Trying to help someone with a permobil via email. He has the usual permobil parts screwing up problem but is quite advanced and so already got on with it. So already dumped the permobil only parts and is refitting with proper R-Net bits. He has F3. Already has a R-Net gyro cheap, to replace the permobil stuff. Already sussed the programming by using a front drive sunrise/r-net chairs programming that I sent him. So it drives well. Now he is doing the seating. With the R-net CxSM in place of that huge box of permobil stuff. A few hours patience setting it up and wiring (days!). And he bought most from PG stuff direct at a sensible price. So he has un permobiled the permobil! And its all real R-Net stuff now. And the last part is replacing the Permobil switch box thingy. Its got 4 buttons. And plugs into the junked permobil seating gubbins box. So he will be using the Sunrise version insted on my advice. Since it just plugs straight into the R-Net bus, works on any r-net system. You just tell the programmer its a sunrise branded chair. And then use the sunrise OEM or DEALER software. And away you go.
But I started looking at the prices for him. In the US as thats where he is. As a part in the US its a absolutely rediculous $1334 dollars! The same part here is also rediculous at £510 pounds or (585 dollars) retail. And at a guesstimate £340 trade? Thats well under HALF the US price (why?). But still way too much!
This post was just to inform those that have permobil chairs that its quite possible to replace all their bits with R-Net. And other than the Ctrl+5 which isnt essential anyway its all reasonably cheap to do (and way more compact and presumably more reliable) as well. Should you ever need to in the future.
https://www.quickie-wheelchairs.com/rep ... switch-box