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Re: Potential DSC Damage

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Originally Posted by BitTwiddler View Post
Is the 5V indicator on the DSC still lit? I'm not sure you did any damage to the DSC by routing the signal line to either ground or the 5V pins. Worse case I see is if the output was at ground and you plugged it into the +5V pin in which case the on-board regulator would go into current limiting mode. Now if you had routed the 12V to the DIO or +5V pins then damage might occur. Be advised, the DIO input pin connects straight to the cRIO DIO module through the 37 pin cable.
All 3 lights on the DSC are still lit.

The 12V and GND lines of the sensors were never connected to the DSC.
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