[PSUBS-MAILIST] wireless control

[Alan via Personal_Submersibles]

Hank,
a lot would also depend on how the hand held controller operates the reverse
on your motor controller. 
Maybe you have ptfe ( teflon ) insulated wires, they are a lot stiffer.
Cheers Alan

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> On 26/06/2017, at 12:05 PM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Alan,
> Thanks for the input, I have used servo's before and was worried that might be the only way.  The big issue really is the darn wire is quite stiff, maybe I should try to find a better cable first, mind you, the rc controllers are pretty nice to handle.  
> Hank
> 
> 
> On Sunday, June 25, 2017 5:17 PM, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hank,
> no you don't have to have an electrical degree from MIT but it will
> help if you know someone who does.
> If your control box has joy sticks on it with potentiometers that send out
> 0-5Volts, you could chop off the signal wires or maybe just solder in wires to this
> device.....
> http://www.astroflight.com/rcpwm2v
> It takes the signal from a  radio control receiver & outputs it as a 0-5V signal.
> So you need a radio control transmitter & receiver with at least 4 channels &
> one of those units for each motor; providing the  voltage is compatible.
> The radio control transmitters are a bit difficult to set up if you are not familiar
> with all the RC terms & would probably be better left to some nerdy kid!
>    Another way that it could be done is to fit similar valued potentiometers as you 
> have on your joy stick, on to the signal wire. Then buy a servo ( thing that operates
> the aileron on a RC plane) & attach that on to the spindle of the potentiometer.
> The servo is plugged in to a channel on the RC receiver ( RC receiver needs 5 Volts),
> now when you operate the joy stick on your RC transmitter instead of moving
> the aileron up & down it turns the potentiometer one way or the other, controlling
> forward & back & speed. 
> You could have a switch incorporated to change from radio control to manual.
> I am not sure how the radio signals would work inside a metal hull, maybe buy
> a RC to & try it out first! ( good excuse)
> A lot of modern motor controllers have a RC signal port. Jon was looking at a motor
> controller that had that facility, not sure if he bought it.
> Other than that, there is a lot happening in the robotics World with radio controlled 
> battle bots etc; they are controlling a number of motors off RC. There may be
> videos or advice on how to do it on their forums; however a lot of their controllers
> aren't capable of the voltage & amperage we use.
> Cheers Alan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
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>> On 25/06/2017, at 12:10 AM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> Gamma has this stupid multi wire cable that goes from the electric panel to the hand control box.  The box has speed control for 4 motors and forward and reverse for the 4 motors.  Can I make that remote without an electrical engineering degree from MIT 
>> Hank
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