Harness Testing… is it the same as cable testing?

Harness Testing… is it the same as cable testing?

CAMI Research, Testing, Wire & Cable Equipment

Harness Testing… is it the same as cable testing?

When someone mentions ‘cable testing’ the general impression is on of testing between two connectors on a single cable. Point A to Point B with a few crossovers; however, harness testing throws up quite a different image.

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wiring harness testing using cableeye

Wiring harnesses, or looms, are everywhere; from the washing machine to the family car and beyond. Connections are often between two, three or more connectors as well as some loop-back connections to the same connector.

[half]Sorting all this out in software is a challenge for most cable testers. CableEye, from CAMI Research; however, is very different. The PC-driven architecture means that it has the tremendous analytical and processing power to work out what is going on within the harness to provide a meaningful netlist table and graphical wiring schematic.

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Where CableEye cannot fully resolve the connections a prompt and guide are raised automatically and the user can then, very simply, edit the netlist or click-and-drag the schematic to assign the connections to match the design drawing. Once done simply hit save and the complete harness is then in the database… Easy!

To find out more about the harness testing capabilities of CableEye drop us a line via our contact page. You can also download the free paper on PC Guided Harness Assembly here:  Guided Harness Assembly

AP Technology invests in new technology from Cimbian UK

AP Technology invests in new technology from Cimbian UK

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AP Technology has invested in a number of products from Cimbian UK

AP Technology is a franchised specialist supplier of interconnect products including cable, connectors, cable assemblies, wire and wire management products.

Operating with a highly focussed team from their facility in Hayes,  Managing Director, Stephen Bidwell, is committed to ensuring that his team of specialists have the best technology available to meet increasing demand whilst maintaining their very high quality.

Over the last few months AP Technology’s investment has included: 

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protean cable stands at ap technology

 

Contact AP Technology to see how their investment can help you: ap technology - company logo

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Use your Cirris adaptor boards on your new CableEye

Use your Cirris adaptor boards on your new CableEye

CAMI Research, Military, News, Testing

We are often asked to replace old (or not so old in some cases) Cirris cable testers with our CableEye system, often due to improved flexibility through the Windows PC control that it has.

One stumbling block is the number of interface adaptors that have been produced by the customer over the years; clearly not something they would like to do again.

What is needed is a Cirris converter…

CAMI Research has developed the CB34 Cirris converter board-set; a direct interface replacement that means it is normally a plug-and-go operation to reuse the old interface adaptors but with the benefit of using an up-to-date, PC-controlled system that self-learns cables, provides easy reports, data logs to a network and remote use of the data via internet… a true 21st century Windows application.

The CB34 (Item #764 – Set of two boards) will accept one 64-point Cirris Adapter board or two 32-point Cirris adapter boards, and show results as a 64-pin header numbered 1-64 on each bank.

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The CableEye software does not compute the board or cable signature or automatically identify which Cirris board is connected but it is a simple and quick task to use the PinMap software (Item #708), to obtain a proper graphic and pin numbering.

Most Cirris-made boards are numbered so that the test point number corresponds with the connector’s pin number, so the pin numbering shown on the 64-pin header will be correct even if the graphic is not.

You may use the CB34 Cirris converter with CableEye HVX systems. It has been certified to operate at test voltages of up to 1500vDC and 1000vAC, assuming that a suitably-rated Cirris board is also used.

It is now a simple and low-cost option for you to get a new, modern and very fast cable tester without the worry of losing your investment in all those adaptors. Drop us a line and we’ll do the rest.

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