One correction to the information on the G5400B. The schematic locates the capacitors in the rotor for elevation and in the control box for azimuth.
This unit uses relays to perform the actual switching. So check the following: 1. Disconnect wires 4, 5, and 6 to the elevation rotor. If you don't disconnect the wires, you will get a reading on both pins 4 and 5 measured from pin 6 due to the run capacitor. 2. Use a voltmeter to check for AC voltage between pin 6 and Pin 5 when you press the UP button. 3. Check for AC voltage between pin 6 and pin 4 when you press the down button. 4. I don't know the exact voltage but would guess something around 25 to 30 volts AC. 5. If these work correctly, the problem could be the limit switch, the run capacitor, or the motor, all located in the rotor housing. 6. If either voltage is not present the problem is in the control box and could be either the relay or the relay driver transistor. That should help pin things down quickly. I'll send the schematic directly.
John Kopala N7JK
Hi Folks, hope in an help to solve my problem with my Rotator Yaesu G-5400B. Today i was tracking the ISS, ad while i was tracking it I got The AO-51 in AOS. As I am using the Trackbox, and i did not have under my eyes the control box, I heard the Trackbox passing from ISS to AO-51. I gave an eye to the control box and saw it was stuck at 35 degrees and it did not go down to the 0 degrees to start the AOS. I have pulled out the connector which connects the control box to the Track box and tried manually To bring down the antennas. I've tried to press the "DOWN" switch, but they did not move from that position. I've tried to press the "UP" switch and noticed that the antennas moves going up. Then i have tried also with the "RIGHT" and "LEFT" switches of the Azimuth and noticed also that the antennas moves in both sides. At the end i can say that the antenna moves in all the positions except for down. Please anybody can tell me what is happened? As the antennas are now stuck at 45 degrees i am afraid that the wind can cause problems. I Hope in an help. Any help will be really appreciated. Thanks in Advance
73 de Enzo IK8OZV
Keep in mind that the G5400B elevation comes in two different flavors. This is important if you have to order parts. For example, the older unit uses a light weight motor and costs about $80. The newer version like I have costs almost $250.00 for the motor which is heavier duty.
YOu have received a lot of good information here. Also, if you are interested you can go to my site which contains a G5400.zip file with pictures, drawings, schematics, and other information provided by many on this list. Hopefully it will be of some help to you.
ftp://ftp.bristor-assoc.com/pub/Amateur/Satellite/G5400.zip
Regards,
Reid, W4UPD Amsat #17002
On 5/3/2011 1:10 AM, John Kopala wrote:
One correction to the information on the G5400B. The schematic locates the capacitors in the rotor for elevation and in the control box for azimuth.
This unit uses relays to perform the actual switching. So check the following:
- Disconnect wires 4, 5, and 6 to the elevation rotor. If you don't disconnect the wires, you will get a reading on both pins 4 and 5 measured from pin 6 due to the run capacitor.
- Use a voltmeter to check for AC voltage between pin 6 and Pin 5 when you press the UP button.
- Check for AC voltage between pin 6 and pin 4 when you press the down button.
- I don't know the exact voltage but would guess something around 25 to 30 volts AC.
- If these work correctly, the problem could be the limit switch, the run capacitor, or the motor, all located in the rotor housing.
- If either voltage is not present the problem is in the control box and could be either the relay or the relay driver transistor.
That should help pin things down quickly. I'll send the schematic directly.
John Kopala N7JK
Hi Folks, hope in an help to solve my problem with my Rotator Yaesu G-5400B. Today i was tracking the ISS, ad while i was tracking it I got The AO-51 in AOS. As I am using the Trackbox, and i did not have under my eyes the control box, I heard the Trackbox passing from ISS to AO-51. I gave an eye to the control box and saw it was stuck at 35 degrees and it did not go down to the 0 degrees to start the AOS. I have pulled out the connector which connects the control box to the Track box and tried manually To bring down the antennas. I've tried to press the "DOWN" switch, but they did not move from that position. I've tried to press the "UP" switch and noticed that the antennas moves going up. Then i have tried also with the "RIGHT" and "LEFT" switches of the Azimuth and noticed also that the antennas moves in both sides. At the end i can say that the antenna moves in all the positions except for down. Please anybody can tell me what is happened? As the antennas are now stuck at 45 degrees i am afraid that the wind can cause problems. I Hope in an help. Any help will be really appreciated. Thanks in Advance
73 de Enzo IK8OZV
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If I'm not mistaken, Enzo did a bunch of wire swapping and now it is working correctly. Seems like it was a connection issue.
73,
Mark N8MH
At 08:30 AM 5/3/2011 -0400, w4upd wrote:
Keep in mind that the G5400B elevation comes in two different flavors. This is important if you have to order parts. For example, the older unit uses a light weight motor and costs about $80. The newer version like I have costs almost $250.00 for the motor which is heavier duty.
YOu have received a lot of good information here. Also, if you are interested you can go to my site which contains a G5400.zip file with pictures, drawings, schematics, and other information provided by many on this list. Hopefully it will be of some help to you.
ftp://ftp.bristor-assoc.com/pub/Amateur/Satellite/G5400.zipRegards,
Reid, W4UPD Amsat #17002On 5/3/2011 1:10 AM, John Kopala wrote:
One correction to the information on the G5400B. The schematic locates the capacitors in the rotor for elevation and in the control box for azimuth.
This unit uses relays to perform the actual switching. So check the following:
- Disconnect wires 4, 5, and 6 to the elevation rotor. If you don't disconnect the wires, you will get a reading on both pins 4 and 5 measured from pin 6 due to the run capacitor.
- Use a voltmeter to check for AC voltage between pin 6 and Pin 5 when you press the UP button.
- Check for AC voltage between pin 6 and pin 4 when you press the down button.
- I don't know the exact voltage but would guess something around 25 to 30 volts AC.
- If these work correctly, the problem could be the limit switch, the run capacitor, or the motor, all located in the rotor housing.
- If either voltage is not present the problem is in the control box and could be either the relay or the relay driver transistor.
That should help pin things down quickly. I'll send the schematic directly.
John Kopala N7JK
Hi Folks, hope in an help to solve my problem with my Rotator Yaesu G-5400B. Today i was tracking the ISS, ad while i was tracking it I got The AO-51 in AOS. As I am using the Trackbox, and i did not have under my eyes the control box, I heard the Trackbox passing from ISS to AO-51. I gave an eye to the control box and saw it was stuck at 35 degrees and it did not go down to the 0 degrees to start the AOS. I have pulled out the connector which connects the control box to the Track box and tried manually To bring down the antennas. I've tried to press the "DOWN" switch, but they did not move from that position. I've tried to press the "UP" switch and noticed that the antennas moves going up. Then i have tried also with the "RIGHT" and "LEFT" switches of the Azimuth and noticed also that the antennas moves in both sides. At the end i can say that the antenna moves in all the positions except for down. Please anybody can tell me what is happened? As the antennas are now stuck at 45 degrees i am afraid that the wind can cause problems. I Hope in an help. Any help will be really appreciated. Thanks in Advance
73 de Enzo IK8OZV
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