Howdy y’all,
For some reason, when I send a PWM signal to my LAC, my actuator doesn’t move. Can someone explain to me what is wrong with my setup?
Note: My board is being powered by a 12.5 V 13mA power supply, and I am using the PWM pin (Pin 18) on my Raspberry Pi. I can confirm through an LED check, that a PWM signal is being produced.
Hi @troybaxter99,
Which actuator are you using?
Was this configuration working before or not from the start?
13mA power supply? Or this is a typing mistake?
Thanks.
Howdy y’all,
I am currently running into issues with my LAC and it not powering on. As you can see in the picture, I have a P16 Series actuator and a 12V (12.334 V measured) battery packed wired up to the LAC. However, for some reason whenever I plug it into my computer to use the Actuonix LAC Configuration Utility, all I get is a “Device Not Detected” Error. The weird part about all of this is that I had my linear actuator and the LAC working about a week and a half ago before it stopped altogether today when I tried to run it again. Can anyone help me?
Note: I have already reinstalled the Actuonix LAC Configuration Utility along with the corresponding drivers as designated in a Windows 8.1 pdf that was shared on a different forum post.
I am using a P16 actuator from Actuonix. The power supply is providing 12.5 V to the board, but it just happens that the current output is reading 13mA.
I have gotten the actuator to move before using this very LAC, and I believe the wiring is correct to what it was before, but I could be wrong. I’m just completely lost because the Datasheet says to use the VC pin on the X6 connector for PWM signals.
Thank you for your reply.
Did you check if actuator itself is working properly and not defective?
If you apply 12V DC to actuator does it extends or retracts?
I can confirm the actuator works. I tested it with a ADC and I can confirm it moves. However, whenever I supply PWMs to the LAC, nothing moves.
the PWM signal is set to 1kHz on the Raspberry Pi.
