[CA] [CA11] Quantum Q24C on wifi but data cable connected at just dome end ok?

[Piney Pete]

Hello,

I am setting up two Axioms and a Quantum Q24C. Originally I was pretty firm on having the radar connected by cable and not wi-fi. However, the size of the HS5 and the mounting restrictions (vertical), plus the available lengths of Raynet cables, are making me re-think this.

If I use one Raynet-to-Raynet cable to connect the two Axioms, and then connect the radar via wi-fi, it would be much less bulk and expense.

That said, I am now running wires into my new radar arch, and I definitely want to include the Quantum data cable* just in case I want to hard wire it in future. I read somewhere (on this forum IIRC), that if there is a connected data cable the Q24C will not connect via wi-fi. So here is my question:

Q: If I connect the Quantum data cable at the radome end, and run it up to the vicinity of my Axioms, but DO NOT connect it on that end (just cap off cable), will the Q24C try to connect via wi-fi? In other words, does it sense if the radome data port has a plug in it that leads to nowhere? Or will the wi-fi be negated only if that data cable makes a "complete circuit"?

It would be a major pain to run the data cable into the arch and radome later vs. now.

Thank you,
Pete

* PS: I realize there is the combined single power and data cable. I would like to have used that but the problem was the long, separate "Y" connector required. The joint of the "Y" connector lands aft of the radome and that's right where my cable needs to start making a drip loop prior to entering the arch. Wish there was a long cable with integral "Y" or a "Y" with a shorter tail.