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Re: Can't mount the gear tooth sensors

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson View Post
Is your clear cover plate perhaps upside down?
It's hard to tell. The two holes for the sensor are not symmetrically oriented to the shaft that the gear rotates on--therefore only one board orientation will work.

If the plastic plate is upside down, couldn't you fix that by simply flipping the GTS board over? We tried many ways and the closest we found was pointed right at the gear, but about 1 mm too close. I have not heard if anyone else has had the same problem.

Maybe we missed something, but now that the new holes were drilled in the Al cover (I didn't want to try drilling in the Lexan for fear of messing up) the board seems to work fine.
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