KUKA KRC4 00-325-589 Encoder Signal Cable: Complete Technical Guide for Industrial Robotics

5 november 2025

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What is the KUKA 00-325-589 encoder signal cable?

The 00-325-589 is a KUKA original 6-metre encoder signal cable for the KR C4 robot generation — the link that carries the resolver/encoder feedback between the robot's motors (through the RDC boxes) and the controller, plugging at the controller's XB3 position as marked on the cable's own label. This one arrived exactly as KUKA packs it: inside the pink anti-static bag with the white KUKA tag reading Material no.: 00-325-589, LENGTH: 6M, QTY: 1 pcs. The motor end is the polished stainless cylindrical plug with a 17-pin cream insert (pin positions moulded into the face), and the controller end breaks out to black IDC-style plugs over colour-coded wires with heat-shock dressing; the jacket itself carries the white XB3 / 00-325-589 marking band. Received new in original packaging with a one-year warranty, about 2 kg; it passed through the Koeed warehouse on 4 November 2025, and the ten photos and video below show it as received.

3 min readContent reviewed 6 October 2026

Part details

KUKA 00-325-589 encoder signal cable, per KUKA tag and photos
Field	Value
Manufacturer	KUKA — original factory packaging (pink anti-static bag, KUKA tag)
Material number	00-325-589
Type	Encoder signal cable for KR C4 generation robots (motor/RDC feedback link), controller position XB3
Length	6 m (KUKA tag: LENGTH: 6M)
Motor-end plug	Polished stainless cylindrical connector, 17-pin cream insert with moulded pin numbers, threaded flange mounting
Controller-end fittings	Black IDC-style plugs on colour-coded leads (green, pink, blue, yellow, white, grey, brown), heat-shock dressed; 10-position socket row
Jacket marking	White band printed XB3 / 00-325-589
Quantity	1 piece, QTY 1 pcs per KUKA tag
Condition	New in original packaging (per intake record); one-year warranty
Weight	About 2 kg (record)
Intake recorded	4 November 2025

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Why the original cable matters

An encoder cable is the one harness in a robot that punishes shortcuts: the resolver signals are low-level, the run passes through the dress-pack with constant flexing, and any shield break or cramped pin shows up as axis faults that are miserable to trace. This cable is KUKA's own build for the 00-325-589 position — original moulded plugs, factory strain relief, and the 6-metre length the KR C4 dress-packs are sized around. When swapping one, keep the XB3 band visible at the controller end for the next technician, seat the stainless plug fully before tightening its flange ring, and dress the IDC breakout clear of the power conductors. The KUKA bag and tag in the photos are your proof that nothing in this harness is a substitute part.

Photos and video

All images below are original warehouse photos of the exact cable covered by this record, taken before dispatch. Click any photo to view it full size.

Stainless motor plug with 17-pin insert — Motor end: the polished stainless cylindrical plug with its 17-pin cream insert — pin positions moulded into the face — and the IDC breakout behind.

XB3 cable marking band — Jacket marking: the white band reading XB3 / 00-325-589 — the controller position and the material number on the cable itself.

IDC breakout leads — Controller-end breakout: colour-coded leads (green, pink, blue, yellow, white, grey, brown) into the black IDC plug, heat-shock dressed at the jacket.

Plug and breakout together — Both ends in one frame: the stainless 17-pin plug and the IDC breakout row over the coiled heavy black jacket.

17-pin face close-up — Pin face close-up: gold-plated sockets in the cream insert, moulded numerals (1–9, E, R, Q, M) around the circumference.

Breakout wrapped for shipping — The breakout wrapped in pink anti-static film with its foam sleeve — factory shipping protection, untouched.

KUKA factory bag tag — The KUKA factory bag and tag: Material no.: 00-325-589, LENGTH: 6M, QTY: 1 pcs — original packaging, unopened until photographed.

IDC socket row close-up — Socket row close-up: the 10-position IDC housings, contacts clean and square.

Cable coil — The 6-metre coil: heavy black drag-chain-grade jacket, even turns, factory print visible along the sheath.

Breakout beside the KUKA bag — Breakout beside the pink KUKA bag: the IDC plug and its colour leads fresh out of the factory wrap.

Inspection video of this KUKA encoder cable, recorded at the Koeed warehouse on 4 November 2025.

For the servo-cable comparison from the same shelf, see the 5 m encoder cable for the Mitsubishi M64 system — the OSA104/OSE104/HC202 pairing, documented the same way.