Pace footswitch connector for desoldering station - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: CK722
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: May 31, 2022, 09:22:20 pm
content: Can anyone with a Pace desoldering station identify the connector on the footswitch cable? My station is the MBT 350, but I believe most, maybe all, of their desoldering stations from the last 20 or so years use the same connector. I've looked though Mouser, Digi-Key, Amphenol and a few other searches without finding it (although I might have missed it on Digi-Key or Mouser).Thanks.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2022, 11:01:07 pm
content: Looks like the same connector style as used on the front right?https://www.tequipment.net/Pace/6008-0115-P1/Soldering-Accessories/https://paceworldwide.com/sites/default/files/2018-11/5050-0552%20MBT%20350%20Manual_3-6-15%20Version%202.7%20and%20higher.pdfHard to tell as the photo quality in their manual is not very good.https://www.mouser.com/datasheet/2/18/1/T3437000-1310913.pdf

author: asis
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2022, 12:20:30 am
content: Hi,https://eu.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Amphenol-Tuchel/T3424-951?qs=dGKrImpajHpABkFvpWolJA%3D%3Dhttps://eu.mouser.com/datasheet/2/18/1/T3424951-1948402.pdf

author: CK722
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 01, 2022, 02:18:03 am
content: Thank you thm_w, Shock and asis.Shock, several of your other posts about Pace have also been very helpful to me, as have Tooki's.

author: CK722
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 01, 2022, 02:24:31 am
content: thm_w, yes, it is the same style connector as used on the front.

author: asis
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2022, 10:04:44 pm
content: Teardown

author: CK722
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 02, 2022, 11:17:24 pm
content: Great info - thanks for taking it apart and the pictures. I ordered the T 3424 951 plug and VN0101500472 pins. They should arrive tomorrow.I'll update once the parts arrive.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 05, 2022, 04:08:50 pm
content: FYI, ordinary non-latching DIN plugs fit, too. Rather than buying Pace’s inexplicably expensive foot pedal, I bought a $10 guitar pedal at the local shop, then used an ordinary DIN connector and 1/4” inline phone socket to make an adapter. Works perfectly for the rare times I want a pedal.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 05, 2022, 04:12:07 pm
content: Quote from: Shock on June 01, 2022, 01:07:14 pmThey’re DIN connectors, which use fundamentally round pins. There is no alignment to worry about. The orientation from stamped contacts is irrelevant.Quote from: Shock on June 01, 2022, 01:07:14 pmIt’s a standard 6-pin layout with only 2 pins populated. The 7th hole you’re seeing is not a hole for a pin, just some manufacturing artifact.

author: asis
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 06, 2022, 02:27:07 am
content: Hi,The presence of original connectors with a set of pins can be valuable for owners of the PRC2000.AUX channels are very easy to convert to any other instruments (preheat and thermal air).All you need is RTD's 100 Ohm and optocoupled triacs and you have 6 full temperature controlled channels.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 06, 2022, 05:31:35 pm
content: Quote from: Shock on June 06, 2022, 03:03:22 pmAll DIN connectors (which is what these are) are inner keyed.What makes you doubt the series?!?

author: Brians6
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: July 03, 2022, 11:19:16 am
content: Hi,Did you ever get the connectors & were they the correct ones?Did they look similar to an actual Pace connector?Regards,Brian.

author: CK722
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: July 13, 2022, 01:39:42 pm
content: Getting back to this after a couple of other projects got in the way.The T 3424 951 plug and VN0101500472 pins work perfectly. Here are links to the DigiKey product pages.https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/amphenol-sine-systems-corp/T-3424-951/3917889https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/amphenol-sine-systems-corp/VN0101500472/3918219Also see the catalog pages that asis posted in reply #3 above.Thanks to asis and thm_w for their help.