Chapter 2: Installation Procedures 6-2-17
ST290 Instrument System Owner’s Handbook
Connecting Pods
CAUTION:
Using the wrong type of Pod could causedamage to your equipment.
Before connecting a transducer to a Pod, ensure that you are using
the correct type of Pod, i.e. Speed Pod for a Speed Transducer, Depth
Pod for a Depth Transducer etc.
A summary of the connections for the various transducer Pod types, is
given in Figure 2-16 .
Figure 2-16: Pod connections
Note that each Pod has two groups ofSeaTALK
2
connectors.Each pod is
supplied with a SeaTALK
2
cable connected to one group. If necessary,
you can use the second group to daisy-chain Pods into the system (see
Figure 2-17 ).
UseFigure 2-17 , to determine the optimum connection sequenceandthe
correct arrangement of cables in the Pod.
Identifying connections
The Pod connectors are color-coded, so ensure that each wire is
connected to the correspondingly-colored connector.
Grey
Blue
White
Black
Red
Grey
Blue
White
Black
Red
connectors
connectors
D5528-1
Transducer
connectors
SeaTALK
2
SeaTALK
2
(group 1) (group 2)
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