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Matt Dralle
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 Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:57 am Post subject: Ameri-King AK-450 vs ACK E-10 Remote Control Panel... |
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Greetings Listers,
I have an RV-6 with an ACK E-01 ELT unit and the small Remote Control Panel (RCP) unit. Last month, I completely replaced the instrument panel in the airplane and when I removed the ELT's RCP, I noticed that one of the mounting holes was broken off.
I had another ELT on the shelf for another project and so I grabbed the RCP from it and designed a hole in the new instrument panel for it. The hole for this RCP was about twice the height of the hole for the RCP from the E-01 but appeared to be exactly the same as far as make and connector hole.
Well, I didn't really put two and two together at the time but the E-01 is from ACK Technologies, and the RCP from the other unit is an Ameri-King AK-450. Except for the difference in vertical size the two RCP's look exactly the same and accept the same RJ-11 connector. Both have a Red and a Black button and a single Red LED. Both take a 3 volt battery.
But here's the bummer, after I put everything back together this weekend, it turns out that the new RCP will NOT turn the E-01 on/off. If I plug the original E-01 RCP in to the same RJ-11 wire, it does turn the E-01 on/off, so the wiring and E-01 are fine. It just seems that the internal wiring of the two different RCP's is slightly different.
The bigger bummer is that now I have a large hole in my panel for the RCP that doesn't work, so I have to figure something out. The original-sized RCP won't fit because its too small and the panel hole is too big.
Can anyone lend any advice on the situation? Surely others have run into this before.
Thanks!
Matt Dralle
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Bob Turner
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| Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 1:10 pm Post subject: Re: Ameri-King AK-450 vs ACK E-10 Remote Control Panel... |
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My only suggestion would be to put an ohmmeter on each terminal of each remote unit and see if you can discern the functions as you push the buttons. If it's something as simple as "wire 1 on unit A does the same thing as wire 2 on unit B, etc" then you can cut and splice the cable to send wire 1's signal down wire 2, etc.
A more deluxe solution would be a small remote box with 2 RJ connectors on it, with the wiring cross-overs done internally.
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Matt Dralle
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| Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:19 pm Post subject: Ameri-King AK-450 vs ACK E-10 Remote Control Panel... |
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I just got an email back from ACK Tech and they said:
"To use the Ameriking remote you must cut one end off the cable and turn it 180 degrees. - Mike Akatiff, ACK Technologies"
Simple enough! Yahoo!
Matt Dralle
At 09:53 AM 10/10/2011 Monday, you wrote:
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Greetings Listers,
I have an RV-6 with an ACK E-01 ELT unit and the small Remote Control Panel (RCP) unit. Last month, I completely replaced the instrument panel in the airplane and when I removed the ELT's RCP, I noticed that one of the mounting holes was broken off.
I had another ELT on the shelf for another project and so I grabbed the RCP from it and designed a hole in the new instrument panel for it. The hole for this RCP was about twice the height of the hole for the RCP from the E-01 but appeared to be exactly the same as far as make and connector hole.
Well, I didn't really put two and two together at the time but the E-01 is from ACK Technologies, and the RCP from the other unit is an Ameri-King AK-450. Except for the difference in vertical size the two RCP's look exactly the same and accept the same RJ-11 connector. Both have a Red and a Black button and a single Red LED. Both take a 3 volt battery.
But here's the bummer, after I put everything back together this weekend, it turns out that the new RCP will NOT turn the E-01 on/off. If I plug the original E-01 RCP in to the same RJ-11 wire, it does turn the E-01 on/off, so the wiring and E-01 are fine. It just seems that the internal wiring of the two different RCP's is slightly different.
The bigger bummer is that now I have a large hole in my panel for the RCP that doesn't work, so I have to figure something out. The original-sized RCP won't fit because its too small and the panel hole is too big.
Can anyone lend any advice on the situation? Surely others have run into this before.
Thanks!
Matt Dralle
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RV-8 #82880 N998RV "Ruby Vixen"
http://www.mattsrv8.com - Matt's Complete RV-8 Construction Log
http://www.mattsrv8.com/Mishap - Landing Mishap Rebuild Log
http://www.youtube.com/MattsRV8 - Matt's RV-8 HDTV YouTube Channel
Status: 170+ Hours TTSN - Rebuilding Fuselage After Landing Mishap...
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