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    1000+ Poster - Fantastic Contributor Tomlin's Avatar
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    Thanks to both of you and anyone else who tries to offer a hand. Its really hard to not get frustrated when you are told that this can be done, yet not told how to in the software. Sorry-venting. Regardless, I am using a simple SPST momentary pushbutton- on one ever mentioned a SPDT momentary till now. I continued on last night after my last post and went thru hoops, stood on my head, you get the picture.

    What is a NO type switch vs. NC?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tomlin View Post
    What is a NO type switch vs. NC?
    NO menas "normally open" and NC means "normally closed".

    What that means is that in a NO switch when the button is NOT pushed the contacts on the switch make no electrical connection to each other. In a NC switch when the button is NOT pushed the contacts DO make an electrical connection with each other.

    You'll also see this refrerenced as NO = "make" on activation and a NC as "break" on activation.

    Hope that helps.

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    Totally understand now, thanks for clearing that up. The ones I am using are NO.
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