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Hello,
Iam trying to use the outputs of my Ether1616 board with Acorn and can not get any of them to work. Using the wizard i tried assigning an "OUTPUT1" to output 33 and did an mdi of M61 and also M94/61 but the led and relay does nothing. Also tried assigning a Custom Output of M94M95111 to the Ether1616 output 33 and did an mdi of M94/111 and nothing happens.
Only time i can get an Ether1616 output to work is when using the <CTRL>, <ALT> and <f> button press on the Diagnostics Screen.
Has anyone had this issue or know what iam doing wrong?

Thanks,
Troy

Did some further testing using M94M95111. It appears that only Output 33 and 34 wont work unless forcing from the Diagnostics screen. Is this by design?
Troy

When requesting support, please always post a current report. Without it, we can't help you. We have no idea how your system is configured.

When you say you can force the outputs, are the relays actually turning on ?

When forcing inputs on the diagnostics screen by using <CTRL>, <ALT> and <f> button press , the led on relay board and relay work as they should.

easiest way to test is to assign a simple output like "worklight" to any one of the ether1616 outputs, then you have a button on the VCP that will toggle that output.

Since the work light output is part of my machine enable circuit, i assigned Flood coolant to Ether1616 output 33 or 34. When clicking the Flood button on the VCP nothing happens, also the led indicator for the Flood VCP button does not turn on. All the other Ether1616 outputs work fine when testing with Flood assigned to them and so does the VCP Flood button led.

Using the diagnostic's screen (alt-i), look carefully at the 33 and 34 outputs. Do you see a white line under the on-screen LED? The white line means that the outputs are forced. If they are forced, they will not respond properly to M codes. Repeatedly toggle through the states using Ctl + Alt + F until there is no white line.

Figures.... Got in a hurry and overlooked this page of document . ...
Dont know how these 2 outputs got set with the white line, but that was the issue. They work as they should now.
Thanks guys.

Troy

tmday7 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 24, 2021 6:48 pm Figures.... Got in a hurry and overlooked this page of document . ...
Dont know how these 2 outputs got set with the white line, but that was the issue. They work as they should now.
Thanks guys.

Troy

Just know when forcing outputs on, you have to continue to toggle until the underscore is gone to put the output back to normal.