rs422 cables

[Dave m]

having chucked out loads of edit suite rs422 cables in the past , I have now bought an old edit controller for a tenner hoping to connect it to a hyper deck.

 

I don't have any cables and they seem hard to find unless at extortionate prices.

 

any good sources? (bearing in mind that I don't know if the kit will work)

[ceecrb1]

Make one? They are very easy to soulder.

http://www.bb-elec.com/Images/4wire_rs422_fig1.aspx

[Brian]

Make one? They are very easy to soulder.

http://www.bb-elec.com/Images/4wire_rs422_fig1.aspx

 

IIRC, that's not the right wiring. If the OP is talking about 'sony' 9-pin cables it's more like this...

 

http://www.hardwarebook.info/Sony_9-pin_cable

 

...although I seem to remember that in genuine sony cables there were a couple of extra cores connected.

[Dave m]

thanks but making would be a last resort.

 

the cost of the cable and plugs used to be ten times the cost of pre made leads.

[david.elsbury]

Really? Isn't it just d9 connectors and a bit of cable? It sounds like you just need a short cable, a metre or two? I'd just use a scrap of cat 5. Or get the d9 to rj45 adaptors.

 

:)

[Dave m]

ideally I'd like about 3 meters, if the thing works, but I only spent £6.50 on the controller.

 

As it's a test, I want to spend as little as possible.

 

you used to be able to buy the ( overseas made?) leads for peanuts but they have sort of gone out of use, so are harder to find and possibly more expensive

[sleepytom]

I've brought rs422 cables on eBay for less than £4 in the last couple of years.

[Dave m]

I picked up one second hand for a tenner inc postage that's about 3 m longConnected to a £6.50 edit controller from ebay it works as I intended