SDCK
Signal Driver Cable Kit
Features & Specifications
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Use with Digitrax SE8C for easy Plug N’ Play signal installation
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Makes 2 cables with connections for four signal heads
Parts List
30’ 10 Wire Ribbon Cable
8
10-Pin Connectors
Making signal driver cables
The SE8C uses a 10-wire ribbon cable, called a Signal Driver Cable, to connect
each Driver Socket on the SE8C board (DRV1-DRV8) to the set of four signals
that it controls. To make Signal Driver Cables you can use any 10 wire, 30
AWG ribbon cable and four 10-Pin sockets.
1. Cut 10-Wire Ribbon Cable into your required lengths. When measuring the
distance from the SE8C location to the signal lights, allow enough cable to
provide for twisting the cable into position under the layout, securing the
cable and sockets to the sub-roadbed base and to allow for plugging in the
Signal Mast Base. Make the cuts straight and square across the ribbon
cable. Use a marker to mark the points where the socket for each signal will
be placed on the signal driver cable.
2. Separate the two pieces of the connectors. Be careful not to break the latch-
es on the sides of the top part of the connector.
3. Lay the ribbon cable into the grooves in the top part of the connector.
(Fig.1) For the connector on the end of the cable, the cable should not
extend more than 1/16” beyond the connector.
The cable may be placed in the bottom part of the connecter with the brown
wire to the right (shown below) OR left as long as the top part is placed
with the Pin 1 indicator arrow over the brown wire for installation.
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Complete Train Control
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Brown
Wire
Pin 1
Indicator
Latches
Brown
Wire
Pin 1
Indicator
Figure 2
Figure 1
SDCK
Signal Driver Cable Kit
Features & Specifications
n
Use with Digitrax SE8C for easy Plug N’ Play signal installation
n
Makes 2 cables with connections for four signal heads
Parts List
30’ 10 Wire Ribbon Cable
8
10-Pin Connectors
Making signal driver cables
The SE8C uses a 10-wire ribbon cable, called a Signal Driver Cable, to connect
each Driver Socket on the SE8C board (DRV1-DRV8) to the set of four signals
that it controls. To make Signal Driver Cables you can use any 10 wire, 30
AWG ribbon cable and four 10-Pin sockets.
1. Cut 10-Wire Ribbon Cable into your required lengths. When measuring the
distance from the SE8C location to the signal lights, allow enough cable to
provide for twisting the cable into position under the layout, securing the
cable and sockets to the sub-roadbed base and to allow for plugging in the
Signal Mast Base. Make the cuts straight and square across the ribbon
cable. Use a marker to mark the points where the socket for each signal will
be placed on the signal driver cable.
2. Separate the two pieces of the connectors. Be careful not to break the latch-
es on the sides of the top part of the connector.
3. Lay the ribbon cable into the grooves in the top part of the connector.
(Fig.1) For the connector on the end of the cable, the cable should not
extend more than 1/16” beyond the connector.
The cable may be placed in the bottom part of the connecter with the brown
wire to the right (shown below) OR left as long as the top part is placed
with the Pin 1 indicator arrow over the brown wire for installation.
©2010 Digitrax, Inc.
www.digitrax.com
1
Complete Train Control
Run Your Trains, Not Your Track!
Brown
Wire
Pin 1
Indicator
Latches
Brown
Wire
Pin 1
Indicator
Figure 2
Figure 1