I have some model of TIC rotator I'm trying to get ready for use; the
controller that it came with was toast when I got it -- The design is pretty
simple -- a DC motor (sure looks like a windshield wiper motor) and 500 ohm pot
for position reading.
The Idiom press retrofit kit for the Tailtwister controller would be a GREAT
way to re-do the controller -- were I to do it again, I would use the Idiom
press kit (http://www.idiompress.com/rotor-ez.html) with some of the original
Tic controller parts (like the power supply, the meter, potentiometer, and some
switches).
What I did do was use a Modtronix single board computer (PIC based) that had a
built-in Web server based on the Microchip reference design, added a couple of
relays, and modified the webserver code to accept URLs with the
Hygain/idiom-press commands; I can put the power supply and controller out at
the tower base with other stuff, and control it all over the local area network
by sending it commands (I have network running to the base of the tower).
Brian N9ADG
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