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  1. #1
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    can you... BOB to G540?

    Im pretty sure this will work, But just in case I thought I would ask.

    I am building a enclosure and I want to run a BOB. Can I run from the ouputs of the BOB to a DB25 connector to the G540? If so What all pins are needed to make the G540 operate?

    I am wanting to use the BOB outputs and inputs for home switches.

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    Fixittt,

    Why dont you use the G540 inputs?

    Jeff...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fixittt View Post
    Im pretty sure this will work, But just in case I thought I would ask.

    I am building a enclosure and I want to run a BOB. Can I run from the ouputs of the BOB to a DB25 connector to the G540? If so What all pins are needed to make the G540 operate?

    I am wanting to use the BOB outputs and inputs for home switches.
    Why??? The G540 is a BOB + drives.

    Alan

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    The way I am mounting the G540, it is totally 100% inside the enclosure. Hard to route a cable to it. Also, every time I want to hook something up to the terminals, 1 it starts to look not so good, and I think the instructions are wrong so its a total trial and error. If I use a BOB to hook all my switches up to It will be easier and cleaner for me.

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    we're dumbfounded the gecko 540 is flawless in its simplicity.
    if you have to you could take the drivers out of the enclosure and throw out a perfectly good bob but you paid for the best.

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    you have to route out a cable or two somewhere maybe you could use a parallel extension from the 540 to your case exterior

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    that is essentually what I did I had a short MALE female DB25 cable.
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    oh, not problem, i just cut a hole in my case and put my g540 through it.

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