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When can we post from email?

RovRov Posts: 5
edited 2005-03-30 16:01 in General Discussion
Hi, great posts here as in the old days. Anyone have an idea when we·will get the ability to·post from email?··

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using a keyboard and a PAK 6 to geneerate decimal characters sent via serout to a second stamp on the underwater robot, it receives and interprets the keystroke from the pak 6 and sends a command to a pak 5 motor control chip to send pwm at the appropriate duty cycle and for the correct motor.· There are 3 trolling motors and the motor controllers are Diverse Electronic MC-7's.·

One of the motors has clear magnetism, the other two do not, whats that all about?· I can get one motor to work, the other two appear to be being "braked" as the armature resists turning.· The motor controllers do have breaking but I am not turning it on.·· The 3 motors have the expected red and black power wires but also have a yellow and blue wire, any ideas on their purpose?

This project was interrupted some years ago, but I·am ready to go again.
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  • JonathanJonathan Posts: 1,023
    edited 2005-03-30 15:25
    E-mail posting would be great!!

    It sounds like you need to dig up the specs on the motors. Then we might be able to help.

    Jonathan



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  • RovRov Posts: 5
    edited 2005-03-30 16:01
    They are 12 volt trolling motors, since they are sold as complete units, the book that came with them was pretty vague, the manufacturer was of no help either, couldn't even get to a person in the ocmpany that could speak to it. But since there is a manual electric throttle on the handle, maybe a big pot down there?

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    ***************************· Any Ideas?· ****************************************

    using a keyboard and a PAK 6 to geneerate decimal characters sent via serout to a second stamp on the underwater robot, it receives and interprets the keystroke from the pak 6 and sends a command to a pak 5 motor control chip to send pwm at the appropriate duty cycle and for the correct motor.· There are 3 trolling motors and the motor controllers are Diverse Electronic MC-7's.·

    One of the motors has clear magnetism, the other two do not, whats that all about?· I can get one motor to work, the other two appear to be being "braked" as the armature resists turning.· The motor controllers do have breaking but I am not turning it on.·· The 3 motors have the expected red and black power wires but also have a yellow and blue wire, any ideas on their purpose?

    This project was interrupted some years ago, but I·am ready to go again.
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