XPLORER ADS-B Receiver
Installation Manual
87214, Revision A
December 3, 2012
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2.5 XPLORER ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS
2.5.1 XPLORER INTERFACE – PINOUT
J6 - Power and I/O Connector (DB-15)
PIN
SIGNAL
Electrical
I/O
Description
1
PPS IO -
RS-422
I/O
Internal/External GPS Pulse Per Second Out/In
2
Reserved
N/A
-
N/A
3
232 RxD2
RS-232
I
Serial Port 2 RS-232 Data In
4
Reserved
N/A
-
N/A
5
232 TxD1
RS-232
O
Serial Port 1 RS-232 GPS Data Out
6
232 TxD5
RS-232
O Serial Port 5 RS-232 Data Out (Maintenance Port)
7
GND
Ground
Gnd
Aircraft Power Return
8
Vin
10-37 VDC
Pwr
Aircraft Power Input
9
PPS IO +
RS-422
I/O
Internal/External GPS Pulse Per Second Out/In
10
Reserved
N/A
-
N/A
11
232 TxD2
RS-232
O
Serial Port 2 RS-232 Data Out
12
232 RxD1
RS-232
I
Serial Port 1 RS-232 GPS Data In
13
232 RxD5
RS-232
I
Serial Port 5 RS-232 Data In (Maintenance Port)
14
Reserved
N/A
-
N/A
15
GND
Ground
Gnd
Aircraft Power Return
2.6 XPLORER INTERFACE DETAILS
2.6.1 Power
Input
Aircraft power is provided to the XPLORER through the J6 Power and I/O connector.
The power supply input can be 10 – 37Volts DC. Use a 2 Amp circuit breaker for power
supply protection. Power input resides on the following pins:
POWER INPUT
PIN
SIGNAL
ELECTRICAL
I/O
DESCRIPTION
J6-8
Vin
10-37 VDC
Pwr
Aircraft Power Input
J6-7
RTRN
Ground
Gnd
Aircraft Power Return
J6-15
RTRN
Ground
Gnd
Aircraft Power Return
2.6.2 Serial Interfaces (RS-232 Version Only)
There are a total of three physical serial interfaces available on the RS-232 version of
XPLORER. The pin outs of these three interfaces can be found in the following table: