I need some help diagnosing my non operative g-5500 azimuth rotator. After a few no copy passes, I noticed the azimuth meter was not moving. Disconnecting my G232 interface, manual operation with the 5500 az switches produced no movement of either the meter or the antenna array. Elevation works fine.
Swapping the cable connections on the back of the controller allowed the azimuth switches to operate the elevation rotator. I think this tells me the controller box is probably ok. The ele switches did not operate the az motor. So, either cable, connector or motor? Returned connectors to their original positions.
Measuring impedance on the cables in the shack using pin 6 as the common gave me 4.6 ohms on both pins 4 and 5 on the elevation cable. The azimuth cable gave me 4.5 ohms from 6 to 5 and 6 to 4 was OPEN. So... could be the azimuth cable or connector. Braving high winds I climbed my tall roof mounted tripod and swapped cables from az to el and el to az. The az cable was now controlling the elevation motor no problem. Azimuth still non-operational. So have I eliminated all but the azimuth motor? Are there any other possibilities to consider before I dismantle the whole rooftop array?
One more thing... Given that the cable tested OK, what does the open reading from 6 to 4 suggest? My reading of the schematic diagram is sketchy at best.
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.
John Meeks KC8ZFN