[time-nuts] KS-24361 "NO GPS" - again

bownes bownes at gmail.com
Fri May 29 20:31:10 EDT 2015


Typically the pins are two or three lengths. 

The longest pins are ground, the next are power, then signal pins. Quite often used for things that are hot swapped. Take a look at a USB cable for example. 





> On May 29, 2015, at 19:01, Chuck Harris <cfharris at erols.com> wrote:
> 
> Thees units were made for the phone company, and phone companies
> are big on "hot-swapping" modules.  The shorter pins are shortened
> to make sure that their circuit doesn't make contact until the
> longer pins have made contact.  Don't "fix" them!
> 
> -Chuck Harris
> 
> billriches wrote:
>> Hi Ulli,
>> 
>> I heard some comments that the short jumper cable between the two units
>> would make an intermittent connection.  You will notice that some of the
>> pins in the connector are shorter than the others and hopefully that is the
>> problem.  I don't know if the plugs are wired 1 to 1, 2 to 2 and so forth
>> but you could figure that out and make up another cable and try it.
>> Hopefully your problem will be as simple as a bad cable.  I have had two of
>> those systems running 24/7 for almost a year and have had no problems.
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Bill, WA2DVU
>> Cape May
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