Dsub 25 AES pinout, anybody can help?

Gerax · 9th August 2007

Hello

I'm in the need to build an AES/EBU Db25 to XLR fanout cable for a client of mine (you know...he had cable and connectors...so...).
I've been able to find the pinout diagram (which is not the same as the Tascam standard for analog signals), but for the life of me I cannot figure out how to connect ground pins...as it's not clear to which signal pair they belong...
Can anybody shed some light on this?

Thanx

L.G.

Yannick · 9th August 2007

Just connect the ground wires to whichever pin is closest.
There's only one ground anyway.

Gerax · 9th August 2007

Thank you for the answer.

Still...this wiring diagram doesn't make a lot of sense to me...Ground wires are all on one side of the db25...hot and cold wires are on the other side...I suspect the ground wires are going to touch each other if I try to connect them to the pins on the left side of the db25...my electronics 101 isn't up to spec here (

), but isn't this possibly going to cause shorts in any way?

Thanx

L.G.

Juan T. · 9th August 2007

I have built many of these DB-25's. You don't need to worry about isolating grounds from eachother. Actually I twisted several into groups such as all inputs as one and all outputs as another and land them onto one or two of the closent ground pins. The ground pins are wired as common inside the the piece it is connecting to. I do put heat shrink on any bare wire anyway and overall shrink a group of them together. Hope that helps.

Juan

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Gerax Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2003 Location: Modena, Italy Posts: 619 Thread Starter	Dsub 25 AES pinout, anybody can help? Hello I'm in the need to build an AES/EBU Db25 to XLR fanout cable for a client of mine (you know...he had cable and connectors...so...). I've been able to find the pinout diagram (which is not the same as the Tascam standard for analog signals), but for the life of me I cannot figure out how to connect ground pins...as it's not clear to which signal pair they belong... Can anybody shed some light on this? Thanx L.G. __________________ Lorenzo Gerace L'Acquario Recording & Post Mobile Recording, Editing, Mixing Prato (PO) Italy info@acquariorecording.it http://www.acquariorecording.it

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Yannick Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2003 Location: Brussels Posts: 595	Just connect the ground wires to whichever pin is closest. There's only one ground anyway. __________________ Yannick Willox www.acousticrecordingservice.be (mobile recording)

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Juan T. Gear interested Joined: Apr 2007 Location: South Florida Posts: 26	I have built many of these DB-25's. You don't need to worry about isolating grounds from eachother. Actually I twisted several into groups such as all inputs as one and all outputs as another and land them onto one or two of the closent ground pins. The ground pins are wired as common inside the the piece it is connecting to. I do put heat shrink on any bare wire anyway and overall shrink a group of them together. Hope that helps. Juan