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Re: First Programming - Victor/PWM help

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When you are issuing a "full throttle" (forward) PWM command, you should have a duty cycle of approx 20% (2ms pulse divided by 10ms period). So your multimeter should read roughly 1 volt across the white (SIG) and black (return) PWM wires. Use the DC setting and observe proper polarity.


Yup...I removed all the PWMs and checked them, it's giving a 0.75 volt reading in neutral. So it's working correctly.
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