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Re: Magnetic Read Switches

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson View Post
A typical magnetic reed switch is treated just like any other contact closure sensor. It gets wired between the SIG and (-) pins of a Digital Input, typically the white and black wires of a servo extension ("PWM") cable. In LabVIEW, it is a Digital Input. The value returned by the DIO Get function will be True when the contact is open, and False when the contact is closed.
And to use this to stop the cylinder at a certain point you would just stop the flow to the cylinder?
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