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Electronics => Projects, Designs, and Technical Stuff => Topic started by: Seekonk on July 18, 2015, 12:24:27 pm
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I just installed an Acorn 120 stair lift at my parents home. The problem is there is another Acorn stair lift nearby. Both lift remotes have the same code and both operate at the same time. Opened the remote battery cover and there is a dip switch, 1 is up and 2 is down. Simple enough, I make them both up and neither stair lift responds. This should be simple, just remove the cover on the lift and change the code on the control board.
PROBLEM: There are no dip switches, jumpers or anything on the control board. Just header pins to program the micros. There are two jumper wire loops that could be cut on one of the connectors. It has to be something simple. Don't think they want installers going in and changing code. I hesitate to just cut the wires and experiment. I'm here with nothing and don't have anything to solder the wires back together. Two lifts in the same house is fairly common. Thought there ought to be a video and checked youtube, but nothing. Any installers out there with a solution?
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Could you make a picture of the control board? But generally cutting wires is not the way of configuring such a device, maybe there's a special programming device. Why don't you ask the Acorn support?
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I believe the Acorn stuff is pretty well supported. I would ring or email them with your problem.
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Are these RF remotes? One of the manuals (http://www.ameriglide.com/cache/1326148768000/resources/product/615/productDocument/292.pdf) I could find suggests these are IR, so it could be a matter of the remotes not being directional enough.
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"could be a matter of the remotes not being directional enough."
That is called IR bouncing off walls. Not a solution. Not painting everything flat black.