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Hi Cynthia,

Many thanks for your rapid response; much appreciated !

Especially good to read about the solution for the front panel issue; 
I was mostly worried about this, 
but I should be able to replace one myself.

Keep up the good work, best regards
Joost




--- In The_Cyndustries_List@yahoogroups.com, Cynthia Webster
<cynthia.webster@...> wrote:
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> levka0 wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > I picked up my Eurorack ZO today from the post office.
> > When trying to mount it in my Doepfer G6 rack, the following issues
> > occured.
> >
> > 1) The 10p power connector does not fit on a standard doepfer bus.
> > I do have some extra 10-16p cables at hand, but the lay-out on the ZO
> > PCB confused me somewhat regarding the actual pin placement of the
> > grounding. So I decided not to gamble on this.
> >
> > 2) The ZO module that I received is indeed too deep for a standard
> > Doepfer G6 rack.
> > Luckily, this can easily be overcome by loosening the screws on the
> > side of the case which retain the alu strip on which the upper bus
> > boards are placed. Rotate everything 90 degrees, and fasten the screws
> > again, so that the bus board connctors now face upward instead of
> > forward. This creates an inch of extra space in the upper row of the
> > case that is adequate.
> >
> > 3) However, I was not able to mount the ZO module flush with the front
> > of the Doepfer G6 rack, as the first ZO PCB board is fixed too low on
> > the faceplate so that faceplate cannot be seated onto the lower
> > mountig rail. The PCB sticks out 2-3 mm too much to the lower side.
> >
> > I am very interested in other experiences and possible solutions.
> >
> > Best regards from Amsterdam,
> > Joost
> 
> 
> Hi Joost!
> 
> We designed a right angle PC Board adapter to shorten the overall depth 
> of the
> Euro ZO (also good for the Dotcom ~portable~ cabinets) and these new 
> circuit boards
> arrived and we are busy soldering all of the 96-pin connectors onto
them 
> right now.
> They work great!
> 
> We also now provide 16-pin Doepfer Power Cables along with a
Doepfer-to-AS
> Power Cable Adapter with each Euro Zeroscillator.
> 
> The circuit boards right behind the front panel are now a lot narrower 
> in their
> top-to-bottom height so as to allow flush mounting of the panel to
the rack.
> 
> We're working this weekend on how best to service the units in the
field as
> most likely we will send out new front panels with instructions on how 
> to easily
> swap them.  Fortunately these are all simple fixes that do not affect 
> the electronics
> or calibrations, so it will be easy.
> 
> Thanks so much for your feedback!
> 
> 
> Cynthia
> 
> http://www.cyndustries.com/
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