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5 dallas 1-wire bridge, 6 manual override – Matrix Orbital VK204-25 Legacy User Manual

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WARNING

If connecting a relay, be sure that it is fully clamped using

a diode and capacitor in order to absorb any electro-motive force (EMF)
which will be generated.

2.5

Dallas 1-Wire Bridge

In addition to the six general purpose outputs the VK204-25 offers a Dallas 1-wire bridge, to allow for

an aditional thirty two 1-wire devices to be connected to the display. Please note that the display normally
does not come with the Dallas 1-wire bridge. It will have to be ordered as a custom. Please talk to your sales
representative if you would like this option. See Section 8 on page 33.

Figure 19: Dallas 1-Wire Bridge

NOTE

This component is optional and must be custom ordered

2.6

Manual Override

The Manual Override is provided to allow the VK204-25 to be reset to factory defaults. This can be

particularly helpful if the display module has been set to an unknown baud rate or I

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C Slave Address and

you are no longer able to communicate with it. If you wish to return the module to its default settings you
must:

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