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Re: Rigging sensors

first thing you should look at is if it runs on ac or dc. If dc then look at it runs on 12v dc.
If this is true then some thing you should do is hook it up to an oscilloscope to make sure they dont use any encoded signal ( doesn't make sense to do so but some times companies do weird things).

If it is jnot an encoded signal and just an "on and off" signal. Then make sure that the signal voltage is below i bielieve it is 5 volts.

If all of these are correct then you can use them. just wire them up to a conventional "pwm" connector and there you go.