Gday Carlton
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I thought the metal strips on the bottom of the rj9 connector were the contacts & that I could short out across them.. probably not eh??
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They are the contacts, but there are plastic insulation strips between them
so you cant accidentally connect 2 together.
You need something that can get between the plastic strips.
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Not 100% sure how I go about testing the dB9 connector,
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The one on the converter will have pins, so just short pins as noted
( you can use a screwdriver for this )
To test the Meade cable, i normally push a dressmakers pin into the holes and then tape a dressmakers pin to the probe on my meter.
That allows the pin to get to the contacts in the RJ9.
Andrew
have attached the piccy of how the Meade adapter "should" be wired