Are you sure that the 0 and +10 terminals are relative to ground? Or are 
they relative to each other?

If they are relative to each other, it certainly could do some harm to 
connect the DAC directly to the Vin terminal of the VFD. As in -- smoke the 
DAC, smoke the VFD, smoke both.

Ken


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kirk Wallace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <[email protected]>; 
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Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] VFD Analog Frequency Inputs


> On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 08:51 +1100, Peter Homann wrote:
>> Hi Kirk,
>>
>>
>> I've come in late to this thread.
>>
>> Could you just put a resistor between the +10 and 0V terminals on the VFD
>> 'complete' the circuit that the potentiometer would. Then then feed the 
>> output
>> of your DAC to the Vin terminal of the VFD?
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Peter.
>
> Thanks Peter, I'll give it a try. It certainly couldn't hurt anything.
>
> -- 
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