Is possible to give a 5V input to the umi 7764 connector blick for the limit switch inputs

[Gops]

I am using a umi7764 connector block for my 7344 controller. My motion control hardware provides me a 5V output in case the limit switches are enabled. But the umi 7764 connector block connections for the limit swithces are in such a way that it doesnt get any input, instead it has to be directly connected to the limit switches.Is there any way to come around this problem so that the limit switch inputs read the 5v given out by my motion control appplcation

[Brent_R]

If your drive has individual outputs for the forward, reverse, and home switches, then you could connect these to the their respective terminals on the UMI. You will need to either disable limit functionality on one component (controller or drive) or make sure the limit behavior for the devices does not conflict with each other. It probably is best if the controller handles the limits, but this will depend on your application.

If the drive only has one output to indicate that one of the switches has been activated, then you have fewer options. In this case, you should probably just use the limit protection on the drive and poll that single output with another input on the UMI.

Regards,

Brent R.
Applications Engineer
National Instruments