dhoyt1234

Thank you guys for the help!

hahaha well thanks. Yeah this is a side project Im doing with a product my company doesnt use and we dont do process controls so working with AB has been a little different than what Im use to. Ken your explanation I think is what I was looking for... For my applications of simply a momentary switch, polarity has no affect and I can just wire 24 vdc common to my com terminal and wire 24 vdc hot through my switch and back to my input. The inputs are in no way internally sourced with the controllers power.

Well I guess I am stupid because I still dont get it... So looking at this makes it seem like I need 24 vdc from some source no matter what and I either go 24 volts hot to common or to the input? I didnt go past high school guys I learned controls first hand through my company so forgive my ignorance, I barely passed my digital electronics class...

Show me the wiring examples for the inputs and Ill gladly follow them... Maybe Im being dumb here but as far as I knew from my experience with other products source/sink means I either supply the voltage from another source or the voltage is supplied by the controller from its internal power... Am I wrong here? Im not about to try and put 24 volts to an input com and take the chance it smokes...

Right, I agree with that.. But how do I switch between source / sink? I don't have any voltage on my commons and I cant see anywhere to switch between sink and source?

Im working on my first allen bradley project so what Im asking is probably going to make you look at me funny put here it is... In any other controls products I have used ie johnson, alerton, invensys... inputs are usually setup to be able to accept dry contacts. In less Im doing something wrong that doesn't seem to be the case with this Micro 830 controller. I can jump COM0 to I-00 and nothing happens, the controller does not recognize this... The literature or anything I can find says the inputs are source / sink but nothing on how to setup either. In my experience with anything else a lot of times there is a jumper or dip switch to change whether or not you want to source or sink. I can not find anything that spells this out for this controller or what the default is. Seeing how I cant find any info I am here... What am I missing and what do I need to do? All I need is an input to recognize a momentary switch to initiate the logic... easy right?!! What do I need to do??

Im doing my first project with ccw. Im using a micro 830 and all Im trying to do is get this pulse timer to work.... Ive have gone as far as setting up nothing but one rung with a direct coil and a TP block and a single output. I did a build and downloaded the controller. I go into debugging mode enable my direct coil but the timer wont start... What am I missing here??????