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Step 17:

Plug the other end of the antenna extension into the connector on the Wi-Fi board.

Fig. 13

Wi-Fi antenna connection

Step 18:

Replace the cover of the controller.

Remote Board Modification

If you own a tethered remote board and purchased the wireless remote board as an upgrade, you
will need to modify your tethered remote board.

Step 1:

Unscrew the pan head screws from the aluminum mounting bracket. (

If a relay board is

installed, remove the pan head screws holding the relay board as well.)

Fig. 14

Tethered remote board. Remove the indicated screws.

Summary of Contents for WIRELESS

Page 1: ...1 WIRELESS REMOTE BOARD SETUP INSTRUCTIONS ...

Page 4: ...t on one end and the other end will need to have the wires 1 2 6 7 and 8 separated stripped and tinned to prepare for soldering Note The ribbon cable has a red wire on one side That red wire is wire 1 the one next to it is 2 and so on Fig 3 Ribbon cable Step 7 Locate the area shown inside the red box in Figure 4 Fig 4 Driver Board Pad Locations ...

Page 5: ...e schematics below The specific connections are shown in Figure 5 and Figure 6 Note If you have an ALP driver board refer to Figure 5 Refer to Figure 6 if you have a standard driver board Fig 5 ALP driver board pad locations Fig 6 Standard driver board pad locations ...

Page 6: ...e driver board has a relay board installed omit the washer Fig 7 Jack screw installed in hex standoff Step 10 Place the driver board back into the controller chassis Step 11 Place the mounting bracket on the driver board aligning with the jack screw and mounting holes Fig 8 Mounting bracket with GHE remote board and Wi Fi module installed ...

Page 7: ...mounting bracket and driver board to the controller chassis and the other will fix the mounting bracket to the standoffs installed in step 9 Fig 9 Install the indicated screws Step 13 Screw the countersunk Phillips head screw you removed in step 4 back into the chassis fixing the driver board in place Fig 10 Install the indicated screw ...

Page 8: ...Step 15 Plug the 8 pin ribbon cable into 8 pin TTL connector as shown in Figure 11 Make sure the wire is oriented the correct direction Fig 11 Proper orientation of ribbon cable Step 16 Mount the antenna extension in the 1 4 hole you previously drilled into the metal frame Fig 12 Antenna installed in chassis ...

Page 9: ... Board Modification If you own a tethered remote board and purchased the wireless remote board as an upgrade you will need to modify your tethered remote board Step 1 Unscrew the pan head screws from the aluminum mounting bracket If a relay board is installed remove the pan head screws holding the relay board as well Fig 14 Tethered remote board Remove the indicated screws ...

Page 10: ...installed omit the washer Fig 15 Jack screw installed with fiber washer Step 3 Place the mounting bracket on the driver board aligning with the standoff and mounting holes Step 4 Screw the mounting bracket to the driver board using a pan head screw as shown in Figure 16 Fig 16 Wi Fi board installed on remote driver board ...

Page 11: ...e Wi Fi board Make sure the wire is oriented the correct direction Fig 17 Ribbon cable installed Step 6 Replace the pan head screws holding the driver board onto the aluminum mounting plate with the 2 inch hex standoffs Place washers between the hex standoffs indicated by the arrows and the driver board as shown in Figure 18 Fig 18 Hex standoffs installed ...

Page 12: ...12 Step 7 Install the Wi Fi antenna in the hole on the acrylic panel Fig 19 Wi Fi antenna installed on acrylic panel Step 8 Connect the Wi Fi antenna to the Wi Fi board ...

Page 15: ...15 is dropping out The antenna will still work fine this way so you can choose to live with it To solve the problem boost signal strength by removing obstructions 4 Verify the antenna tunes correctly ...