[BC] Re: XDS Programming, DB-37 breakouts

[Mark Croom]

This idea makes really good sense. I might just have to steal it ;-)

I've made way too many "box-of-relays" kinds of things over the years and
have been wondering about a good solution to the problem of keeping things
like that in the "commercial" realm rather than homebuilt.

Mark

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Mike McCarthy <Towers at mre.com> wrote:

> Next time I'm in the office, I'll shoot a shot of ours.
>
> I'm using the DIN rail on just about anything I need a relay or can apply
> the concept.  Snap a device/socket to the rail and your done, wire and go.
>  More than one device, it's a real time saver. Grainger also has 1.5A 12VDC
> DIN mounted PS's as well.  Which I use in remote control adapters to convert
> the 120V  remote control logic in older Harris TX stuff to 12V.  All on a
> single rack panel.
>
> The rail eliminates aligning relays, related mounting issues and is a real
> time saver.
>
> MM
>
> At 08:42 AM 2/16/2009 -0600, Mark Croom wrote
>
>> Mike--
>>
>> Do you have any pictures of your DIN rail implementation? I'd like to see
>> what it looks like in practical use.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Mark
>> MN
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Mike McCarthy <Towers at mre.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>> >
>>
>>
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