how to connect fetherweight magnetic switch to DDCS2

[Inerax]

Hello everyone. After taking a short break from rocketry to purchase a house its time to start again.

I have a 3 inch DD rocket i am going to fly as my level 2. It is also going to be my first DD rocket. I have not decided if I am going to do my first DD and L2 test on the same launch.

I am looking at getting one of the Featherweight magnetic switches.

Leading from the the altimeter I have 2 red, 1 orange and 1 yellow that connects to the charges.

I then have the brown and black that when connected they activate the altimeter.

What lines would be running to the switch to activate the altimeter?

Thank you everyone!

 

[CarVac]

Brown and black, if I understand your description correctly.

 

[Inerax]

Brown and black, if I understand your description correctly.

does the feather weight have its own power supply? or does it need power?

Also, what do i connect to the ground?

 

[bill2654]

Check out Quaranta's post titled "Blackhawk 29 Dual Deploy Build Thread". It starts at post #84 and shows how he used the magnetic switch in his set up.

 

[Inerax]

Check out Quaranta's post titled "Blackhawk 29 Dual Deploy Build Thread". It starts at post #84 and shows how he used the magnetic switch in his set up.

That is a great diagram but i am still confused

My adept has the battery built in so how do I bring the power to the switch?

I see that he has the battery direct into the switch.

 

[bill2654]

I would call Adept and see if they can help.

 

[Right Wing Wacko]

From the DDCS2 Instruction Sheet:

The BLACK wire and BROWN wire connect to an On-Off switch, or some other gimmick for completing a connection between the two wires. A non-elegant but very effective way of making the connection is to simply twist the two wire ends together. Before power up, these wires can simply hang out a hole in the rocket body, such as one of the static ports. After twisting the ends together, fold a piece of masking tape over the exposed ends to electrically insulate them, then push them back inside the rocket body.
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If I recall, the third connection on the Magnetic switch will go to ground, as it will use power from the switched connection to power the switch electronics. I've looked at the documentation I can find online and I can't find where the pinout is documented other than whats shown above. A guess would be the two RED wires in the center that go to one pin. However red is not usually used for ground... so I would want to check my theory with a multi-meter before connecting.