In case you're in any doubt, I have a handful of spare Doepfer cable that you can have for nothing. just drop me a PM with your details. Yours Aye Stuadh --- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, James Husted <the_ersatz_planet@...> wrote: > > Technically speaking you can reverse the plug orientation ONLY if you > do on both ends and ONLY if you make sure on the 10-pin plugs that > the socket (the cable end) us lined up to the -12V pins and doesn't > over hang that end of the header at all. The cables are just cables - > no electronics involved. The cables use 2 wires for each voltage/gnd > connection. the 2 columns of the headers are the same for each row > (-12v, GND, +12v, +5v etc.) so should work even if only one column is > plugged in though that cuts down the current handling ability of the > cable. As you may notice the page referenced below does not mention > the red stripe at all but it does stress "Pay attention that applying > other than the described voltages or changing the polarity will > result in the module's instant destruction !" This will for sure > happen if the cable ends are nor oriented the same at both ends. > Doepfer has made this easy be printing the voltages next to the pins > on all the modules I remember. In practice you should make sure all > modules in your system have the same cable orientation and it it > would be a good idea to match the orientation of factory delivered > modules that have the cable attached already - just so you don't mess > up when you re-arrange them in the future (and you WILL re-arrange > them in the future!). A good arrangement would be to have the red > stripe always at the -12v pins that way the cable will be easy to use > on both 10 and 16 pin headers. > > -James > > > On Aug 5, 2008, at 8:43 AM, Anthony Rolando wrote: > > > > > Nooooooo (sound of man falling off a cliff). > > > > http://www.doepfer.de/a100_man/a100t_e.htm > > > > Please read this page. > > > > Tony > > > >> To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com > >> From: monroe.eskew@... > >> Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:16:34 -0500 > >> Subject: [Doepfer_a100] red band orientation > >> > >> Is the red band on the power ribbon just a marker to help us? Is the > >> power ribbon functionally symmetrical, so that we can reverse the > >> plug > >> orientation on both ends and be alright? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Monroe > >> > >> ------------------------------------ > >> > >> Yahoo! Groups Links > >> > >> > >> > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get more from your digital life. Find out how. > > http://www.windowslive.com/default.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Home2_082008 > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >
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Re: red band orientation
2008-08-05 by stuadh
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