Magnus Wallden wrote:
Can someone tell me the Output voltage and polarity from the external power supply ?
Hmm. The spectroscan has it's own power supply, and typically runs from the mains (110V/240V depending where you are in world.)
and perhaps also the connection for a minidin8 female to D-sub9 male (the adaptor ) ?
The spectroscan also has a standard 25 pin RS232 serial D type connector, so you don't need to connect to the minidin8 if you don't have a suitable cable. The DIP switch controls baud rate etc. From the left: S1 S2 OFF OFF No handshaking OFF ON Xon/Xoff ON OFF Hardware S3 S4 S5 OFF ON OFF 1200 OFF ON ON 2400 ON OFF OFF 9600 ON OFF ON 19200 ON ON OFF 28880 If you do want to connect the 8 pin then this is the wiring to a standard 25 pin D type on the computer: 25pin Name 8pin name function 20 DTS 2 HS_OUT Spectrolino is ready to receive data on positive 5 CTS voltage level 4 RTS 3 DATA_IN Data input of the Spectrolino 3 RD 4 GND 2 TD 5 DATA_OUT Data output of the Spectrolino 7 GND 6 HS_IN Input interrupts the data transmission between (I'm sure the 9 pin D type to 25 pin D type is on the Internet somewhere...) Graeme Gill.