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Am I in trouble? Minipac question
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: traig on October 06, 2004, 11:36:45 am ---My ground/common daisy chain looks similar to the one in the pic, except with a small difference. It starts at one end with a female connector, but at the other end it ends with the wire crimped or soldered to a small, flat metal ring, almost like a metal washer. I can't be more precise since it's not with me right now.
Perhaps it's meant to be stuck into one of the female connectors coming from the minipac's harness? Maybe the first one, the one that stands by itself on the board instead of in a pair? I don't have it in front of me, otherwise I could look at it and see if it works.
Looking at the pic, I can't see what the left end of that chain looks like, since it's connected to a harness wire.
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Hmmmn, nothing helpful here either: http://www.ultimarc.com/mp_inst.html
Looking at the pic on the previous ultimarc page, it seems like the gnd harness starts with a male plug that connects to the female plug on the main harness. (Although maybe what I'm assuming is a male plug is actually the metal ring that you are describing?)
What you are describing sounds like a grounding lug, maybe for trackballs or something. I would think it shouldn't be connected, but maybe it won't hurt anything. If I were installing it, I would either cut that off and recrimp from the previous connector, or electrical tape it and tape it to the existing wrap.
I will e-mail Andy at www.ultimarc.com and hopefully he will confirm what it's for.
traig:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on October 06, 2004, 12:04:33 pm ---
I will e-mail Andy at www.ultimarc.com and hopefully he will confirm what it's for.
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That's great, thanks. I'll look at it more closely later today.
Thanks for your link and zaphod for his. Until I saw those I was able to find little in the way of pics out there for this kind of wiring and the tools needed. I will put some up on my site once this is completed.
zaphod:
--- Quote from: traig on October 06, 2004, 12:56:28 pm ---I will put some up on my site once this is completed.
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Please do. This is one of those questions that pop up semi-regularly and is very difficult (for me) to even try explain in words.
AndyWarne:
There should be no "ring" on the end of the black ground harness. It should end with a male connector, which is plugged into the correct Ground female conector on the main harness. (according to the wiring details on the wiring page). I am wondering if your Male connector has been damaged (painfulll!!).
Drop me an email if necessary and I can send a better pic of the harness.
Andy warne
Grasshopper:
Andy, this is slightly off topic , but can you give us any news of when (if ever) the 36 input Minipac you announced last Xmas is going to appear.
Thanks