[BC] XDS Programming, DB-37 breakouts

[Mike McCarthy]

Be careful.  While Winford's breakouts are a great product (really they 
are!!!), they are NOT mechanically compatible with the receiver as the 
B-Tools type adapters.  They are designed to be cable to break out type 
adapters as Tom Bosscher inferred.  Not equipment mounted breakout. I found 
that out the hard way...then again, it led me to a better overall 
integration solution...read on.

That said, I strongly recommend the 35mm DIN  ISO9000 rail mount adapters 
for the breakouts.  You can buy the 35mm rails in 6 ft. long strips from 
Grainger for less than $40 Simply mount the DIN rail like a rack rail next 
to the power strip or on a 3RU panel on the rear side.  The ISO strips are 
really nice to add relays and other universal things since DIN rails are a 
worldwide standard.

We control two automation systems, plus tone encoders by using a 
combination of breakouts from various RX's and triggers to DPDT relays, 
then back to 25 conductor breakout adapters going to two B-tools 
switchers.  All the jumping is done outside the racks on the wall where 
it's easy to install/change/test/debug/add more.

MM

At 03:23 PM 2/15/2009 -0800, Larry Fuss wrote
> > A source to breakout boards is Winford Engineering
>
>And DAQStuff.  They have board that are right angle, unlike the Broadcast
>Tools and Winford ones.
>
>http://www.daqstuff.com/db37_breakout.htm
>
>LF