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Re: Line sensor & BSL HELP?!?!

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Originally Posted by DSST\neal.ian View Post
After reading all this, I'm still having a problem with even turning the sensors on. I have the white connected to...
Your white signal connection is okay, but that's about it. It is likely that you are loading the 5 volt output of the Digital Sidecar hard enough to shut it down. Disconnect everything and start over.

Brown is the power input. It goes to a red Wago connector 12 volt output from the Power Distribution, with a 20 A breaker.

Blue is the common. It goes to the black Wago connector next to the one providing power.

White is signal. Black is another signal. Either one goes to the signal input on one of the Digital Sidecar DIO connectors. On a standard PWM cable, that is a white wire. There is no connection to the power (red) or common (black) of the DIO connector.

Note that there is only one wire connected from the sensor to the Digital Sidecar. Power comes from the big Power Distribution block.