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Third party software and hardware support forums. => PoKeys => Topic started by: Hasher on May 22, 2013, 08:52:48 AM

Title: Tuning a relay on and off
Post by: Hasher on May 22, 2013, 08:52:48 AM

Hi Guys ,

New to pokeys so go easy  ;D

I have got a pokeys attached to a relay module with pins 1 thru to 4 and with the VB.net example Example2_BasicPinFunctions tried changing the state of the relay.

Setting the Pins data type the relay latchs  with this code :

        device.SetPinData(0, pinFunctionsEnum.pinFunctionDigitalOutput)
        Console.WriteLine("Pin 1 was set as digital input")

But I cannot unlatch it with this code :

           device.SetOutput(0, False)
           Console.WriteLine("Pin 1 set to 0")

Am I doing something completely wrong here ?

This is diagram of my Relay module :

Thanks in Advance ))



(http://image4.pushauction.com/0/0/0f6ea2d4-5f7b-4ff6-868c-c82694f11513/65d22e0a-8356-473d-b517-962d8881f038.jpg)

Title: Re: Tuning a relay on and off
Post by: NeoTO on May 22, 2013, 09:01:13 AM

This relay board uses PNP transistors that are activated by the LOW signal. In order to turn them off, you must supply the VCC to them. However, this may be a problem if VCC is greater than 3.3V (that is the maximum voltage of the PoKeys pin).
One option for 5V relays (if VCC = 5V) is that you change the pin function back to digital input and provide an additional external pull-up resistor from pin to 5V.

Title: Re: Tuning a relay on and off
Post by: Hasher on May 28, 2013, 07:00:42 AM

Thank you NeoTO that worked great :D