User's Manual Part 1

System Connections
da Vinci
®
Si™
4-6
DRAFT/PRE-RELEASE/CONFIDENTIAL 10/9/14
4.3 Camera Head Cable Connections
The camera head has two cables: one for video and one for illumination. Both the camera
head video cable and the light guide cable are 5.75 m (18 ft 6 in) long.
Note: Intuitive has shipped da Vinci Si Systems with two different kinds of camera head
video cable, which can be readily distinguished by having either black ends or gray
ends. This section addresses use of both kinds of cable. The cables and their connectors
on the camera head and CCU are not cross-compatible, that is, a cable with black ends
will not work with a system designed to work with a cable that has gray ends. Users must
not attempt to switch camera cables to an incompatible system.
Figure 4.6 Ends and connectors of each kind of camera cable
Connecting the Camera Cable
Although the steps are basically the same for the two kinds of camera cable, note the
distinguishing details that pertain to cables with black or gray ends called out in this section.
Note: The camera cable with black ends has a yellow ring on the (male) CCU connector
that must be paired only with the (female) receptacle on the CCU, which has a blue ring.
Follow these steps to connect the camera cable (see Figure 4.7).
1. Attach the camera cable to the receptacle o
n
the Camera Control Unit (CCU). The
connector is keyed. Therefore, to successfully insert the connector, you must match the
alignment arrows on the cable connector and the top of the CCU receptacle as shown.
Figure 4.7 Camera cable connection to CCU
Camera cable with gray ends, CCU connector Camera cable with black ends, CCU connector
Nut to secure
connector
Keyed connector requires
correct alignment
Threaded
inside
Yellow ring to be covered when
nut properly tightened
Match
alignment
arrows
Tighten nut