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Re: Question on Jaguar Coasting Specifics

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Originally Posted by Ether
Has anyone successfully used DIO to switch the coast/brake? See Table 7 attached.

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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz View Post
We use this method all the time when we need to control coast/brake. We even used it with the IFI controllers.
I am thinking about doing something like this for our drive motors; is it as simple as wiring the digital output to the central signal pin? The jaguar has a 200kohm pull down resistance, according to the table 7 referenced by Ether. Does this work like that? I am not familiar with whether the voltage goes high when opened or closed on that signal pin. (Is it even a current sink?) How would you roughly connect that to the I/O?