On Saturday 30 March 2013 09:44:36 Viesturs Lācis did opine:

> Hello!
> 
> I am having difficulties to understand, why does LinuxCNC not see a
> input pin change on 7i76 card.
> What I have:
> +12 V and GND from PC's psu connected to V-field on TB1 of 7i76.
> Then from another Vfield pin on TB1 terminal the same 12 V are routed
> through NC limit switches to pins 0 to 3 on TB6. With multimeter I see
> that values change from 0 to 12 V DC as the swithces are manually
> tripped, but I do not see any hal pin changes in LinuxCNC.
> 
> Step/dir signal outputs from 7i76 are working, so I guess that 5 V DC
> power is supplied.
> 
> I would appreciate any tips!

Is that 7i76 have inputs that tolerate 12 volts? /Most/ logic inputs are 5 
volt rated, and putting in 12 volts from the psu thru a limit switch may 
toast the input.  And may toast more...

Generally all that stuff should be running on 5 volts.

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