LX2350-4 Owner's Manual
Revised January 22, 2018
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There are two common methods for bringing the last few feet of data cable to the
scoreboard assembly. One method involves installing a junction box above the
assembly. From here you can run a patch cable to the first scoreboard display's data
input port. The standard scoreboard package does not include extra junction boxes and
patch cables for this type of cable routing. However, the materials are readily available
from Electro-Mech. For center-hung scoreboards, this method allows you to use the
patch cable to provide the slack required to lower the sign for service. Or the junction
box can be positioned (with slack on the other side) to be lowered and raised along with
the scoreboard assembly.
The other method requires the right-angle
stereo plug assembly, which Electro-Mech
provides with all hard-wired indoor scoreboard
packages. The assembly consists of the main
plug body, an insulating sleeve, and a cover.
For center-hung scoreboards, this end of the
data cable must include additional slack if the
scoreboard assembly is to be lowered and
raised with a hoist system for ease of service.
Connecting data cable to the stereo plug
requires soldering to two terminals. Slide the
cover and sleeve over the data cable before soldering. The terminal nearer the center
of the plug body connects to the tip of the socket. The black wire from the data cable
should be soldered to this terminal. The terminal that extends further from the center of
the plug body connects to the ring of the plug.
Solder the red wire here. The strain relief tabs
are connected to the shaft of the plug. When
you bend the tabs around the data cable, they
should be in contact with the shielding or the
bare drain wire.
Slide the insulator sleeve over the terminals and
screw the cover in place to complete the
assembly. Now you will be ready to plug the
data cable into the port at the top of the
scoreboard display when it is installed.