Ponddude Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I have been at this wiring of the DIO board for about 3 weeks. Either I am a complete idiot, or there is something wrong. I want to use a normally open switch. The attached image shows what I have done, as per the manual, but nothing works. Trigger doesn't happen.PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponddude Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 Which user guide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightORamaJohn Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Did you jumper through the +5vdc as explained on page 20? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponddude Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 Yes, I did. I have +5 going to the push button. I thought it was the button, so I switched it out, but still nothing.This was working just fine and now it isn't. I don't know what changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponddude Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 A little more digging around led to this...I have a very...very...very sensitive input 1 pin. Things are working fine on the other inputs, but input 1 on port A is a real SOB. I will skip for this year, but I think my board needs to be replaced...for the 3rd time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rstately Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Ponddude wrote: A little more digging around led to this...I have a very...very...very sensitive input 1 pin. Things are working fine on the other inputs, but input 1 on port A is a real SOB. I will skip for this year, but I think my board needs to be replaced...for the 3rd time.Whoa, You mean you're not going to use imput 1? We are going to see the singing snowman ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Puryear Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 did you try switching to port b? Were you able to DIO16IOS? Or did you make your own connector? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponddude Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 Honestly Donald, the connector card is the biggest piece of crap I have ever seen. (pardon my French) Not only was my card not completely soldered, the one side of ports was put on backwards. There is no power what so ever going to the connectors, even though the manual says there is. The +5vdc does a trace, which goes to the resistor, then the LED, however you would have to modifiy the board by taking out the resistor to get the 5 volts. I have never seen such a poorly designed card in my life. It is absolutely NOT the quality I have come to expect from LOR. Frankly, LOR should be ashamed they are selling these cards. Should I have known what terrible quality the card was, I wouldn't have ordered it and created my own. I will be doing just that for next year, but the time needed to manufacture the PCB just didn't give me enough time to get the card in time for the lights going on in 2 weeks.I am just using 6 inputs this year, because the DIO came out way to late in the season. I just wired them up with some connectors I had laying around. I didn't use the connector card at all.And rstately, have no fear, Frosty will be talking away. Servos use ports C and D, which are working just fine. edit: spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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