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Unread 08-02-2006, 17:06
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Unhappy Re: IR Receiver

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Originally Posted by Calvin
For the reciever, took a PWM wire...
- both ground wires to black
- white to white
- ignore green (unless you want to reverse the logic)
- Red to external 12v
Either I don't understand, or something else is not right, because it isn't working for me. The little red light doesn't come on, and I don't get any signal to the controller.
By ground wires I assume you mean the unshielded wire and the black one from the receiver. Seems like I need to hook up an external ground somewhere to power the sensor, but where does that go? I'm not much of an electrical guy, so is it ok to have an external ground connect to the controller ground as well as the receiver ground?
Thanks!