Awning Motor

[Ed_McCarron]

My bet is on hall effect sensor.

[mpm32]

Well, I replaced the relays.  Didn't work.  So, I just bypassed the board alltogether.  The only thing the controller board did (I think) was to limit the outboard and inboard travel.  Now I will have to just watch how far it goes out and how far it travels inward before I turn off the switch.

[ChadTower]

Hell you could probably build out a little assembly to do that yourself.

[mpm32]

If I had a picture of one or schematics, I might be able to.  I'm a good copier.     I was thinking of using some switches, like the microswitches with the lever attached actuated mechanically by something on the awning.

[ChadTower]

That's what I'm thinking... leaf switches on either end of the track.

[Ed_McCarron]

Why bother?  How often will you be running it up and down?  How long does it take?

KISS.  Worse case scenario, you lose 30 seconds out of your day.  Whats that, like the time it takes to find and post one cheesecake picture?

On second thought, get to work on those switches right away.

[mpm32]

There's a long distance between the thinking and the implementation.    I'll put my money on it staying at the thinking phase.

[iknowthings]

If you or anybody else has this problem i can help you. Thanks for reading

The unit that is attached to the motor is called RECEIVER. Most probably the motor that you had at beginning was a standard motor and it had no remote controls.
This receiver sends the signal from the remote control and controls the motor wireless.  You would have different wires from the motor going into the receiver.

A standard motor has 4 wires : Ground -green, Neutral ( White), Black ( Power) and another wire usually Red.

When you connect the motor to a junction box the RED AND BLACK wires become UP and Down position of the motor.
The neutral stays with neutral
The ground stays with ground.
Power line goes directly to the wall switch + Red wire and Black wire( which are up and down!!!!)
You Connect all these wires to a wall switch ( rocker or toggle SPDT) and you can control the awning from the wall switch ( UP-=STOP=-DOWN)

If you want a wireless device with a remote control you have many many different options:

The smart way and the cheap way it would be to buy a tubular motor that is Radio. In other words it has the receiver incorporated in the motor. 

What you have is a standard motor that later on was added a receiver to convert it to RADIO-wireless operated with a remote control!!

If the receiver goes BAD....you can say bye bye to it. Its very cheap to replace, around $70-up to $100.00.pc

The motor , A radio tubular motor goes for $300-400.00 with 5 years warranty.

If you need help with your "weekend project" let me know. I can save you tons of money. 

I buy my parts from this company if it matters or if it helps.  www.tubularmotor.us

http://www.tubularmotor.us/rc006.html

[DaOld Man]

Errr, iknowthings; I think you are about 5 and a half years late on this.

Makes me wonder if this device ever got fixed?

[mpm32]

LOL, I started reading this and said to myself wait, this sounds familiar. I read through 12 posts before I realized I was the OP.  I thought the OP was pretty witty too, now I know why.

I got the motor working, I even made limit switches. Then I used it to fully extend the awning.  The canvas was too shot to make it worthwhile putting on the house. So I chopped it up with a sawsall and brought it to the dump.

My brain is like an overstuffed sock drawer - stuff new socks in and the ones in the back get pushed out.

[DaOld Man]

My brain works on the bb in the straw theory.
Put a bb in one end of the straw, and an older bb is pushed out the other end.

[Le Chuck]

Thanks to the internets my brain is now 84% cats, 13% p0rn, 1% useful knowledge, and 12% butter-ripple. 

[Howard_Casto]

I'm not sure if I even have a conscious brain anymore. 

I'm just a machine that turns Moutain Dew/Dr.  Pepper into lines of code. 

Speaking of which... I'm slowing down, better go get some Dr. Pepper. 

[DaOld Man]

Reminds me of the Juicy Juice commercial on Family Guy.
"Drink it then convert it to pee"