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Re: How should we wire the photoswitchs?

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Originally Posted by lu190034052 View Post
could i connect all of the 3 wires(brown, blue, black/white) into the sidecar? which means use the whole pwm cable instead of connect the power wires to the PDB. And how can i check if the signal is back? if there a basic labview VI to check it?
No,
The sensor requires 12 volts and the DSC will only give you 5 volts at the PWM connector array. If you choose to use PWM cable to connect signals to the DSC, I recommend you snip the red wire (+5 volts) at the cable mounted PWM cable connector, pull the wire back an inch up the ribbon and cut it off. Better still is to remove the +5 pin in the cable mounted PWM connector and pull the wire back an inch and cut it off.
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