Just be sure wire ends are unstripped. We had an episode awhile back (not
sure if you were around for it) in which a bunch of defective cables got
shipped because the supplier screwed up and stripped the wires, which
promptly started falling out of the connectors as soon as you breathed on
it.
Dave Bradley
Principal Software Engineer
Engineering Animation, Inc.
daveb@... > -----Original Message-----
> From: hodad1@... [mailto:hodad1@...]
> Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 11:13 AM
> To: motm@onelist.com
> Subject: Re: [motm] Mta connectors
>
>
> From: hodad1@...
>
> Thanks, Dave. This is pretty much what I thought, but I wanted
> to be sure.
>
> Tom
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Bradley <daveb@...>
> To: motm@onelist.com <motm@onelist.com>
> Date: Friday, August 27, 1999 11:41 AM
> Subject: RE: [motm] Mta connectors
>
>
> >From: "Dave Bradley" <daveb@...>
> >
> >If you have the exact connectors that ship with MOTM, the top of the
> >connector slides off, you insert the wires (UNSTRIPPED!!!!) into
> the slots,
> >and slide the top back on, which forces the wires down into
> sharp channels
> >which cut through the insulation and make contact.
> >
> >I can't speak for other flavors of connectors.
> >
> >Dave Bradley
> >Principal Software Engineer
> >Engineering Animation, Inc.
> >daveb@...
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: hodad1@... [mailto:hodad1@...]
> >> Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 11:00 AM
> >> To: motm@onelist.com
> >> Subject: [motm] Mta connectors
> >>
> >>
> >> From: hodad1@...
> >>
> >> Got a question:
> >> I'm trying to make up some MTA 156 cords(for lack of a better
> term) & was
> >> wondering how exactly you connect the wires to the plugs.
> >>
> >> Tomr
> >
> >
> >--------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ----------------------------
> >
> >ONElist: home to the world's liveliest email communities.
> >
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ----------------------------
>
> ATTENTION ONElist MEMBERS! Are you getting your ONElist news?
> If not, join our MEMBER NEWSLETTER here:
> <a href=" http://clickme.onelist.com/ad/newsletter1 ">Click Here</a>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>