Tether to tether interface connection too short...missing jumper?

[AlaskaSubmarine]

Installation instructions say to connect blue and blue/white stripe wires to the Fathom-X tether interface via the green terminal block, however our factory installed tether terminations are 6 inches short of reaching the front of the assembly. Are we missing a jumper cable or something to make this connection?

[kklemens (Kevin)]

@AlaskaSubmarine It looks like we missed providing a Blue and White extension cable that connects the R2 tether to the Fathom-X. Sorry about that! Please send an email to support@bluerobotics.com with your shipping address and we will get one out to you on Monday. It will look similar to what is below:

For anyone else that this also happened to, please send an e-mail to the above address and we will send the required cable.

[AlaskaSubmarine]

Thanks, WILCO.

[tciii]

@kklemens,

Could you please provide a link to the small wire pin terminators shown in the picture above?

Regards,
TCIII AVD

[PacNW (Tim)]

Wire ferrules here: McMaster-Carr

I’ve gotten them from Amazon as well.

This is the crimper I use: http://a.co/d/f4CYrSO

[tciii]

@PacNW,

Thanks for the info, much appreciated.

Regards,
TCIII AVD

[kklemens (Kevin)]

@tciii We use ferrules for 24 AWG wire. The links @PacNW for the ferrules and hexagonal crimpers will work just fine.

[Fazdli (CSKY Solutions)]

what type of connector is this?

[kklemens (Kevin)]

@Fazdli It a 3 position 0.1” (2.54mm) Crimp Connector Housing. They are also very commonly used as “servo connectors.” We get ours from Pololu. Due to their size (able to fit through a penetrator hole) and low cost, these connectors will probably be our standard for some time.

[AlaskaSubmarine]

In the meantime, while we wait for the jumper to arrive, we have simply been using a conventional twisted pair of wires from a telecom line stripped and pushed into the connector. It has been working well.