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Re: Limit Switch Basics

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Originally Posted by JWSnedden
How do you program limit switches?
I am not the programmmer, but I am the electrician on our team. A limit switch plugs into a digital I/O port on the controller. The switch is closed when the negative is applied (or so I believe and please correct me if I'm wrong). As far as the programming, I have no idea. So it uses the black and white wires of a PWM cable. When the switch is closed, the program is supposed to respond.
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