Hi Dave,Jeff? At Green Heron? If this is whom you mean, I agree that he gives
excellent advice. The controller is fine. By bypassing the controller and
feeding 12V direct to the rotator motor, I proved most likely the problem is in
the rotator.By the way I use GD Everywhere in several situations here. They
work well and Keff was very helpful to get me set up properly.
Merry ChristmasN2TK, Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Sublette <k4to.dave@gmail.com>
To: tony.kaz@verizon.net
Cc: kj6y--- via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sat, Dec 24, 2022 10:41 pm
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Prosistel 61D
Call Jeff. He gives excellent advice.
K4TO
On Sat, Dec 24, 2022, 10:08 PM tony.kaz--- via TowerTalk
<towertalk@contesting.com> wrote:
I have had the 61D for several years and it was worked well. It is turning an
original SteppIR MonstIR. I have a Green Heron RT-21 with the GH pot in the
661D. The other day when I went to turn the antenna nothing happened.I tried
using a 12V supply. Same problem.When I try to turn the antenna, I get an
"ERROR NO MOTION" .Current draw is 400mA.I am feeding the rotator with three
#14 wires for CW, CCW and GND.Since this problem occurred, the antenna has been
slowly moving in the wind from 280 degrees to 231 degrees - both actual
movement and reading on the controller match. My thought is the motor's worm
gear is not engaged so therefore it can't act like a bake. Is it possible the
motor is running fine but not engaged with the pinion gear? Is 400mA the
correct current?
Any thoughts or ideas before I climb?ThanksN2TK, Tony
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