Burgerman wrote:Thats what I am saying all along. Ultimately a waste of time on that small controller. But as an interesting experiment/project maybe great fun. And probably years of work/testing etc as per the roboteq project.
The R-Net stuff was a reply or two for martin007.
>>>Maybe try to understand the need behind a project before calling it pointless, or just don't say dumb hurtful stuff like that at all.
Wasnt to say the project was pointless but that wasting time doing that stuff on a tiny weedy controller was. It may be "able" to do high peak currents intermittently just as my RC heli ones do. And yet I have a draw full of those that only lasted several flights that went nowhere near their rated 125A capability... You can set a current limit anywhere the reliability/marketing decides. Those tiny controllers are nowhere near adequate driving a heavy powerchair if you expect it to be a reliable useful controller. They are cheap hobby grade chinesium stuff. Thats why there are 16 mosfets and 32 mosfets in the R-net or the Roboteq respectively. So they can lose heat fast, and share a conservative safe current rating of 120 and 150A. Even then they still roll back current due to heat. At least te r-net one does. Never managed that on the roboteq.
Burgerman wrote:heres the other side of 3 of my cheap spare 120A R-net power modules. Note labels. So I know which chair I programmed them for ready to swap out in literally 20 seconds!
These 3 cost me under 150 uk pounds together delivered as new. They contain all the programming, and are the brain and the heavy lifting that sends power to the motrs etc.
Burgerman wrote:Maybe they bought a large batch of refurb joysticks rom PG and paid very little. They are literally as new but technically used. So to get rid of hundreds in a limited market they sell them cheap! Beats me.
Same as 120A power modules. They go "used" as new with no dust, no marks, for £45 regularly. So I bought 3. One was USA, one germany, one UK. And one came with a bunch of cables and battery loom too! I got the seller to throw them in.
I understand.
You also talk about cheap dealers.
How to locate them?
shirley_hkg wrote:Is it ok to pair it with a PM from a PERMOBIL chair ?
Want to put a Rnet system on an Otto Bock .
Do you recommend a pod from Permobil too ?steves1977uk wrote: work fine with generic joystick pods from Curtiss-Wright (PGDT).
Steve
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