledge.
    Although you have to have a brain yourself to get anywhere in this hobby.
    there was a thread that explained what all the mods did exactly. I've found it to work fine with 'those' cards.

    Leroy

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    Just out of interest Leroy or Fandtm666 how much voltage are you supplying to the MKII when swinging from PC or Dream..
    I have tried both mine and my mates with no joy... 9V in... I keep reading it may need 12V....
    any comments??
    cheers

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    Have been assembling another this morning circuit is defiantly different maybe the other kits were just to old...

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    Oldmate....I have mine powered by a 12v transformer when on the dream and it runs off a usb port whilst swinging off a pc (infact it is getting it's pwr via a usb/ps2 converter and plugged into the keyboard ps2 interface). They both work with no dramas, I do recall that the mark II construction instructions claimed it could run on a 9v battery but I never tried it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by oldmate View Post
    Just out of interest Leroy or Fandtm666 how much voltage are you supplying to the MKII when swinging from PC or Dream..
    I have tried both mine and my mates with no joy... 9V in... I keep reading it may need 12V....
    any comments??
    cheers
    I use a 9v plug pack and have no issues. If you have a look on the cct, where the input is there is a voltage regulator to take the voltage down to 5v. The input has to be high enough for that to function.

    Leroy

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