Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CAT 5 wiring

JanRwl@... wrote:

> In a message dated 06-Apr-01 17:16:06 Central Daylight Time,
> jvicars@... writes:
>
> > Is there a reason not to use CAT 5, 8 twisted pair cable (ethernet) for
> > wiring the signal wires from the parallel port to the drivers (I.E. the TTL
> > level signals, step, dir, etc.)
>
> Joe: I may be all-wrong, but I THINK that will work just fine, particularly
> if you carefully make sure ONE-each of each twisted pair is made GROUND
> (-ve).
>
> Solder what? Cat. 5 wire? Connectors? I don't understand this part of the
> question! If you use a good unshorted-to-AC-line iron, or a
> green-wire-grounded one, I see no reason one COULDN'T solder it, so long as
> power is off, and/or (better), connector is NOT connected until
> done/checked-out!

Some wires made for insulation-displacement connectors do not have
platings that are compatible with solder. (I don't think this is true of
these particular wires, however.) But, I HAVE come across pure
aluminum wires, and others with strange platings that would not tin
no matter WHAT I did.

Jon