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You have INP1 through INP6, plus INP10 and INP11, inverted. This means you previously used the Alt-i screen to invert them, one at a time, using the Ctrl-Alt-i key combination. Now you need to go back to the Alt-i screen; highlight each of those eight inputs in turn, and press Ctrl-Alt-i again, so ...

Yup, clear as mud! Dave C. ok, simplified explanation: think of 'open collector' as a switch, just like any other switch the voltage the switch is switching is determined by what YOU feed it. :D The Acorn open collector step and direction output can be supplied with 5 volt DC, 12 volt DC and 24 vol...

hi, not sure what issue you are describing can you shoot a video of what you are experiencing?

thanks for posting, nice looking setup! looking forward to a video clip or two..)

thanks for posting the video, what is the final product?

cool! thanks for posting i shared your video and comments on the Acorn Facebook page!

All Acorn documentation is here.
viewtopic.php?f=60&t=3397

Introduction to Centroid Macro Programming is here
https://www.centroidcnc.com/centroid_di ... amming.pdf

Neither of the drawings above are for 5 VDC because they connect to the screw terminals and not the DB25 Dave C. Dave, hello. this statement is not true. :D the drawings above are using 5 VDC. after a lot of detailed testing it has been determined that 5 VDC is best for use with the Clearpath so ch...

is the control on the bench or install on the machine?

PLC diagnostic screen documentation is here. https://www.centroidcnc.com/centroid_diy/downloads/acorn_documentation/cnc12_PLC_diagnostic_screen.pdf on this page with all other Acorn documentation. https://centroidcncforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=3397 anytime an output is not working 99.9% of th...