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    need help with toggle switches please

    i started to wire my overhead i bought from poldragonet using the fdssys1x card i never done this before im trying to make a simple on/off switch and this is what i need help the switch has 3 posts middle being positive 2 outer ones is your continouity (ground) i wired one positive one negative the switch toggles once with interface it do i need to run another common on the other post to toggle switch off? is actually off a function i need to setup? im using prosim and just trying to understand how the interface card and prosim communicate if anyone can help will be apreciated regards Aaron

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    Re: need help with toggle switches please

    Quote Originally Posted by pelgrin21 View Post
    i started to wire my overhead i bought from poldragonet using the fdssys1x card i never done this before im trying to make a simple on/off switch and this is what i need help the switch has 3 posts middle being positive 2 outer ones is your continouity (ground) i wired one positive one negative the switch toggles once with interface it do i need to run another common on the other post to toggle switch off? is actually off a function i need to setup? im using prosim and just trying to understand how the interface card and prosim communicate if anyone can help will be apreciated regards Aaron
    The middle pin is your ground, the two outer pins are switch positions. If its just on / off you need, you only need to solder a wire to one of the outer pins. then connect to your board (middle to ground, then outer pin to your input connection) Then configure in prosim.