Hello, I have installed a second shutter motor controlled by a second driver TB6600. I wired the signal ports from the original driver parallel to the second TB6600. I connected the second motor on the power side of the TB6600 and i inverse the red and blue wire to make the motor run same direction as the original one. Everything works good when i use the rocker switch on the shutter assy, i open the shutter and when reaching the sensor it stops, the same when i close it. When i connect the pc via Device Hub, if i command to open i just hear a clic and nothing move. then I open the shutter completely with the rocker switch and then command the closing via pc and it close but trying to reoppen it via pc does the same clic and nothing move. I can see something different from the past : I do not see anymore the shutter position on the nexdome window ?? I dismentle all my new hardwares and tried it with the original config and the problem is still the same. I updated the firware but no result ?? did someone do this modification and what is your opinion about my problem ?
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Installing second motor on shutter
Installing second motor on shutter
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It sound like the eeprom parameters might have been corrupted. I assume you are using the firmware version 3.x (3.3 is the latest I think).
I don't think you damaged anything on the hardware as it works with the rocker switch and what you did shouldn't affect the wireless connection between the rotator unit and the shutter unit.
As you don't see the shutter in the ASCOM NexDome application this points toward a Xbee issue. Have you tried updating the firmware on the rotation unit too ?
Also, could you share some picture of the 2nd motor install :) .. I was thinking of doing it and was wondering how to get a 2nd track on the other side.
Rodolphe