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Page 2: ...ONTROLS 5 RUN MODES 6 PROGRAMMING MODES CALIBRATION 7 8 PROGRAMMING PRESETS 9 REAR PANEL AND INSTALLATION HINTS 10 OPERATION BY COMPUTER 11 AZ AND EL OPERATION BY COMPUTER 12 WRITING CONTROL SOFTWARE...
Page 3: ...he WEB Of course this new controller works with any of our older OR 2800DC ro tators It can also be easily modified to work with MOST of our older AC OR 2800AC units as well By ordering an RC 2800PPX...
Page 4: ...lay will change to read 0 9 L346 The rotator and the control box are now in sync and CALIBRATED THIS PROCEDURE CAN BE RE PEATED ANYTIME IF YOUR CALIBRATION IS LOST CHANGED OR SUSPECT It can also be do...
Page 5: ...TONS The speed buttons control the positioner s rate of speed in relative increments 1 is the slowest speed 9 is the fastest 0 IS DISPLAYED WHEN THE ROTATOR IS NOT MOVING The top button increases the...
Page 6: ...e downloaded directly into your RC 2800PX to reduce the reverse delay to 1 sec for special applications General updating will be available from the web site as well MODE 1 Computer control or Manual p...
Page 7: ...if your mast or antenna slips slightly in a high wind To change to a new heading touch the CW button 0 0 should appear Touch CW again If the digits count up 1 2 3 etc continue until you near the corr...
Page 8: ...MENTS of the digit to the left of the C start to ro tate counterclockwise at the same time the rotator is moving Counterclockwise CCW Release the LOWER mode button and the rotator will continue going...
Page 9: ...RELEASE THE BUTTON AND THEN PUSH EITHER CW OR CCW TO GET TO EXACTLY 30 0 DEGREES NOTE THE NUM BERS CHANGE SLOWLY AT FIRST THEN SPEED UP NOW BUMP THE UPPER MODE BUTTON AGAIN AND P21 00 0 SHOULD APPEAR...
Page 10: ...AND wiring errors are the major cause of opera tional failure Occasionally this even causes rotator or control box failure For short runs of 100 feet or less the wire sizes listed above are adequate F...
Page 11: ...r of that program a copy of this page and the following two pages regarding writing software HYPER TERMINAL OPERATION A Commands in upper or lower case are acceptable B All commands are followed by an...
Page 12: ...mper cable to the 10 pin socket labeled J41 on the circuit board with the RED STRIPE DOWN E Bring up the desired control program SKYMOON NOVA or Hyper Terminal F Turn on both units simultaneously or t...
Page 13: ...cted controller A or E heading and other status is continually streaming down the HYPER TERMINAL screen while positioner is moving Once A azimuth or E elevation is selected the A or E command is no lo...
Page 14: ...ions returned to the terminal by the controller are followed by a line feed OA and a cr OD No echoes are returned ERROR CODES There are a number of error conditions returned by the controller to the t...
Page 15: ...ll M2 at 559 432 8873 and we will help you trouble shoot the system If the above appears OK then the missing pulses maybe caused by a control cable problem or a damaged Again turn off the box and remo...
Page 16: ...4402 N Selland Av Fresno CA 93722 We NOW INCLUDE a copy of the power supply and conditioning and the motor control schematic if you prefer to do the repair Here are some helpful details The Dual Darl...
Page 17: ...terminal 5 It also turns on a power mosfet that closes the motor cir cuit It then pulses the motor on a few times and watches for some returning pulses If no pulses come back the micro shuts down the...
Page 18: ...3 U32 LM7812 23VDC 1 MTR ON DC DRV 7 6 THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION PROPRIETARY TO M2 ANTENNA SYSTEMS INC ANY REPRODUCTION DISCLOSURE OR USE OF THIS DOCUMENT IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED EXCEPT AS M2...
Page 19: ...incidental damages arising form the use or inability to use the product Some state or prov inces do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental dam ages so the...
