How to? - momentary footswitch
How to? - momentary footswitch Posted on: 19.11.2009 by Su Nogowski I have just gone and got a cheap footswitch to use with my UMX25. The footswitch didn't come with a long cable nor a plug on the end. No biggy so i thought i would solder one on myself..... Ok so here is my problem:1. I'm going to put a female 1/4" TRS connection on the end. (This way i am hoping to then use just normal 1/4" TRS Male-Male cable to go from female footswitch plug to the back of the UMX25) 2. It has three contact/wire points to solder and so does the footswitch cable. 3. The cables are coloured white, green and black. 4. Is there a specific way these need to be soldered? 5. There is a circuit diagram on the bottom of the footswitch but my electronics knowledge is limited. never listened in physics in high school lol 6. I opened the Male plug in the other cable and it only had 2 contact/wire points? Should i post pictures of my parts? Hope someone can help here cuz ive searched the net for ages but have come up trumps cheers, andy | |
| Su Nogowski 19.11.2009 | I have just gone and got a cheap footswitch to use with my UMX25. The footswitch didn't come with a long cable nor a plug on the end. No biggy so i thought i would solder one on myself..... Ok so here is my problem: 1. I'm going to put a female 1/4" TRS connection on the end. (This way i am hoping to then use just normal 1/4" TRS Male-Male cable to go from female footswitch plug to the back of the UMX25) 2. It has three contact/wire points to solder and so does the footswitch cable. 3. The cables are coloured white, green and black. 4. Is there a specific way these need to be soldered? 5. There is a circuit diagram on the bottom of the footswitch but my electronics knowledge is limited. never listened in physics in high school lol 6. I opened the Male plug in the other cable and it only had 2 contact/wire points? Should i post pictures of my parts? Hope someone can help here cuz ive searched the net for ages but have come up trumps cheers, andy |
| Karine Noe 19.11.2009 | Given that the current provided is strong enough to travel through the connectors, the cable, the switch and back again, here's a schematic on what each part of an XLR connector stands for: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XLR_con...LR3_connectors EDIT: My bad, I now see that it was a 1/4" TRS plug. However the same logic applies on that. Send the current through on of the wires, if that doesn't work, try the other. |
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