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 <[email protected]> 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 > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
