Soundcraft 600 Meter Boards Question

[Siegfried Meier]

Hey guys,

I reorganized the 16 group/tape return meters of this desk, and there's two 4 pin connectors and a 6 pin connector per 8 meter section - the two 4 pins are for the 8 channel meter feeds, and the 6 pin appears to be for power.  On the master board in the rear section, there are actually 4 connectors for what "looks" like power to me.  I tried to take note of which one went where but got confused...I have all the docs, but I can't tell if those four 5 pin connectors are in fact all identical.  Does anyone who's worked on a 600 know?  There's no images of that board in the manuals, and the silkscreen is covered by the connector so it's impossible to read.

Any help much appreciated!
Thanks,
Sig

 

[Siegfried Meier]

Anyone know these consoles?

 

[Gareth Connor]

Yup, know the desk reasonably well.......

Unless someone has radically re-worked my designs, the power connector is a 6-pin. All 6-pin power connectors on the meter distribution board have the same pin-out. These are easily identifiable as they have resistor & electrolytic decoupling on the out-going power rails.

Gareth.

 

[Siegfried Meier]

You rock!!  That's what I needed know!

Why is there 4 of these 6 pin connectors?  As far as I know, there were only 2 x 8 channel meter versions of these desks made, no?

Thanks man!
Sig

 

[Gareth Connor]

I was able to sneak in a bit of forward planning......
Whether or not anyone did anything with the extra facilities I do not know.