So, my turn to join the ADS200 club. My station arrived yesterday:
![Pace ADS200 soldering station 1056782-0](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=102389.0;attach=1056784;image)
It came shipped as a box in a box, so no damage to the inner box and the contents looked pristine. And yes, it's packing v1.4 firmware.
That was the good part.
The bad part is two of the four tips I ordered give me the CHP error.
![Sad :(](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/xsad.gif.pagespeed.ic.L3FGyzQrjB.png)
I ordered two chisel tips, a conical and a miniwave, with both chisels giving me the CHP error. The other two appear to work, but I didn't bring them up to temperature all the way, since I was swapping between them all trying to see how bad the problem is. I
think the problem is the two chisel tips won't seat fully. With the tips inserted in the handpiece I measured the heater pins on the connector on the other end. (Thanks thm_w for posting that photo a few posts back!) The faulty tips read open circuit, while the other two read 4-5 Ohms.
I also spent a fair bit of time taking measurements, and comparing the chisels to the conical, the conical sits about 4mm deeper into the handpiece than the chisels. (The miniwave is a longer tip, and I was already fairly sure of things by this point so I didn't bother comparing it.) I haven't tried forcing the chisels in, but I'm definitely using a bit more force than the other two with no success. With the conical and miniwave, they just slide in smoothly.
My next step will be to contact Pace. I guess I'll have to send the handpiece and faulty tips back, which will be a pain, but we'll see.
Edit: Spelling mistake