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NPN output
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depends on if they are configured as sourcing or sinking. Your I/O card docs will state this.
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Im not an electrical engineer so the terminology is not something I'm familiar with hence why I asked a question in a electrical engineering forum.
Anyways so NPN - sinking output would be 0VDC and a PNP - sourcing output would be +24VDC, correct.
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Anyways so NPN - sinking output would be 0VDC and a PNP - sourcing output would be +24VDC, correct.
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