What is Contact Closure and Digital Output

Contact Closures

CueServer 2 provides up to eight low-voltage contact-closure inputs. These inputs are designed for connecting switches, buttons, motion detectors, sensors, and most anything that makes an electrical connection between two conductors.

Each contact-closure input can be programmed with any of the available CueScript actions and/or rules to automate any kind of action in CueServer.

Each input floats up to a voltage around 3.3V DC through a weak pull-up resistor. When that input is shorted-to-ground, the CueServer device detects this drop in voltage as a “contact closure”.

Digital Outputs

CueServer 2 provides up to eight low-voltage digital outputs. These outputs are designed for connecting LED indicators, small relays, buzzers, pilot lights, and most anything that can be powered from a small DC voltage.

Each digital output can be turned on or off as a response to any of the available CueScript actions and/or rules.

Each output is a TTL “short-to-ground” output. When the output is “on”, the corresponding pin is shorted-to-ground. When an output is “off”, the corresponding pin is an open connection. This means that the output is used to make a complete circuit through the connected accessory device (like an indicator or relay) to ground; the other side of the accessory needs to be connected to a positive voltage. Each digital output can handle a maximum of 500mA.

For convenience, an auxiliary 5VDC output is provided with the digital outputs. This voltage source can optionally be used to provide power to LED indicators, small relays, etc. The maximum current available at the Aux +5VDC Output is 200mA.

Specifications

CS-900 CS-920 CS-940/950
Contact Closure Inputs 8 2 8
Connector 10-Position Pluggable Terminal Block 8-Position Pluggable Terminal Block
(shared with other I/O)
12-Position Pluggable Terminal Block
(shared with RS-232 port)
alt alt alt
Pinout 1 = Common (Ground)
2 = Contact 1
3 = Contact 2
4 = Contact 3
5 = Contact 4
6 = Contact 5
7 = Contact 6
8 = Contact 7
9 = Contact 8
10 = Common (Ground)
1 = Contact 1
2 = Contact 2
3 = Common (Ground)
4 = RS-232 Transmit
5 = RS-232 Receive
6 = Aux +5VDC Output
7 = Output 1
8 = Output 2
1 = Common (Ground)
2 = Contact 1
3 = Contact 2
4 = Contact 3
5 = Contact 4
6 = Contact 5
7 = Contact 6
8 = Contact 7
9 = Contact 8
10 = RS-232 Common
11 = RS-232 Transmit
12 = RS-232 Receive
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