Mulit Pin DIN Plug Tester

[Duckfather]

Hi all

First off, apologies if I've posted in the wrong forum!

I need to either find or make a cable tester that can measure continuity / shorts on 5, 6, and 8 pin DIN cables. Ideally, it would be able to measure the resistance across each pin, and ultra ideally, would be able to test across an already deployed, lengthy cable (possibly over 1km long!)

To make things more confusing, the 8 pin DIN plugs are cabled using 4 core cable with most cores soldered to neighbouring pins (pins 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6 are paired. Pin 7 has cable shielding connected and pin 8 is the remaining core!). If the connection to either one of the pins on a paired set breaks, connection is impaired. Normal cable testers would see most of these connections as a short.

I've only got very rudimentary hobbyist elecronics skills, but am willing to take a deeper dive if my only way forward is to build something, as this would save me more time and pain than you could possibly imagine! :shock:

cheers in advance

Andy

Edited to remove reference to 9 pin connectors

 

[jpsganesh]

this test is one time work or repeatedly u'll b need to do it?
(I mean to ask whether u wanted to make it as product so that frequent use and any one can test it or only fewer time that too u'll do it by u own)

 

[Duckfather]

Hi

This needs to be a solution that can be used many times, and not only by myself, as sometimes I may not be present when problems occur