I converted one of my PBPro-SHs some time back. It took me a good while to decipher the thread and pluck up the courage to hack the sensors.
It works very well and avoids the start line pile-ups I used to get. My extra sensor boards came from a C7039 lap-counter. So far, I have not noticed any problems with SSDC
I've done threads on 3 lane and 4 lane starts, neither is simple you need to be good with a soldering iron and have a multimeter to check the track cuts are good (thats normally where people fail)
Are those red & black things sticking out controller plug adapters? And are they for an extension lead & if so is there somewhere on the internet that I can get them because I've got a Jadlam extension lead of which the outer casing is just a bit too wide to go in the 7042 APB and I don't want to drill out the plastic as I did with the 4car powerbase?
Chris
hi
there is a thread on here somewhere and a few members tried to match the jack plugs scaley use.I think there was some success mainly using stereo plugs.
I have done one of my own using bell wire and choccy blocks to see if it all worked ok as the digital throttles only have 2 wires in them,all was good so cot some better quality cable and soldered it in and used heat shrink to cover.
Cost £2 for 2 meters of cable,no doubt there are even cheaper forms of cable out there.£10 for one does sound a bit extreme.
hi
choccy blocks are the plastic terminal blocks that you can use to join up 2 peices of wire together.
heat shrink is a plastic tube you slip over a soldered joint to cover it.Once you have soldered your wires together slide the heat shrink tubing into place and then use a heat gun or hair dryer on the heat shrink and it provides a nice professional finish.
QUOTE (chris99 @ 18 Mar 2011, 17:38) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Are those red & black things sticking out controller plug adapters? And are they for an extension lead & if so is there somewhere on the internet that I can get them because I've got a Jadlam extension lead of which the outer casing is just a bit too wide to go in the 7042 APB and I don't want to drill out the plastic as I did with the 4car powerbase?
Chris
Those are uprated power connectors added when the powerbase is given the Simple-H power mod by RichG or Riko
It seems as though others have answered the questions raised - Thank you!
I chopped the track off of a PBPro SH along with the track from another C7030 then joined them together and connected back to the powerbase with a power lead and two USB leads for the sensors.
we used USB connectors as they look tidy and fit neatly into the side of the track.
ss67,
Do you have any diagrams/pics (other than the one of the finished product) to show how you wired the USB data ends to the PB?
I was going to use RJ45/cat5e connectors as they are designed for wiring but did not know you could get USB connectors that you could wire to.
Any info on this part would be appreciated.
I plan to use standard banana plugs into jacks for the power.
QUOTE (sealevel @ 30 Jun 2011, 18:57) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>ss67,
Do you have any diagrams/pics (other than the one of the finished product) to show how you wired the USB data ends to the PB?
I was going to use RJ45/cat5e connectors as they are designed for wiring but did not know you could get USB connectors that you could wire to.
Any info on this part would be appreciated.
I plan to use standard banana plugs into jacks for the power.
Thanks.
Cheers!
Hi sealevel,
Just looking back over some old posts and realised I hadn't responded to this.
If you still want a schemtic wiring diagram for this then PM me your email address and I will send you a pdf of it.
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