Digi-Star TCX-1000 SERIES - Manual (Page 16)

D3556 05/29/03 REV. 2.2 Copyright 2001
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A. Strip the cable jacket (outer insulation) back so that a 1-inch length of the shield wire is
exposed.
B. Crimp and solder the appropriate pin gender to the shield lead. Insert the pin into an available
amp connector plughole.
C. Crimp and solder the mating pin to a 12” long, 24 gauge insulated wire insert the pin into the
matching AMP connector receptacle position. Termination may be shield wire at the nearest
mounting stud / screw inside the enclosure. Termination may be made either by wrapping the
wire around the stud or by installing a lug on the wire.
H. SERIAL INTERFACE CONNECTIONS
Serial interface connections for serial communication are made to terminal block J1 located on the
indicator circuit board to the lower left of the circuit board. The female 8 pin weather tight AMP
receptacle’s pinout is described in the chart below.
BI-DIRECTIONAL SERIAL RS232C OUTPUT
6 PIN MALE
ON-BOARD
MOLEX
RECEPTACLE
“J”
8 PIN FEMALE
INDICATOR
CASE AMP
RECEPTICLE
SIGNAL SIGNAL
TYPE
DEFINITION DIRECTION
3 2 RxD SERIAL RS-232c RECEIVE
DATA
IN
4 3 TxD SERIAL RS-232c TRANSMIT
DATA
OUT
1 5 ON-
MOMENTARILY
GROUNDTO
TURN
INDICATOR ON
5 6 REMOTE
DISPLAY
POWER
CONTROL LINE
2 7 COMMON
GROUND
6 8 +12 VDC
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