CirrisConnect Archive ~ Sorted By Date
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2012 Newsletters
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March 2013 Intoducin the new Cirris Technical Support and Forums;
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February 2013 February 2013 Why do we test the cables and harnesses? Cable Testing Basics ;
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January 2013 January 2013 Meet the Cirris Sales and Support Team ;
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December 2012 December 2012 Four Wire Kelvin Testing ;
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November 2012 November 2012 Save Time with Fast Attach ;
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October 2012 October 2012 Newsletter:Backing up Your easy-wire database;
- September 2012 August 2012 Newsletter: Creating Labels wit easy-wire| Creating custom labels with scripting and the 1100 tester;
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August 2012 August 2012 Newsletter: Setting up easy-wire security; Trouble Shooting a CH2;
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July 2012 July 2012 Newsletter: How Do You Test a Test fixture;
Bad Cable or Bad Test Fixturing;
- June 2012 June 2012 Newsletter: There are benefits and disadvantages to which interface connector you use for fixturing. Different connectors have advantages and drawbacks.
- May 2012 May 2012 Newsletter: How can CR fixturing be used on a CH2 Tester.
- April 2012 April 1 Newsletter: Warning and Caution labels
- March 2012 Detecting Intermittents
- February 2012 How to minimize repair surprises
- January 2012 New Locations for Cirris Content
- December 2011 Meet the Cirris sales staff
- November 2011 Tailored Solutions to Difficult Problems
- October 2011 Networking: Introduction to Servers
- September 2011 Updating Software on your Cirris Testers
- August 2011 Networking Cirris Testers
- July 2011 New A-620 Test Requirements?
- June 2011 Should unused contacts and connector shells be tested?
- May 2011 SPC Data Collection and Test Reports
- April 2011 What to expect from cirris.com
- March 2011 How Long Will Your Test Adapter Last?
- February 2011 New High Voltage Tester: Easy Touch
- January 2011 Quiz #3 results, High Voltage - Creepage
- December 2010 Quiz time; creepage distance and high voltage settings
- November 2010 Too Much Voltage for Creepage Distance?
- October 2010 Is your cable/harness test voltage set too high? Too low?
- September 2010 Lean Principles and 5S
- August 2010 easy-wire, test as you build. And Cirris gets some new owners.
- July 2010 First Ended Connector Pinning Made Easy
- June 2010 MIL-Style Connector Quiz Results and Connector Library
- May 2010 MIL-Style Cylindrical Connector Quiz
- April 2010 April 1 Newsletter: The Science of Fault Location
- March 2010 Failing Good Cables/Harnesses? Calculate practical resistance thresholds.
- February 2010 Results of our Cable Testing I.Q Challenge
- January 2010 What is your Cable Testing I.Q.?
- December 2009 Calibrate/Performance Check Testers and Fixturing
- November 2009 Using Barcodes with Cable/Harness Testers?
- October 2009 Cirris Celebrates 25 years with a Thank you
- September 2009 How Safe are High Voltage Cable/Harness Testers?
- August 2009 Why Put a Dollar figure on Quality Improvement? (Article #4 in a series) (Free Spreadsheet)
- July 2009 Getting Cable/Harness Quality Right the First Time ( Article #3 in a series)
- June 2009 How to Divide and Conquer your BAD Cables/Harnesses (Article #2 in a series)
- May 2009 Continuous Improvement to Eliminate Wiring Errors ( First Article in Series)
- April 2009 Cable Tester "Blowing out your Shorts!" (April 1st Edition)
- March 2009 AC Hipot Testing on the CH2 and other expanded features.
- February 2009 Contact Retention (Pushback) Problems in Connectors. (Pin-Sight features)
- January 2009 Introduction of the NEW Pin-Sight approach to pinning connectors!
- December 2008 Will high current catch broken wire strands?
- November 2008 Print labels with Cirris testers
- October 2008 Test This: A cable with broken wire strands
- September 2008 Cirris' Top 5 Cable Testing Topics!
- August 2008 How can you tell how much wire is left on a spool?
- July 2008 Calculators (Ohm's Law Calculator)
- June 2008 Best Practices for Test Program Control using Cirris Standalone Testers
- May 2008 How to verify that your Harness Board is correctly wired?
- April 2008 Testers that "talk back!"
- March 2008 Harness Testers that Speak?
- February 2008 What is your hipot cable testing IQ?
- January 2008 How do you test an assembly
that has relays?
- December 2007 What do you do if your Cirris tester stops working?
- November 2007 Do You Backup Cable/Harness Test Programs?
- October 2007 Have you heard of Dry Circuit Testing?
- September 2007 How to test assemblies with switches using Cirris Testers
- August 2007 When Wire ID's Matter - How to Verify Wire ID's on Individual Wires
- July 2007 How can a Harness Board Cause Insulation Resistance (IR) Failures?
- June 2007 Need a replacement manual for your Cirris Tester? Do low voltage tests damage components?
- May 2007 The Mysterious IR Failure, and Touch1 Networking Made Easy
- April 2007 New Cirris Products for April 1, 2007
- March 2007 AC Hipot "Real" and "Total" Current
- February 2007 Insulation Compression Failures in Cables
- January 2007 More Solder Flux Problems in Cables and Harnesses
- December 2006 Danger: No-Clean Flux in Cables and Harnesses
- November 2006 A-620 Test Update and How to capture a bad cable
- October 2006 Was That Cable/Harness Tested?
- September 2006 Getting Wire Lists into Cirris Testers- Learn, Edit, Import from Excel
- August 2006 Summer Vacation Time in Utah - Also Most Popular Videos!
- July 2006 Crimp Testing (updated Video on PT-4000 - Non-Destructive Crimp Testing.
- June 2006 Transition Boards - Simplify and Organize your Harness Boards!
- May 2006 Easy-wire Library of Drawings - Free Up-Date.
- April 2006 Special Edition, April 1, 2006 e-newsletter!( 2nd Humor Edition )
- March 2006 Damage to your components with High Voltage Cable/Harness Testing?
- February 2006 Low Resistance Testing with 4-wire Kelvin Measurements
- January 2006 New Year's Resolution: Calibrate Cable Testers
- December 2005 Easy Graphical Templates for Harness Build-Boards
- November 2005 New! CH2 High Voltage Tester - 1500VDC/1000VAC, 20,000 points
- October 2005 Lean "One Piece Flow", and Verifing Labels on Discrete Wires
- September 2005 2800VDC / 2000VAC Hipot Testing with the NEW Touch 1 Ultra
- August 2005 Understanding Capacitance Effects in Cable and Harness Testing
- July 2005 Guided Harness Assembly with Wire-routing & Bin-selection
- June 2005 #2. Understanding High Voltage Cable Testing Errors
- May 2005 #1. Introduction to High Voltage Cable Testing
- April 2005 Special April 1st Edition of the e-newsletter (1st Humor Edition)
- March 2005 IPC/WHMA A-620 Standard
- February 2005 New easy-wire Software Release 7.1.0
- January 2005 e-newsletter archives
- December 2004 Digital Input/Output Capabilities on Cirris Testers
- November 2004 More Than Just a Cable Tester II
- October 2004 Error-Proofing the Harness Assembly Process
- September 2004 Resistance Tests for Cables/Harnesses
- August 2004 Testing Cables/Harnesses with Shields
- July 2004 Keeping Cirris Testers in Calibration
- June 2004 Learn, Verify, Test
- May 2004 Industry Resources for Cable/Harness Assembly
- April 2004 Guided Assembly Options with Cirris Testers
- March 2004 Testing twisted-pair wires. Plus, New website format
- February 2004 Cirris Alarm Box plus Wire Harnesses on Mars in 3D
- January 2004 Detecting and Resolving Intermittants
- December 2003 Crimp Pull Testing II (includes PT 3000 & PT 4000)
- November 2003 More Than Just a Cable Tester (Touch 1)
- October 2003 Easily Create Testing Reports with new easy-wire software
- September 2003 Cable Testing at 2000 Volts (Touch 1)
- August 2003 Ergonomics for Assembly and Test of Cables/Harnesses
- July 2003 1100R+ replaces 1000R+ and 4-wire Kelvin Testing Applications
- June 2003 SPC--Data Collection/Analysis for Cable & Harness Testing
- May 2003 Generate Schematics Automatically (With New Software features)
- April 2003 Harness Testing - Harness Boards Made Easy
- March 2003 Test Components in Cables/Backplanes
- February 2003 Signature Adapters for Cirris Testers
- January 2003 Testing Cables with High Voltage
- December 2002 Do You Crimp? (Introduction of the PT 3000)