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Installation - ISS with Internal SIM
3.
Take the same colored wire from the other cable and place it into the other
hole at the end of the splice connector.
✦
Make sure you push the wire all the way in. You can check this by
looking through the clear side of the splice connector.
4.
Use pliers to snap the cap into place, securing the wires.
✦
Use the provided yellow splice connectors.
5.
Repeat this procedure for each pair of wires to be spliced.
6.
Use a cable tie to secure the two cables together as shown.
Doing this provides a measure of strain relief which should prevent the
wires from pulling apart under normal conditions. Cut off the excess cable
tie when it is secure.
7.
Gather the wires and splice connectors neatly together and secure with a
cable tie in a protected location up close under the rain collector base.
Procedure 7. Connect Sensor Cables to the New SIM.
The ISS sensors are connected by cables to the Sensor Interface Module (SIM),
located inside the new SIM housing. The SIM contains electronics that measure
and store weather values for transmission to the console via cable or radio. The
SIM housing protects the SIM from the elements and provides easy access to
SIM cable connections.
1.
Take one of the square rubber grommets from the bottom of the SIM hous-
ing and run the cables for the UV and Solar Radiation sensors through it, if
included on your station.
2.
Wireless ISS
: Run the SIM Power cable through this first grommet.
3.
Take the second square rubber grommet and run the Rain Collector, Ane-
mometer, and Temp/Hum sensor cables through it.
4.
Cabled ISS
: run the console cable through this second grommet.
5.
Install the first grommet in the left slot in the SIM housing, and install the
second grommet in the right slot, adjusting the inside cable lengths as
needed for a tidy installation.
Using Splice Connector
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