"Eric R Snow" wrote in message
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John,
This had better not be the case. At the most there should be only 1
count backlash, not 9.

With a tightly-lashed quadrature encoder, it should be, at most, one count,
and usually on the order of 1/2 count. As soon as the "reversing" leading
edge is sensed, the quad should pick up both count and direction.

LLoyd