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Tubular Motors: General Discussion / Re: Troubleshooting beeping motors

« on: March 02, 2017, 07:01:31 AM »

They tell me the controller can be reprogrammed but the programming will affect all blinds on that controller.  Thank I will be putting in the mail ASAP.

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Tubular Motors: General Discussion / Re: Troubleshooting beeping motors

« on: March 01, 2017, 11:36:26 AM »

The problem is a 12volt shade controller by a company called American Technology Components in Elkhart, IN.  I talked to them and they tols me the controllers are programmed to the shade motors specs, anything out of range from those specs will cause instant shutdown.

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Tubular Motors: General Discussion / Re: Troubleshooting beeping motors

« on: February 28, 2017, 10:52:48 AM »

I have called Automotion 2 now without any answer.  So I sent them an email just now.

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Tubular Motors: General Discussion / Re: Troubleshooting beeping motors

« on: February 28, 2017, 09:27:03 AM »

I will contact them now and see what they say.

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Tubular Motors: General Discussion / Re: Troubleshooting beeping motors

« on: February 28, 2017, 09:20:55 AM »

Thank you.

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Tubular Motors: General Discussion / Re: Troubleshooting beeping motors

« on: February 28, 2017, 09:08:51 AM »

At this point I would prefer to return it for a refund.  I do not wish to bypass the coaches control system since this is a high end coach with built in switches.  I did request confirmation this motor would work before purchase.
Thanks,
Aaron

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Tubular Motors: General Discussion / Re: Troubleshooting beeping motors

« on: February 28, 2017, 08:25:14 AM »

Ok,  So I have robbed a Automotion motor from one of my bedroom shades and installed it in the windshield blind as that blind is pretty import to have functioning.  Works great.  Since I have removed the Rollertrol motor and have it out I have tried it at several locations in the coach and it does not work at any location.  This is very puzzling and I am hoping to find someone else with an American Coach product that may have the solution or at least know why this motor will not work in my system.

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Tubular Motors: General Discussion / Re: Troubleshooting beeping motors

« on: February 25, 2017, 04:57:49 PM »

but the other shade motor runs fine on both circuits.

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Tubular Motors: General Discussion / Re: Troubleshooting beeping motors

« on: February 25, 2017, 04:42:11 PM »

With the multimeter the results I got were with not having the motor hooked up, just straight from the switch.  Maybe it sensed no draw and shut down?

I will have to remove the assembly again to test the motor on the switch with no load.  I cant imagine its overloaded with weight as I got the 12 lbs model.

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Tubular Motors: General Discussion / Re: Troubleshooting beeping motors

« on: February 25, 2017, 02:10:11 PM »

Ok so I uninstalled it and  brought it outside and removed the motor, it does say on it "non-radio"  I then hooked the motor up directly to a battery and it worked, reversed polarity and it when the other direction.  I put it back in the shade and hung the shade in its bracket and again tried it on the battery and it worked both ways.  Re-installed in the coach and it wont work.  I am repairing the blind and my shade works fine.  So I though ok maybe the switch, so I switched the wires from the shade to the blind and the shade still worked so the switch is good, tried the blind on the shade switch and the same thing, 1 beep and nothing.

I attached a multimeter to the feed wires and pushed the switch button, multimeter shot up in voltage and then went quickly to zero, did this on both the blind and the shade switch with the same results.  Put the shade wires back and the shade still works.  What gives?

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Tubular Motors: General Discussion / Re: Troubleshooting beeping motors

« on: February 25, 2017, 01:16:40 PM »

I just installed a new motor into my shade all it does is give 1 beep when I push the power button.  What happened with your beeping issue?