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RE: Quite chuffed with myself.....

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Sun May 03, 2015 7:28 pm
by Taffy (deleted)
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I am guessing it can be tuned in much like TC remotes etc where you can run through a sequence and then use a replacement remote or one of those all in one things they advertise for all your gadgets connected to TV.? Would be silly if they couldn't be tuned as if you damaged or lost a remote you would have to have a new mover fitted !


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RE: Quite chuffed with myself.....

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Sun May 03, 2015 7:44 pm
by Agger (deleted)
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No, you just order a new remote on the same frequency, as you would for a central heating boiler, door bell, etc


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RE: Quite chuffed with myself.....

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Sun May 03, 2015 10:37 pm
by JohnE (deleted)
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Zitat
No, you just order a new remote on the same frequency, as you would for a central heating boiler, door bell, etc



Rubbish!

Any remote control for a particular model of mover system can be used as they all operate on the same frequency; it's the digital encoding between the individual remote and the movers electronics box that is unique.
These are 'paired' by carrying out the synchronisation procedure found in the mover's user manual.


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RE: Quite chuffed with myself.....

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Sun May 03, 2015 11:07 pm
by Wordspace (deleted)
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Quote: Pop540 wrote in post #12

apologies to Wordspace for mentioning same thing.
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Oh blimey, apologies aren't necessary! It's my fault - I was going to add something to the thing about the aerials and then my battery ran out. I'm sure I read that the lead plates in the leisure battery could shield a mover aerial if it was in the same plane. On my Triton, the mover aerial is rotated so it's above the level of the battery.

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RE: Quite chuffed with myself.....

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Mon May 04, 2015 7:42 am
by Agger (deleted)
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Quote: JohnE wrote in post #18

Zitat
No, you just order a new remote on the same frequency, as you would for a central heating boiler, door bell, etc


Rubbish!

Any remote control for a particular model of mover system can be used as they all operate on the same frequency; it's the digital encoding between the individual remote and the movers electronics box that is unique.
These are 'paired' by carrying out the synchronisation procedure found in the mover's user manual.




Really! In that case I'm wrong, I mentioned central heating boiler as I have personal experience of this. So I'm assuming that AL would have had to "retune" the remote to operate with one of there stock items? If that's the case Derek (hampshireman) will have to "retune" it to work with his mover, as per the manual?


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RE: Quite chuffed with myself.....

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Mon May 04, 2015 9:02 am
by crow (deleted)
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That little aerial can be extended by a skilled person

E5 Basic Station

Mount the
antenna cable
in accordance with the
notes on the Basic Station. If the radio signal
reception is poor, then you extend the
antenna to _54 cm_ The cable should be taken
outside the vehicle taking care that the aerial
does not come into contact with any metal parts.


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RE: Quite chuffed with myself.....

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Mon May 04, 2015 9:58 am
by Pepé Le Pew | 2.752 Posts

Quote: crow wrote in post #21
If the radio signal reception is poor, then you extend the antenna to 54 cm. The cable should be taken outside the vehicle taking care that the aerial does not come into contact with any metal parts.
I found that bit in the Reich installation manual last night too, and I reckon I'm going to have another fiddle with ours.

I was getting dicky reception from day one and discovered when it came off in my hand that the aerial had a dry joint at its connection with the control box pcb, so I soldered a new length on.

It was a sort of arbitrary length. I say arbitrary, but the small degree of educated guesswork I used was based on yonks of fooling around with various radio-controlled models, so the upshot was that it works - and continues to do so - but not as well as it should.

If I extend it to 54cm then drop it out through the floor so that it's hanging vertically and outside the Faraday cage that is the body (which I would assume to be the best thing to do), the position of our control box (vertically on a ply bulkhead adjacent to the electrical department) and the location of the aerial connection on its top edge means that less than half of the 54cm will actually be in the optimum location.

What I'd like to do really is have the correct length for the best reception outside the body of the van. I remember reading something that John E wrote somewhere concerning this very thing, and if I recall correctly that length, for the particular radio frequency in use, is about eight inches or so. I'll double check that anyway.

The thing is that any length of wire from the control box to the bit you actually want to be the aerial (the 8" dangling down, if you excuse the expression) is effectively part of the aerial as a whole, making a nonsense of Reich's 54cm.

Which means, presumably, that I'm likely to be no better off than I am at the moment.

Except that I'll have a small hole in the floor which wasn't there before.

Now I might be making heavy weather of this whole thing, but I'd really like the entire gubbins to work more consistently than it does now. Having to walk closer to the van on one side than the other - the control box side - when using the remote makes it more likely that I'll clobber something that I can't see because there's a big tin snail in the way.

I realise too that a certain gentleman from Glou*estershire with a BMW 3 series and a Troll will say that movers are for pansies and that he can reverse his Troll into a fairy ring without squashing a single mushroom

I think that's great, and honestly I'm full of admiration for his skill, but it doesn't alter the fact that since we have a mover there's absolutely no point not using it, and when we are, I'd like to have it work properly.

Anyway, back to the aerial. Are you about, John? Any thoughts on this thing?

P.S. Incidentally, I tried driving the van from inside looking out through the net curtains with the door shut while we were at Stratford. Not only was this a jolly wheeze - which could have been even more of a jolly wheeze if it went twice as fast - but needless to say since me, the remote and the aerial were all inside the van, it worked beautifully.

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RE: Quite chuffed with myself.....

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Mon May 04, 2015 11:05 am
by Aaron Calder | 3.834 Posts

Don't know if it will be of any help but this is how our aerial is situated and it works fine.

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RE: Quite chuffed with myself.....

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Mon May 04, 2015 11:08 am
by Pepé Le Pew | 2.752 Posts

Quote: Aaron Calder wrote in post #23
Don't know if it will be of any help but this is how our aerial is situated and it works fine.
Yes it does, mate. Thank you.

Does your remote work consistently all round the van? Maybe my expectations are too high.

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RE: Quite chuffed with myself.....

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Mon May 04, 2015 11:23 am
by hampshireman (deleted)
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Thanks chaps, going out to retune and try it very soon.. Using the Eriba on Saturday for one night


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RE: Quite chuffed with myself.....

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Mon May 04, 2015 12:09 pm
by hampshireman (deleted)
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Just spent ages out in there with Carole checking eveyrthung and following the synchroniastion sheet in the manual. Did not work. Tried the reset instrauctions and still nothing.

The LED on the control box doesn't stay on. It flashes occasionally. Think it's another call to AL in the morning, presume they on Bank hols today.


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RE: Quite chuffed with myself.....

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Mon May 04, 2015 12:41 pm
by Aaron Calder | 3.834 Posts

Quote: Pepé Le Pew wrote in post #24
Does your remote work consistently all round the van? Maybe my expectations are too high.
Yes, the remote seems to work from any location around the van although on odd occasions it seems to 'hesitate.' This is rare and I put it down to non-macho button pushing on my part. Also, I think my mover came with a long lead for connecting the handset to the control box should the radio control cease to function correctly. So far, I've not had occasion to use it.


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RE: Quite chuffed with myself.....

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Mon May 04, 2015 1:02 pm
by Frantone (deleted)
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I had occasion to connect my Reich remote control to the control box last year.
However the control box is fitted so close to the woodwork of the bed frame that the 3.5 mm Jack plug could not be inserted!
I had to purchase a 90 degree (where's the degree sign?) Jack plug on a long lead to make the connection. Even then it was difficult.




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#29

RE: Quite chuffed with myself.....

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Mon May 04, 2015 1:40 pm
by JohnE (deleted)
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Derek, try the following:

Switch the main isolator switch on and with a multimeter set to the dc volts range, measure the supply voltage to the base station (there are six connections, two for each motor and two for the supply, marked + and -). You should be able access these with the meter's probes without removing the base station's cover.

If your leisure battery is fully charged, the reading should be greater than 12.5 volts. If not, check the voltage across the leisure battery's terminals - if this reads greater than 12.5 volts, there's a connection/switch problem between the battery and base station.

Complete the reset and synchronisation procedure as described in the user manual.

Switch off the main isolator then switch back on again and listen for a relay click from the base station, confirming that the power-on self test has completed successfully..

With the rollers disengaged, operate the remote control from inside the caravan and listen out for relays clicking as you select various directions

And if all the above steps were successful, you should also hear the motors spin.

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RE: Quite chuffed with myself.....

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Mon May 04, 2015 1:40 pm
by Poptop320 | 2.634 Posts

Quote: Pepé Le Pew wrote in post #22
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P.S. Incidentally, I tried driving the van from inside looking out through the net curtains with the door shut while we were at Stratford. Not only was this a jolly wheeze - which could have been even more of a jolly wheeze if it went twice as fast - but needless to say since me, the remote and the aerial were all inside the van, it worked beautifully.

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