Re: [Emc-users] Non-Contact limit switch issues.

2012-02-06 Thread gene heskett
On Monday, February 06, 2012 03:05:26 AM Kirk Wallace did opine: On Mon, 2012-02-06 at 05:08 +, N. Christopher Perry wrote: Thanks Kirk, I did as you suggested, and while I was at it I measured the series current when shortedï»؟ and found that it was ~2mA. My pulldowns were in

[Emc-users] Non-Contact limit switch issues.

2012-02-05 Thread N. Christopher Perry
I'm bringing up my mini-mill and have encountered a weird problem: I'm trying to use pins 10, 11 12 on the printer port as limit switch inputs for X, Y, Z axes, respectively, but the pins are acting like outputs. The limits switches are active high, with ether voltage dividers or diodes in

Re: [Emc-users] Non-Contact limit switch issues.

2012-02-05 Thread gene heskett
On Sunday, February 05, 2012 01:28:12 PM N. Christopher Perry did opine: I'm bringing up my mini-mill and have encountered a weird problem: I'm trying to use pins 10, 11 12 on the printer port as limit switch inputs for X, Y, Z axes, respectively, but the pins are acting like outputs. The

Re: [Emc-users] Non-Contact limit switch issues.

2012-02-05 Thread Jon Elson
gene heskett wrote: This board claims excellent speed, as in 10ns propagation delays thru the opto stuffs. That seems rather fast for opto's, and I haven't measured it although I have the scope to do it with. I don't believe it! If they are really opto-isolators and not some other

Re: [Emc-users] Non-Contact limit switch issues.

2012-02-05 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sun, 2012-02-05 at 12:41 -0500, N. Christopher Perry wrote: I'm bringing up my mini-mill and have encountered a weird problem: I'm trying to use pins 10, 11 12 on the printer port as limit switch inputs for X, Y, Z axes, respectively, but the pins are acting like outputs. The parallel

Re: [Emc-users] Non-Contact limit switch issues.

2012-02-05 Thread gene heskett
On Sunday, February 05, 2012 08:41:06 PM Jon Elson did opine: gene heskett wrote: This board claims excellent speed, as in 10ns propagation delays thru the opto stuffs. That seems rather fast for opto's, and I haven't measured it although I have the scope to do it with. I don't believe

Re: [Emc-users] Non-Contact limit switch issues.

2012-02-05 Thread N. Christopher Perry
Thanks Kirk, I did as you suggested, and while I was at it I measured the series current when shorted and found that it was ~2mA. My pulldowns were in fact too high an impedance. I dropped them to ~300 ohms and everything is now working as expected. N.C. On Feb 05, 2012, at 05:56 PM, Kirk

Re: [Emc-users] Non-Contact limit switch issues.

2012-02-05 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Mon, 2012-02-06 at 05:08 +, N. Christopher Perry wrote: Thanks Kirk, I did as you suggested, and while I was at it I measured the series current when shorted and found that it was ~2mA. My pulldowns were in fact too high an impedance. I dropped them to ~300 ohms and everything is