Summary of Contents for HamRadioSolutions RTRC 10
- Page 1 RTRC 10 ROTARY TOWER ROTOR CONTROLLER RING ROTOR CONTROLLER USER MANUAL Ver 2.0 eff Aug 2010 fw ver. 3.01+ FOR USE WITH ROTARY TOWER ROTOR OR WITH RING ROTORS!
- Page 3 BEFORE YOU BEGIN! POT ALIGNMENT Ten turn pot, which is installed in your tower rotor as a position sensor must be returned on the beginning. Turn POT one full turn CW*. Rotate your tower manually to South CCW* (for Over North rotation). For Over South rotation rotate your tower manually to North CCW*.
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Page 4: General Information
GENERAL INFORMATION 1.1. Introduction and Description This user manual explains the installation, operation and maintance of the RTRC10 rotor controller. The RTRC10 is a stand alone rotor controller which can measure azimuth position using pot for voltage / current measurements or pulse sensor, which is built in your tower rotor, ring rotor or other antenna rotator. 1.2. - Page 5 BUTTONS DESCRIPTION AND COMBINATIONS Rotor Controller Front Panel Rotary Tower Rotor Controller R TRC 10 REQUEST ENTER RTRC - 10 MEMO Rotary Tower Rotor Controller BUTTON DESCRIPTION BUTTON DESCRIPTION POT mode for normal operation. MEMORY mode. Split between MEMO Split between POT and MEMO MEMO and POT mode.
- Page 6 SCREEN DESCRIPTION AND SIMBOLS Rotor Controller Screen ITEM No DESCRIPTION Main mode of Rotor Controller, can be for Master, for User Interface 1, for User Interface 3, for User Interface 3 Graphical mark for UI REQUEST button on 360 degrees scale Current postition of Tower / Antenna Graphical mark for current Tower / Antenna position on 360 degrees scale Graphical mark for controller POT REQUEST button...
- Page 7 ROTOR CONTROLLER TERMINALS ITEM No DESCRIPTION Fuse Main 230V, 50-60Hz To ROTOR terminals USB Connection Network IN Network OUT TO ROTOR TERMINALS (L-R) ITEM No 4 ITEM No DESCRIPTION CW Control CCW Control Common POT SLIDER...
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Page 8: Setup Mode
SETUP MODE LIMITS CALIBRATION / OTHER PARAMERS SETUP REMINDER : * To enter SETUP MODE press ESC + CW BUTTONS. * Use REQUEST to go thorugh the Menu Items / pages. * There is 4SETUP pages on display marked as SETUP 1/3, SETUP 2/3... - Page 9 If we choose Pulse for SENS we will get new screen like this one: SETUP 1/4 Range: 360 √ Range: Full Sens: Volt Sens: Pulse √ Pulse /rev: 3600 Picture 2. New menu item PULSE / REV is Pulse per revolution, that is number of impulses for one circle rotation.Now we must choose number of pulses according for your sens type! With REQUEST choose Pulse / Rev with CCW go under the written number and with CW change the value.
- Page 10 Picture 4. On picture 4. you can see CW and CCW direction of tower rotation, CW and CCW limits. SETUP 2/4 Over North 0496 √ Over South CCW Limit: South CCW: South CW: CW Limit: Picture 5. (OVER NORTH ROTATION) SETUP 2/4 Over North 0496...
- Page 11 MENU ITEMS – SETUP 2/4 CCW Limit – Contraclockwise limit setup - With REQUEST choose Limit. - With button CCW turn your tower to your CCW limit. - Press ENTER to memorise value. If your favorite direction of tower rotation is OVER NORTH, the next Item will be SOUTH CCW (picture 5.) or if you choose OVER SOUTH direction then with REQUEST you will be on...
- Page 12 In the case of Pulse sens, position and limits settings are little different. First we must adjust CCW Limit!!!! SETUP 2/4 Over North 1496 √ Over South CCW Limit: 1000 Not in use North 2800 CW Limit: 4600 Picture 7. Tower rotation OVER NORTH with PULSE sensor In the case of pulse sensor CCW limit...
- Page 13 MENU ITEMS – SETUP 3/4 SETUP 3/4 Master √ User Intfc1 User Intfc2 User Intfc3 Track Mast √ NoTrackMast Picture 9. There can be 4 rotor controllers connected to work in network. Only one rotor controller can be set as Master (that controller is connected to Rotor).
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Page 14: Manual Rotation
MEMO SETUP MODE To enter MEMO SETUP MODE press CCW + CW With CW / CCW buttons go through menu to enter desired MEMO position. With REQUEST choose your desired position. Memorise position with ENTER button. Press ESC to exit MEMO SETUP MODE. POINT AND SHOOT MODE To enter POINT AND SHOOT MODE exit MEMO MODE with MEMO / POT button. -
Page 15: Network Mode
NETWORK MODE WORKING IN NETWORK MASTER / USER INTERFACE Your Rotor Controller is capable to work in network. There is 4 Controllers which can be used in one network. If we want to use this future we should use RJ 45 Network cable to connect MASTER with USER INTERFACES. - Page 16 RotorCtrV2xx.hex (new sw update). 5. Start Tinybootloader 6. On the left side choose com port where is RTRC 10, com port is assigned by PC. Choose 57600 bps speed for this com port 7. Press browse button on the top of user screen of Tiny bootloader.
- Page 17 1. First install CDM 2.04.06 2. Connect RTRC 10 with USB cable to your PC (POWER ON) 3. PC must see RTRC 10 as USB DEVICE and to assign com port for RTRC 10 (Picture 1.) 4. Start LP-ROTOR (Picture 2.) 5.
- Page 18 2. Connect RTRC 10 with USB cable to your PC (POWER ON) 3. PC must see RTRC 10 as USB DEVICE and to assign com port for RTRC 10 (Picture 1.) To setup RAC-X Controller to work with HAMRADIODELUXE and to use your RAC-X Controller remotely please visit : http://www.ham-radio-deluxe.com/...