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01-17-2020, 10:31 PM
Hi ticatfan
For the panel switch, you use the middle terminal and one of the others since all you need to do is turn the relay on or off. It does not matter which side goes to ground.
Connecting a foot switch via a 1/4" jack requires the use of one with a closed contact on the tip, just like the input jack for the guitar amp. The relay coil ties to the jack tip. One side of the switch ties to the closed contact. The other side of the switch ties to the jack sleeve which is ground.
The cap goes from the jack tip to ground so that both the remote switch and panel switch benefit from its presence.
Note that when the foot switch is plugged in, the panel switch is disabled. This is the standard way to wire such an option.
An alternative is to wire the panel switch inparallel with the remote switch simply by using only the jack tip instead of the closed contact. This introduces an ergonomic snag where if both switches are connected , one of them has to be in the open position for the other one to work. So, to use the foot switch say, the panel switch has to be in the 'off' position and the FSW can do the channel changing as you want. There's a reason this wiring is rarely used and mostly only by accident.
For the panel switch, you use the middle terminal and one of the others since all you need to do is turn the relay on or off. It does not matter which side goes to ground.
Connecting a foot switch via a 1/4" jack requires the use of one with a closed contact on the tip, just like the input jack for the guitar amp. The relay coil ties to the jack tip. One side of the switch ties to the closed contact. The other side of the switch ties to the jack sleeve which is ground.
The cap goes from the jack tip to ground so that both the remote switch and panel switch benefit from its presence.
Note that when the foot switch is plugged in, the panel switch is disabled. This is the standard way to wire such an option.
An alternative is to wire the panel switch inparallel with the remote switch simply by using only the jack tip instead of the closed contact. This introduces an ergonomic snag where if both switches are connected , one of them has to be in the open position for the other one to work. So, to use the foot switch say, the panel switch has to be in the 'off' position and the FSW can do the channel changing as you want. There's a reason this wiring is rarely used and mostly only by accident.
