AZ–EL USB ROTOR CONTROLER AE-21
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1. laz cal set 0 450 56 2 563889 Parameters deg distance between CCW and CW limits in 0 360deg AZ EL USB Rotor Controller AE 21 19 Rev A 03 Apr 2012 _http www af6sa com Chapter 6 Terminal Commands Description 6 4Elevation control Read Elevation and status lel nnn Oxssss Returns nnn current elevation in 180 to 180 degrees Oxssss elevation status in 16bit HEX format bit2 0 3bit Motor State Valid states are 0 idle motor is not moving 1 start motion 2 ramp up 3 moving with Vmax 4 ramp down 5 creep to target with Vmin bit3 Direction 0 up positive 1 down negative bit4 Reserved bits Target mode 0 rotating in jog mode until stopped 1 rotating to specified target bit6 Reserved bit7 Reserved bit8 NEG Limit Set when negative limit reached Rotor can be moved only in positive direction bit9 POS Limit Set when positive limit reached Rotor can be moved only in negative direction bit10 TimeOut Set when MoveTimeout or StopTimeout expired Cleared when new motion is requested bit11 ACstatus 0 AC power not present or the internal timing is not synchronized to the AC power phase AZ and EL motors can t be rotated 1 AC power is present and motors are ready to move bit15 12 Reserved Elevation Rotate Rotate in positive direction jog mode AZ EL USB Rotor Controller AE 21 20 Rev A 03 Apr 2012. MicrochipProjects USBrotor ing Browse Would you like to install this device software V Include subfolders Name Microchip Technology Inc Ports COM amp s7 Publisher Microchip Technology Inc Always trust software from Microchip Technology Install Don t Instali Inc Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer This list will show installed driver software compatible with the device and all driver You should only install driver software from publishers you trust How can I decide which software in the same category as the device device software is safe to install k d Cancel i Once the device is successfully installed open up a terminal program such as Putty or Hyperterminal Select the appropriate COM port for the USB virtual COM port On most machines this will be COM5 or higher AE 21 will operate with any combinations of Baud rate Data bits and Parity settings Set your terminal to emulate VT100 so you can use these keys e Up arrow repeat or edit last command e Left Right arrow move cursor left right e Backspase delete one character A subset of Yaesu GS 232A control interface commands are supported for compatibility with existing tracking software All other AE 21 specific commands begin with the exclamation point symbol See chapter 6 for command description Commands needs to be terminated with carriage return ASCII 13 symbol On a new line type the following command and p
3. or parameters will cause gt to be returned Note that echo must be set to OFF before starting your tracking software See GS 232A user manual for more details All Stop Ramp down and stop both azimuth and elevation motors Turn to azimuth Parameters aaa azimuth 0 450deg AZ EL USB Rotor Controller AE 21 14 Rev A 03 Apr 2012 _http www af6sa com Chapter 6 Terminal Commands Description Turn to azimuth and elevation Parameters aaa azimuth 0 450deg eee elevation 0 180deg Return current azimuth Returns current azimuth angle in format 0000 0359 deg Return current azimuth and elevation C22 0351 0056 Returns current azimuth angle in format 0000 0359deg followed by elevation 0000 0180deg 6 2 Configuration commands Set terminal echo mode Used to set echo mode When used with tracking software echo must be turned off for compatibility Parameters n terminal echo mode 0 no echo GS 232A compatible mode Power up default 1 echo back all characters 7 echo back all characters and add LF after CR Set AC line frequency Enter 50 or 60 to specify local AC power line frequency Factory defaults loaded with Jaz cal res are for 60Hz AZ EL USB Rotor Controller AE 21 15 Rev A 03 Apr 2012 _http www af6sa com Chapter 6 Terminal Commands Description 6 3 Azimuth control Read Azimuth heading and status laz nnn Oxssss Returns nnn current azimuth in
4. set the rotor CW soft limit and calibrate rotor feedback with laz cal cw yset most CW point and CW limit If the rotation angle between CCW and CW points was not exactly 360 full circle specify it For example for Yaesu G 450 full CCW to CW rotation is about 450 with 90 overlap laz cal cw 450 set most CW point and CW limit 90deg overlap Now the rotor is calibrated Verify the rotor and display operation by turning it at different angles Display shows the rotor angle in 0 359 interval and overlapping range laz 270 Goto 270deg AZ EL USB Rotor Controller AE 21 9 Rev A 03 Apr 2012 _http www af6sa com Chapter 4 Azimuth Elevation Calibration laz 180 Goto 180deg laz 90 Goto 90deg laz 0 Goto 0deg laz 350 Goto 350deg Last command will rotate just 10 CCW if rotor was calibrated with overlap by using the shortest path If everything looks fine read calibration settings and copy paste them to a text editor for backup laz cal gt laz cal XX XX XX XX XX copy this line and paste it for backup Save all changes to the NV memory saved Rotor can be installed with any stop direction and then an antenna offset can be specified Currently offset is set to zero and the rotor position is displayed Actual antenna bearing is calculated by adding antenna specific offset display rotor_deg offset Up to 8 different antenna offsets can be specified and selected with front panel controls or se
5. 0 to 359 degrees Oxssss azimuth status in 16bit HEX format bit2 0 3bit Motor State Valid states are 0 idle motor is not moving 1 start motion 2 ramp up 3 moving with Vmax 4 ramp down 5 creep to target with Vmin 6 brake delay bit3 Direction 0 positive 1 negative bit4 Over travel 0 current heading is in 0 359deg range 1 current heading is gt 360deg range bits Target mode 0 rotating in jog mode until stopped 1 rotating to specified target bit6 Brake status 0 Brake is engaged relay is OFF 1 Brake is released relay is ON bit7 Reserved bit8 CCW Limit Set when CCW limit is reached Rotor can be moved only in CW direction bit9 CW Limit Set when CW limit is reached Rotor can be moved only in CCW direction bit10 TimeOut Set when MoveTimeout or StopTimeout expired Cleared when new motion is requested bit11 ACstatus 0 AC power not present or the internal timing is not synchronized to the AC power phase AZ and EL motors can t be rotated 1 AC power is present and motors are ready to move bit15 12 Reserved AZ EL USB Rotor Controller AE 21 16 Rev A 03 Apr 2012 _http www af6sa com Chapter 6 Terminal Commands Description Azimuth Rotate Rotate in positive direction jog mode gt Parameters ttt azimuth target in degrees 0 359 Vmax requested maximum voltage 1 100 Vmin requested minimum voltag
6. 07 try Pdec 8 to give it room to decelerate and creep to target laz 200 60 40 2000 8 goto 200 Vmax 60 Vmin 40 Tad 2sec Pdec 8 Additionally two time out parameters can be specified to help protect the motor from overheating In case of feedback failure or mechanically stalled rotor power to the motor will be shut down after MoveTimeout seconds Chose MoveTimeout to be little longer than one full rotation time 100sec is enough for most cases StopTimeout is used to prevent endless rotor creeping to target after ramp down 5sec is good for most cases BrakeDelay is the brake engage delay time after motor is stopped 3 sec is good for most cases Finally set the optimized values as default for all future commands laz p 60 40 2000 8 100 5 3 Vmax 60 Vmin 40 Tad 2sec Pdec 8 MoveTimeout 100 StopTimeout 5 BrakeDelay 3 And save all changes to the NV memory saved 6 Terminal Commands Description Commands begin on a new line and can have up to 9 parameters separated with space ASCII 32 Parameters in square brackets are optional and all previous parameters need to be entered A subset of Yaesu GS 232A control interface commands are supported for compatibility with existing tracking software All extended AE 21 specific commands begin with the exclamation point symbol 6 1 Yaesu GS 232A commands The first letter can be upper or lower case For compatibility prompt is not returned Invalid commands
7. 2 http www af6sa com Chapter 6 Terminal Commands Description Rotate to specific elevation target mode gt Parameters ttt elevation target in degrees 180 180 Vmax requested maximum voltage 1 100 Vmin requested minimum voltage 1 100 Tad ramp up ramp down time 0 30 0O00mSec Pdec ramp down deceleration point 0 255deg before reaching target point Pdest Elevation stop Ramp down and stop elevation rotation now Elevation antenna offset set display Set antenna elevation offset Parameters offset antenna offset from 180 180 degrees Read antenna elevation offset Elevation Parameters set display Set elevation default parameters Parameters Vmax requested maximum voltage 1 100 70 Vmin requested minimum voltage 1 100 50 Tad ramp up ramp down time 0 30 000ms 2000ms Pdec ramp down deceleration point 0 255deg before reaching target point 5deg MoveTimeout maximum 1 255s time for movement in single command 100s StopTimeout maximum 1 255s time to creep 5s Note Values in are factory defaults values loaded with Je cal res command Read elevation default parameters AZ EL USB Rotor Controller AE 21 21 Rev A 03 Apr 2012 http www af6sa com Chapter 6 Terminal Commands Description lel p lel p 70 50 2000 5 100 5 Elevation calibration set display Restore and print elevation factory default parameters for Yaesu G 5500 fel cal
8. AZ EL USB ROTOR CONTROLER AE 21 User Manual FEATURES L N SEE SEE SEE SEE SE SE SE E E G Azimuth Elevation point and shot control Graphic 2 7 OLED display 128x64 pixels Soft ramp up and ramp down AC motor control 8 outputs for antenna control 8 antenna offset configurations USB serial interface Yaesu GS 232A commands compatible for computer control Compatible with Yaesu G 5500 G 450 G 650 HY Gain and other AC motor rotors Solid state relays for quiet and reliable operation Brake control with programmable delay Small footprint W 130mm x H 58mm x D 190mm Chapter 1 Front Panel Display and Controlls 1 Front Panel Display and Controlls The front panel includes a graphical 128x64 pixel OLED display and two dial encoders with push buttons labeled AZ top and EL bottom AC power status USB status Azimuth Heading mark Over travel mark Antenna selection e Heading memory Elevation Elevation mark e AC voltage status e USB status Azimuth Elevation Elevation mark AZEL ROTATOR 1 f M 2R E Oe i J HF Beam Atricat Asia Heading mark Over travel mark Antenna selection Heading memory Figure 1 AE 21 Front panel view displays current antenna heading in degrees when stopped or moving Will display the new target heading when dialing with the AZ knob Full circle O shows current azimuth heading when stopped Circle shows current azimuth heading wh
9. DC 0 1A 8 GND Ground AZ EL USB Rotor Controller AE 21 8 Rev A 03 Apr 2012 _http www af6sa com Chapter 4 Azimuth Elevation Calibration 4 Azimuth Elevation Calibration First restore default settings for azimuth rotor by sending laz cal res restore AZ factory default parameters speed 70 50 decel point offset O antsel 1 This command will not change parameters in NV memory until they are saved with save command Check rotation direction by sending rotate CW command laz 2 starting movement in CW direction Rotation can be stopped anytime by shortly tapping AZ dial or with stop command sv stop now Rotor should rotate CW N E gt S W Azimuth degrees on display should increase If rotor is rotating in opposite direction exchange MOTA and MOTB wires and check again If display degrees are decreasing exchange POTA and POTB wires and check again Check rotation direction by sending rotate CCW command laz starting movement in CCW direction Rotate fully CCW to rotor hard stop or until some other limitation is reached laz starting movement in CCW direction s Stop now After rotor was stopped set the rotor zero position and CCW soft limit with laz cal cow yset most CCW point and CCW limit Now rotate fully CW to rotor hard stop or until some other limitation is reached laz starting movement in CW direction s stop now or tap AZ button After rotor is stopped
10. age 1 100 50 Tad ramp up ramp down time 0 30 000ms 2000ms Pdec ramp down deceleration point 0 255deg before reaching target point 5deg MoveTimeout maximum 1 255s time for movement in single command 100s StopTimeout maximum 1 255s time to creep 5s BrakeDelay delay in 0 255s after motor stop to brake engage 30s Note Values in are factory defaults values loaded with faz cal res command AZ EL USB Rotor Controller AE 21 18 Rev A 03 Apr 2012 _http www af6sa com Chapter 6 Terminal Commands Description Read azimuth default parameters laz pf kaz p 70 50 2000 5 100 5 30 Azimuth calibration set display Restore and print azimuth factory default parameters for Yaesu G 5500 or G 450 laz cal res Factory defaults loaded laz cal set 0 450 56 2 563889 laz cal set CCWlimit CWlimit ADCoffset AZtoADC laz cal set 0 450 56 2 563889 Parameters CCWlimit CCW travel limit 0 359deg 0 CWlimit CW travel limit 0 719deg 449 ADCoffset potentiometer fedback offset value 0 1023 56 AZtoADC decimal divisor used to calculate rotor position gt 0 2 563889 Note Values in are factory defaults values loaded with Jaz cal res command Read current azimuth calibration parameters laz cal laz cal set 0 450 56 2 563889 Set current rotor position as CW limit point and calculates ADCoffset and AZtoADC feedback parameters Will print calculated values for reference laz cal cw deg
11. down the AZ button until Antenna selection is displayed inverse then rotate it to move through the list of defined antenna offset settings Alternatively using the terminal laz a 5 Select antenna offset 5 Save all changes to the NV memory Isaved Elevation rotor calibration First restore factory defaults for G 550 by sending lel cal res speed 70 50 decel point offset O antsel 1 Check rotation direction by sending rotate UP command lel start up movement Rotation can be stopped anytime by shortly tapping EL dial or with stop command s stop now If rotor is rotating in opposite direction exchange MOTA and MOTB wires and check again If display degrees are decreasing exchange POTA and POTB wires and check again Check rotation direction by sending rotate DOWN command lel start down movement Now rotate down until hard stop or some other limitation is reached lel start down movement s stop now or tap EL button After rotor has stopped set the elevation rotor zero position and limit with lel cal neg rset most negative point limit Now rotate in positive direction until rotor hard stop or some other limitation is reached lel start up movement s stop now or tap EL button After rotor was stopped set the elevation rotor most positive position and calibrate rotor feedback with AZ EL USB Rotor Controller AE 21 11 Rev A 03 Apr 2012 _http www af6sa com Cha
12. e 1 100 Tad ramp up ramp down time 0 30 000mSec Pdec ramp down deceleration point 0 255deg before reaching target point Pdest Azimuth stop Ramp down and stop azimuth rotation now Azimuth antenna offset configuration set display Set antenna offset configuration gt Parameters n antenna offset number 1 8 offset antenna offset from 359 359 degrees outputs rotor outputs settings X don t change O turn OFF 1 Turn ON 1XXXXXX0 means Out8 ON Out1 OFF all other don t change All 8 bit must be specified text antenna selection text to be displayed AZ EL USB Rotor Controller AE 21 17 Rev A 03 Apr 2012 http www af6sa com Chapter 6 Terminal Commands Description Read current offset settings laz of laz o 1 165 XXXXXXX0 Windom laz o 2 165 XXXXXXX1 HF beam laz o 5 75 XXXXXOOX X VPOL laz o 6 75 XXXXX11X X HPOL laz o 7 75 XXXXXO1X X LHCP laz o 8 75 XXXXX10X X RHCP gt Prints list of the current antenna offset configuration Copy this response from terminal window for backup and restore purposes Azimuth Antenna offset select display Read antenna selected Parameters n antenna offset number 1 8 Read antenna selected Read currently selected antenna offset After power up antenna offset 1 is selected Azimuth Parameters set display Set azimuth default parameters gt Parameters Vmax requested maximum voltage 1 100 70 Vmin requested minimum volt
13. e used Display and front controls set sub command Parameters Factory defaults stime screen saver timeout in 0 255sec Enter 0 to disable Osec ss screen saver display state to enter after time out 0 ws wake up display state 3 mtout menu selection time out 1 65535ms 2000ms bclick button short click time 1 65535ms 100ms bpress button long time 1 65535ms 2000ms Clear display sub command Parameters c color 0 gt black 1 white fnt font number 1 small letters 10 points 2 big letters 16 points 3 special symbols X y x y coordinates of the first letter lower left corner 0 0 127 63 string text string to be displayed AZ EL USB Rotor Controller AE 21 23 Rev A 03 Apr 2012 http www af6sa com Chapter 6 Terminal Commands Description Draw pixel sub command gt Parameters c color 0 black 1 white x y pixel x y coordinates Draw line sub command Parameters Cc color 0 black 1 white x1 y1 start point coordinates 0 0 127 63 x2 y2 endpoint coordinates 0 0 127 63 Draw beveled figure sub command For a pure circular object x1 x2 and y1 y2 For a rectangular object radius 0 Parameters c color 0 black 1 white x1 y1 x2 y2 rad Draw filled beveled figure sub command For a pure circular object x1 x2 and y1 y2 For a rectangular object radius 0 coordinate of the upper
14. ease it until rotor starts turning Rotation can be stopped anytime by shortly tapping AZ dial or with stop command Vmin laz 30 10 2000 CW direction Vmax 30 Vmin 10 Tad 2sec laz 35 10 20008 laz 40 10 2000 rotor starts moving laz 40 10 2000 7 check also the negative direction sd stop now Continue to increase Vmax until rotor starts to move with its maximum speed For Vmin use the previously found value This is best done in a start stop sequence laz 50 40 20008 CW direction Vmax 50 Vmin 40 Tad 2sec sv ywait to accelerate and stop laz 60 40 20008 CW direction Vmax 50 Vmin 40 Tad 2sec sv ywait to accelerate and stop Usually Vmax should be no more than double the value of Vmin Going higher will be just more wasted power and heat on the motor Ramp up ramp down can be disabled by setting Vmin Vmax and Tad 0 To find Pdec point request rotor to go at specific target far enough to accelerate and move with Vmax Use the previously optimized values for Vmax Vmin and Tad laz 300 60 40 2000 0 goto 300 Vmax 60 Vmin 40 Tad 2sec Pdec 0 AZ EL USB Rotor Controller AE 21 13 Rev A 03 Apr 2012 _http www af6sa com Chapter 5 Tuning Rotor will begin deceleration when it has reached 300 and will then ramp down to stop some degrees after the target Set Pdec to the difference between requested target and actual rotor stop In this example if rotor stopped at 3
15. en moving Target symbol shows target heading when dialing or moving Indicates more than 360 travel and overlap range Displays the name of current antenna offset selection There are 8 user configurable antenna offset combinations Shows heading memory text corresponding to displayed azimuth Displays antenna elevation in degrees when stopped or moving Will display the new target elevation when dialing with the EL knob Full circle C shows current elevation when stopped Circle shows current elevation when moving Target symbol shows target elevation when dialing or moving Symbol is displayed when there is no AC power present or the internal timing is not synchronized to the AC power phase Displayed when connected to USB port and ready to communicate AZ EL USB Rotor Controller AE 21 2 Rev A 03 Apr 2012 http www af6sa com Chapter 1 Front Panel Display and Controlls The AZ dial is used to enter new target heading or changing the antenna offset selection Turning the AZ dial will change Heading mark symbol to and display the new dialed heading target degrees Heading memory will follow Note that the encoder resolution changes with dialing speed When moved slowly target heading can be selected with 1 increments Turn it faster for larger changes Dialing will be limited to CCW CW antenna travel limits Figure 2 Dialing new target AE 21 starts rotor movement automatically following the dialed new headi
16. l Power OFF is displayed inverse Use the dial to adjust the display settings Power OFF Dim Normal Bright Short tap or stop dialing for gt 2 seconds to exit this selection mode Figure 5 Selecting display power settings Power OFF selection will turn the display off and disable front panel controls USB control will remain functional To restore display and manual operation press and hold the EL button for gt 2 seconds or send disp 2 command AZ EL USB Rotor Controller AE 21 4 Rev A 03 Apr 2012 _http www af6sa com Chapter 2 USB Interface 2 USB Interface When connected to a computer USB port AE 21 will be recognized and enumerated as a standard USB virtual serial COM port and it can be used for Rotor controller calibrating and tuning Automated azimuth elevation control Need to be connected to AC power Antenna selecting and outputs switching User parameters backup restore Firmware update If the host is a PC and this is the first time you have plugged this device into the computer then you may be asked for a new driver mchpcdc inf file Select the Browse my computer for driver software option Navigate to the directory containing the file then click next Click install f m E i Update Driver Software CDC RS 232 Emulation Demo Browse for driver software on your computer r gt Search for driver software in this location caine Seay E T
17. left center of the circle that draws the rounded corners coordinate of the upper left center of the circle that draws the rounded corners defines the radius of the circle that draws the rounded corners Parameters Cc color 0 black 1 white x1 y1 coordinate of the upper left center of the circle that draws the rounded corners x2 y2 coordinate of the upper left center of the circle that draws the rounded corners rad defines the radius of the circle that draws the rounded corners Draw arc inside rectangle sub command Pixels outside rectangle will be not be drawn gt Parameters c color 0 black 1 white X y arc center coordinate position rad arc radius rx1 ry1 coordinate of the upper left corner of limiting rectangle rx2 ry2 coordinate of the lower right corner of limiting rectangle AZ EL USB Rotor Controller AE 21 24 Rev A 03 Apr 2012 http www af6sa com
18. ng target When rotor is moving and the new heading target is in opposite direction it will be ramped down to complete stop then ramped up in opposite direction Figure 3 Moving to target After 2 seconds of dial inactivity the display will show the current antenna heading moving to target A short tap on AZ button will ramp down and stop azimuth rotor motion The EL dial is used to enter new target elevation or changing the display settings Entering new elevation target is done in the same manner just dial new elevation target and rotor will follow A short tap on EL button will ramp down and stop elevation rotor motion AZ EL USB Rotor Controller AE 21 3 Rev A 03 Apr 2012 _http www af6sa com Chapter 1 Front Panel Display and Controlls To select different antenna offset press and hold down the AZ button until Antenna selection is displayed inverse Figure 4 Selecting antenna offset Use the dial to move through the list of defined antenna offset settings Antenna bearing and outputs will be updated while scrolling There two ways to exit this mode e A short tap on AZ button will exit this mode immediately If this new selection has a different offset motion will be started to compensate it Second short tap on AZ button will stop azimuth motion Stop dialing for gt 2 seconds and selection mode will be timed out without starting a motion To change display settings press and hold down the EL button unti
19. pter 4 Azimuth Elevation Calibration lel cal pose yset most positive point limit If the rotation angle was not exactly 180 specify it lel cal pos 87 yset most positive point limit with 87deg travel Now the elevation rotor is calibrated Verify the rotor and display operation by turning it at different angles Display shows the rotor angle in 0 to 180 interval lel 70 Goto 70deg lel 0 Goto 0deg Antenna elevation offset can be specified to compensate any difference between antenna elevation and displayed elevation lel o 73 yset elevation offset to 7deg Display shows the rotor angle in 0 to 180 interval AZ EL USB Rotor Controller AE 21 12 Rev A 03 Apr 2012 _http www af6sa com Chapter 5 Tuning 5 Tuning AE 21 rotor controller uses phase modulation to regulate the voltage applied to the motor Motion starts with the requested minimum voltage Vmin increasing for defined time Tad to requested maximum voltage Vmax Ramp down will start at deceleration point Pdec Motor voltage will be decreased to Vmin and rotor will creep to the destination point Pdest A Voltage Pdec WIMAX carrea sp X Pdest N Tad i Tad gt Tipe Values of the Vmin and Vmax will change with motor cable length and load This fine tuning should be done after complete rotor and antenna Installation First find the minimum voltage needed to turn the rotor Start with low value for Vmax and incr
20. res Factory defaults loaded fel cal set 0 180 58 4 978142 lel cal set NEGlimit POSlimit ADCoffset ELtoADC lel cal set 0 180 58 4 978142 gt Parameters NEGLimit positive travel limit 180 180deg 0 POSlimit negative travel limit 180 180deg 180 ADCoffset potentiometer fedback offset value 0 1023 58 ELtoADC decimal divisor used to calculate rotor position gt 0 4 978142 Note Values in are factory defaults values loaded with el cal res command Read current azimuth calibration parameters lel cal lel cal set 0 180 58 4 978142 Set current rotor position as positive limit point and calculates ADCoffset and ELtoADC feedback parameters Will print calculated values for reference fel cal pos deg lel cal set 0 180 58 4 978142 Parameters deg distance between NEG and POS limits in 0 360deg AZ EL USB Rotor Controller AE 21 22 Rev A 03 Apr 2012 _http www af6sa com Chapter 6 Terminal Commands Description 6 5 Display Commands First argument can be a numeric value used to set display state or a sub command followed by up to eight arguments Set display state Parameters n set display state 0 255 0 turn display and front controls OFF 1 low display intensity dimmed display 2 normal display intensity 3 bright display intensity 255 stop display refresh and front controls but leave display on Commands to print text and figures can b
21. ress enter very The controller should respond with its type serial number and firmware version gt AE 21 rotor controller SN 001002 ver 1 2 1 0 By default characters echo is turned off to comply with GS 232A protocol Echo can be turned on in terminal program or with echo 7 command AZ EL USB Rotor Controller AE 21 5 Rev A 03 Apr 2012 _http www af6sa com Chapter 3 Installation 3 Installation Connectors are located on AE 21 back panel e Ground terminal with 6 32 M4 tread Connect to the station ground e Standard IEC 60320 1 C14 power inlet Power transformer is wired internally for 115VAC or 230VAC Check your wiring for correct AC voltage before plugging e USB B connector Optional connection to PC for automated control or firmware upgrade e Three 8 position terminal blocks are used to connect AZ EL rotors and user Outputs Push the button with small screwdriver to install or remove wire Recommended are 18AWG 22AWG wire sizes AC LINE EL AZ OUT le EL AZ OUT ha O AE 21 SN01001 sa Al 120VAC 1A FUSE 230VAC 0 63A GROUND USB 120VAC 1A_ Figure 6 AE 21 Back panel view AZ EL USB Rotor Controller AE 21 6 Rev A 03 Apr 2012 _http www af6sa com Chapter 3 Installation DISPLAY ae ane 2v AVE AZ EL USB Rotor Controller Figure 7 Wiring Diagram AE 21 7 Note tha
22. rial port Antenna offset is the difference between antenna bearing and rotor zero position offset display rotor_deg Following example is for one HF beam mounted with 165 offset south stop VHF UHF cross Yagi system with elevation control is mounted at 75 offset so they can slide between HF beam elements and minimize interaction Rotor outputs Out3 and Out2 are used to switch VHF UHF cross Yagi polarization Out1 is used to switch between HF beam and additional Windom antenna E Figure 8 Sample configuration HF beam and VHF UHF cross Yagi This configuration can be set with the following commands laz o 1 165 XXXXXXXO Windom Ant 1 Windom Out1 0 laz o 2 165 XXXXXXX1 HF beam sAnt 2 HF beam Out1 1 laz o 5 75 XXXXXO0OX X VPOLY yAnt 5 X Yagi Vertical polarization laz o 6 75 XXXXX11X X HPOLY 7Ant 6 X Yagi Horizontal polarization laz o 7 75 XXXXXO1X X LHCPY yAnt 7 X Yagi Lefthand circular polarization laz o 8 75 XXXXX10X X RHCPY yAnt 8 X Yagi Righthand circular polarization AZ EL USB Rotor Controller AE 21 10 Rev A 03 Apr 2012 _http www af6sa com Chapter 4 Azimuth Elevation Calibration Check your settings with laz ow laz o 1 165 XXXXXXX0 Windom laz o 2 165 XXXXXXX1 HF beam laz o 5 75 XXXXXOOX X VPOL laz o 6 75 XXXXX11X X HPOL laz o 7 75 XXXXXO1X X LHCP laz o 8 75 XXXXX10X X RHCP Copy paste answers to a text editor for backup Check all settings by switching between antennas Press and hold
23. t Yaesu rotors have the motor starting capacitor integrated inside For HY Gain or other AC motor rotors external motor starting capacitor needs to be installed Rev A 03 Apr 2012 1 OUI SUH User Relays Tk tal our 7 A ech S OUTS 7 LS th 51 OUT4 7 KE a OUTS 7 Leh OUTS Z cl S OUT A Pech He l Ba 8 anaes ot POTB Bees a http www af6sa com Chapter 3 Installation Elevation rotor wiring for Yaesu G 5500 EL G 5500 Description Wire color 1 POTA E1 Potentiometer feedback A 2 POTB E3 Potentiometer feedback B 3 POTC E2 Potentiometer feedback Wiper 4 MOTC E Motor common point 5 MOTB E4 Motor winding CCW 6 MOTA E5 Motor winding CW 7 OUTS Output 12VDC 0 1A 8 GND z Ground Azimuth rotor wiring for Yaesu G 5500 AZ G 5500 Description Wire color 1 POTA Al Potentiometer feedback A 2 POTB A3 Potentiometer feedback B 3 POTC A2 Potentiometer feedback Wiper 4 MOTC A6 Motor common point 5 MOTB A4 Motor winding CCW 6 MOTA A5 Motor winding CW 7 AC 24VAC 8 BRAKE 7 Optional brake 24VAC 0 5A Outputs wirin OUT Description Wire color 1 OUT1 Output 12VDC 0 1A 2 OUT2 Output 12VDC 0 1A 3 OUT3 Output 12VDC 0 1A 4 OUT4 Output 12VDC 0 1A 5 OUTS Output 12VDC 0 1A 6 OUT6 Output 12VDC 0 1A 7 OUT7 Output 12V
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