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Question about soldering a Parallax 27114 - Dual RelayBoard

gpiersongpierson Posts: 23
edited 2013-04-01 12:54 in General Discussion
Hi, anyone soldered one of these together???

What I found in the box isn't necessarily what Parallax said is in the package per the instructions...

Namely this...This is what is on the instruction sheet:

J5 Connector, Header, 2x3,

0.1", Straight 1 450-00105

But what I found is this (see images attached)

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So I have a two position switch in the package. But it's not clear how I should solder it. The instructions say, "
J4 should be installed with the shorter end of the
pins being inserted into the PCB. "

But there are no long or short ends of the pins!!! Who wrote these instructions?!!!! There are only 3 pins. They are all the same length.

Any thoughts??

Thanks,
gpierson

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Comments

  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2013-03-31 19:34
    gpierson - I'm looked at my dual relay kit and it would appear that the switch you have is a packaging error. There is no switch in the kit's part list. You should have received a dual row, 6 pin header.

    I would contact Parallax support; they'll make it right.
  • gpiersongpierson Posts: 23
    edited 2013-03-31 19:49
    I think you're right...I just saw this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oXl7_hj1o4 and see the double header that I should have had.

    Well, at least I'm not going crazy! I was really scratching my head wondering what the little switch was for!

    Thanks...

    Gene.
  • Ken GraceyKen Gracey Posts: 7,392
    edited 2013-04-01 07:47
    Hmm. I've alerted Chris to the thread so he can validate that this is a kitting error and Jim Carey so he can take immediate action with a solution.

    Our apologies for the problem, too.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-04-01 11:26
    The old switcheroo, huh?

    Never fear. Parallax will take care of the problem and then some. Ken & company never disappoint.
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2013-04-01 12:54
    Hey there! Sorry about you getting the wrong part, I just got this information (was off today), and I will look into it and see why/how you got the wrong part. In the mean time we'll get you the correct part if it hasn't already been taken care of. I will check into that as well. If you could, please PM me your name and address and we'll ship you a replacement part right out.
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