Chapter 4
Signal Connections
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Connecting Inputs to the PCI-7390
Limit, home, inhibit-in (alarm), in-position, and general-purpose inputs are
optically isolated sinking or sourcing inputs. Figures 4-13, 4-14, 4-15,
and 4-16 show a simplified schematic diagram of the circuit used by these
inputs. You can connect these inputs to a current sourcing output device
such as a PNP sensor, as shown in Figure 4-13, a sinking output device
such as an NPN sensor, as shown in Figure 4-14, a high-side switch, as
shown in Figure 4-15, or a low-side switch, as shown in Figure 4-16.
Figure 4-13.
Limit, Home, Inhibit-In (Alarm), In-Position, and General-Purpose Input
Circuit Connected to a Sourcing Output Device
Table 4-3.
Jumper Name to General-Purpose Output Bit
Jumper Name
General-Purpose Output Signal
GP1
Axis 1 General-Purpose Output 0
GP2
Axis 2 General-Purpose Output 0
GP3
Axis 3 General-Purpose Output 0
GP4
Axis 4 General-Purpose Output 0
GP5
Axis 1 General-Purpose Output 1
GP6
Axis 2 General-Purpose Output 1
GP7
Axis 3 General-Purpose Output 1
GP8
Axis 4 General-Purpose Output 1
Optocoupler
V
cc
R
LIMIT
PCI-7390
Axis <1..4> Input
Axis <1..4> VI_COM
PNP (Sourcing)
Output Device
Out
V+
V–
Isolated
Ground
+24 V