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Unread 12-11-2012, 16:56
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Re: AndyMark FIRST Choice Tease
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Originally Posted by joelg236 View Post
I don't quite understand the purpose of this. Is it to protect the signal in the cord or something?
It's to protect the port in the hardware mechanically. Putting the cable in and out of the cRIO (or whatever expensive piece of hardware) a bunch of times, if you fail the port you have to repair or replace the component. With the jumper, if you fail the port you just replace the jumper.
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