'5-pole XLR female receptacle, switching contacts, grounding: separate ground contact for connector housing and front panel, vertical PCB mounting, color coding possible. Switching contacts are activated by the mating connector , which offers the possibility of indicating, monitoring and controlling the coupled connection. The switch provides one normally open contact and one normally closed contact. ''State of the Art'' receptacle. PCB mount round XLR panel connector with plastic body. These have the smallest size and highest packaging density (23mm center to center). Newly designed tulip type contacts with hard gold plating and polished contact areas.'