USB OSTC users - please read!

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heinrichsweikamp
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USB OSTC users - please read!

Post by heinrichsweikamp »

Hi,

We see corroded USB ports regularly because users continue to close the USB cap with a screwdriver all the way down. That might get the O-Ring damaged in the threads. Result is a leak and (worst case) end-of-life of the entire unit (The USB port is NOT replaceable in the 2C or 2N!). A leak here likely destroys the adjacent pressure sensor in the OSTC 2C (Which is fixable but quite a complex and expensive repair).

The USB cap is designed to be closed with the USB connector as the tool!

Only close it until it's flush with the mating alloy part.

So, if your Cap looks like this:
before.jpg


Your USB port will look like this soon:
after.jpg


And the OSTC will be, unfortunately, end-of-life since the USB Port is not replaceable in the old OSTC 2N or 2C.

Regards,
Matthias
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