3. WIRING & POWER DETAILS
3.1 Wiring
The terminal block is set up to send/receive signals in the following way:
Number
Terminal Function
Wire Colour
1
Power supply positive
Red
2
Power supply ground
Blue/Black
3
Output signal ground
Violet/Green
4
Channel 1 voltage output
Brown
5
Channel 2 voltage output
White
6
Channel 3 voltage output
Orange
7
Channel 4 voltage output
Yellow
8
Cable screen of output cable
Grey
9
Sensor cable screens
Grey
10
Sensor input grounds
Green x 4
11
Channel 1 light sensor Input
Blue
Serial #……………..
12
Channel 2 light sensor Input
Blue
Serial #………………..
13
Channel 3 light sensor Input
Blue
Serial #………………..
14
Channel 4 light sensor Input
Blue
Serial #………………..
All Skye Instruments' current output light sensors are wired according to these colours. Please note that
in terminal numbers 9 and 10, 4 wires are twisted together and placed within the one terminal opening. The
sensor inputs are labelled with their unique serial numbers for identification.
= Output signal wires.
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1 – 4 Channel External Amplifier