brainditch
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Thanks for the link miroslav, I appreciate you thinking of me.
Yes, it might indeed be the way to go. I've actually been eyeing that very listing with the purpose of using it and its verified pin to pin measurement (with a careful exam of both AI-2 and the Lynx 2 service manuals) to recreate one for the Microlynx. It's on the edge of my budget at the moment, so I'm debating it.
So the Ebay listing you mentioned is for TimeLine cable part #71384, specifically for the Lynx-2.
The actual cable for the Microlynx is listed as cable #71385; not surprising that there's a different part number since the Lynx-2 has a 50 pin D-sub connector, and the Microlynx has that 40 pin "Header Style" JAE connector.
Since our cable schemo collection doesn't include either the one for the Lynx 2 or the Microlynx, I'll be killing two birds with one stone once I've figured out what the pinouts are/should be.
Luckily, there aren't a full complement of pins to contend with, as I believe the AI-2 side only has RS-422 signal lines, timecode lines, and possibly a couple of others. I just got the schemo for the AI-2 yesterday, but haven't had a chance to get it scanned with high resolution to "PDF" it yet (these tired older eyes really need magnification to read schemos printed on 8-1/2"X11" paper).
I'm going through the manuals as I type this to create a pinout comparison document for the Lynx-2 and Microlynx, at least to the best of my ability. TimeLine changed the wording of some of their signal descriptions over the years, and I'd like to not have a "poof moment"- if you know what I mean!
Yes, it might indeed be the way to go. I've actually been eyeing that very listing with the purpose of using it and its verified pin to pin measurement (with a careful exam of both AI-2 and the Lynx 2 service manuals) to recreate one for the Microlynx. It's on the edge of my budget at the moment, so I'm debating it.
So the Ebay listing you mentioned is for TimeLine cable part #71384, specifically for the Lynx-2.
The actual cable for the Microlynx is listed as cable #71385; not surprising that there's a different part number since the Lynx-2 has a 50 pin D-sub connector, and the Microlynx has that 40 pin "Header Style" JAE connector.
Since our cable schemo collection doesn't include either the one for the Lynx 2 or the Microlynx, I'll be killing two birds with one stone once I've figured out what the pinouts are/should be.
Luckily, there aren't a full complement of pins to contend with, as I believe the AI-2 side only has RS-422 signal lines, timecode lines, and possibly a couple of others. I just got the schemo for the AI-2 yesterday, but haven't had a chance to get it scanned with high resolution to "PDF" it yet (these tired older eyes really need magnification to read schemos printed on 8-1/2"X11" paper).
I'm going through the manuals as I type this to create a pinout comparison document for the Lynx-2 and Microlynx, at least to the best of my ability. TimeLine changed the wording of some of their signal descriptions over the years, and I'd like to not have a "poof moment"- if you know what I mean!