Checking Igniters on a Breakout Board: What You Need to Know

When you use a breakout board to connect multiple igniters to one cue, the Check Igniters process treats everything plugged into that cue as a single circuit rather than individual igniters.

This means that your module will show continuity as long as at least one igniter in the breakout board is connected properly, regardless of the status of the other igniters.

Tip:

Checking your igniters for continuity is a vital step to prepping your show. For more details, see What Is Continuity, and Why Is It Important?

If you wanted to validate each igniter individually, to make sure each igniter has continuity, start by connecting one igniter to the breakout board and performing a continuity check. Then disconnect that igniter and repeat the process for each additional igniter. Once you’ve checked all igniters individually, you can connect them all to the breakout board and do a final continuity check.

To learn how to check igniters for continuity, please see How to Check Connected Igniters for Continuity.

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