GE AKTA avant User Manual page 151

Required material
The following material is required:
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Instruction
Follow the instructions to connect one or two external cables to the supplied D-sub
connectors.
Step
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ÄKTA avant User Manual 29035184 AE
Flat-blade screwdriver, 2 mm
Shielded cable with 9 conductors, 4 to 8 mm diameter
Wire stripping tool
Action
Open the connector housing by removing housing screw and unlatch the
housing top shell using a flat-blade screwdriver.
Locate the connection block mounted on the PCB board. The screw terminals
has numbers corresponding to the connector contacts.
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6
Strip the signal cable.
Strip-off 50 mm of the shield insulator.
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Strip-off 4 mm of the single conductor insulation.
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Loosen the strain relief clamp and insert the cable with the shield under the
strain relief clamp. Fasten the strain relief clamp over the cable shield.
Tip:
The connection block can be rotated inside the housing in order to position
the screw terminals for left side or right side cable entry.
Insert and fasten the single conductors in the screw terminals.
Close the housing top shell with the latch and screw the housing together.
4.12.4 Connect external equipment to the I/O-box
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4 Optional instrument modules
4.12 I/O-box
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