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       - Clamshell Standard Hookup Diagram UNDER CONSTRUCTION
       - System 90*s Standard Hookup Diagram NEW
     - Cable Wiring Examples
       - Clamshell 32/16/8 Mode Basic Wiring Example
       - Clamshell 32/16 Mode + Scan Head Wiring Example
       - System 90*s 32/16/8 Mode Basic Wiring Example
       - System 90*s 8 Mode Scan Wiring Example
       - System 90*s 32/16 Mode Scan Wiring Example
       - System 90*s 32/16 Mode Scan + MPL Head Wiring Example
       - System 90*s 32/16/8 Mode + Scan Head Wiring Example
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Cable part numbers:

SYNTOR X CABLES

PART NUMBER

DESCRIPTION
 HKN4103A  10', neg. ground
 TKN8089A @  10', neg. ground, all modes except 32
 HKN4086A @  10', neg. ground, 32 mode, System 90*s Alternate Control Module
 HKN4100A  17', neg. ground, all modes and EMS
 TKN8087A @  17', neg. ground, all modes except 32
 HKN4083A @  17', neg. ground, 32 mode, System 90*s Alternate Control Module
 TKN8088A @  22', neg. ground, all modes except 32 and EMS
 HKN4101A @  22', neg. ground, EMS
 HKN4084A @  22', neg. ground, 32 mode, System 90*s Alternate Control Module
   
 HKN6690A  20' EMS Rear Control Cable
   
 HKN4102A  22', pos. ground
 TKN8090A @  22', pos. ground, all modes except 32
 HKN4085A @  22', pos. ground, 32 mode, System 90*s Alternate Control Module
   
 HKN4115A  5', neg. ground, System 90*s Alternate Control Module, DVP
 HKN4141B  10', neg. ground, System 90*s Alternate Control Module, DVP
 HKN4116A  18', neg. ground, System 90*s Alternate Control Module, DVP
 HKN4119A  18', neg. ground, System 90*s Alternate Control Module, DVP
 HKN4140B  22', neg. ground, System 90*s Alternate Control Module, DVP
 HKN4142B  22', pos. ground, System 90*s Alternate Control Module, DVP
   
 HKN4224B  22', neg. ground, Physical Security Housing, DVP

SYNTOR X RADIO & CONTROL HEAD POWER CABLES

PART NUMBER

DESCRIPTION
 HKN4051A  30" #8 gauge Red Power Cable and Fuse kit (40 amp)
 HKN4052A  Control Head Power Wires and Fuses

SYNTOR X OPTIONAL CABLE KITS

PART NUMBER

DESCRIPTION
 HKN4044A  Public Address, Orange 22 pin Connector
 HKN4069A  MDC-600, Green 22 pin Connector
 HKN4145A  MVS-20, Dark Blue 22 pin Connector
 TKN6503A  QC II and Touch-Tone Decoder, Green 22 pin Connector
 TKN6506A  Single Tone Encoder, White 22 pin Connector
 TKN6520A  Voice Privacy Adapter, Red 22 pin Connector
 TKN6689A  EMS, Pink 22 pin Connector
 TKN6731A  Touch-Tone Encoder, Dark Blue 22 pin Connector
 TKN6754A  Siren/PA, Pink 22 pin Connector
 TKN8092A  Alternate Control Module, Gray and Light Purple 22 pin Connectors
 TKN8096A  Alternate Control Module, Gray and Light Purple 22 pin Connectors
 TKN8097A  Alternate Control Module, Gray and Light Purple 22 pin Connectors

Please see the PAC page for information on the PAC-PL and PAC-RT cables.

J1 radio cable connector:

Below is a pin number locater for the radio cable connector. The view is looking towards the pins that plug into the radio's J1 connector with the cable on the left side. See the Personality Board section for information on the signals associated with this connector. Motorola's contact removal tool or a home made equivalent can be used to remove and move the number 1 through 37 contact pins in these connectors. The neoprene gasket corners must be pulled up to gain access to the 4 phillips head screws. Removing these screws allows the housing on the back of the connector to be removed. The C clip on the center screw jack must also be removed. It is difficult, actually impossible sometimes, to peel back the neoprene without damaging it. I have seen connectors where just the part of the neoprene gasket over the 4 screw heads was removed. The gasket may need to be replaced if you want to maintain the original connector sealing.

J1 connector pin out

Here are some part numbers for the J1 connector (and the retail price at the time this was written):

66-84690C02 - Contact Pin Removal Tool $ 1.95
09-84151B03 - Contact Pins (5 / package) $ 1.95 (for pins 1 through 37)
32-83859M01 - Gasket $ .75
36-80220B02 - Connector Knob $ 5.45
42-80156B01 - Retainer Ring C Clip $ 1.95 (used on the large Connector Knob)
15-80216B02 - Back Connector Housing $ 3.30 (the pins go into this part)
15-80215B01 - Front Connector Housing $ 2.80 (covers the back housing)
09-80227B01 - Power Connector Pin $ 2.55 (for A or B pins)

The Syntor X J1 connector body (front and back housing) is usually thinner than most Syntor X 9000 J1 connector bodies so the X connector knob has a slightly shorter shaft than the X 9000. Some Syntor X cables that have 33 of the 37 pin positions filled use the Syntor X 9000 front housing and longer connector knob.

Radio trouble shooting tip:

Sometimes a radio can have intermittent operation and/or generally flakey problems that can be attributed to dirty, loose or oxidized connections on the A or B power terminals (these are connected to the large gauge red and black power wires). Checking and if needed, cleaning or repairing these connections can fix lots of different problems with these radios. Motorola started covering the back side of these 2 connections (inside the connector housing) with a glob of epoxy on later production cables (it also gets on the connector body and adjacent wires). Actually the epoxy makes repair/replacement just about impossible, but they should not have problems very often, if ever. I would not recommend using any epoxy on used cables because of the possibility of old pre-existing partially oxidized connections that you would never be able to repair again if they go bad. This tip applies to any other radio models (i.e. Syntor X 9000) and accessories (i.e. Systems 9000 siren/PA, Systems 9000 vehicle repeater, etc.) that use these connectors.

22 pin and 6 pin control head connectors:

The drawing below shows the pin number locations of a 22 pin System 90, System 90*s, clamshell and 6 pin System 90*s connectors. This view is from the rear of the connector where the wires are inserted, with the top of the connector in the same position it would be in if it was plugged into the control head. These connectors are found on one end of the radio's control cable, the other end plugs into the radio.

22 pin connector pin out

6 pin connector pin out

Motorola's "contact removal tool" or a home made equivalent can be used to remove and move the wires in these connectors. Some of the connector pockets are blocked off. This is done to key the connector to a particular place in the control head, i.e. the connector will not plug into the wrong place. The exception is the 6 pin blue connector that can plug into the microphone's spot because the key pins match. The actual wiring will depend on what control head and accessories are used with the radio. If you obtain a surplus cable to use with a radio that did not come with a cable, you will probably have to rewire at least some of these wires before it works correctly. Sometimes you will have to get connectors that match your control head and accessories then wire the new connectors into the cable.

If you need connector pins, Motorola part number 09-84151B03 is a package of 5 pins that can be used on the 37 pin J1 connector, the 22 pin connectors, or 6 pin connectors or by using the contact removal tool you can salvage the end of an old cable that was chopped off (those chopped cables do have a use after all!).

As a general rule of thumb the following color code is used on Clamshell 22 pin connectors:
Black - Standard for all Volume/Squelch control heads, wiring varies slightly
Blue - Clamshell head
As a general rule of thumb the following color code is used on System 90*s 22 pin connectors:
Black - Standard for all Volume/Squelch control heads, wiring varies slightly
Gray & Lt. Purple - Multi-code Squelch, Scan, Pushbutton Select
Green - Digital Communication, Mobile Decoders
Pink - Siren Control, EMS
Orange - Public Address
Red & Lt. Green - Securenet
Yellow - Securenet Dual Code Board
White - Single Tone Encoder
Dark Blue - Touch Tone Encoder, MVS-20
Here are the part numbers for the connector housings (and the retail price at the time this was written):

14-84556B01 - Black 22 pin connector housing $ 1.60
14-84556B02 - Blue 22 pin connector housing $ 1.85
14-84556B03 - Green 22 pin connector housing $ 7.25
14-84556B04 - Red 22 pin connector housing $ 6.95
14-84556B05 - Orange 22 pin connector housing $ 3.50
14-84556B06 - Yellow 22 pin connector housing $ 2.05
14-84556B07 - White 22 pin connector housing $ 2.60
14-84556B10 - Pink 22 pin connector housing $ 9.40
14-84556B11 - Gray 22 pin connector housing $ 1.95
14-84556B13 - Dark blue 22 pin connector housing $ 7.20
14-84556B16 - Light Green 22 pin connector housing $ 2.60
14-84556B17 - Light Purple 22 pin connector housing $ 4.00

14-84590B02 - Blue 6 pin connector housing $ 1.25

66-84690C02 - Contact Pin Removal Tool $ 1.95
09-84151B03 - Contact Pins (5 / package) $ 1.95

I have no idea why the prices vary so wildly when the color and the keyed pins are the only difference?

Control Head Hookup examples:

Use the following control head hookup examples as a guide to connecting the control head to the cable and accesies.

Click here for a System 90*s Hookup diagram.

Cable wiring examples:

Use the following cable wiring examples as a guide to cable wiring. The actual number of wires in a cable can vary and the wiring may need to be changed for your application. Use the Motorola manual Accessory Group Installation Instructions 68P81110E93 for details on how to rewire the cables. This manual also has a wiring connection diagram for the System 90*s accessories. Because these cables can be rewired in the field there may be minor differences in your wiring and the examples. This is also a very good reason to use an ohm meter instead of relying on the standard wire colors if you need to figure out how your cable is wired.

Click here for a Clamshell 32/16/8 mode basic wiring example.

Click here for a Clamshell 32/16 mode + scan head wiring example.

Click here for a System 90*s 32/16/8 mode basic wiring example.

Click here for a System 90*s 8 mode scan wiring example.

Click here for a System 90*s 32/16 mode scan wiring example.

Click here for a System 90*s 32/16 mode scan + MPL head wiring example.

Click here for a System 90*s 32/16/8 mode + scan head wiring example.

The above examples using the scan head (operator select non-priority scan) and MPL head (operator select PL/DPL) have the same wiring (the only difference is the lt. purple connector pin 1 is only connected on the scan head and not used on the MPL head). It is fairly easy to use these examples to figure out how to wire these heads for configurations that are not covered by the examples by borrowing the wiring for a particular head from one example and grafting it into another example. It is also easy to see how to add up to 3 additional scan boards (only one board would have the Channel Scan Enable wired) or an additional MPL board using the daisy chaining provided by the gray and lt. purple connectors. The TRN4332A and TRN4336A Scan Indicators are wired like the scan head without the Channel Scan Enable wire.

Standard DVP cable wiring is covered in the Securenet Supplement 68P80100W31 manual. There are variations on DVP cable wiring that may be contained in specific DVP manuals. Hand Held Control Head (HHCH) cables including HHCH DVP are covered in Hand Held Control Head 68P80100W43 manual.

Special cable models:

In general, Motorola Syntor X part numbers that start with a "Y" are special order variations of standard parts (i.e. YKN4103A cable would be a factory customized variation of the HKN4103A cable). These parts may or may not be useful. You will have to figure them out on your own unless you are fortunate enough to get the documentation with them.

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